J. Michael Tatum

J. Michael Tatum
Born	John Michael Tatum May 25, 1976 McKinney, Texas
Occupation	Voice actor, ADR director, ADR script writer
Years active	2004–present[1]

John Michael Tatum (born May 25, 1976 in McKinney, Texas) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and script writer at Funimation/OkraTron 5000 who provides voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series, and video games.

Biography

At the Florida Supercon 2015 panel, when he was asked what was his inspiration to go into voice acting, Tatum said that when he was young he had a speech impediment and his speech coach had him get involved in theater; in reciting and memorizing, they noticed that his stuttering would disappear. He then got into drama and theater acting, and that voice acting is great in that it enables him to play more characters than on camera.^[2]

In 2005, Tatum was discovered by Funimation ADR director Christopher Bevins, who cast him as Rikichi in Samurai 7. Tatum has been cast in several notable roles, including Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, Sebastian Michaelis in Black Butler, France in Hetalia: Axis Powers, Erwin Smith in Attack on Titan, and Eneru in One Piece. Recently, he was cast as the voice of Rei Ryuugazaki in the English dub of Free! – Eternal Summer.

From January 2010 to January 2014, John hosted That Anime Show with friend and co-worker Terri Doty and ADR Engineer Stephen Hoff.^[3] Numerous times, he has expressed his deep love for anime, Doctor Who, Vincent Price, and William Shakespeare.

Tatum has stated that he is openly gay.^[2]

Filmography

Voice cast

Anime

1999

• Dragon Ball series – Zarbon (Kai), Spice (Z Remastered)

2002

• Yu Yu Hakusho – Hokushin (Blu-ray Remastered)

2004

• Case Closed – Harrison Blackwell, Matthew Martin, Dr. Clemendale

2005

• Samurai 7 – Rikichi

2006

• Black Cat – Kosuke Kanzaki
• Rumbling Hearts – Kisho
• Shin-Chan – Bad Pun Bandit (Ep. 24)
• Speed Grapher – Katsuya Shirogane
• Trinity Blood – Suleyman

2007

• BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad – Jim Walsh
• Glass Fleet – Ulugh Sahne
• Claymore – Male Awakened Being
• Mushishi – Taku (Ep. 26)
• One Piece – Eneru, Dalton, Pearl
• School Rumble – Hiroyoshi Asō
• SoltyRei Special – Orvis Clayman
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Seishirō Sakurazuka
• Witchblade – Michael

2008

• Aquarion – Toma
• Baldr Force EXE Resolution – Quon
• Black Blood Brothers – Jiro Mochizuki
• Darker than Black – Harris Barnum (Ep. 21)
• Ghost Hunt – Lin Koujo
• Jyu Oh Sei – Heimdall (Eps. 7, 10–11)
• Ouran High School Host Club – Kyoya Ootori^[2]
• Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors – Tobias (Ep. 189)
• Shuffle! – Yamaguchi,
• Sasami: Magical Girls Club – Amitav
• Vexille – Kisaragi
• xxxHolic – Shizuka Doumeki

2009

• Baccano! – Isaac Dian
• Big Windup! – Riki Kajiyama
• Blassreiter – Magwald Xargin
• D.Gray-man – Komui Lee
• Dragonaut - The Resonance – Raina Cromwell
• El Cazador de la Bruja – Pedro (Ep. 26)
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino – Victor Hilshire (replaced Dameon Clarke)
• Heroic Age – Age
• Initial D – Ryosuke Takahashi (Funimation dub)
• Kaze no Stigma – Erwin Leszal (Eps. 7, 24)
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Ikki Takeda
• Nabari no Ou – Raikou Shimizu
• Negima!? – Nagi Springfield (Negi's Father)
• Romeo × Juliet – William
• Save Me! Lollipop – Ichii
• Sgt. Frog – Dororo
• Shigurui: Death Frenzy – Seigen Irako
• Spice and Wolf – Kraft Lawrence
• The Tower of Druaga – Kelb
• xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream – Shizuka Doumeki

2010

• Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Tuto
• Corpse Princess – Keisei Tagami
• Eden of the East – Kazuomi Hirasawa
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Scar (replace to Dameon Clarke)
• Hetalia: Axis Powers – France
• Linebarrels of Iron – Reiji Moritsugu
• My Bride is a Mermaid – Lunar's Papa
• Oh! Edo Rocket – Tenten
• Rin ~ Daughters of Mnemosyne – Ihika (Eps. 5–6)
• Soul Eater – Giriko

2011

• Baka and Test – Ryuta (Ep. 7)
• Black Butler – Sebastian Michaelis
• Chaos;Head – Kouzou Inohana
• Chrome Shelled Regios – Gorneo Luckens
• Dance in the Vampire Bund – Alphonse Medici Borgiani (credited as John Knell)
• Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance – Ryoji Kaji
• Fairy Tail – Simon
• Ga-Rei: Zero – Michael Kohara
• Heaven's Lost Property – Yoshitsune Houhouin (Ep. 10)
• Hero Tales – Shokaku
• Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom – Raymond McGuire
• Rosario + Vampire: Capu2 – Issa Shuzen (Moka's Father, Ep. 13)
• The Sacred Blacksmith – Sigfried
• Summer Wars – Wabisuke Jinnouchi

2012

• .hack//Quantum – Smith
• Aria the Scarlet Ammo – Toru Sayonaki, Vlad
• Black Butler II – Sebastian Michaelis
• C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility – Soichiro Mikuni
• Deadman Wonderland – Nagi Kengamine
• Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker – Regalyan D'Marcall
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Miran Froward
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Portschach (Ep. 3B), Sam (Ep. 13A)
• Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom – Damon
• Shakugan no Shana – Friagne (Season 2), Balar (Season 3)
• Shangri-La – Shogo Kudo
• Shiki – Seishiro Kirishiki
• Steins;Gate – Rintaro Okabe^[2]
• Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike – Garista Luodor

