Dave Wittenberg Explained

Dave Wittenberg
Birth Place:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Other Names:	Dave Lelyveld
Years Active:	1997–present

Dave Wittenberg, sometimes credited as Dave Lelyveld, is a South African-born American voice actor and scriptwriter.

Early life

Wittenberg was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1] He was raised in the Boston area.

Career

Wittenberg voices Kakashi Hatake, the 6th Hokage in Naruto, Michael Lee in Witch Hunter Robin. Bash Johnson in , Franz's singing voice in the Disney animated film Planes, Vision in Marvel Heroes, Lang Rangler in , and Time Baby in Gravity Falls. In video games, he voices Trigger Happy from the Skylanders series, Mad Doctor from Epic Mickey, and Buddy Alexander from .^[2]

He is also an adaptive scriptwriter for English dubs of anime whose work includes episodes of Digimon. Wittenberg also narrates many documentaries and specials for the Travel Channel and Food Network.

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime

Year <	-- List the date that the episode was first released in English (video or broadcast). Use DTS format -->	Title	Role	Notes	Source
–02	Digimon Tamers	Henry Wong, MegaGargomon (shared with Mona Marshall), Sovereign Ebonwumon		^[3]
	Kurogane Communication	Kanato	As Dave Lelyveld
	Babel II: Beyond Infinity	Koichi Kamiya / Babel II	As Dave Lelyveld
	Digimon Frontier	Various characters
	X		As Dave Lelyveld
	Fushigi Yûgi Eikoden	Taka Sukunami	As Dave Lelyveld
	.hack//SIGN	Sora
–04	Ai Yori Aoshi series	Kaoru Hanabishi	As Dave Lelyveld	^[4]
	Please Teacher!	Kei Kusanagi		^[5]
	The Twelve Kingdoms	Enki	As Dave Lelyveld
	Android Kikaider: The Animation	Jiro / Kikaider	Also Kikaider 01 OVA as Dave Lelyveld
–04	Initial D	Takumi "Tak" Fujiwara	Tokyopop dub
	Astro Boy	Various characters
	Witch Hunter Robin	Michael Lee
	.hack//Legend of the Twilight	Hotaru's Grunty
	Gad Guard	Katana	As Dave Lelyveld
	Here is Greenwood	Shinobu Tezuka	As Dave Lelyveld Media Blasters dub
	Stellvia	Masaru Odawara	As Dave Lelyveld
–05	series	Saito	Also 2nd Gig
	Submarine 707R	Senta Umino	As Dave Lelyveld
	Please Twins!	Kei Kusanagi
	Zatch Bell!	Parco Folgore, Ponygon, Dufort, Zofis	American Anime Award for Best Male Actor in a Comedy	^[6]
–09	Naruto
–06	Immortal Grand Prix	Jan Michael, Timma, Frank Bullitt		^[7]
–07	Haré+Guu	Uighur	As David Lelyveld	^[8]
–07	Eureka Seven	Woz, various
	Karas: The Prophecy	Kure
	Digimon Data Squad	Kouki, BioThunderbirmon, BioDarkdramon		^[9]
–08	Blood+	Solomon and Karman		^[10]
–09	Code Geass	Gino Weinberg		^[11]
–19		Kakashi Hatake		^[12]
	X-Men	Kick, Neuron		^[13]
–13	Tiger & Bunny	Doc Saito		^[14]
–24		Kakashi Hatake		^[15]
	Marvel Future Avengers	Norman Osborn / Green Goblin
–22		Saito
		Lang Rangler

