Years later he turned to the American animation voice acting grounds.įreeman has been best known for his work in Marvel Comics based productions such as The Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He was the second and final voice actor to get the job, after Zelgadis' original voice actor, Daniel Cronin, lost contact with CPM after a year-long halt in the dubbing. In 1997, Freeman landed the role of Zelgadis Graywords in Slayers along with Lisa Ortiz, Eric Stuart and Veronica Taylor. It was not until he remembered all of the anime shows he watched as a child that he realized that many people are introduced to anime through the English dubbed versions. When originally approached about dubbing, he initially declined. Knowing Freeman was a big anime fan, a friend suggested he call up Central Park Media (CPM) and apply for a job doing English dubs. ( May 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this section by introducing more precise citations. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This section about a living person includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. He initially got involved in the voice-over industry when a friend of his landed a role in Peacock King. He has also stated that the reason he got into the industry was because of the anime The Vision of Escaflowne. He later discovered Voltron, Star Blazers, and Robotech.

Casey Kasem voiced the role of his favorite character, Mark of Battle of the Planets, and Freeman even wanted to change his name to Mark at one point. As a child, he was greatly influenced by anime such as Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets. He then earned an MFA in acting from Columbia University and went on to perform on Broadway, at the American Repertory Theater, at the Mark Taper Forum, at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, and at the Williamstown Theater Festival. Freeman graduated from the Latin School of Chicago in 1990 and earned a BA from Williams College, where he majored in theater and minored in computer science. His sister, Cassidy Freeman is an actress, while his brother Clark is an actor and musician. ( May 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)įreeman was born in Chicago on February 9, 1972.

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