Duncan Brannan is an American voice actor, who has provided voices for numerous mainstream children's entertainment characters, English-language dubs of Japanese anime, and other commercial properties. He is mainly known for being the voice of Chuck E. Cheese from 1993-2012.
Duncan Brannan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse |
Ralana Lynn Gregg (m. 1993) |
| Children | 2 |
Career
editBrannan 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][4] He was replaced by musician and singer Jaret Reddick when Chuck E. Cheese’s revamped their image.[1][5][3] Brannan is also known for his work on the children's TV series Barney & Friends from 1997 to 2002, providing Barney's character and singing voice for home video releases, his singing voice for the PBS series following Bob West’s (who's also done voices of Chuck E Cheese characters) departure, fill-in and replacement, 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 to Barney & Friends at the time as well as other PBS programs such as Arthur and Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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 Defence, 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, Eddie Eagle & the Wing Team, Okratron 5000, and Funimation, Inc.
Outside of voice acting, Brannan also works as a writer, artist, consultant, and pastor.[6]
Personal life
editHe currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife Ralana Lynn Gregg, whom he married on January 2, 1993.[6] Together they have two daughters, Kaydra and Karlisa Brannan.[6]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | It's Time for Counting | Barney (speaking voice) | Direct-to-video; Voice actor workprints; Uncredited. |
| 1998 | My Party with Barney | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video film created by Kideo[a] |
| 1999 | Chuck E. Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 | Chuck E. Cheese (voice) | Direct-to-video[7] |
| 1999 | More Barney Songs | Barney (speaking/additional voice) | Direct-to-video; Voice actor workprints; Uncredited in episodes 14-20[b] |
| 2000 | Barney's Super Singing Circus | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | Come on Over to Barney's House | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | Barney: Let's Go to the Zoo | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Barney: You Can Be Anything | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Barney: Let's Go to the Beach! | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | Barney: Fun on Wheels | Barney (voice) | Direct-to-video |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–2002 | Barney & Friends | Barney (speaking voice) | Voice actor workprints Uncredited in episodes 14-20[c] |
Anime
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1995 | Dragon Ball Z | Babidi / Sharpner / Smitty / Commander / Old Man | 45 episodes |
| 1994 | Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files | Shogo Sato | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Dragon Ball | Monster Carrot | Episode: "Usagi oyabun no tokui-waza" |
| 1995 | Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon | Sharpner | Film[7] |
| 1995–2003 | Dragon Ball | Pamput / Ninja Marasaki / Fighter / Monster Carrot | 11 episodes |
| 1996–1997 | Detective Conan | Oswald Burny / Ken Tomason | 2 episodes |
| 1996–2002 | Dragon Ball GT | Dr. Myuu / Scholar Bot / Zoonama / Babidi | 16 episodes |
| 1999 | Blue Gender | Man #1 | Episode: "Priority" |
| 2000–2011 | One Piece | Mr. 3 / Sarquiss / Major Inspector Shepherd / Additional Voices | 28 episodes |
| 2001 | Baki the Grappler | Takagi | Episode: "The Right to Fight" |
| 2001–2003 | Dragon Ball Z | Babidi / Sharpner / Smitty / Commander / Old Man | 45 episodes |
| 2003 | Kiddy Grade | Additional Voices | Credited as Duncan Brennan |
| 2003 | The Galaxy Railways | Guy Sander | 3 episodes |
| 2004 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Additional Voices / Number 48 / Younger Slicer Brother | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Samurai 7 | Shichiroji | 21 episodes |
| 2005 | The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy | Mr. 3 | TV movie |
| 2006 | Mushi-Shi | Extra | Episode: "White in the Ink Slab" |
| 2006 | Jyu oh sei | Third | 9 episodes |
| 2006 | Love and Honor | Hori / Senior Chief | Film |
| 2007 | Darker Than Black | Jean | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Vexille | SWORD Comm Officer 2 | Film |
| 2007 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2007 | Baccano! | Denkuro | Episode: "Everything Began on Board the Advena Avis" |
| 2007–2009 | Dragonaut: The Resonance | Kasuga Nozaki | 14 episodes |
| 2008 | Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino | Bernardo | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Soul Eater | Additional Voices | Episode: "Shakunetsu no Bôsou Tokkyû! Dai ma dôshi ga nokoshita ma dôgu?" |
| 2008 | Casshern Sins | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Linebarrels of Iron | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2009–2010 | Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar | Dagmyer | 13 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Additional Voices / Fox / Number 48 / Younger Slicer Brother | 8 episodes |
| 2010 | Trigun: Badlands Rumble | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2010 | Black Butler | Priest | Episode: "Teroshitsuji" |
| 2011 | Fractale | Additional Voices | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Deadman Wonderland | Additional Voices | Episode: "Death Row Inmate" |
| 2011 | Gekijouban Sengoku Basara: The Last Party | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2011 | Appleseed XIII: Tartaros | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2011 | Appleseed XIII: Ouranos | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2011 | Last Exile: Gin'yoku no Fam | Luscinia | 5 episodes |
