Neil Kaplan
American voice actor
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Neil Charles Kaplan is an American voice actor, audiobook narrator, entertainer, and comedian. His most well known voice roles are Hawkmon from Digimon, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto from Bleach, Emperor Zarkon from Voltron: Legendary Defender and Madara Uchiha from Naruto.
BornMarch 9, 1967
Othernames
- Neil Caplan
- Bob Johnson
Occupations
- Voice actor
- entertainer
- comedian
Yearsactive1993–present
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| Born | March 9, 1967 |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | nekap |
Biography
Kaplan got his start as a comedian doing impressions of presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon. He also impersonated a little-known journalist at the time, Dan Rather. He then started work on video games, including several Star Wars titles. From there he went on to do such shows as Power Rangers, Digimon: Digital Monsters and Transformers: Robots in Disguise. He was once a contestant on the game show Street Smarts. On that appearance, he showed off some of his other impressions, including one of Gilbert Gottfried. He was a guest to the Power Morphicon (in Los Angeles) in June 2007 and August 2010, to Armageddon (in Australia and New Zealand) in October 2007, and to AVCon: Adelaide's Anime & Video Games Festival (in Australia) in July 2018. He also created the television series The Way it WASN'T! and the graphic novel I, of the Wolf.[1][better source needed] He voices Captain Fort Worth in the adult video game BoneCraft.[2]
Filmography
Anime
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 1999 | FAKE | Drake | ||
| 2000–01 | Digimon Adventure 02 | Halsemon, Hogan, Ilya, Hawkmon, Shurimon, Aquilamon, Silphymon (shared with Edie Mirman) | ||
| 2001–02 | Digimon Tamers | Indramon, Divermon, Babel | ||
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Optimus Prime, Ro-Tor | |||
| 2002–03 | Tokyo Pig | Principal | ||
| Digimon Frontier | Eldest Mushroomon, Woodmon (Ep. 4), Kokuwamon, Kokuwamon Elder (Ep. 5), Baromon (Ep. 40) | |||
| 2003 | Reign: The Conqueror | Ibn | As Bob Johnson | |
| 2003–04 | Brigadoon: Marin & Melan | Shuta Alan, Poyon Silver, Detective Chunen | ||
| 2005–06 | Daphne in the Brilliant Blue | Lun Shibazaki, Additional Voices | ||
| 2006 | Zatch Bell! | Belgim E.O. | ||
| 2007–14 | Bleach | Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Ruzaburō "Enryū" Enkōgawa, Gesell, Tenken, Zommari Rureaux (Ep. 195+) | ||
| 2008 | Digimon Data Squad | Pumpkinmon #1 (Eps. 30–34), Ninjamon #3 (Ep. 31), Piximon (Ep. 32), Franz' Agent #1 (Ep. 33), Desk Man #1 (Ep. 33) | ||
| Naruto | Kiyoyasu, Madara | Episode: "Laughing Shino" | ||
| 2008–10 | Blue Dragon | Saber Tiger | ||
| 2011 | Marvel Anime: Iron Man | Minister Defense Kuroda | ||
| 2012 | Marvel Anime: Blade | High Council Chairman, Additional Voices | ||
| 2012–19 | Naruto Shippuden | Tobi, Madara Uchiha (Ep. 125+) | ||
| 2013–15 | Digimon Fusion | Lord Bagra, NeoMyotismon, Anubismon | ||
| 2016 | Sailor Moon | Edwards | Episode: "Usagi Dancing to the Waltz", Viz dub | |
| 2017–18 | Lupin the Third Part IV | Robson Zuccooli | ||
| 2018 | Terraformars | Kaiki Kouno | Episode: "War - All-Out War" | [3] |
| 2019 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin | Dozle Zabi | [4][5][6] | |
| 2020 | Cagaster of an Insect Cage | Adham | ||
| Great Pretender | Lewis Mueller | |||
| 2021–22 | Attack on Titan | Theo Magath | ||
| How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom | Sebastian Silverdeer | |||
| 2022–present | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Asuka Katakura, Tetsuzaemon Iba, Robert Accutrone, Dordoni Alessandro Del Socaccio | ||
| 2025-present | One Piece | Figarland Garling |
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| The Mouse and the Monster | Utility Guy | |||
| 2006 | Higglytown Heroes | Mover Hero | ||
| 2014 | Robot Chicken | Albus Dumbledore, Lt. Stone | ||