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Stroker and Hoop	Various characters
	Higglytown Heroes	The Musher
–08		Numbuh 0 / Montgomery "Monty" Uno, various characters
	Duck Dodgers	Dodger's Id, Protectorate Agent #2	Episode: "A Lame Duck Mind"
–07	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Various characters
–07	Ben 10	Upchuck	3 episodes
	Legion of Super Heroes	Ferro Lad, Grullug	3 episodes
	Family Guy	Various characters	Episode: "Road to Rupert"
-10	Chowder	Gorgonzola (adult)	6 episodes
-09	The Replacements	Dr. Scorpius	4 episodes
		Bun-Bun		^[16]
	Generator Rex	The Instigator, Blue Collar Worker	Episode: "The Hunter"	^[17]
-12	Fish Hooks	Punt and Geckcoach
	The Super Hero Squad Show	Miek, Korg	Episode: "Planet Hulk! (Six Against Infinity, Part 5)"
	Motorcity	Cyborg Dan, Weekend Warriors Leader, various		^[18]
–15	Gravity Falls	Time Baby, Lolph	3 episodes
–15		Bash Johnson
–15;	Clarence	Marty, Walt, Kevin		^[19] ^[20]
	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Wildbreak	4 episodes
	Bunnicula	Ghost Pepper	Episode: "Ghost Pepper"	^[21]
	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Northrup, Dad	Episode: "World of Witchcraft"
	Guardians of the Galaxy	Pike, Announcer's Voice	Episode: "Money Changes Everything"
	Monsters at Work	Fan Monster, Additional Monsters

Films

List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-videos and television specials

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Gundress	Ryo	As Dave Lelyveld
		Lee Samson
	Patlabor WXIII	Shinichiro Hata	As Dave Lelyveld
		Kerberos (big)	As Dave Lelyveld
	Appleseed	Yoshitsune	As Dave Lelyveld
	éX-Driver	Michael (movie), Toma (Danger Zone)	As Dave Lelyveld
	Mobile Suit Gundam F91	Dorel Ronah	As Dave Lelyveld
		Henry Wong
		Henry Wong
	Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon	Takuya Kanbara
		Yazoo
		Kakashi Hatake
		Saito
		Velma's dad, Spider No. 1
		Upchuck, Alien No. 2
	Dragon Hunters	Hector
		Kakashi Hatake
	Naruto Shippuden the Movie	Kakashi Hatake, Gitai
	Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur	Cop No. 1, Grad Student No. 2, Policeman, miscellaneous bikers
		Kakashi Hatake
		Buddy / Alexander "Sasha" Kozachenko
		Kakashi Hatake
	Delhi Safari	Hyena, Tortoise
	Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning	Doc Saito
		Young Kakashi
		Kakashi Hatake
		Kakashi Hatake, Gamariki
		Doc Saito		^[22]
		Kakashi Hatake

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
–05	Tony Hawk's series	Various characters	Over 24 characters Pro Skater 2, 3, 4; Underground 1 and 2
	Digimon Rumble Arena	Henry Wong
	Xenosaga series	Allen Ridgeley
	.hack series	Sora	Mutation – Quarantine
		Glitch	Also script writer
–05	The Lord of the Rings games	Goblin King, Warriors of Gondor, Orcs, Gollum (War of the Ring)
	Seven Samurai 20XX	Matty		^[23]
		Tommy Conlin
	EverQuest II	Various characters	Over 30 voices
	Fight Club
	Viewtiful Joe 2	Cameo Leon	Credited as Dave Whittenburg
	Xenosaga Episode II	Allen Ridgeley, Luis Virgil, U-TIC Soldiers
	Rave Master	Pasha
		Angel, Archangel
	Zatch Bell! series	Folgore, Ponygon
	Gun	Soapy Jennings
	Ultimate Spider-Man	Various characters
–present	Naruto series	Kakashi Hatake	until , reprise his role in Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections
	Dead Rising	Sam Franklin	As Dave Wittenburg
	Scooby Doo: Frights! Camera	Mystery!	Duncan Vibes, Terrance Patel
	.hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth	Gaspard, Matsu	English Voice
	Armored Core 4	Zanni, Launch Site Staff Member		^[24]
	.hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce	Gaspard, Matsu, Osamu Kawaguchi	English Voice
		Larson Conway
	.hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption	Gaspard, Matsu	English Voice
	The Incredible Hulk	Special Forces Soldier, Vulcan Leader
	Valkyria Chronicles	Welkin Gunther	English Voice
	Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon	Deep Naval, Murray
	Persona 4	Teddie / Shadow Teddie		^[25]
		Bill the Wizard, Yakuza Guard, Employee Artist
		Guard
		Mike Branley
		Fongoid Male #3
	Magna Carta 2	Igton Pin
	Final Fantasy XIII	Lieutenant Amodar	English Voice
	Valkyria Chronicles II	Welkin Gunther
	Epic Mickey	The Mad Doctor
	Bulletstorm	Ratface, Creeps
		Kefka Palazzo
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Game	Mirage
	Dead Island	Bobby, various characters
-16	Skylanders series	Trigger Happy, Trigger Snappy, Hektore (3DS exclusive)
	Final Fantasy XIII-2	Captain Cryptic, Amodar
	Persona 4 Golden	Shadow Teddie (archive audio from Persona 4)
	Marvel Heroes
		Thug No. 2
		Officer Denheen, Officer Lynch, B.P.D. Officers		^[26]
	Disney Infinity 3.0	Additional Voices		^[27]
	Mighty No. 9	Dr. Sanda, Seijiro Sanda
	.hack//G.U. Last Recode	Gaspard and Matsu
	Dissidia Final Fantasy NT	Kefka Palazzo		^[28]
	Judgment	Additional voices		^[29]
		Street Criminals
		Additional voices		^[30]

