Brad Swaile
Swaile in 2023
Born
Bradley Swaile
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1992–present
AgentPlay Management[1]
Children2[2]

Bradley Swaile is a Canadian voice actor. His major roles include Light Yagami in Death Note, Rock in Black Lagoon, and Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution.[3] In the 1990s, he voiced Mousse in Ranma ½ and Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. He has also voiced multiple roles in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, including Amuro Ray of Mobile Suit Gundam, Quatre Raberba Winner of Gundam Wing, Dearka Elsman of Gundam SEED, Auel Neider of Gundam SEED Destiny and Setsuna F. Seiei of Gundam 00. In video games, he voices Jin Kazama in Street Fighter X Tekken.

Biography

Swaile attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver. He graduated from Kwantlen University with a degree in Graphic and Visual Design.

Swaile has acted in several animated series. One of his earliest anime roles was in the English dub of Ranma ½ where he voiced Mousse. When the Ocean Group dubbed Dragonball Z in the mid-1990s, Swaile voiced Adult Gohan. He also voiced Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution and voiced Ace in My Little Pony Tales. In the late 2000s, he voiced the lead characters Rock in Black Lagoon and Light Yagami in the hit anime Death Note. He has reprised his role for the latter's Death Note live action film dub.

Swaile is known for many roles in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. These roles include Amuro Ray of Mobile Suit Gundam, Quatre Raberba Winner of Gundam Wing, Dearka Elsman of Gundam SEED, Auel Neider of Gundam SEED Destiny and Setsuna F. Seiei of Gundam 00.

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993–2002Ranma ½ seriesMousse, SentaroOcean/Viz dub[4][5]
1999Video Girl AiYota Moteuchi[4][5][6]
2000Mobile Suit Gundam WingQuatre Raberba Winner, Zechs Subordinate[4][5][7]
2000CardcaptorsVariousOcean/Nelvana dub[4]
2000Dragon Ball ZTeen GohanOcean/Westwood dub[4]
2001Saber Marionette JOtaru Mamiya[4]
2001Gundam Wing: Endless WaltzQuatre Raberba Winner[4]
2001Mobile Suit GundamAmuro Ray[4][5]
2001Zoids: New Century ZeroHarry Champ[4]
2002The SoulTakerKyosuke Date[4]
2002HamtaroMaxwell[4]
2002Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's CounterattackAmuro Ray[4]
2002InuYashaAmari Nobunaga[4]
2002Earth Maiden ArjunaChris Hawken, others[4]
2002–04Project ARMS seriesTakeshi Tomoe[4][6]
2003MeltylancerLigel[4]
2003–05MegaMan NT WarriorLan HikariAlso Axess[4][6]
2003Junkers Come HereKeisuke Kimura[4]
2003Boys Over FlowersKazuya Aoike[4]
2003Zoids: FuzorsRD[4][6]
2003Infinite RyviusKoji Aiba[4]
2004Transformers: EnergonKicker[4][6]
2004–05Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDDearka ElsmanAlso specials and film[4]
2004Dragon DriveReiji Ozora[4]
2004Nurse Witch KomugiKyosuke Date[4]
2004Dokkoida!?Suzuo Sakurazaki / Dokkoida[4]
2004–06Maison IkkokuYusaku Godai[4][6]
2004The DaichisYashiro, Pokemaru Seller[4]
2004Galaxy Angel ZKato, Fan, Roberto[4]
2005Tokyo UndergroundRumina Asagi[4]
2005Hikaru no GoFujiwara-no-Sai[4]
2006Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DestinyAuel Neider, Dearka Elsman[4]
2006Shakugan no ShanaKeisaku SatoSeason 1[4][6]
2006.hack//RootsSeisaku[4]
2007–08Black Lagoon seriesRokuro Okajima / Rock[4][6]
2007The Story of SaiunkokuRyuki Shi[4]
2007–08Death Note seriesLight YagamiAlso anime films and specials[4][6][8]
2008–09Mobile Suit Gundam 00 seriesSetsuna F. Seiei[4][9]
2012KurozukaKuro[6]
2013Beyblade: Metal FuryKing
2013Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood TrailRokuro Okajima/Rock[10]
2016Kingdom seriesCi Zou, Ping Wei, Yuan, Ri Boku[11][12][13][14]
2017 Beyblade Burst Evolution Ghasem Madal
2017–22World TriggerJun Arashiyama, Ko Murakami[15][6]
2017GintamaSaito Shimaru[16]
2019Tobot AthlonAthlon Rocky[17]
2021Hello CarbotPron


Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2000–03X-Men: EvolutionKurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
2010Hero 108Yu Tang[6]
2010DreamkixMorrie, Peter, Garrick[6]
2017Barbie Video Game HeroKris[6]

Film

List of voice performances in films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2009Barbie and the Three MusketeersSerge, Handsome ManDirect-to-video[6]
2016Ratchet & ClankOllie / Super Fan[6]

Film

Live Action English Dubbing
Year Title Role Notes Source
2006 Death Note Light Yagami
Death Note 2: The Last Name

Video games

List of English dubbing performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2001Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to JaburoAmuro Ray[4]
2002Gundam: Battle Assault 2Amuro Ray, Quatre Rebera Winner[4]
2003Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in SpaceAmuro Ray[4][6]
2005Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta GundamAmuro Ray (0079)Archive footage[4]
2007Dynasty Warriors: GundamAmuro Ray[4][6]
2009Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2Amuro Ray[4][6]
2010–11Dead Rising 2Brent Ernst, othersAlso Off the Record[6]
2011Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3Setsuna F. Seiei, Amuro Ray[4][6]
2012Street Fighter X TekkenJin Kazama[6]
2019Langrisser MobileElwin[18]
2022 New Tales from the Borderlands Sponsor-Bot [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Security Check Required". facebook.com. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Brian Dobson, Saffron Hendrson | Anime Time Machine | Q&A and Autographs Part-2 (01-29-23), Youtube
  3. ↑ "Brad Swaile to Return to AmeCon". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 "Brad Swaile". crystalacids.com. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Anime Central Guest Announcement". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Behind The Voice Actors - Brad Swaile". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 15, 2017. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  7. ↑ "Anime Boston Press". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Viz Confirms Death Note English Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "English Gundam 00 Promo, Cast for 4 Meisters Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  10. ↑ Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail. Episode 1–5. Funimation.
  11. ↑ "Storming the Capital". Kingdom. Episode 10. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
  12. ↑ "First Campaign". Kingdom. Episode 17. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
  13. ↑ "A New Trial". Kingdom. Episode 24. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
  14. ↑ "Sudden Change In The Tide Of Battle". Kingdom. Episode 29. January 26, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
  15. ↑ "Osamu Mikumo's Talent". World Trigger. Episode 3. January 18, 2017. Event occurs at Closing credits. Primo TV.
  16. ↑ "Crunchyroll Adds Episodes 292-304 of English Dubbed "Gintama" Anime to Catalog". Crunchyroll. February 19, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Tobot Athlon". Hello Carbot. behindthevoiceactors.com. March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Elwin".
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