Dan Green (voice actor) explained
James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, (born 1970)[1] is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He is best known for being the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi for the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, the anime series version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as all of the character's U.S. series appearances.
Early life
Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2]
Career
Green is best known as the voice of Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Trudge in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic X and the Sonic the Hedgehog video games (2005–2010).[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, TAJ Productions and Central Park Media. He has also worked on script adaptations of and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, and teaches voice acting at Edge Studio in New York City.
Personal life
Green married singer and voice actress Michal Lura Friedman, better known as Michal the Girl, in 2008.[8] While giving birth to twins (a son named Jackson and a daughter named Reverie) on November 25, 2011,[9] [10] Friedman died from complications following a C-section.[2] [11] Fans began charity efforts to provide financial support for the twins.[12]
Filmography
Anime film
Anime
- Akudama Drive - Headmaster (ep. 7)
- Descendants of Darkness - Asato Tsuzuki
- Dinosaur King - Jonathan
- G.I. Joe Sigma 6 - Lt. Stone
- - Fujioka, Asuma Shinohara[14]
- The King of Braves GaoGaiGar - Koutaro Taiga
- - N.M.E. Sales Guy, Whispy Woods
- The Legend of Snow White - Prince Richard (episodes 17-52)
- One Piece - Johnny, Mr. 4, Nezumi, Narrator[15] (4Kids)
- Pokémon - Professor Birch, Treecko, Lombre, Spiritomb
- - Mewtwo
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness - Grovyle
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness - Grovyle
- Revolutionary Girl Utena - Soji Mikage
- Shaman King (2001) - Silva, Lee Pai-Long, Zen, Ramiro, Savage Dan
- Shaman King (2021) - Lee Pyron, Silva, Patch Hao
- Sonic X - Knuckles the Echidna
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters - Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters - Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Yugi Muto/Yami Yugi
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds - Tetsu Trudge, Guard Robot
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Tombo Tillbitty
Animation
- Angel's Friends - Gas
- Astonishing X-Men: Gifted - Colossus[16]
- The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear - Father Bear
- Chaotic - Mezzmarr, Tangath Toborn, Codemaster Imthor and Tartarek
- - Montehue, Clease, Zan-Tanos, Lord Casterwill, The Oracle
- GoGoRiki - Pogoriki (4Kids dub)
- Hammerboy - Moonk
- The Incredible Crash Dummies - Crash (4Kids dub)
- Kappa Mikey - Additional Voices
- Pat & Stan - Pat
- Polar Krush - PK The Polar Bear, Gordon the Gorilla, Maurice the Mammoth
- Robotomy - Additional Voices
- Stickin' Around - Additional Voices
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) - Mortu, Commander Mozar, Mephos, The Professor
- Thumb Wrestling Federation - Ring Announcer, Corbata, Tom Cat, Snagglefangs, Sick Vick
- Viva Piñata - Hudson Horstachio, King Roario
- Winx Club - Sky, Pegataur elder (4Kids dub), Ice Guardian/Spirit
Animated films
Live-action
Video games
Production credits
Dubbing director
Script adaptation
Miscellaneous crew
- (co-executive producer)
- Iron Man: Extremis (casting director, audio producer)
Notes and References
- Web site: Manhattan dad's heartbreak after wife dies giving birth to twins . .
- Web site: Singer Michal the Girl Dies After Giving Birth to Twins . December 3, 2011 . Carla . Zanoni . DNAinfo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120412103035/http://www.dnainfo.com/20111203/washington-heights-inwood/singer-michal-girl-dies-after-giving-birth-twins . April 12, 2012 .
- News: Dan Green, Eric Stuart Return for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film's English Dub (Updated With Trailer). Anime News Network. December 29, 2016.
- News: Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Surpasses 1 Billion Yen at Box Office. Anime News Network. December 29, 2016.
- News: The 2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game World Championship Will Be Settled In Orlando, Florida August 20-21. Anime News Network. December 29, 2016.
- News: Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Film Opens on January 20 in US, Canada. Anime News Network. December 29, 2016.
- News: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions Movie Voice Actors Announced. Anime News Network. December 29, 2016.
- Web site: The Snyder Twins - Jay. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821135741/http://www.thetigersnest.com/thesnydertwins/jay. August 21, 2012. thetigersnest.com. March 29, 2016.
- Web site: Obituary: Michal Lura Friedman . . . December 1, 2011.
- Web site: Index of /. thesnydertwins.com. March 29, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160406044349/http://thesnydertwins.com/. April 6, 2016.
- Web site: Voice Actress, Singer Michal Friedman Passes Away . Anime News Network . November 30, 2011.
- Web site: Readers open hearts to widowed dad of twins . . Heidi . Evans . December 8, 2011 . Jay Snyder ... a 41-year-old actor and freelance voiceover artist.
- Official Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Exclusive Producer Interview. Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll . January 26, 2017 . January 31, 2017. YouTube. 1:06 .
- Web site: Patlbor: The TV Series . IMDB . March 18, 2023.
- Dan Green initially read the opening narration before he was replaced with Eric Stuart.
- Web site: Astonishing X-Men: Motion Comics, Why Bother? [Review] ]. Chris . Sims . August 9, 2010 . . I was especially impressed with Mike Pollock’s voice for Beast, as he gives him the cadence of a nerdy scientist with the underlying animalistic growl of…well, of a beast. Same goes for Dan Green’s Colossus, who isn’t nearly as overblown as I was expecting him to go with the Russian accent..
- Web site: Dan Green (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
