Ray Chase (voice actor)
American voice actor
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Ray Chaifetz (born May 20, 1987), known professionally as Ray Chase, is an American voice actor who has voiced anime, animations, video games and audiobooks. He voiced Noctis Lucis Caelum in Final Fantasy XV, Ryomen Sukuna and Choso Kamo in Jujutsu Kaisen, Tengen Uzui in Demon Slayer, Neuvillette in Genshin Impact, Alphen in Tales of Arise, Silent Salt Cookie from Cookie Run: Kingdom, Mithrax in Destiny 2, and Cyclops in X-Men '97. He is also the co-founder of Sassy Chap Games, and served as the lead designer behind the dating sim Date Everything!.
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May 20, 1987
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| Born | Ray Chaifetz May 20, 1987 |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA) |
| Occupations | Voice actor, Game developer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Website | www |
Early life and education
Ray Chase was born May 20, 1987[1][2][3] and grew up in the area of Las Vegas, Nevada. He was in symphonic band in school but transitioned to theater which he states he fell in love with.[4] He has stated that as a kid he wanted to be a video game actor.[5] He graduated from USC with a Bachelor of arts in 2009.[6] Chase stated that he also used to play ragtime piano at the USC bookstore while at the university.[7]
Career
Voice actor
Chase began his career in voice acting, auditioning for roles on Voice123. He made reels and recorded 200 audio books prior to moving into video games and anime.[8][5] One of his first lead roles was that of Noctis Lucis Caelum in Final Fantasy XV which was released in 2016.[5] He also appeared in the shows One Punch Man and Charlotte around the same time.[5]
In 2021, he voiced the update to Nier where he played the lead role of the Protagonist.[9] Chase stated the role took more than a year to voice.[4] In 2021, he worked with director James Wan to voice the villain role in the film Malignant.[10] Chase was nominated for a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Villain in a Movie for his role in the film.[11] Chase joined the cast of Disney's X-Men '97 in 2024. He took over the role of Cyclops which was originally played by Norm Spencer.[12]
Game developer
In 2018, Chase formed the video game company Sassy Chap Games along with voice actor Robbie Daymond.[13] In 2025, they released Date Everything!, a dating sim where Chase served as the lead designer and voiced several of the characters.[14] The game had over 100 voice actors on the project.[15]
Filmography
In addition to Final Fantasy XV and Nier, his other voice work has included X-Men '97 as Cyclops, Fire Emblem franchise as Roy, Gaius, Fernand, and Alfonse, the Kingdom Hearts series as the Master of Masters, Bungo Stray Dogs as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Persona 5 as the Subway Announcer, Genshin Impact as Neuvillette, Tales of Arise as Alphen, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind as Bruno Bucciarati, Jujutsu Kaisen as Ryomen Sukuna and Choso, Street Fighter 6 as Guile, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Tengen Uzui. As of 2025, Chase has voiced 274 roles from 209 titles.[16]
Anime
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Lieutenant Lahn | ||
| 2022 | The Boss Baby Christmas Bonus | Dongle | [47] | |
| 2024–present | X-Men '97 | Scott Summers / Cyclops, additional voices | Replacing original voice actor Norm Spencer | [48][16] |
| 2024 | Rock Paper Scissors | The Rat Bros | [49] | |
| 2025 | Big City Greens | Sir Velociraptor | Episode: "Saxon Saxability" |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Noctis Lucis Caelum | [50] | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky | Graham | [51] | ||
| 2017 | Justice League Dark | Jason Blood, Etrigan the Demon | Direct-to-video | [16] |
| Your Name | Shinta Takagi | English dub | [52] | |
| Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry | Zash Caine | |||
| 2018 | Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters | Eliott Leland | ||
| My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | David Shield | [53] | ||
| 2019 | Evangelion Death (True)2 | Gendo Ikari | Netflix dub | |
| The End of Evangelion | ||||
| Wonder Woman: Bloodlines | Head Bandit | |||
| 2020 | NiNoKuni | Bauer Linden | Netflix dub | |
| Altered Carbon: Resleeved | Takeshi Kovacs | |||
| Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | Etrigan the Demon | Direct-to-video | [16] | |
| 2021 | Malignant | Gabriel May | ||
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | Tengen Uzui | [16] | ||
| Poupelle of Chimney Town | Toshiaki | English dub | [54] | |
| 2022 | The Deer King | Van | English dub | [55] |
| Constantine: The House of Mystery | Etrigan the Demon, Ritchie Simpson | Short film; direct-to-video | [16] |
Video games
Live action roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza | B. Mitchel Reed | [81] |
Audiobooks
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–5 | The Beam (Seasons 1-2) | Doc | [82] | |
| 2015 | Crash | Thomas Witt | ||
| 2017 | Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made | Narrator | [83] | |
| 2013–18 | Yesterday's Gone (Seasons 1-6) | Boricio Wolfe | ||
| 2021 | Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry | Narrator | [84] | |
| 2022 | Epithet Erased - Prison of Plastic | Rick Shades | ||
| 2024 | Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, And Future Of Blizzard Entertainment | Narrator | [85] |