Eric Stuart is an American voice actor and musician whose clients include 4Kids Entertainment, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media.
Among some of his prominent roles, he is best known for being the voice of Brock and James from seasons 1–8 of the original Pokémon anime, as well as voicing Seto Kaiba in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime series and Meta Knight in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
Early life Stuart was born in Brooklyn, New York to a modern dancer mother and a criminal attorney father.
Voice acting career He provides voices for English dubs of anime, cartoons, and video games. Some of his most prominent roles include Brock and James in Pokémon from seasons 1–8, Seto Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Gourry Gabriev in Slayers.
Music career
As a stage performer, he and his band, Eric Stuart Band, have toured with Peter Frampton (1999, 2000), Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band (1997), Lynyrd Skynyrd (1997), and has opened for Jethro Tull (1997), Julian Cope (1995), Hall & Oates (1997, 1998) and Chicago (1995, 1997, 1998) as well.
In 2000, Frampton produced his album Blue, Dressed in Black.
In 2007, he released his fourth full-length album In The County Of Kings as the Eric Stuart Band under Stuart's own independent label, Widow's Peak Records. The title of the album comes from Kings County, Brooklyn, where Stuart was born and raised. In addition, the front cover art depicts the Brooklyn Bridge and New York City in juxtaposition with the Great Pyramid, the Sphinx of Giza, and the Valley of the Kings, which are in Egypt. The musical style of In The County Of Kings is more country-sounding than any previous Eric Stuart Band album, and is described by Eric Stuart as "concrete country." With regard to this, Stuart writes,I was trying to come up with a way to explain the type of music I play. Americana was too rootsy, folk-rock only touched on a part of my sound and county/rock made it sound like I wore a cowboy hat. I am born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but I play music with a strong lyrical, melodic, story based approach. There are many country elements as well. I thought the combination of "Concrete" to connect with the sidewalks and buildings I grew up around as well as the rock connotations that word brings plus the "Country" would show I was touching on string songwriting and storytelling that went with country music.
In The County Of Kings includes a re-release of Stuart's songs "The Bottom Line" (1996, from the album Picture Perfect World), and "Paint the Town Tonight" (2000, from the album BombShellShocked). The album also incorporates more guest musicians than in previous ESB albums. Stuart sings with his sister Barbara Brousal in "The Land Of What Might Have Been." Not all the songs call in numerous accompaniments however; in "This Love," Stuart is only accompanied by band members Jenna Malizia (background vocals) and Questar Welsh (background vocals and keyboards).
Filmography Film + List of dubbing performances in feature films Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 1999 Pokémon: The First Movie Brock, James, Squirtle 2000 Pokémon: The Movie 2000 James 2001 Pokémon 3: The Movie Brock, James 2001 Night on the Galactic Railroad Lighthouse Keeper English dub 2002 The Ninja Dragon Ninja Dragon Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light Seto Kaiba Voice director Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Seto Kaiba
+ List of dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 2000 Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns Brock, James 2002 Pokémon 4Ever Brock, James 2003 Pokémon Heroes Brock, James 2004 Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker Brock, Hippie, James Voice director 2005Pokémon: Destiny DeoxysBrock, James
+ Voice-over performance in live-action film Year Title Role Notes Source 2013 Movie 43 Narrator (voice) Segment: "Victory's Glory"Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (shared with the entire cast)
Anime + List of dubbing performances in anime Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 1995–2009 Slayers series Gourry Gabriev 1996 Gall Force: Eternal Story OX-11, Toil, Ail 1996 Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho 2 Koenma 1996 Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter Announcer 1997 Art of Fighting Jack Turner, John Crawley 1998–2006 Pokémon Brock, James, Squirtle, Scyther, others 4Kids Dub, voice director (some episodes) 2000 Labyrinth of Flames Galan Central Park Media dub 2001 Descendants of Darkness Yutaka Watari 2001 Tama and Friends Rockney –06 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Seto Kaiba, Kemo, Sid, others Voice director 2001 Fighting Foodons Burnt Meatballs, Cole Slawter, Gazmacho, Additional Voices 2002–2006 Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Meta Knight, Sword Knight, Blade Knight, Gus, Coo 2002 Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy Dik Dik Van Dik, Mac Metaphor, Kinnikuman / King Muscle, Adversarious, Dial Bolic, Geronimo, Clawdaddy, Sgt. Muscle, Hanzo, The Protector, Jagg-Ed Voice director 2003-2005 Shaman King Marco, Flying Zen Brother #1, Additional Voices Animation Runner Kuromi Mizuho Tanonaka, Shin Kumegawa, others 2004 F-Zero: GP Legend Black Shadow, Octoman 2004–2006 One Piece Narrator, Gold RogerEric Stuart initially voiced Gold Roger before being replaced with Frederick B. Owens. Sham, Henzo 4Kids dub 2004 Here is Greenwood Number One, Furusawa, Lupin, Tochizawa Central Park Media dub 2005 Magical DoReMi Vice Principal Shoople 2005 G.I. Joe: Sigma Six Hi-Tech, others Voice director 2005–2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Bastion Misawa, Seto Kaiba, Titan, Kagemaru, Ojama Black, Ojama King, others Voice director Animation Runner Kuromi 2 Mizuho Tanonaka 2007–2010 Dinosaur King Dr. Z, Patrick, Spartacus (minor role), Mr. Copper (minor role) 2008–2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Bootleg owner, Sir Gil de Randsborg, Lug, Mr. Pitts (season 2), Sergio, Boss, Elsworth 2012–2014 Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Scorch, Jinlon 2021 Shaman King (2021) Marco, Cebin Mendel Netflix dub; reboot 2023 Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens Valencian Kallister
Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 2003 The Fight for the Fox Box Diabolic 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hamato Yoshi, Murakami Gennosuke, Quarry, Harry 'The Schlub' Parker, Additional Voices 2004 Incredible Crash Dummies Crunch Voice director 2006–09 Viva Piñata Les, Mongo, Norman, Ruffians, others Voice director, producer 2008–09 Gogoriki Shadow Prince Loveamore, others Voice director, writer 2012 The Illusionauts Voice director 2013 Operation Freedom Force Voice director
Video games + List of voice and dubbing performances in video games Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source 1999 Pikachu’s Winter Vacation Brock, Squirtle, Electrode, Dexter 1999 Valkyrie Profile Grey, Lucian 2000 Labyrinth of Flames Galan 2001 RG Veda Bishamonten 2001 Shadow Hearts Yuri Hyuga 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Harry, Quarry 2003 Pokémon Channel Squirtle Trio 2004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Additional voices 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction Seto Kaiba 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler Seto Kaiba, Kaibaman 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum Seto Kaiba 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Seto Kaiba, Dox, Bastion Misawa
Web Year Title Role Notes Source 2013 Teenage Pokémon Brock (voice) Episode: "Brock, Mental Health and Lets-Plays"
Discography Curiosity (1996) Picture Perfect World (1997) Eric Stuart (1998) Blue, Dressed in Black (2000) BombShellShocked (2003) In the County of Kings (2007) Empty Frame of Reference (2009) Falls on Me (2011) Lipstick and Barbed Wire (2013) My Kind of Danger (2018)
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