David Moo Explained

Birth Date:3 December 1970
Birth Place:Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Years Active:1990s–present

David Benjamin Moo (born December 3, 1970) is an American former voice actor. He worked on projects for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions. Moo is best known for voicing Sanji in the 4Kids English language dub of One Piece, Xellos in Slayers, and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.

Personal life and career

Moo has Chinese, Jamaican, and Jewish ancestry and was previously an actor and theatre director in the 1990s.[1] He began landing roles as a voice actor in the late 1990s, primarily voicing characters in Japanese anime as they were dubbed into English for local audiences.[2]

Moo has also worked as a bartender, specializing in novelty cocktails since the early 2000s. He enjoys making Manhattans and a drink he calls "Alice's Mallet" made from gin and rhubarb syrup that he distills himself. He was a head bartender at New York City establishments Ouest and Last Exit before opening Quarter Bar with business partner Joe Herron on the southern edge of Park Slope in 2007.[3] In 2016, Esquire magazine named Quarter Bar one of the top 18 bars in the United States.[4]

In January 2019, Moo appeared as a contestant on the quiz show Jeopardy! (Season 35, Episode 95), coming in second place out of the three contestants and winning $2,000.[5] [6]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Punch Staff . Besties: The OG New York Bartender Edition . 19 January 2019 . PUNCH . April 1, 2015 . en.
  2. Web site: David Moo. 6 February 2023.
  3. Book: Jones . Carey . Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits . 2016 . Running Press . 9780316355834 . en.
  4. News: Levit . Donny . Quarter Bar Named One Of Esquire's 18 Best Bars In America - BKLYNER . 19 January 2019 . bklyner.com . June 2, 2016.
  5. News: Today's Final Jeopardy - January 18, 2019 . 19 January 2019 . The Jeopardy! Fan . January 18, 2019.
  6. News: Jeopardy! - Contestant Zone . 19 January 2019 . www.jeopardy.com . January 18, 2019 . en.
  7. Web site: History of Mecha Anime - Gasaraki - Gundam Wing Endless Waltz - Animerica October 2000. 15 June 2017.