Lex Lang

Lex Lang
Lang in 2013.
Born	Walter Alexis Lang November 12, 1965 Hollywood, California, U.S.
Residence	Studio City, California[1]
Occupation	Voice actor, ADR director
Spouse(s)	Sandy Fox (m. 2004)
Website	http://www.lexlang.com

Walter Alexis "Lex" Lang (born November 12, 1965) is an American voice actor.

Life and career

Lang has worked as a voice director for clients including Cartoon Network, EWAM, Sony, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Technicolor, PCB Productions, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Code Masters, HBO and Warner Brothers. A two-time Emmy Award–winning voice actor (first for his portrayal of Professor Behdety in the 2003/2004 season of Tutenstein, then again as The Doorman and his dog Hundley on the 2009/2010 season of Curious George), he has been in hundreds of productions ranging from original animation, anime, video games, celebrity voice matching, and movie trailers. He is known for playing the voice of Han Solo for LucasArts, Doctor Neo Cortex in Crash Twinsanity, Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans and Crash: Mind over Mutant (replacing Clancy Brown), The Doorman and Hundley in Curious George, Dr. Polaris, Batman as Dick Grayson in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Ecliptor in Power Rangers: In Space, the Wolf Duke Org Zen-Aku in Power Rangers: Wild Force and Captain Cold, General Nardoc, multiple characters in Justice League Unlimited, and Calypso in the "Twisted Metal series". He was the announcer and does all the bits, and celebrity voice matching in Martin Short's talk show Primetime Glick. He is also known worldwide for his anime voice work playing roles such as Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken Fist of the Northstar, Sanosuke Sagara from Rurouni Kenshin, Goemon Ishikawa XIII in Geneon's dub of Lupin III part two, and Crim from .hack//SIGN. He has provided the voice for Japanese voice actor Makio Inoue's two most well-known characters, Captain Harlock and Goemon Ishikawa (although Harlock was played by Koichi Yamadera in the newest series, and replaced Pete Capllan after Harlock Saga). He is a singer, composer and lead guitarist in his band, LeXLang. He also has a band alongside fellow voice actor and close friend, Bentley Mitchum named The Velvet Box. He is married to fellow voice actress and founder Sandy Fox. Together, they perform in an acoustic duo called Butterfly. He has been a special media guest at many large science fiction and anime conventions throughout the United States.