| 2011 | Future Diary | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Appleseed XIII | Additional Voices | 13 episodes |
| 2011–2012 | Fairy Tail | Sugarboy | 16 episodes |
| 2012 | Eureka Seven: Ao | Nakamura | 9 episodes |
| 2012 | Good Luck Girl! | Additional Voices / Genjuro | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Karneval | Additional Voices / Murano | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Border 1: Ghost Pain | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2013–2014 | Tokyo Ravens | Additional Voices | 5 episodes |
| 2013–2020 | Attack on Titan | Thomas Wagner | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Noragami | Additional Voices | Episode: "Over the Line" |
| 2014 | Ping Pong the Animation | Additional Voices | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Free! | Sugimoto | Episode: "Stroke of an Unexpected Meeting!" |
| 2014 | Tokyo Ghoul | Additional Voices | Episode: "Cloudburst" |
| 2014 | Tokyo ESP | Additional Voices | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | One Piece: 3D2Y – Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to His Friends | Mr. 3 | TV movie |
| 2014 | Barakamon | Kawafuji / Additional Voices | 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Laughing Under the Clouds | Additional Voices | Episode: "Three Brothers, Standing Under the Clouds" |
| 2014 | Riddle Story of Devil | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Dragon Ball Z Kai | Sharpener / Babidi | 8 episodes |
| 2015 | Tokyo Ghoul: Root A | Additional Voices | Episode: "Hangman" |
| 2015 | The Rolling Girls | Ma-Bo | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Ninja Slayer | Offender | Episode: "Born in Red Black" |
| 2015 | The Boy and the Beast | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2015 | Snow White with the Red Hair | Brecker | 2 episodes[7] |
| 2015 | The Empire of Corpses | Additional Voices | Film |
| 2015 | Kekkai Sensen | Additional Voices / Elder | 7 episodes |
| 2015 | Attack on Titan: Junior High | Thomas Wagner | 12 episodes |
| 2015 | Owari no serafu | Norito Goshi | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Handa-kun | Takao Kawafuji | 12 episodes |
| 2018 | One Piece: Episode of Skypeia | Additional Voices | TV movie |
| 2018 | Hinomaru Sumo | Additional Voices | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | Additional Voices | Episode: "Gabiru Is Here" |
| 2018–2019 | A Certain Magical Index | Tatemiya / Additional Voices | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka | Additional Voices | Episode: "The Magical Girl Comes Back" |
| 2019 | Gorgeous Butterfly: Young Nobunaga | Nobuhiro | Episode: "Coming of Age" |
| 2019 | One Piece: Stampede | Galdino | Film[7] |
| 2019 | Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest | Additional Voices / Walla: Students | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Ensemble Stars | Male Student 08B | Episode: "Episode #1.8" |
| 2019 | BEM | Additional Voices | Episode: "Chimera" |
| 2019 | Yu-No: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | Additional Voices | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Black Clover | Digit | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Africa no Salaryman | Additional Voices | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth | Additional Voices | Episode: "PIECE 2" |
| 2025 | Dragon Ball Daima | Babidi | [8] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 | Babidi | Credited as Duncan Brennan |
| 2004 | Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 | Babidi | |
| 2005 | Dragon Ball Z: Sagas | Red Ribbon Army | |
| 2008 | Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World | Babidi | |
| 2009 | Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo | Murasaki | |
| 2014 | Smite | ||
| 2020 | Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot | Babidi / Sharpener |
Other work
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–2012 | Chuck E. Cheese's | Chuck E. Cheese (1994–2012), Jasper T. Jowls (1994, 1996), Mr. Munch (1994, 1996–1999), Pasqually P. Pieplate (1996, 1999), Larry the Technician (1993–1998, 2012) | Animatronic stage show |
Notes
edit- ^ He spoked some of his dialogue during the scenes after It's Time for Counting, Bob West has returned to speak and sing songs in his personalized video.
- ^ In the final draft, Bob West has dubbed over Brannan's lines in the last 7 episodes from November 20–28, 1997.
- ^ In the final draft, Bob West has dubbed over Brannan's lines from November 20, 1997 to April 10, 1998.
References
edit- ^ a b Nordyke, Kimberly (July 3, 2012). "Chuck E. Cheese Voice Actor Says He Was Blindsided by Mascot Makeover". The Hollywood Reporter. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Duncan Brannan, Voice Of Chuck E. Cheese, Fired, Hopes People 'Experienced Jesus Christ' Through His Work". Huff Post. July 2, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ a b Pressly, Ty (July 3, 2012). "Chuck E. Cheese Fired". NBCDFW.com. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 28, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Weaver, Caity (July 2, 2012). "Voice of Chuck E. Cheese Gets Fired, Hopes Stint as Pizza-Pushing Rat Helped Kids 'Experience Jesus Christ'". Gawker.com. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ Pfeiffer, Eric (July 3, 2012). "Voice of Chuck E. Cheese replaced; actor says he hopes customers 'have seen Christ in me'". Yahoo! News. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on August 30, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Crossroads Church / Hello". Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
- ^ a b c d "Duncan Brannan - 64 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (December 3, 2024). "Dragon Ball Daima Anime Reveals English Dub Cast, January 10 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
External links
edit- Duncan Brannan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Duncan Brannan at IMDb
- Duncan Brannan on Twitter