Английская Википедия:Beau Billingslea

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person John "Beau" Billingslea (born 1944) is an American actor, known as the voice of Jet Black in the critically acclaimed anime Cowboy Bebop, Ogremon in Digimon and Homura and Ay, the Fourth Raikage in Naruto Shippuden. In addition to voice acting, he appeared in many television shows and some films including North and South Book II: Love and War, Just Jordan, The Hannah Montana Movie and Star Trek Into Darkness.

Biography

Early life and career

Billingslea was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother was from Malensis, South Carolina, near Charleston, and his father was from Macon, Georgia. His family moved to Meriden, Connecticut, where he grew up. At Maloney High School, he lettered in football, basketball and baseball and was offered a contract with the Kansas City Athletics, but at the advice of his father, went to University of Connecticut, where he played football and co-captained in his senior year. He graduated with a Bachelor's in Political Science in 1966. He was involved in ROTC and had to turn down entering the NFL in order to fulfill his military service, however, his commitment was deferred so that he could attend UConn Law School, where he graduated and passed the Connecticut bar in 1969. He became an officer in the Army's Judge Advocate General's Corps and had tours in Germany and Europe, working on a number of cases. In Germany, he also taught criminal law for the University of Maryland's extension program.

Acting career

While in college, Billingslea was encouraged by his fraternity brother to perform the lead role in a production of The Emperor Jones. This inspired him to go into acting, and he started getting involved professionally while he was in law school. After moving to Los Angeles, he was involved in a number of action shows, including TJ Hooker, Hunter, The Fall Guy and The A-Team. Billingslea mentioned in an interview that it was probably because of his military background that he was often cast as an officer. He portrayed Ezra in the TV miniseries North and South and was involved in a number of shows including Who's the Boss?, Murphy Brown and Married... with Children. On the Nick series Just Jordan he played Jordan's maternal grandfather Grant. In the TV sitcom Franklin & Bash he portrayed Judge Douglas. He also acted in films such as Night Shift, The American President, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and a remake of The Blob. In 2013, he portrayed Captain Abbot of the Starship Bradbury in the feature film Star Trek Into Darkness. He continues to act in stage plays such as Driving Miss Daisy where he was nominated for a Los Angeles Ovation Award in 2005.

Voice-over career

Billingslea's voice-over work started with radio spots for various businesses and organizations, including Honda, Hood and California Highway Patrol. He worked on several cartoons and anime, his most notable being Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop, which was broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. He also voiced starring characters Captain Michael Heartland in Argento Soma; Oji Tanaka in The Legend of Black Heaven, which was broadcast on International Channel and was the voice of Ogremon and various "mons" in Digimon. In Naruto, he voices Homura and Ay, the Fourth Raikage. He attended several anime conventions, including the 2016 Anime Expo, which united the Cowboy Bebop English voice cast. He has also been involved in narrating shows on The History Channel including Hero Ships, Modern Marvels, and Suicide Missions.

Personal life

Billingslea lives in the Los Angeles area. He is married to Cecelia Billingslea; they have a son and a daughter together. In 1987, Billingslea was inducted into the Meriden Hall of Fame. In 2014, he gave the keynote address at a UConn Law School reunion.

Filmography

Live-action filmography

Television

List of acting performances in television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts–87	Hunter	Officer Bolin	3 episodes: "The Hot Grounder", "Flashpoint", "The Shooter"
Шаблон:Dts–85	Santa Barbara	Police Officer	Unknown episodes
Шаблон:Dts	The Atlanta Child Murders	Commissioner Lee Brown	TV miniseries
Шаблон:Dts	Dallas	Dr. Miller		Шаблон:Citation needed
Шаблон:Dts–86	Hotel	Cop #2, Officer	Episode: "Recriminations"
Шаблон:Dts–86	The A-Team	Armored car guard, Owens	2 episodes: "Incident at Crystal Lake K Love", "Family Reunion"
Шаблон:Dts	North and South	Ezra	TV miniseries, Book II: Love and War
Шаблон:Dts	Trapper John, M.D.	Ambers	Episode: "Self-Diagnosis"
Шаблон:Dts	MacGyver	Meridan	Episode: "Family Matter"
Шаблон:Dts	Murder, She Wrote	Kei Murray	Episode: "Three Strikes, You're Out"
Шаблон:Dts	Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story	Hal	Television film
Шаблон:Dts	NYPD Blue	Det. Hankin	Episode: "Oscar, Meyer, Weiner"
Шаблон:Dts	Married... with Children	Moderator	Episode: "Banking on Marcy"
Шаблон:Dts	Melrose Place	George	Episode: "Michael's Game"
Шаблон:Dts	L.A. Law	Detective Don Cuva	Episode: "Whistle Stop"	Uconn profile
1995	The Young and the Restless	Trenton Jordan		Uconn profile
Шаблон:Dts	Terror in the Family	Judge Roubal	Television film
Шаблон:Dts	Married... with Children	Reverend Hightower	Episode: "A Bundy Thanksgiving"
Шаблон:Dts	Murphy Brown	Agent Scanlon	Episode: "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow"
Шаблон:Dts	Mad About You	Security Chief	Episode: "The Birth: Part 2"
Шаблон:Dts	Profiler	Prison Director	Episode: "Coronation"
Шаблон:Dts	Baywatch	Ben Frazier	Episode: "The Big Blue"
Шаблон:Dts	NYPD Blue	Deputy Warden Jim Cullen	Episode: "Hit the Road, Clark"
Шаблон:Dts	JAG	Col. Klesko	Episode: "Ambush"
Шаблон:Dts	7th Heaven	Gene Carter
Шаблон:Dts–02	Family Law	Judge Lawrence Harrington	Unknown episodes
Шаблон:Dts	Modern Marvels	Narrator	2 episodes
Шаблон:Dts	The West Wing	Agent Caswell
Шаблон:Dts	Gone, but Not Forgotten	Chester Shortridge	Television film (Lifetime)
Шаблон:Dts–08	Just Jordan	Grant Cunningham	Unknown episodes
Шаблон:Dts	Hero Ships	Narrator	History Channel series
Шаблон:Dts	Wizards of Waverly Place	Burt Parker
Шаблон:Dts	General Hospital	Prof. Russell Stern
Шаблон:Dts–14	Franklin & Bash	Judge James Douglas	Unknown episodes
Шаблон:Dts	Castle	Dr. Walter Parish	Episode: "Bad Santa"
Шаблон:Dts	Star Trek Continues	Vulcan Vice Admiral Stomm	Episode: "Embracing the Winds"
Шаблон:Dts	NCIS	Denny Rydell	Episode: "Burden of Proof"
Шаблон:Dts	Cherish the Day	Pastor Gordon	2 episodes