Personal life and other ventures

Lang is married to fellow voice actor Sandy Fox. They live in Studio City, California.^[2] In 1998 they co-founded the Love Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization which creates educational materials for children on the importance of recycling, world water awareness, and the preservation of the planet.^[3] They also created Love Planet Productions, which includes several multimedia projects such as anime presentation shows, toddler shows and products, and Zen programming.^[4] In 2006, they launched a bottled spring water business called H2Om Water with Intention, which has received recognition as a sponsor at several events including Sting's Rainforest Foundation Carnegie Hall Concert and the Elevate Film Festival.^[5][6][7] Lang is also a Deepak Chopra meditation instructor.^[8]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[9][10][11]
1994	VR Troopers	Tropedobot, Robot
1996	Masked Rider	Cyborsect
1997	Street Fighter II V	Det. Tsung, Interpol Aide, Customs Worker, Prison Thug 2	As Alex Lang	[12]
1997	Tokyo Revelation	Additional voices	OVA	[12]
1997	El-Hazard: The Wanderers	Student Councilman, Village Elder, Palace Guard	Animaze/Pioneer dub	[12]
1997	Armageddon	Delta Boy	Animaze dub, as Alexis Lang	[12]
1998	Battle Athletes	Additional voices	OVA	[12]
1998	El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2	Additional voices	OVA	[12]
1998	Fushigi Yûgi	Additional voices		[12]
1998	Giant Robo	Additional voices	OVA	[12]
1999	Battle Athletes Victory	Sergei Garenstein, Operator		[12]
1999	Digimon series	Cyberdramon, WarGreymon, Omnimon, Rapidmon, others
1999	The Cockpit	Captain A	OVA, as Walter Lang	[12]
1999	Fist of the North Star	Kenshiro	TV series, Manga Entertainment dub	[12]
1999	Magic Knight Rayearth	High Priest Zagato, Mayor, Rayearth, Big Ugly Monster, Windam	Also ADR script writer (Ep. 12), music producer As Alexis Lang	[12]
1999	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory	Allen	OVA	[12]
1999	Ninja Cadets	Hayashi, Matsuzaka	OVA	[12]
1999	Rurouni Kenshin	Hiko Seijuro	OVA series, Sony dub	[12][13]
1999	Wild 7	Dispatcher	OVA	[12]
2000	Flint the Time Detective	Dino Fisherman		[12]
2000	Jungle de Ikou	Evil Ongo, Takuma's dad	OVA	[12]
2000	Magic Knight Rayearth 2	Windam, Lantis, Rayearth, Zagato, Satoru Shidou		[12]
2000	Trigun	Terrorist, Newscaster		[12]
2000–02	Rurouni Kenshin	Sanosuke Sagara, Iwanbo, others	TV series, Media Blasters dub	[12]
2001	Arc the Lad	Jack		[12]
2001–02	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Tow Line
2001	Apocalypse Zero	Kakugo Hagakure, Zero	OVA	[12]
2001	Hand Maid May	Kintaro Yamazaki		[12]
2001	Mezzo Forte	Bodyguard	OVA	[12]
2001	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team	Ginias Sahalin	OVA	[12]
2001	Nightwalker	Cain, Shunichi, Asami's Lover		[12]
2001	Saint Tail	Hayase, Henchman		[12]
2001	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Tow-Line		[12]
2001	Vampire Princess Miyu	Ryosuke, others	TV series, Tokyopop	[12]
2002	Babel II: Beyond Infinity	Lodem, Babel I, Balan, Dennis	Also ADR director and writer	[12]
2002	Cosmo Warrior Zero	Axelater, Phase Braker, Dr. Aminner, Doctor, Master, Dr. Machine		[12]
2002	éX-Driver	Student, Todo Thug A, Cain Tokioka, others	OVA Also ADR director and ADR writer	[12]
2002	Tsukikage Ran	Additional voices		[12]
2002	Ys	Dark Fact, Adol's Father	OVA	[12]
2003	Argentosoma	Frank, various characters		[12]
2003	Ai Yori Aoshi	Suzuki, Boy 2, TV Announcer, Akiko's Father, Takashi, Student, others		[12]
2003	.hack//SIGN	Crim		[12]
2003	Blue Dragon	Blue Dragon, Dark Dragon
2003	Daigunder	Tri-Horn		[12]
2003	Figure 17	D.D.		[12]
2003	Gun Frontier	Stage Coach Guard, Guard, Man B, Heidelnoir		[12]
2003	Heat Guy J	Shun Aurora, Giobanni Gallo, others		[12]
2003	Idol Project	BaliHawaii Presenter, Manager, Alien	OVA Also ADR director Ep. 3-4	[12]
