Greg Baldwin
Gregory Dean Baldwin (born September 13, 1960) is an American voice actor. He often serves as a voice double for the late actor Mako Iwamatsu.
Greg Baldwin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gregory Dean Baldwin September 13, 1960 Grants, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa Baldwin (m. 1984) |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Baldwin was born in Grants, New Mexico, and raised in Spring, Texas.
Career
Baldwin voiced Iroh for the final season of Avatar: The Last Airbender and for The Legend of Korra. He can also be heard as the ancient Jedi Master Tera Sinube and as Casiss on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He provided the voice of multiple characters in Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, most notably, the voice of Furlac. He voiced Aku in the fifth season of Samurai Jack.[1]
Baldwin performed a substantial portion of Splinter's dialogue in the movie TMNT after Mako died during production.[2] In 2016, he appeared as communist writer Dutch Zweistrong in Hail, Caesar![3]
Baldwin first voiced Aku (from Samurai Jack) in the 2009 video game Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall. He also voiced Frank Fontaine, the main antagonist in BioShock; though Karl Hanover, who voiced Atlas in the first game, replaced Baldwin as Fontaine in BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. His voice can also be heard in numerous other video games, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, F.E.A.R. and Fallout 4.
Personal life
Baldwin currently resides in the San Fernando Valley with his wife Melissa Baldwin.[4] Together they have two children, Sydney and Cooper, who both attend college out of state.
According to an interview with The Dot and Line, Baldwin was able to fill-in for the late Mako Iwamatsu on his voice roles by listening to the cast album of Pacific Overtures, a musical that Mako starred in, which was a personal favorite album of Baldwin’s.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | TMNT | Splinter | Grouped under "Additional Voices" |
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Xiaolin Showdown | Daddy Bailey | Episode: "Big as Texas" |
| 2004–05 | Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | Boris, Talk Show Host, Monkey | |
| 2007–08 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Uncle Iroh, additional voices | |
| 2007 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Jack M. Crazyfish | Episode: "Blackened Sponge" |
| 2009 | Curious George | Morty the Cab Driver | Episode: "Wheels on the Bus" |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Sir Pattington, Constable | Episode: "Diamonds in the Stuff" | |
| 2010–12 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Tera Sinube, Casiss, Serapis, Gwarm, Doge Urus | |
| 2013–14 | The Legend of Korra | Uncle Iroh, Looter, Soldier #1, additional voices | |
| 2016–17 | Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures | Furlac, Ranat, additional voices | |
| 2017 | Samurai Jack | Aku, Ringo, Orc Captain, additional voices | Season 5 |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown | Additional Voices |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard | ||
| F.E.A.R. | Norton Mapes, additional voices | |
| 2006 | Gothic 3 | Zuben |
| Medieval II: Total War | Additional voices | |
| Cars | Lenny | |
| 2007 | Cars Mater-National Championship | |
| BioShock | Frank Fontaine | |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth | Uncle Iroh, additional voices | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Master Oogway |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno | Uncle Iroh, Combustion Man, Fire Nation Soldier | |
| Spider-Man: Web of Shadows | Jackal, Mysterio | |
| Aion: Upheaval | Additional Voices | |
| White Knight Chronicles | ||
| 2009 | Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall | Aku |
| Cars Race-O-Rama | Additional voices | |
| 2010 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | |
| Valkyria Chronicles II | Gilbert Gassenari | |
| 2011 | Rango | Brawler #2, Jumper #2, Charger #2 |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Additional Voices | |
| Kinect: Disneyland Adventures | ||
| 2014 | The Legend of Korra | Uncle Iroh |
| 2015 | Fallout 4 | Proctor Teagan |
Live-action
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Dutch Zweistrong | |
| 2016–18 | Adam Ruins Everything | Various | 4 episodes |
References
- Brock Wilbur (February 9, 2017). "Samurai Jack is back — with a darker take and a 'traumatized' samurai". Polygon. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- "Baldwin implicitly confirms his role as Splinter while answering fans' questions at an Avatar forum". Distanthorizons.proboards.com. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- Kit, Borys (October 17, 2014). "Coen Brothers' 'Hail, Caesar!' Adds Four (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- https://twitter.com/gregbaldwiniroh/status/1032383252978262016?lang=en
- Eric Vilas Boas (March 18, 2017). "Greg Baldwin Breaks Down His Aku Voice: "I'm Not Mako."". The Dot and Line. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
External links
- Greg Baldwin on IMDb