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Michael Sinterniklaas

Michael Sinterniklaas
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Sinterniklaas at the Florida Supercon in 2015
Born
Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas

August 13, 1972
Nice, France
OccupationVoice actor, ADR director, script writer
Years active1994–present
Parent(s)Mary Tremain Sinterniklaas
Websitehttp://www.nyavpost.com/

Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas (/sɪntərnɪkləs/; born August 13, 1972) is a French–American voice actor, ADR director and script writer who has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series, as well as cartoons and video games. He has worked for Studiopolis, Funimation, 4K Media, Central Park Media, Bandai Entertainment, Viz Media and Media Blasters. He is the founder and owner of NYAV Post, a Bi-coastal studio located in New York City and Los Angeles, which dubbed many different anime titles and recorded several original prelay works.

He is best known for his roles as Leonardo in the 2003 series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dean Venture in The Venture Bros and Taki Tachibana in the English dub of the highest-grossing Japanese anime film of all time,[1] Your Name.

Early life

Michael Tremain Sinterniklaas was born on August 13, 1972, in Nice, France, to Dutch parents. He lived in London and Lucerne as a child and moved to the United States when he was 10 years old. He graduated from High School of Performing Arts in New York City, and attended college in North Carolina where he did work at both Southwynde and Coastal Carolina Studios.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Sinterniklaas at the 2014 Annie Awards

His most notable roles as a voice actor are Leonardo in 2003 series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dean Venture (and other small parts) in the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros, Mikey Simon in the Nicktoons series Kappa Mikey, Orphan in Final Fantasy XIII and as Deady in the 2011 Friday the 13th event of the online MMORPG AdventureQuest Worlds. He also replaced David Moo as Xellos in the English dub of Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R.[6]

He is also a well known voice director, for a variety of shows, such as Berserk, Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, Kappa Mikey, Kurokami: The Animation, Magic User's Club, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Slayers Revolution, Slayers Evolution-R, Let's Go! Tamagotchi, Three Delivery, Care Bears and The Venture Bros.