2003	Immortal Grand Prix	Metoo	Microseries	[12]
2003	Initial D series	Ryosuke "Ry" Takahashi	Tokyopop dub	[12]
2003	Kikaider	Patrol Car Officer, Carmine Spider		[12]
2003	Last Exile	Claimh-Solais Soldier, others		[12]
2003	Lupin the Third	Goemon Ishikawa, Kosuke Kidani	TV series	[12]
2003	Mirage of Blaze	Shuhei Chiaki, Danjyo Kousaka, Attendant	Also ADR director, writer	[12]
2003	s-CRY-ed	Kunihiko Kimishima		[12]
2003	Wild Arms	King Kianu		[12]
2003	Witch Hunter Robin	Juzo Narumi, Thug, Shunji Nagira		[12]
2003	Ys II: Castle in the Heavens	Jira, Dark Fact	OVA	[12]
2003–04	Mahoromatic	Slash, Gang Member, Commander Hayato Daimon	Also OVAs and specials	[12]
2003–04	The Twelve Kingdoms	Shoryu, others	Also ADR director, ADR writer (Ep. 1-40)	[12]
2004	Burn-Up Scramble	ATM Thief, Imaginary Boyfriend, Arcade Thug		[12]
2004	Gad Guard	Haneke, various characters		[12]
2004	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Officer, Commander, others		[12]
2004	Gungrave	Bunji Kugashira, "Mad Dog" Ladd Carabel		[12]
2004	Here is Greenwood	Furusawa	OVA, Media Blasters dub	[12]
2004	Space Pirate Captain Herlock	Captain Harlock	OVA	[12]
2004	Stellvia	Ritsou Soujin, others		[12]
2004	Submarine 707R	Jack Vance Captain, Chairman Jonathan, PKN Chairman, other	OVA	[12]
2004	Wolf's Rain	Soldier		[12]
2004	éX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone	Additional voices	OVA Also voice director, ADR writer	[12]
2005–09	Naruto	Teuchi, Tsubasa, Hayate Gekko, Jigumo Fuma, others		[13]
2005	Aquarian Age: The Movie	Ray Alucard		[12]
2005	Fafner in the Azure	Kenji Kondo, various characters	Also voice director	[12]
2005	Immortal Grand Prix	Dew	TV series	[12]
2005	Mars Daybreak	Kuberness, Regardie, EF Soldier		[12]
2005	New Getter Robo	Ryoma Nagare		[12]
2005	Otogi Zoshi	Mansairaku		[12]
2005	Planetes	Sia's father		[12]
2005	Saiyuki Reload	Genjyo Sanzo		[12]
2005	Samurai Champloo	Musashi "Johnny" Miyamoto, Xavier the Third, others		[12]
2005	Scrapped Princess	Socom, Galil, others		[12]
2005	Tenjho Tenge	Ishimatsu, others		[12]
2006–14	Bleach	Marechiyo Ōmaeda, Runuganga		[13]
2006	Kannazuki no Miko	Kazuki Ōgami		[12]
2006	Fate/stay night	Issei Ryudo		[12]
2006	Karas	Announcer, Monster, Shako		[12]
2006	Saiyuki Reload Gunlock	Genjo Sanzo		[12]
2007	Tales of Phantasia	Lundgrom	OVA	[12]
2008	Lucky Star	Meito Anizawa, TV Host, others		[12]
2009–15	Naruto Shippuden	Teuchi, Kitane, Hayate Gekko, others
2015–16	Durarara!!x2	Egor, Shu Aozaki		[14][13]
2015	Yuki Yuna is a Hero		ADR Director	[15][16]
2015–16	Aldnoah.Zero	Cruhteo	Also ADR director	[17]
2015	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Soichiro Kuzuki	TV series	[18]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[11][10]
2002	ChalkZone	Ronnie Lox	Ep. "Purple Haze/No Place Like Home/Disaster Park/I Need a Song"
2004–06	Justice League Unlimited	Atomic Skull, Captain Cold, Heat Wave		[19]
2006–07	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Young Fire Lord Sozin, additional voices		[13]
2006–08	Legion of Super Heroes	Announcer #1 (episode "Champions"), Grimbor (episode "The Karate Kid"; "In the Beginning"), R.J. Brande (episode "In the Beginning")
2007–08	The Batman	Metallo, Basil Karlo/Clayface (2nd Voice), Hamilton Hill, additional voices
2007–15	Curious George	Hundley, Doorman
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Rick Flagg
2009	Batgirl: Year One	Batman	Motion comic	[20]
2009–10	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Doctor Polaris, Hourman, Gold, Hydrogen, Alloy, Batman 2 / Dick Grayson		[19][13]
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Doctor Doom		[19][13]
2013	Regular Show	Barry	Episode: "Every Meat Burritos"	[13]
2015	Ever After High	Lance Charming		[13]
2016	Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir	Jagged Stone		[21]

