Troy Baker is an American voice actor and musician known for his numerous roles in video games, including Joel Miller in The Last of Us franchise and Rhys Strongfork in Tales from the Borderlands (2014).
Baker holds the record for the most acting nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards, with seven between 2013 and 2026. Baker has also voiced Batman, the Joker, Hawkeye, and Loki in various media, and has provided voices for a number of English dubs of anime, including Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto: Shippuden, Code Geass, and Soul Eater. He was previously the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Tripp Fontaine, with whom he released an album titled Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin (2004). He then released the solo album Sitting in the Fire (2014) before he and his backing band changed their name to Window to the Abbey and released the album Moving Around Bias (2017).
In 2022, Baker announced his controversial partnership with an NFT company called Voiceverse, which was later discovered to have plagiarized from a free service called 15.ai; Baker ended his partnership two weeks later.
Career Acting
Baker began his voice acting career doing radio commercials in Dallas. He was recruited by Christopher Sabat to do voice-over work at Funimation for the English adaptation of the anime Case Closed. He went on to work in dubbing anime such as Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, and the Funimation dub of One Piece. He then moved to Los Angeles and began working on Marvel-based animated series, providing the voice of various characters in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, as well as Hawkeye and Loki in Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble.
Baker's career in the video game industry began when he voiced Matt Baker in the tactical shooter series Brothers in Arms. In an interview with The Griff, he said, "It was starting to become necessary for actors to become involved [in gaming], so I got into that and it was literally stumbling from one job into the next. That was kind of my first snowball effect." His most notable roles came in 2013, when he provided the voice of Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite and the voice and motion capture of Joel in The Last of Us. Both games earned critical acclaim, gaining scores over 90% on GameRankings and Metacritic, and widespread commercial success. He was nominated for both of these roles at VGX 2013, winning for The Last of Us. He then worked on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, playing Nathan Drake's older brother Sam. He reprised the role in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
In 2011, Baker became the voice of Siris, the hero of Chair Entertainment's blockbuster mobile game series Infinity Blade, and in 2014 he was the voice of Talion, the protagonist of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which earned a rating of 9.3 on IGN. He also voiced Ace (Experiment 262) in the English dub of the anime Stitch! He was listed on Entertainment Weekly in their "Best of 2013" issue for "Best Breakout Actor" in the video game industry for his performances in The Last of Us, BioShock Infinite, and as the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins.
In May 2018, Baker and voice actor Nolan North began hosting the weekly YouTube series Retro Replay. In April 2020, due to an apparent disagreement on the future direction of the show, Baker left to start his own series.
Voiceverse partnership and plagiarism scandal, NFTs, and generative AI
On January 14, 2022, Troy Baker announced a partnership with blockchain-based company Voiceverse, which was immediately met with negative reception. The announcement was particularly controversial due to Baker's confrontational tone, ending his tweet with "You can hate. Or you can create." Later that day, it was discovered that Voiceverse had used voice technology from 15.ai—a free, non-commercial text-to-speech application—without permission or attribution. Screenshots of log files posted by 15, the developer of 15.ai, revealed that Voiceverse had generated audio using 15.ai's voices from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, pitched them up to make them unrecognizable, and then sold them as non-fungible tokens (NFT). News publications and AI watchdog groups universally characterized the incident as theft and plagiarism. Following the continued backlash and plagiarism revelation, Baker acknowledged on January 31, 2022, that his original announcement may have been "antagonistic" and announced that he would discontinue his partnership with Voiceverse. In 2023, /Film described Baker's former partnership with Voiceverse as "one of [his] less reputable roles".
In January 2026, Eurogamer referenced the plagiarism scandal in regards to Baker's comments about generative AI, writing that his Voiceverse partnership had resulted in "fierce backlash" as a result of his "provocative marketing".
Music Before pursuing acting, Baker was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Tripp Fontaine, which released the radio single "Burning Out" from their debut album Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin in 2004.
Baker's first solo album, Sitting in the Fire, was released on October 14, 2014. On October 6, 2017, Baker and his backing band, also called Sitting in the Fire, released his second album Moving Around Bias under the new name of Window to the Abbey.
Personal life In 2012, Baker married photographer Pamela Walworth, also from Dallas. They reside in Los Angeles. They have a son who was born in 2018.