| 2016–2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Emperor Zarkon | ||
| 2017 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Club Owner | ||
| Wacky Races | Sheriff Longarm D. Law | Episode: "Smokey and the Racers" | ||
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Hank | Episode: "Suits" | |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions | Narrator | Episode" "The Ninth Jedi", English dub | [7] |
Films
- Digimon: The Movie – Twin Boy 1, Computer Voice 2, Professor, Hawkmon, Halsemon
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning as Hawkmon[8]
- Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (standalone dub) - Professor, Little Boy 2C[9]
- Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals (standalone dub) - Hawkmon, Halsemon[10]
- Dragon Quest: Your Story – Dr. Agon, Zenith Dragon
- Ghost Cat Anzu – Old Man Mushroom[11]
- Muhammad: The Last Prophet – 'Amr ibn al-'As, The Spy
- The Happy Cricket – Toad #1
- The Little Polar Bear – Bert
- Promare – Vulcan Haestus[12]
Video games
- Baten Kaitos Origins – Wiseman/Verus Wiseman
- BioShock Infinite – Thursday Warren, John Hammond, Ezekiel Price
- BoneCraft – Captain Fort Worth
- Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion – Grim, Johnny Bravo, Him[13]
- Conan – Bone Cleaver
- Conan Exiles - Nunu the Cannibal, Additional Voices
- Destiny 2 – Dominus Ghaul
- DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles – Emperor Zarkon
- Fallout 76 – Biv, Derrick Taylor, Dr. Emerson Hale, Hubert, Lev, Marcus, Intercom, Raiders, Blood Eagles[14]
- Final Fantasy XIII – Cocoon Inhabitants[15]
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional Voices
- Final Fantasy XV – Additional voices
- Gears of War 3 – Stranded Crew #7[16]
- Guild Wars 2 – Various Charr and Norn NPCs, Edrick Thorn
- Hearthstone – Cenarius
- Heroes of the Storm – Tychus
- Honkai: Star Rail - Duke Inferno
- Infamous First Light – Additional Voices[17]
- Justice League Heroes – Gorilla Grodd
- League of Legends – Aurelion Sol[18]
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Additional Voices[19]
- Marvel Heroes – Sabretooth, Venom
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Nemesis Orcs, Humans
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Obito Uchiha (Ninja War Tobi), Madara Uchiha
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha (Ninja War Tobi)[20]
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations – Madara Uchiha
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution – Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha (Ninja War Tobi)
- Ninja Gaiden II – Genshin[8]
- Omega Strikers - Drek'ar
- Red Dead Redemption 2 – The Local Pedestrian Population
- Skylanders: Giants – Batterson, Hatterson
- Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure – Nort, Weapon Master
- Skylanders: Trap Team – Batterson, Hatterson[21]
- Spider-Man 3 – Kraven the Hunter
- Spider-Man: Battle for New York – Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
- Star Wars: The Old Republic – Skadge
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Tychus Findlay, Reaper, Vulture
- StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void - Herc
- Tell Me Why – Tom Vecchi / Alexander Kershwin
- The Last of Us – Additional Voices
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Long Haul
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution – Ork Nob
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – Cenarius
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Additional Voices[22]
Live-action
- Beetleborgs Metallix – Hornix, Witch Doctor (voices, credited as Bob Johnson)
- Big Bad Beetleborgs – Venus Claptrap (voice, credited as Bob Johnson)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie – Oozemen (voice, uncredited)
- Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue – Diabolico, Gold Beaked Monster (voices)
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy – Destruxo (voice), Mutantrum (2nd voice)
- Power Rangers Time Force – Gluto (voice), Recap Narrator (voice, uncredited)