Bryce Papenbrook

Bryce Papenbrook
Born	Bryce Papenbrook February 24, 1986 West Hills, California
Occupation	Voice Actor
Years active	2003–present
Agent	Abrams Artists Agency[1]
Notable credit(s)	Attack on Titan as Eren Jaeger Sword Art Online as Kirigaya Kazuto Blue Exorcist as Rin Okumura Durarara!! as Masaomi Kida JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli
Spouse(s)	Samantha Papenbrook
Children	1
Family	Debbie Rothstein (mother) Bob Papenbrook (deceased) (father)
Website	BrycePapenbrook.com

Bryce Austin Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor. He has done voice work for Animaze, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Funimation, and Studiopolis and has performed the voices for several anime roles, particularly those of young male protagonists. He is best known for his portrayals of Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Kirito in Sword Art Online, Masaomi Kida in Durarara!! series, Makoto Naegi in Danganronpa series, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Shirou Emiya in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, and Meliodas in The Seven Deadly Sins.

Early life and education

Papenbrook was born in West Hills, California on February 24, 1986. He is the son of Debbie Rothstein (1956-) and Bob Papenbrook (1955-2006), both of whom are also voice actors. He graduated from UCLA in 2007 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Philosophy. His passion for acting started while watching his father work at the age of 8.

Personal life

Papenbrook has trained in the martial arts for over 16 years, and holds a fourth-degree black belt. He began training in the Chuck Norris system of Tang Soo Do (also known as American Tang Soo Do) under his original instructor Steve Clark. Later he would train and receive his fourth-degree black belt in the system under Clark’s instructor, former Chuck Norris black belt Dennis Ichikawa. Papenbrook would go on to become a 3-time kickboxing champion with over 60 fights to his credit.^[2] He has been a kickboxing instructor for over 11 years at the House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts in Van Nuys, California.^[2]

He is married to Samantha Papenbrook; they have a daughter named Ella (born in 2015).^[3][4]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[5]
2000	Trigun	Vash the Stampede (young)
2004	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Shugo Kunisaki
2007	MÄR	Jack
2007	Noein	Isami Fujiwara
2010	Kekkaishi	Hiromu Tabata
2010	Vampire Knight series	Hanabusa Aido
2011	Inazuma Eleven	Axel Blaze
2012	Marvel Anime: Blade	Edgar Frost
2011	Durarara!!	Masaomi Kida		[6]
2012	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series	Ryota Nekko, Kappa		[7]
2012–13	Blue Exorcist	Rin Okumura		[7]
2013–15	Sword Art Online	Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya		[8]
2013	B-Daman CrossFire	Basara Kurochi		[7]
2013–14	Tenkai Knights	Chooki, Lydendor
2013	Digimon Fusion	Bearmon, Coronmon		[7]
2013	Pokémon Origins	Red
2014	Space Dandy	Ukuleleman	Ep. 15 First Funimation role	[9]
2014	Attack on Titan	Eren Jaeger	First Major role at Funimation	[10][11]
2014	Blood Lad	Staz Charlie Blood		[12]
2014	Sailor Moon	Kijin Shinokawa	Viz dub
2015	One Piece	Additional voices
2015–16	Durarara!!×2	Masaomi Kida		[13]
2015	A Lull in the Sea	Kaname Isaki		[14]
2015	BlazBlue Alter Memory	Takamagahara		[15]
2015	Aldnoah.Zero	Calm Craftman		[16]
2015	Soul Eater Not!	Clay Sizemore		[17]
2015	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Shirou Emiya		[18]
2015	Jojo's Bizarre Adventure	Caesar Zeppeli
2015	The Seven Deadly Sins	Meliodas, Love Helm		[19][20]
2015	Danganronpa: The Animation	Makoto Naegi		[21]
2015	Attack on Titan: Junior High	Eren Jaeger
2016	Brothers Conflict	Wataru Asahina		[22]

Animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[5]
2015	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Linecook, Cheese Sandwich	Ep. "Kitchen Frightmare"	[23][7][24]
2015	Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir	Adrien Agreste / Cat Noir		[25][26]

Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[5]
2014	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison	Young Muku
2014	Khumba	Zebra 1		[7]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[5]
2005–present	Dynasty Warriors series	Guan Ping
2005	Radiata Stories	Jack Russell
2008	Star Ocean: First Departure	Dorne Murtough
2009	Dissidia Final Fantasy	Zidane Tribal	Also 012	[7]
2011	Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel	Aoto
2011	Saints Row: The Third	Various characters
2012	Tales of Graces	Asbel Lhant
2013	Fire Emblem Awakening	Henry		[7]
2013	Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk	Ernie Lyttelton
2013	Shin Megami Tensei IV	Issachar
2013	Rune Factory 4	Lest
2013	Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures	Inky
2013	Power Rangers Megaforce	Black Ranger
2013	Call of Duty: Ghosts	US Army 1, others
2013	Ys: Memories of Celceta	Adol Christin, Panza
2014	Bravely Default	Tiz Arrior
2014	Earth Defense Force 2025	Ranger 27		[27]
2014	Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair	Nagito Komaeda, Makoto Naegi		[28]
2014	Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc	Makoto Naegi		[29]
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Various characters	Credited as Additional Voices	[30]
2014	Mind Zero	Nobuhiko Watanabe
2014	Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	Theodore
2015	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Machina Kunagiri		[7]
2015	Disney Princess Palace Pets	Sultan		[7]
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Cross (Rookie Voice)		[31]
2016	Elsword	Add		[32]

References

1. "Bryce Papenbrook".
2. House of Champions Academy of Martial Arts > Bryce Papenbrook Bio. URL accessed on February 10, 2010.
3. Papenbrook, Bryce. "I can't even put into words...". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
4. Papenbrook, Bryce. "Proud Dad". Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
5. "Bryce Papenbrook Roles - Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
6. Brusuelas, James (December 12, 2010). "Aniplex Announces Durarara English Cast". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
7. "Behind The Voice Actors - Bryce Papenbrook". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
8. "Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh Lead Sword Art Online Dub Cast – News". Anime News Network. March 30, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
9. Toonami premire of Space Dandy Season 2 and Funimation credits
10. Lee, Michelle (March 22, 2014). "Introducing the Voice of Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan". Funimation Blog. Funimation.
11. "Interview: Bryce Papenbrook". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
12. "Viz Media Announces Blood Lad's English Dub Cast". May 16, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
13. "Durarara!!×2 English Dub to Premiere March 10". Anime News Network. March 6, 2015.
14. "A Lull in the Sea – Staff – NIS America". NIS America.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
15. "BlazBlue: Alter Memory Cast Announcement". funimation.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
16. "Aniplex USA to Release 1st Aldnoah.Zero Season on BD/DVD with Dub & Sub". Anime News Network. 2015-06-06.
17. Ugwa, Godswill (April 23, 2015). "Soul Eater Not! English Cast Announcement". Funimation.
18. "Aniplex USA Details Fate/stay night UBW, Durarara!! 2xSho Release Details". Anime News Network. July 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
19. Bryce Papenbrook [BrycePapenbrook] (November 1, 2015). "Excited to share that I voice Meliodas in the English Dub of The Seven Deadly Sins. Check it out now on @Netflix!..." (Tweet). Retrieved November 1, 2015.
20. "The Seven Deadly Sins". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 28, 2016. As a “Netflix Original Series” (and at the time of this writing that is the only place it can be accessed), SDS sports an English dub courtesy of Bang Zoom! Entertainment. Unless you're tired of hearing Bryce Papenbrook as the male lead in seemingly everything these days (he's become in the 2010s what Johnny Yong Bosch was earlier in the 2000s), the English cast is very well-chosen.
21. "Funimation Announces Danganronpa Anime English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
22. "Brothers Conflict English Cast Announcement". funimation.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
23. "Kitchen Frightmare". Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!. Season 1. Episode 10. October 21, 2015. Cartoon Network.
24. Bryce Papenbrook [BrycePapenbrook] (October 27, 2015). "Excited to share that I played the Line Cook & a Cheese Sandwich in Be Cool Scooby-Doo! Kitchen Frightmare on..." (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2015.
25. Bryce Papenbrook [brycepapenbrook] (May 12, 2015). "Excited to announce my role as Adrien, aka Cat Noir, in the upcoming series Ladybug! Be on the lookout for more..." (Tweet). Retrieved March 3, 2016.
26. "Miraculous - Disney Channel UK". Disney UK. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
27. Sandlot (February 18, 2014). Earth Defense Force 2025. D3 Publisher. Scene: Closing credits, 2:45 in, Voice Cast.
28. "Bryce Papenbrook on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
29. http://worthplaying.com/article/2014/2/10/reviews/91302/
30. Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
31. Xenoblade Chronicles X - All English Voice Options for Player Characters. November 13, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2016 – via YouTube.
32. Elsword (2016-03-03), The Voices of Elsword - Part 7: Add's Bryce Papenbrook, retrieved 2016-03-09

External links

• Official website
• Bryce Papenbrook on Facebook
• Bryce Papenbrook at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Bryce Papenbrook at the Internet Movie Database