2013

• Aquarion Evol – Mykage
• Blood-C: The Last Dark – Kuto
• Eureka Seven: AO – Barry Bennington (Ep. 10)
• Future Diary – Masumi Nishijima
• Guilty Crown – Shibungi
• Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork – Yoshitsune Houhouin
• Is This a Zombie? of the Dead – King of the Night (Ep. 9, uncredited)
• Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing – Rakesh (Ep. 12), Major Geeth (Eps. 15, 18)
• Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine – Philadel Kest (Ep. 7)
• Michiko and Hatchin – Gino Costa (Ep. 9)
• Shakugan no Shana the Movie – Friagne
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Ulyte Mesut
• Toriko – Jelly Boy

2014

• A Certain Scientific Railgun S – Haruki Aritomi
• Attack on Titan – Erwin Smith
• Code:Breaker – Masaomi Heike
• Date A Live – Kyōhei Kannazuki
• Jormungand: Perfect Order – Tori Plame (Eps. 9–11)
• Kamisama Kiss – Tomoe
• Karneval – Tsukitachi
• Psycho-Pass series – Therapist
• Space Dandy – Dr. Gel

2015

• Assassination Classroom – Shiro
• Blood Blockade Battlefront – Steven A. Starphase
• Daimidaler the Sound Robot – Matayoshi^[4]
• Danganronpa: The Animation – Principal (Ep. 12)
• Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club – Rei Ryugazaki^[5][6]
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan – Gadevi
• Highschool DxD – Arthur Pendragon
• Kamisama Kiss 2 – Tomoe
• Nobunagun – St. Germain^[7]
• The Rolling Girls – Dandy
• Tokyo Ghoul series – Shuu Tsukiyama ^[8]
• Tokyo Ravens – Jin Ohtomo^[9]
• Yona of the Dawn – Crimson Dragon King (Eps. 7, 24)
• Yurikuma Arashi – Life Sexy^[10]

2016

• Brothers Conflict – Masaomi Asahina^[11]
• Heavy Object – Harleed Copacabana
• Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn - Ian Krutz
• Prince of Stride: Alternative – Yūjirō Dan^[12]
• Dimension W – Julian Smith/Loser, Seijun Makita (Eps. 4–5)

Video games

• Borderlands 2 – Sir Hammerlock
• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! – Sir Hammerlock, Lost Legion Infantry #4, Powersuit Pro^[13]
• Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – C.O.C, Kung-Fu Karl Weinberg (voice), Winklemeyer's Orderlies, Villagers of Nerthus
• Dragon Ball series – Zarbon, Mira
• Killing Floor 2 – Mr. Foster
• Lux-Pain – Arthur Mays, Ray Platiere
• One Piece: Unlimited Adventure – Eneru
• SMITE - Hercules, Dragon Knight Ao Kuang
• Tales of Xillia 2 – Julius Will Kresnik

Crew

ADR voice director

• Aquarion
• Big Windup!
• Corpse Princess
• Jyu Oh Sei
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Rin ~ Daughters of Mnemosyne
• Romeo x Juliet
• Tokyo Ghoul

ADR script adaptation

• Assassination Classroom
• Attack on Titan^[14][15]
• Blassreiter
• D-Frag!
• Deadman Wonderland
• Dragon Ball Z Kai
• Fractale
• Free! Eternal Summer^[16]
• Future Diary
• Ga-Rei: Zero
• Hell Girl
• Heroic Age
• Hero Tales
• Initial D
• Is This a Zombie?
• Karneval
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
• Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
• Negima!?
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Shangri-La
• Steins;Gate^[2]

References

1. "Crystal Acids J. Michael Tatum Page". Retrieved 2012-11-23.
2. Florida Supercon (September 14, 2015). Ouran High School Host Club Panel with Vic Mignogna Caitlin Glass and J Michael Tatum. YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
3. "T.A.S. Crew". thatanimeshow.com.
4. "Funimation Unveils Daimidaler's Dub Cast, Trailer, December 15 Date". Anime News Network. October 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
5. "Crunchyroll Streams Free! Iwatobi Swim Club Anime with English Dub". Anime News Network. December 22, 2015.
6. "Free! Eternal Summer English Dub Casts J. Michael Tatum as Rei". Anime News Network. November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
7. "More Nobunagun Cast! (1/3)". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
8. "Tokyo Ghoul√A Cast Announcment". Funimation.com Blog. 2015-02-18.
9. "Funimation Announces Tokyo Ravens English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. January 7, 2015.
10. "Funimation Announces Yurikuma Arashi Broadcast Dub Cast". Anime News Network. March 12, 2015.
11. "Brothers Conflict English Cast Announcement". Funimation. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
12. "Austin Tindle, Ricco Fajardo, Natalie Hoover Star in Prince of Stride English Broadcast Dub". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
13. 2K Australia, Gearbox Software. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!. 2K Games. Scene: Closing credits, 4 minutes in.
14. "Special Operations Squad: Eve of the Counterattack, Part 2". Attack on Titan. Episode 15. August 16, 2014. Adult Swim.
15. "Attack on Titan English Dub Premiere at Anime Boston". funimation.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
16. "Free! Eternal Summer, It’s our last dub cast announcement for Free!..." (Tumblr). Free! Funimation Tumblr. 2014-11-16.

External links

• J. Michael Tatum on Facebook
• That Anime Show
• J. Michael Tatum at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• J. Michael Tatum convention appearances on AnimeCons.com