Feature films

List of acting performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts	Alex Joseph and His Wives	FBI Agent Vernon Wood
Шаблон:Dts	Night Shift	Donny
Шаблон:Dts	10 to Midnight	Desk Sergeant
Шаблон:Dts	Real Genius	George
Шаблон:Dts	The Blob	Moss Woodley
Шаблон:Dts	In the Army Now	Sgt. Daniels
Шаблон:Dts	The American President	Agent Cooper
Шаблон:Dts	Final Justice	Charles	Made in 1994, released to video in 1997
Шаблон:Dts	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	Detective Fitzsimmons
Шаблон:Dts	Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood	Thompson
Шаблон:Dts	Rebound	NCBA Board Member
Шаблон:Dts	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Mayor
Шаблон:Dts	Star Trek Into Darkness	Captain Abbott

Voice-over filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts	Macross Plus	Col. Millard Johnson
Шаблон:Dts	Outlaw Star	Narrator
Шаблон:Dts	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory	Admiral Kowen
Шаблон:Dts	Digimon	Ogremon, Sagittarimon, Parrotmon
Шаблон:Dts	Cowboy Bebop	Jet Black	as John Billingslea
Шаблон:Dts	Rurouni Kenshin	Gohei
Шаблон:Dts	The Legend of Black Heaven	Oji Tanaka	as John Billingslea, grouped under English Voice Talent
Шаблон:Dts	Rave Master	Bear / Dearhound
Шаблон:Dts–02	Cyborg 009	Geromino Jr. / Cyborg 005
Шаблон:Dts	Argento Soma	Captain Michael Heartland
Шаблон:Dts	Wolf's Rain	Sea Walrus
Шаблон:Dts	Gungrave	Bear Walken
Шаблон:Dts	Digimon Data Squad	Leopardmon
2009	Monster	Milan Kolasch
Шаблон:Dts–15	Naruto: Shippuden	Homura, Ay (Fourth Raikage)
Шаблон:Dts	Tiger & Bunny	Ben Jackson
Шаблон:Dts	Hunter × Hunter	Light Nostrade	2011 series
Шаблон:Dts	Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower	Orphe, Bull, Julio Sawasdee
Шаблон:Dts	Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World	Valga "Rom" Cromwell
Шаблон:Dts	Last Hope (TV Series)	Cain Ibrahim Hasan	Also named Unit Pandora	Шаблон:Circular reference
Шаблон:Dts	Godzilla Singular Point	Additional Voice	Netflix dub
Шаблон:Dts	Super Crooks	Eric	Netflix dub

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts	Megas XLR	Grrkek The Planet Killer & Orange Scaley Thing 1
Шаблон:Dts	Stakes	The Moon	Mini-series special for Adventure Time
Шаблон:Dts	The Forge	Booger	TIE special for Toonami

Direct-to-video and television films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts	Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie	Dee Jay	As John Hammond
Шаблон:Dts	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Jet Black
Шаблон:Dts	Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	Barret Wallace
Шаблон:Dts	Tiger & Bunny: The Rising	Ben Jackson
Шаблон:Dts	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Fourth Raikage / Ay	Nominated for Best Male Supporting Vocal Performance in an Anime Movie/Special, 4th Annual BTVA Anime Dub Awards 2015

Feature films

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts	War of the Worlds: Goliath	Abraham Douglas	Premiered in Malaysia in English; U.S. release in 2014
Шаблон:Dts	The Laws of the Universe Part 0	Goat-type Alien	Limited theatrical release

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
Шаблон:Dts	Outlaws	"Buckshot" Bill Morgan
Шаблон:Dts–14	Dynasty Warriors games
Шаблон:Dts	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Barret Wallace
Шаблон:Dts–16	Naruto games	Ay (Fourth Raikage)
Шаблон:Dts	WildStar	Judge Kain, Osun Male
Шаблон:Dts	Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise	Tyrone Sanders
Шаблон:Dts	Fallout 76: Wastelanders	Paige, Chase Terrier, Deathklaus
Шаблон:Dts	Horizon Forbidden West	Garokkah, Emboh
Шаблон:Dts	Starfield	Percival Walker
Шаблон:Dts	Tekken 8	Leroy Smith

Book sources

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External links

• Шаблон:AnimeCons name
• Шаблон:Anime News Network
• Beau Billingslea at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database
• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Шаблон:Twitter