• .hack//INFECTION – Sora
• .hack//MUTATION – Sora
• .hack//OUTBREAK – Sora
• .hack//QUARANTINE – Sora
• Aliens versus Predator – All Narration
• Assassin's Creed Revelations – Misc. Voices
• Baroque – The Coffin Man, Koriel Member no. 3 (uncredited)
• – Assorted Vampires
• Company of Heroes – Airborne (night), Various voices
• – Nod Shadow Team, Nod Raider Buggy, Additional voices
• – Kane's assistant (live action performance), Additional Voices
• Dead Rising – Ed Deluca, James Ramsey, Sam Franklin, Additional Voices (as Dave Wittenburg)
• Diablo III – Additional Voices^[31]
• – Additional Voices^[32]
• Digimon Rumble Arena – Henry Wong
• – Additional Voices
• Fight Club – Additional Voices
• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – Additional Voices^[33]
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Saito
• Generation of Chaos – Orochimaru (uncredited)
• God of War III – Civilians and Soldiers
• GUN – Soapy Jennings
• – Mark Galeon
• – Additional Voices^[34]
• Magna Carta 2 – Igton Pin
• Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom – Tepeu
• Mass Effect – Additional Voices
• – Tommy Conlin
• – Additional Voices
• Prototype – Additional Voices
• Prototype 2 – Additional Voices
• Rage – Various Voices
• Rave Master – Pasha
• Resident Evil 6 – Additional Voices (uncredited)
• SD Gundam Force: Showdown! – Gundiver 02, Guneagle (as David Lelyveld)
• – Hektore (3DS exclusive character), Additional Voices
• – Trigger Happy
• – Trigger Happy^[35]
• – Trigger Happy
• – Trigger Happy, Trigger Snappy^[36]
• – "RAVEN"
• – Additional Voices
• – Additional Voices
• The Incredible Hulk – Additional Voices
• – Larson Conway
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 – Additional Voices
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 – Additional Voices
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 – Additional Voices
• Too Human – Frey, Hanz, Wolf Trooper, Patron
• Ultimate Spider-Man – Additional Voices
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Additional Voices

Live-action

• Versus - Suit (English dub, credited as Dave Levyland)
• The Do's and Don'ts of Cruising - Narrator

Other

• Cruising Do's and Dont's - Narrator
• I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant - Narrator
• Unbeatable Banzuke - Announcer (USA)
• Mystery ER - Narrator
• Ninja Warrior – Announcer (USA)
• WordGirl – Hosted (USA)

