Duncan Brannan

Duncan Brannan (born June 25, 1970) is an American voice actor, writer, teacher and minister, who has provided voices for numerous mainstream children's entertainment characters, English-language dubs of Japanese anime, and other commercial properties.

Career

Brannan was the voice of Chuck E. Cheese in restaurant chains across the U.S., as well as his English and Spanish voice in national commercials seen on PBS, Nickelodeon, and other places from January 1994 to April 2012.^[1][2][3] He was replaced by musician and singer Jaret Reddick when Chuck E. Cheese’s revamped their image.^[1] Brannan is also known for his work on the children's TV series Barney & Friends from 1997 to 2000, providing Barney's character and singing voice for home video releases, his singing voice for the PBS series following Bob West’s departure, as well as Barney’s voice for numerous public relations spots on radio and television and merchandise from plush toys to games, compact discs, and more (ironically, Chuck E. Cheese was a sponsor Barney & Friends at the time as well as other PBS programs).

Brannan has also voiced commercials and industrials for secular and religious markets. Some of his most notable credits are: Taco Bueno, Martha Stewart, Just Brakes, The Department of Defense, Brinker's International (for Chili's, Maggiano's, On the Border, and Romano's Macaroni Grill), Methodist Health Systems, Leslie's Pool Supplies, Cambien Voyager, New Horizons, Stop Her Now, K Havnanian Homes, First United Bank, Campus Crusade for Christ, Chuck Swindoll, Lone Star College System, Parkland Health and Hospital Systems, JPI Realtors, the National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle & the Wing Team, Okratron 5000, and Funimation, Inc.

In April 2020, Brannan landed the voice of “Beasley,” the new public relations canine mascot for the city of Easley, South Carolina.

Outside of voice acting, Brannan also works as a writer, artist, consultant, and pastor.^[4]

Personal life

He currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife Ralana Lynn Gregg, whom he married on January 2, 1993.^[4] Together they have two daughters, Kaydra and Karlisa Brannan.^[4]

Filmography

Live-action

• Barney & Friends - Barney (speaking and/or singing voice in various features, 1997–2000)
• Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 - Chuck E. Cheese (voice)^[5]

Anime

• A Certrain Magical Index - Tatemiya
• Appleseed XIII - Additional voices
  • Appleseed XIII: Ouranos - Additional voices
  • Appleseed XIII: Tartaros - Additional voices
• African no Salaryman - Additional voices
• Attack on Titan - Thomas Wagner
• Baccano! - Denkura (Ep. 7)
• Baki the Grappler - Takagi
• Barakamon - Takao Kawafuji^[6]
• Black Butler II - Priest (Ep. 4)
• Blood Blockade Battlefront - Additional voices
• Blue Gender - Additional voices
• Case Closed - Ken Thomason, Oswald Burny
• Casshern Sins - Additional voices
• Darker than Black - Jean (Eps. 1-2)
• Deadman Wonderland - Additional voices
• Detective Conan - Oswald Burny, Ken Tomason
• Dragon Ball Series - Babidi, Sharpner, Ninja Murasaki, Boss Rabbit, Dr. Myuu, Smitty, Bibidi
  • Dragon Ball - Boss Rabbit, Zoonama, Ninja Murasaki
  • Dragon Ball GT - Dr. Myuu, Scholar Bot, Babidi
  • Dragon Ball Z - Babidi, Bibidi, Sharpner, Smitty, Commander, Old Man
  • Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon - Sharpner^[5]
• Dragonaut - The Resonance - Kasuga Nozaki
• Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden - Additional voices
• Ensemble Stars - Male Student 08B
• Eureka Seven: AO - Yasumochi Nakamura
• Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone - Additional voices
• Fairy Tail - Sugarboy, Sugarboy (Earthland)
• Fractale - Additional voices
• Free! - Sugimoto
• Fullmetal Alchemist series - Slicer (Young Brother), Fox, Additional voices
• Future Diary - Additional voices
• Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party - Additional voices
• Good Luck Girl! - Genjuro Rindo (Ranmaru's Father, Ep. 7)
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino - Bernardo (Ep. 9)
• Handa-kun - Takao Kawafuji
• Jyu Oh Sei - Third
• Karneval - Murano, Additional voices
• Kiddy Grade - Additional voices
• Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing - Luscinia Hafez
• Laughing Under the Clouds - Additional voices
• Love and Honour - Hori, Senior Chief
• Mushishi - Tetsu (Ep. 23)
• Ninja Slayer - Offender
• Noragami - Additional voices
• One Piece (Funimation Dub) - Mr. 3, Sarquiss, Shepherd, Additional voices
• One Piece: Stampede - Mr.3/Galdino^[5]
• Psycho-Pass 2 - Akira Kitazawa (Eps. 1-3)^[7]
• Riddle Story of Devil - Additional voices
• Samurai 7 - Shichiroji
• Seraph of the End - Norito Goshi
• Snow White with the Red Hair - Brecker^[5]
• Soul Eater - Additional voices
• Spice and Wolf II - Rigoro Dedri
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar - Dagmyer Mesut
• The Boy and the Beast - Additional voices
• The Emperor of Corpses - Additional voices
• The Galaxy Railways - Guy Sander (Eps. 2, 4-5)
• The Rolling Girls - Ma-Bo
• Tokyo Ghoul - Additional voices
• Tokyo Ghoul: Root A - Additional voices
• Vexille - SWORD Comm Officer 2
• Yu Yu Hakusho - Shougo Satoh

Video games

• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 - Babidi
• Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo - Ninja Murasaki^[5]
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - Babidi, Sharpner^[5]
• Smite - Additional voices

Other Work

• Chuck E. Cheese's Restaurant Shows - Chuck E. Cheese (1994–2012), Jasper T. Jowls (1994, 1996), Mr. Munch (1994, 1996-1999), Pasqually P. Pieplate (1996, 1999), Larry the Technician (1993–2012)

References

External links

• Duncan Brannan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Duncan Brannan at IMDb
• Duncan Brannan on Twitter