Filmography Anime Year Title Role Notes – click Resume –09 Case Closed Gin Gunslinger Girl Alfonso, additional voices Baki the Grappler Katou, Rob Robinson, Copperhead, additional voices The Galaxy Railways Wataru Yuuki Fullmetal Alchemist Frank Archer, additional voices Yu Yu Hakusho Shunjun Eps. 91–92, 98 Desert Punk Makoto Negima! Nagi Springfield Basilisk: The Kōga Ninja Scrolls Kouga Gennosuke – check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources Trinity Blood Abel Nightroad MoonPhase Count Kinkel Ergo Proxy Kazkis Hauer, Soldier B Ep. 9 Black Cat Jenos Hazard Peach Girl Toru, Honda Suzuka Coach Ep. 4 Naruto Yashiro Uchiha, Renga, Hokushin Eps. 129, 164, 187 The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye Leon Eps. 13, 15 Shin Chan Action Bastard Funimation dub Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Kyle, Kusanagi Darker than Black November 11, Jack Simon –09 Bleach Jin Kariya Code Geass series Schneizel el Britannia –10 One Piece Helmeppo, Ohm, Additional Voices Funimation dub Monster Jaromir Lipsky, Heinz –14 Naruto: Shippuden Yamato, Pain, Gamahiro, Kiho, Yahiko, Additional Voices Soul Eater Excalibur, White Star Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Syam Vist, Gilboa Sant, Alec, Announcer Slayers Revolution Zuuma Slayers Evolution-R Radok, Zuuma Vampire Knight Guilty Akatsuki Kain Eden of the East Ryosuke Morimi Also related films –13 Stitch! Ace (Experiment 262) Eps. 10, 29–30 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Greed Second incarnation only Kekkaishi Madarao, Kaguro Marvel Anime Koichi Kaga, Sublime, Noah van Helsing Series: Iron Man, Wolverine, Blade, X-Men Persona 4: The Animation Kanji Tatsumi Eps. 1–12 – A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. –20 Baki Baki / Baki Hanma Netflix
Animation Year Title Role Notes Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return! Magor, Old Sage Monster High Mr. Lou Zarr Episode: "New Ghoul @ School" –12 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Blue Falcon, Red Humungonaut, Krod, Dreamweaver, others –12 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Clay Quartermain, Whirlwind, Blizzard, Grey Gargoyle, Constrictor, Michael Korvac, Glenn Talbot, Groot, Ulik, Sydren, Robbie Robertson, additional voices –13 Generator Rex Van Kleiss, Biowulf, Roswell, Etude, Weaver, various voices G.I. Joe: Renegades Dr. Kurt Schnurr / Airtight Episode: "The Anaconda Strain" –17 Regular Show Dr. Rueben Langer, Klorgbane the Destroyer, Park Avenue, David, others –14 NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians Wild Card, Warren, Coach Wildwood, Charles Reynolds –17 Ultimate Spider-Man Loki, Hawkeye, Montana, Shocker, Web-Slinger, others Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload Loki Television special –19 Avengers Assemble Hawkeye, Loki, Red Guardian, Whiplash, Kraven the Hunter, various voices Clarence Troy, Keith Mack, Laser Game Voice Episode: "Money Broom Wizard" –15 Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Loki, Asgardian Guard Batman Unlimited The Joker Web series Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled Hawkeye Television special –17 Transformers: Robots in Disguise Steeljaw, Vector Prime, Vladd Gastlee, Arnold Guardians of the Galaxy Loki, Hawkeye, various voices Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Jack, Josh, Jester 2016–17Justice League ActionHawkman, Jonas Glim, Kanto –18 Spider-Man Kraven the Hunter, Hot Dog Guy 2 episodes Stretch Armstrong & The Flex Fighters Mortar –2020 Ben 10 Lord Decibel American Dad! The Narrator, Ernie –21 Carmen Sandiego Dash Haber –22 Amphibia Captain Grime –22 Young Justice Geo-Force, Guy Gardner, Simon Ecks, Blue Devil, others Seasons 3–4 Lego City Adventures Snake Rattler Season 2 Dota: Dragon's Blood Invoker, Dark Moon Order Guard, Crazed Soldier, various voices Netflix series Family Guy Jorah Mormont 2 episodes Rick and Morty Timmy Timtim 2 episodes Love, Death & Robots Torrin Episode: "Bad Travelling" The Legend of Vox Machina Syldor Vessar Transformers: EarthSpark Shockwave 3 episodes2025The SimpsonsJohn "Jonesy" JonesEpisode: "Bad Boys... for Life?"2026InvincibleNolan's Father, Gelderian WarriorEpisode: "I'll Give You the Grand Tour"
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