Tadashi Nakamura (voice actor)

Tadashi Nakamura
Born	December 24, 1929 Aichi, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor, narrator
Years active	1952-present

Tadashi Nakamura (中村 正 Nakamura Tadashi, born December 24, 1929 in Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor. He is attached to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

Filmography

Television animation

• Osomatsu-kun (1966) (Mogura)
• Star of the Giants (1968) (Tetsuharu Kawakami)
• Marine Boy (1969) (Faamu)
• Lupin III Part III (1984) (Aran Bonparuto (ep. 2))
• Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: Botchan (1986) (Redshirt)
• Ironfist Chinmi (1988) (Narrator)
• Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (1990) (Narrator)
• Magical Princess Minky Momo (1991) (Narrator)
• Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995) (Lord Arthur)
• Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998) (Quincy Rosenkreutz)
• Oh My Goddess! (1998) (Narrator)
• Reign: The Conqueror (1999) (Parmenion)
• Tetsujin 28-go (2004) (Dr. Bigfire)
• Space Brothers (2012) (Ozzy Smith)
• Life Counselling TV Animation "Jinsei" (2014) (Narrator)

OVA

• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1989) (Franz von Mariendorf)
• Giant Robo (1992) (Shokatsuryo Komei)

Theatrical animation

• Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure into the Underworld (1984) (Dr. Mangetsu)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988) (Police officer)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) (Old Security Guard)
• Summer Wars (2009) (Mansaku Jinnouchi)
• Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels (2011) (Professor)
• Wolf Children (2012) (Hosokawa)
• The Boy and the Beast (2015)

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Leslie Nielsen
  • Counterpoint (1976 Fuji TV edition) (Victor Rice)
  • The Poseidon Adventure (1976 TBS edition) (Captain Harrison)
  • Airplane! (Dr. Rumack)
  • The Creature Wasn't Nice (Captain Jamieson)
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (Lt. Frank Drebin)
  • Repossessed (Father Jebedaiah Mayii)
  • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (Lt. Frank Drebin)
  • Surf Ninjas (Colonel Chi)
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (Lt. Frank Drebin)
  • S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (Lucio Cinico)
  • Dracula: Dead and Loving It (Count Dracula)
  • Wrongfully Accused (Ryan Harrison)
  • Kevin of the North (Clive Thornton)
  • Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (Mayor of Charlestown)
• David Niven
  • Around the World in 80 Days (Phileas Fogg)
  • Separate Tables (Major David Angus Pollock)
  • The Guns of Navarone (1972 TV Asahi and 1982 Fuji TV editions) (Cpl. John Anthony Miller)
  • 55 Days at Peking (Sir Arthur Robertson)
  • The Pink Panther (1973 TV Asahi and 1976 NTV editions) (Sir Charles Lytton)
  • Bedtime Story (Lawrence Jamison)
  • Lady L (Lord Lendale)
  • Where the Spies Are (Doctor Jason Love)
  • Casino Royale (1976 TV Asahi edition) (Sir James Bond 007)
  • Murder by Death (1981 TBS edition) (Dick Charleston)
  • Candleshoe (Priory)
  • Death on the Nile (Colonel Johnny Race)
  • Escape to Athena (1982 TBS edition) (Professor Blake)
  • Curse of the Pink Panther (Sir Charles Litton)
• Rex Harrison
  • My Fair Lady (Professor Henry Higgins)
  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce (Charles)
  • Doctor Dolittle (Doctor John Dolittle)
  • The Honey Pot (Cecil Sheridan Fox)
  • Crossed Swords (The Duke of Norfolk)
• Bing Crosby
  • Going My Way (Father Chuck O'Malley)
  • The Bells of St. Mary's (Father Chuck O'Malley)
  • White Christmas (Bob Wallace)
  • High Time (Harvey Howard)
  • The Road to Hong Kong (Harry Turner)
• 12 Angry Men (1969 TV Asahi edition) (Juror #5 (Jack Klugman))
• Aces: Iron Eagle III (Palmer (Christopher Cazenove))
• Armageddon (Fuji TV edition) (The President (Stanley Anderson))
• Bewitched (Narrator)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Dr. Iannis (John Hurt))
• Charlie's Angels (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• Charlie's Angels (film) (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Charles "Charlie" Townsend)
• Cutthroat Island (Ainslee (Patrick Malahide))
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (Cecil "C.J." Fredericks (Dick Van Dyke))
• RoboCop (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Dick Jones (Ronny Cox))
• Total Recall (1992 TV Asahi edition) (Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox)))
• Unforgiven (English Bob (Richard Harris))

Animation

• Disney's House of Mouse (Narrator)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2016	10th Seiyu Awards	Merit Awards	Won

External links

• Haikyo profile (Japanese)
• Tadashi Nakamura (voice actor) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia