Dan Green
Green in November 2005
Other names
  • Chris Adams
  • Tom Wilson
  • Stan Timmons
  • Jean Mills
  • Jack Bean
  • Sam Wells
  • Frank Brown
  • Jean Masters
  • J.K. Ellemeno
  • Sandy Williams
  • Chris Sands
EducationRutgers University
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • voice director
  • screenwriter
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Michal Friedman
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(m. 2008; died 2011)​
Children2

James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, the anime series version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances.

Early life

Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1]

Career

Green is best known as the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Trudge in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic X and the Sonic the Hedgehog video games (2005–2010).[2][3][4][5][6] He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, TAJ Productions and Central Park Media. He has also worked on script adaptations of Kurokami: The Animation and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and teaches voice acting at Edge Studio in New York City.

Personal life

Green married singer and voice actress Michal Lura Friedman, better known as Michal the Girl, in 2008.[7] While giving birth to twins (a son named Jackson and a daughter named Reverie) on November 25, 2011,[8][9] Friedman died from complications following a C-section.[1][10] Fans began charity efforts to provide financial support for the twins.[11]

Filmography

Anime film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Pokémon 3: The MovieEntei/Spencer Hale English Dub
2003The Weathering ContinentGaten Rakumu
2004Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of LightYugi Muto/Yami Yugi
2005 Kakurenbo: Hide and SeekYaimao
2009Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of LifeDamos
2010Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond TimeYugi Muto/Yami Yugi
2014Welcome to the Space ShowGoba
2017Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions[12]Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
2018Mazinger Z: InfinityTetsuya Tsurugi
2020Mewtwo Strikes Back: EvolutionMewtwo
2020Mangu: The Donkey KingKing Badshah Khan

Anime

Animation

Animation film

Live-action

Video games

Production credits

Dubbing director

Script adaptation

Miscellaneous crew

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 Zanoni, Carla (December 3, 2011). "Singer Michal the Girl Dies After Giving Birth to Twins". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012.
    2. ↑ "Dan Green, Eric Stuart Return for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film's English Dub (Updated With Trailer)". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    3. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Surpasses 1 Billion Yen at Box Office". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    4. ↑ "The 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game World Championship Will Be Settled In Orlando, Florida August 20-21". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    5. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Opens on January 20 in US, Canada". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    6. ↑ "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions Movie Voice Actors Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    7. ↑ "The Snyder Twins - Jay". thetigersnest.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
    8. ↑ "Obituary: Michal Lura Friedman". The State. Legacy.com. December 1, 2011.
    9. ↑ "Index of /". thesnydertwins.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
    10. ↑ "Voice Actress, Singer Michal Friedman Passes Away". Anime News Network. November 30, 2011.
    11. ↑ Evans, Heidi (December 8, 2011). "Readers open hearts to widowed dad of twins". New York Daily News. Jay Snyder ... a 41-year-old actor and freelance voiceover artist
    12. ↑ Crunchyroll (January 26, 2017). Official Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Exclusive Producer Interview. Event occurs at 1:06. Retrieved January 31, 2017 – via YouTube.
    13. ↑ "Patlbor: The TV Series". IMDB. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
    14. ↑ Dan Green initially read the opening narration before he was replaced with Eric Stuart.
    15. ↑ Sims, Chris (August 9, 2010). "Astonishing X-Men: Motion Comics, Why Bother? [Review]". ComicsAlliance. I was especially impressed with Mike Pollock's voice for Beast, as he gives him the cadence of a nerdy scientist with the underlying animalistic growl of…well, of a beast. Same goes for Dan Green's Colossus, who isn't nearly as overblown as I was expecting him to go with the Russian accent.
    16. ↑ "Dan Green (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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