Dubbing roles

Anime

  • A Silent Voice - Kazuki Shimada
  • Ah! My Goddess – Shohei Yoshida (Ep. 25)
  • Alien Nine – Hiroshi Iwanami
  • B-Daman CrossFire – Yuki Washimura (credited as Martel Fraiser Tremain)
  • Bakuman – Moritaka Mashiro
  • Black Butler: Book of Circus – Dagger
  • Bleach – Nnoitora Gilga, Luppi Antenor, Menis, Ikkaku Madarame (Ep. 105), Wonderweiss Mergera (Eps. 278+)
  • Burst Angel – Jei Kokuren (Ep. 9)
  • Bubblegum Crisis – Mackie Stingray (Young), AD Police Officer
  • Cannon Busters - additional voices
  • Case Closed – Keenan Morris (Ep. 6)
  • Cyborg 009 VS Devilman – Cyborg 004/Albert Heinrich
  • D.Gray-Man – Dodge (Ep. 18)
  • Di Gi Charat – Ky Schweitzer
  • Digimon Fusion – Lucemon (Ep. 15–17)
  • Dinosaur King – David Neckam, additional voices
  • Domain of Murder – Goro Nagase
  • Durarara!! – Additional voices
  • Eden of the East – Satoshi Osugi
  • Eden of the East: The King of Eden – Satoshi Osugi
  • Eden of the East: Paradise Lost – Satoshi Osugi
  • Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry – King Animus
  • Freedom Project – Takeru
  • F-Zero: GP Legend – Additional voices
  • Fullmetal Alchemist – Leo
  • Future Diary – Assemblyman (ep. 19), additional voices
  • Gall Force: New Era – Nova Universe
  • GaoGaiGar: The King of Braves – Gai Shishiô
  • Glass Fleet – Subordinate (Eps. 24 & 26)
  • Gokusen – Ichikawa, Ishizuka, Sonomura, Tanaka
  • Hades Project Zeorymer – Saiga
  • Hetalia: Axis Powers – Netherlands
  • Hetalia: The Beautiful World – Netherlands
  • Hetalia: The World Twinkle – Netherlands (Ep. 17)
  • Hetalia: World Series – Netherlands
  • Hi no Tori – Masato (The Future Chapter)
  • Ichi the Killer – Ichi
  • Joe vs. Joe – Joe Yuuki
  • Jormungand – Gasud (Ep. 5)
  • Jormungand: Perfect Order – Gasud (Ep. 4)
  • Kakurenbo – Hikora
  • Kizuna: Bonds of Love – Kai Sagano
  • Kekkaishi – Shu Akitsu, Yukimasa
  • Knight Hunters: Weiß Kreuz – Brad Crawford
  • Kurokami: The Animation – Punipuni, Pilot, The Noble One (Ep. 14), Tribal End
  • Let's Go Tamagotchi – Gozanutchi
  • Lu over the Wall - Kai
  • Lupin the 3rd Part IV: The Italian Adventure - Koh Uraga, Mario (Ep. 15)
  • Magic User's Club – Yoshito Yoshimoto
  • Magical DoReMi – Stewart, Mackenzie
  • Marvel Anime: Blade – Tanaka (Eps. 1 & 2), Vampire Guard (Ep. 1)
  • Marvel Anime: Iron Man – Lab Employee (Ep. 6), Operator (Ep. 8), Pisces/Sho (Ep. 6)
  • Marvel Anime: X-Men – Hisako's Father, Ray, Mr. Ichiki, Rat
  • Marvel Future Avengers – Maximus, Triton
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Angelo Sauper, Dennis (Ep. 1), Besson, additional voices
  • Monster – Detective Jan Suk
  • Mr. Osomatsu – Jyushimatsu Matsuno [7]
  • Munto – Kazuya
  • Mushishi – Isaza (Ep. 26)
  • Naruto Shippuden – Sora, Utakata (Six Tails Jinchūriki), Reincarnated Ninja (Ep. 316), Villager (Ep. 150)
  • Ninja Nonsense – Takeru
  • One Piece – Mr. 9, Mayor Boodle (4Kids dub), Disco, additional voices (FUNimation dub)
  • Patema Inverted – Age
  • Patlabor: The Mobile Police - The TV Series – Utsumi
  • Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart – Kazuya Takahashi
  • Pokémon – Seviper, Joshua, Kennedy
  • Pokémon Heroes – Ross
  • Samurai 7 – Sobei
  • Samurai Deeper Kyo – Akira, The Two Headed Dragon
  • Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement – Sarutobi Sasuke
  • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings – Sarutobi Sasuke
  • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings II – Sarutobi Sasuke
  • Sengoku Basara: The Last Party – Sarutobi Sasuke
  • Shaman King – Trey "Horohoro" Racer, Orona
  • Shin-chan (FUNimation dub) – Phillippe, The Flying Pecker
  • Shootfighter Tekken – Kiichi "Keybo" Miyazawa
  • Slayers – Xellos (Seasons 4 & 5)
  • Sonic X – Chris Thorndyke (teenager) (Season 3)
  • Space Dandy – Defense lawyer (Ep. 25)
  • Stitch! – Hans (Season 2)
  • Summer Wars – Kenji Koiso
  • Tales of Zestiria the X – Oscar Dragonia
  • Tiger & Bunny – Ivan Karelin/Origami Cyclone
  • Time of Eve – Masakazu Masaki
  • The Galaxy Railways – Filidh (Ep. 17), Owen
  • The Sky Crawlers – Yuichi Kannami
  • The Weathering Continent – Arun Harad
  • Urusei Yatsura – Ataru Moroboshi
  • Weathering with You - Taki Tachibana (cameo)
  • Welcome to the Space Show – Kyoshi Sato
  • Winx Club (4Kids dub) – Riven
  • Your Lie in April – Akira Takayanagi
  • Your Name – Taki Tachibana[8]
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! – Mahad/Dark Magician
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's - Torunka
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Cody Callus
  • Zetman – Man (Ep. 1)

