Susan Dalian Explained

Susan Dalian
Birth Name:Susan Olivia Patterson
Birth Date:September 15, 1968
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Education:Boston University (BFA)

Susan Patterson Dalian (born September 15, 1968) is an American actress who is primarily known among anime fans as the voice of Haku in the first season of Naruto and the Screen Gems film The Brothers.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Dalian was born in Baltimore. She graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University.[3] [4]

Career

Dalian received a nomination for Best Actress at the American Anime Awards in 2007.[5] She voices Storm in Wolverine and the X-Men and . She also voices audio narration for novels.[6] She has directed various theater productions and the short film Bite Me which was screened in 2019 at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival and Festival Angaelica near Washougal, Washington.[7] [8]

She was one of several narrators of the 2021 book You Can’t Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell, edited by Leonard S. Marcus.[9]

Filmography

Film

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1998The Scottish TaleGinny
2000Disney's The KidGiselle
2001The BrothersBeBe Fales
2002UndisputedJonelle
2006Room 6Carolyn
2006Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the PantherNakinda / Additional voices
2007I'm Through with White GirlsJada
2010MorningNurse
2012H4Kate
2017The Diaries of EdenLouella Benedict

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Hang TimeTracy Mower2 episodes
1996–1997Ensign Kaplan3 episodes
1998ProfilerEve JacksonEpisode: "Lethal Obsession"
1999The PretenderGwenEpisode: "Murder 101"
1999FelicityTina3 episodes
2000The PracticeHillary PopeEpisode: "Blowing Smoke"
2001Hollywood 7LovelyEpisode: "Public Relations"
2002The HughleysCamille2 episodes
2004The ParkersJenniferEpisode: "School of Hard Knocks"
2004JoeyMaureenEpisode: "Joey and the Book Club"
2005What I Like About YouMelodyEpisode: "The Wedding: Part 2"
2005–2007NarutoHaku / Yugao Uzuki14 episodes
2006The Bernie Mac ShowSales RepEpisode: "Fantasy Football"
2006Courting AlexKarenEpisode: "You Compete Me"
2006All of UsMicheleEpisode: "He's Gotta Have It"
2006Love, Inc.LindaEpisode: "Full House"
2008–2009Wolverine and the X-MenStorm / Dr. Kavita Rao9 episodes
2010GreekProctorEpisode: "The Big Easy Does It"
201090210Ms. HenryEpisode: "Catch Me If You Cannon"
2012CarolEpisode: "Childhood Days (That Was Then, This Is Now)"
2013–2014Haku / Yûgao Uzuki5 episodes
2023Not Dead YetTherapistEpisode: "Not Scattered Yet"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Nicolette
2003RTX Red RockCimmeria Rajan
2006Haku
2006Haku
2006Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2Haku
2007Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2Haku
2007Haku
2007Haku
2008Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3Haku
2008Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2Yugao Uzuki
2008Haku
2009Naruto Shippûden: Ultimate Ninja 4Haku
2009Naruto Shippûden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3Yugao Uzuki
2011Storm
2011Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3Storm
2012Haku
2013Haku
2014Haku
2016Haku
2018Haku

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Susan Dalian (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 14 September 2015. . 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..
  2. Web site: Robert Koehler . 16 March 2001. The Brothers . Variety . 14 September 2015.
  3. Web site: BIO/RESUME . 2022-03-06 . Susan Dalian . en.
  4. Web site: 7 June 2015. Baltimore School for the Arts - News . bsfa.org . 14 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Finalists for American Anime Awards Announced by NYCC - Comic Book Resources. 15 September 2015.
  6. Web site: Deyan Audio Casting List . 2022-03-06 . www.deyanaudio.com.
  7. Web site: 2019 Festival .
  8. Web site: 2019 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival . 2022-03-06 . mammothlakesfilmfest192019.eventive.org.
  9. Web site: You Can't Say That! by Leonard S Marcus Ed Read by Tom Parks Roxanne Hernandez Arthur Morey Janet Metzger Thom Rivera Susan Dalian: Audiobook Review . 2023-05-12 . AudioFile Magazine . en.