Films

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[9][11][10]
1996	Black Jack	Additional voices	Animaze dub	[12]
1998	Yu Yu Hakusho: the Movie	Kazuma Kuwabara	OVA, Animaze/Media Blasters dub	[12]
1999	Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon	Shosetu Yu	Live-action dub	[12]
2001	Street Fighter Alpha	Guard		[12]
2001	Akira	Man on Vehicle's Radio 2	Animaze dub	[12]
2001	Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge	Shosetu Yu	Live-action dub	[12]
2002	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Additional voices		[12]
2002	Gundress	Shibrage, Kelvelos		[12]
2002	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report	Additional voices		[12]
2003	The Secret of Mamo	Goemon Ishikawa	Pioneer dub	[12]
2004	éX-Driver The Movie	Caine Tokioka, Fitz, David, Police Officer	Also voice director, ADR writer	[12]
2004	Mobile Suit Gundam F91	Bardo		[12]
2004	Alive	Tenshu Yashiro	Live-action dub	[12]
2011	Legend of the Millennium Dragon	Additional voices		[12]
2015	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Hayate Gekko		[19]

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[9][11][10]
1997	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Lerigot, Rygog	As Alexis Lang
1998	Six-String Samurai	Death
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Additional voices
2015	Hotel Transylvania 2	Additional voices		[22]
2015	The Laws of the Universe Part 0	Additional voices	Limited theatrical release	[23]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[11][24]
1997	Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout	Son Gohan	Animaze dub	[12]
1997	Bushido Blade	Hongou
2000	Star Trek: Klingon Academy	Civil War First Officer, Hopogh Captain, Federation Commander 4
2001	Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix	Jacob "Deke" DeCourt
2002	Digimon Rumble Arena	WarGreymon, Omnimon		[19]
2003	Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht	Luis Virgil	Uncredited
2003–present	Dynasty Warriors series	Zhuge Liang, Wei Yan, Sima Yi	Uncredited
2003	.hack//Mutation	Moonstone, Crim		[19]
2003	.hack//Outbreak	Moonstone, Crim		[19]
2003	Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike	Han Solo, additional voices		[19]
2004	.hack//Quarantine	Moonstone, Crim		[19]
2004	Crash Twinsanity	Doctor Neo Cortex		[19]
2004	Phantom Brave	Ash	Uncredited
2005	Death by Degrees	Bryce Adams	Uncredited
2005	Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga	Harley Q	Uncredited
2005	Haunting Ground	Debilitas
2005	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Han Solo, additional voices		[19]
2005	Crash Tag Team Racing	Doctor Neo Cortex		[19]
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Scout Trooper		[19]
2006	Suikoden V	Childerich	Uncredited
2006	Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked	Worso Tsurumaki
2006	Naruto series	Hayate Gekko, Gamabunta, Shikaku Nara, Kidomaru, Teuchi
2006	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Incidental characters
2006	Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories	Overlord Zenon	Uncredited
2006	Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	Luis Virgil		[19]
2007	Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner	Grey
2007	Blue Dragon	Young Nene		[19]
2007	Crash of the Titans	Doctor Neo Cortex		[19]
2007	Mass Effect	Ambassador Din Korlack
2008	Operation Darkness	Lewis Canton	Uncredited
2008	Crash: Mind over Mutant	Doctor Neo Cortex
2009	Crimson Gem Saga	Gelts	Uncredited
2009	Brütal Legend	Warfather
2009	Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles	Marvin Brannagh	Uncredited	[19]
2010	Mass Effect 2	Additional voices
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	Stormtrooper		[19]
2012	Mass Effect 3	Ambassador Din Korlack
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Magna Guard, Stormtrooper		[19]
2013	The Cave	The Zen Master, King, Speakerbox
2013	Marvel Heroes	Doctor Doom		[19]
2013	Skylanders: Swap Force	Grim Creeper		[25][13]
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices		[26]
2014	Titanfall	Spyglass		[13]
2014	Skylanders: Trap Team	Grim Creeper		[27]
2014	Digimon All-Star Rumble	WarGreymon, Examon, Dorulumon, Omnimon
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Officer Kevern, Officer Deaves, Officer Doyle		[28]
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Grim Creeper		[29]

Live-action dubbing

List of voice performances in live-action television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[11]
1996	Power Rangers Zeo	Louie Kaboom
1997	Power Rangers Turbo	Rygog, Lerigot
1998	Power Rangers in Space	Ecliptor
2002	Power Rangers Wild Force	Zen-Aku

Other appearances

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[11][10]
2001	Primetime Glick	Announcer
2002	Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck	Contestant		[30]

References

1. "Patch Profile Page For Sandy Fox". Studio City, Patch. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
2. Fox, Sandy. "Patch Profile Page For Sandy Fox". Studio City, Patch. Patch Media. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
3. http://loveplanetfoundation.org
4. http://loveplanetproductions.com/?page_id=7
5. "H2Om Joins Film Festival to 'Elevate' Consciousness in Hollywood" (Press release). Elevate Film Festival and H20m. July 22, 2006. Retrieved September 24, 2015 – via BevNET.com.
6. Regina, Steven. "Sandy Fox/Lex Lang". The Swerve Magazine. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
7. "Gear awards – Waters(Flavored/Enhanced) Winners". ShapeYou.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
8. "Meditation". SandyFox.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
9. "Lex Lang Anime resume". LexLang.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
10. "Animation". lexlang.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
11. "Lex Lang– Resume". Jeff Zannini Celebrity Talent. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
12. "Lex Lang". Crystal Acids.com. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
13. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2015-05-28/voice-actors-sandy-fox-lex-lang-to-participate-in-otakon-2015/.88662
14. "Durarara!!×2 English Dub to Premiere March 10". Anime News Network. 2015-03-06.
15. Martin, Theron (April 27, 2015). "Yuki Yuna is a Hero [Collector's Edition + CD] – Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 26, 2016. Pony Canyon called upon Bang Zoom! Entertainment for the English dub. Long-time voice actor Lex Lang mostly guides well a cast with limited experience; only in a couple of places do the performances sound even slightly stiff or awkward. All of the actresses were appropriately-chosen for their roles in a vocal quality sense and handle the acting capably. ... The dub script is also a smooth and reasonable interpretation of the original Japanese script.
16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGIn2SHLQg
17. "Aniplex USA to Release 1st Aldnoah.Zero Season 1 On BD/DVD with Dub, Sub". Anime News Network. 2015-06-06.
18. "Aniplex USA Details Fate/stay night UBW, Durarara!! 2xSho Release Details". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
19. "Behind The Voice Actors – Lex Lang". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2015-03-06. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
20. Terrace 2014, p. 23
21. "Darkblade". Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Season 1. Episode 12. February 28, 2016. Nickelodeon.
22. All Movie Guide. "Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) – Acting credits". New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
23. TWK Admin. "Laws of the Universe Part 0 Premiere with Tom Kenny, Kari Wahlgren, Lex Lang, Christina Vee". Teens Wanna Know. Retrieved February 28, 2016. Video interview. 2:43-3:15 "It was a lot of fun because I got to play one of the teachers in the film but then I also got to play one of the creatures in the film. So I'm like a feature creature teacher."
24. "Video Games". lexlang.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
25. Vicarious Visions (October 13, 2013). Skylanders: Swap Force. Scene: closing credits, 8 minutes in, VO Production by Soundelux, Voice Actors.
26. Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
27. Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in Voice Actors.
28. Rocksteady Studios. Batman: Arkham Knight. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 13:05 in, Voiceover & Mocap Talent.
29. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
30. Chance 2011b, p. 455

Book references

• Chance, Norman (2011). Who was who on TV 3. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456824563.
• Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013. McFarland. ISBN 9781476616452.

External links

• Official website
• Love Planet Records
• Lex Lang at the Internet Movie Database
• Lex Lang at Anime News Network's encyclopedia