Filmography

Animation

  • Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot – Bedtime Bear, Birthday Bear, Funshine Bear
  • Chaotic – Additional voices
  • Ernest & Celestine – Additional voices[9]
  • Friends of Heartlake City
  • G.I. Joe: Sigma Six – Tunnel Rat, Karakuri
  • Hanazuki – Orange Hemka, Pink Hemka, Dark Purple Hemka, Lavender Hemka, Light Blue Hemka, Dark Green Hemka, various voices
  • Huntik: Secrets & Seekers – Peter
  • Impy's Island – Professor Horatio Tibberton
  • Kappa Mikey – Mikey Simon
  • Kirby 3D – Nightmare (uncredited)
  • Mad – Leonardo, Steven Spielberg, Aquaman, Ethan Hunt
  • Miraculous Ladybug – Nathaniel Kurtzberg
  • OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes – Hero, Frank Bank
  • Robotomy – Weenus, Megawatt
  • Speed Racer: The Next Generation – Jared, Jesse
  • Supernormal – Eric Normal/Captain Scrumptious
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Leonardo, Dark Leo, Parker, Lord Hebi, Graviturtle, Weasel
  • The Batman – Man screaming 'It's Joker'
  • The Venture Bros. – Dean Venture, various voices
  • Turtles Forever – 2003 Leonardo

Video games

  • Adventure Quest Worlds – Deady (Friday the 13th)
  • Bravely Second: End Layer – Jackal[10]
  • Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 – Time Patroller
  • Final Fantasy XIII – Orphan (true form)
  • Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional voices
  • Fire Emblem Heroes – Takumi, Niles, Lucius[11]
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses – Aelfric
  • Grand Theft Auto V – The Local Population[12]
  • Rainbow Six Siege - Jager <Wiki fandom>
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 – Utakata
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Utakata
  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution – Utakata
  • ObsCure – Kenny Matthews (uncredited)
  • Pillars of Eternity – Additional voices
  • Saint's Row: The Third – Radio voices
  • Shira Oka: Second Chances – Kazuki Ogawa
  • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes – Sarutobi Sasuke
  • Shaman King: Power of Spirit – Trey Racer (Horohoro), Clive Portman
  • Shaman King: Master of Spirits – Trey Racer (Horohoro)
  • Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 – Trey Racer (Horohoro)
  • Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor – Additional voices
  • The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Lawrence
  • The Last of Us – Additional voices
  • The Lego Movie Videogame – Additional voices
  • The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril – Pink Panther, Louie
  • The Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink – Pink Panther
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Dale Carter
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege – Jäger
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series – Leonardo, Leatherhead, Utrominator
  • Xenoblade Chronicles X – Gwin Ewans

Live-action

  • Answer This! – Umlatt the Flunkie
  • Cutie Honey – Detective Todoroki (English voice-over)
  • Flesh for the Beast – Martin Shelley
  • Matlock – Pizza Guy
  • Once a Loser – Cam Dean
  • The Crow – Extra (uncredited)
  • Violetta – Braco (English dub) / Leon (Seasons 2-3) (English dub)
  • Zero Woman: The Accused – Mitsuru (English dub)
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno — Cho Sawagejo (English dub)

Documentary

Production staff

Voice direction

Script adaptation

Sound department

Producer/production manager

Casting

  • Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart

References

  1. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=yourname.htm
  2. ^ "Michael Sinterniklaas - SF Sketchfest 17". Archived from the original on March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "UKA: Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh interview". www.uk-anime.net. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Otakon 2012: Toonzone Interviews Voice Director and Actor Michael Sinterniklaas - ToonZone News". toonzone.net. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  5. ^ TeamNeko (August 22, 2011). "Ayacon 2011 - Voice Actors Panel". Retrieved May 11, 2017 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Funimation Adds Sengoku Basara TV Anime Series (Update 2)". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  7. ^ https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1043564883755905024
  8. ^ "Interview: Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh on Your Name". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  9. ^ Ernest & Celestine (film). 2013.
  10. ^ Silicon Studio. Bravely Second: End Layer. Nintendo. Scene: Ending credits, 8:22 in, Main Cast.
  11. ^ "Michael Sinterniklaas". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 29, 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  12. ^ Rockstar North (September 17, 2013). Grand Theft Auto V (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) (1.0 ed.). Rockstar Games. Level/area: Credits, 21:20 in, The Cast, The Local Population.
  13. ^ Roles Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine on SINTERNIKLAAS.COM
  14. ^ a b "A Seeker Is Born". Huntik. Season 1. Episode 1.

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