External links

• • • • • Dave Wittenberg, Dave Lelyveld at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dave's Bio . DaveWittenberg.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528145459/http://www.davewittenberg.com/bio.html . November 11, 2021. May 28, 2008 .
2. Web site: Dave Wittenberg Voice Over – Home. DaveWittenberg.com. October 30, 2015. . Page through slides to see major roles..
3. Web site: Interview with Dave Wittenberg. August 10, 2002. Digipedia. November 12, 2015.
4. Web site: Jeng . Way . Being a Brief Discussion of Anime Dubs: Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi, Volume Two . Mania . September 14, 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111219074709/http://www.mania.com/being-brief-discussion-anime-dubs-ai-yori-aoshi-enishi-volume-two_article_84201.html . December 19, 2011 . October 30, 2015 . dead .
5. Web site: The Dub Track: Witch Hunter Robin . Ryan . Mathews . November 4, 2003 . Anime News Network . October 30, 2015.
6. Web site: A Backstage Guide to the American Anime Awards. February 28, 2007. Anime News Network. October 30, 2015.
7. Web site: IGPX STAFF & CAST . Production I.G . January 22, 2017.
8. Hare+Guu . Hare+Guu . A Big, Black, Hard, Shiny, Smelly, Noise-Making Creature . 9 . Closing credits, English Voice Cast .
9. Web site: Dave Wittenberg on Anime News Network. January 13, 2019. Anime News Network. January 13, 2019.
10. Web site: Sony Includes 1st Blood+ Episode on Non-Anime DVDs. February 25, 2008. Anime News Network. October 30, 2015.
11. Web site: Code Geass. 2007. Anime News Network. October 30, 2015.
12. Web site: Naruto Shippūden's Main English Dubbing Cast Announced. March 27, 2009. Anime News Network. October 30, 2015.
13. Web site: X-Men Cast Credits. IMDb. December 30, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20240109180948/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2070571/fullcredits/cast/?ref_=tt_cl_sm. January 9, 2024. bot: unknown.
14. Web site: Tiger & Bunny English Dub Main Cast List. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/209453869065612/276214479158152 . 2022-02-26 . limited. August 15, 2012. Facebook. March 16, 2014.
15. Web site: Kitsunes96 on twitter. January 13, 2019. Twitter. January 13, 2019.
16. Underfist: Halloween Bash . Cartoon Network . 1 . 1. Underfist: Halloween Bash . October 12, 2008.
17. The Hunter. Generator Rex. Cartoon Network. 1. 15. October 8, 2010.
18. Web site: Dave Wittenberg. Voice Chasers. July 30, 2015. December 8, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044631/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=2754. dead.
19. Pilot. Clarence. Cartoon Network. 1. 0. February 17, 2014.
20. Dinner Party. Clarence. Cartoon Network. 1. 8. June 12, 2014.
21. Ghost Pepper. Bunnicula. Boomerang. 1. 23. May 30, 2017.
22. Web site: Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The Rising English Dub Clips Streamed – News – Anime News Network. February 8, 2015. Anime News Network. October 30, 2015.
23. Dimps. Seven Samurai 20XX . . Ending credits, 5:09:55 in, CAST . 2004.
24. . Armored Core 4 . . Ending credits, 2:28:11 in, Voice Cast . 2007.
25. Web site: Persona 4 – Staff Review. Ouden, Auron den. RPGamer. The best example of this is Dave Wittenberg's performance as Teddie, whose over-the-top ham acting suits the character perfectly, but also manages to sound genuine and even heartfelt when necessary.. January 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20141116150513/http://www.rpgamer.com/games/persona/persona4/reviews/persona4strev1.html. November 16, 2014. dead.
26. Rocksteady Studios. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Credits, 13:05 in, Voiceover & Mocap Talent. . 2015.
27. Disney Infinity 3.0. 2015. Closing credits, 5:29 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of. Avalanche Software.
28. Web site: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT - Characters/Actors Images Behind The Voice Actors . www.behindthevoiceactors.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170611123531/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Dissidia-Final-Fantasy-NT/side-by-side . 2017-06-11.
29. Web site: Judgment (2019 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 18 May 2022.
30. Web site: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 1 March 2024.
31. Diablo III . 2012 . Closing credits, 4:10 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices . .
32. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls . 2014 . Closing credits, 5:23 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices . .
33. . Square Enix . Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
34. . Square Enix . Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
35. . . Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors . . 2015.
36. Closing credits, 8:40 in . . Toys for Bob . 2014 .