Spike Spencer

Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer[1] (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of Neon Genesis Evangelion as Shinji Ikari, Martian Successor Nadesico as Akito Tenkawa, and Excel Saga as Gojo Shioji. He has also performed voice acting for radio, especially commercials. His anime character voices tend to be either for timid, shy, or weak characters, or for eccentric and comical ones.

Spike Spencer
Spencer in 2019
Born
Charles Forrest Spencer

(1968-12-21) December 21, 1968
Houston, Texas, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Houston
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1989–present
AgentPastorini-Bosby Talent
Notable credit(s)
Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion
Akito Tenkawa in Martian Successor Nadesico
Gojo Shioji in Excel Saga
Hanataro Yamada in Bleach
Ginta Toramizu in MÄR
Rolo Lamperouge in Code Geass
Spouse(s)Kendra Benham (divorced)
Kim MacKenzie
(
m. 2014)
Children1
Websitewww.spikespencer.com

Career

Spencer attended the University of Houston for four years.[2] After doing a number of independent films, he met Amanda Winn-Lee, who suggested he audition for anime English dubbing at ADV Films. Spencer first landed a supporting role of Prime Minister Mikoshiba in Super Atragon, then a leading role of Takateru in Suikoden Demon Century. In August 1996, Spencer was cast as the lead role of Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion. After ADV Films' collapse, Funimation acquired the rights to the Rebuild of Evangelion movies. As part of Funimation's goal to get the service of the original voice actors from shows and movies they acquired distributing rights for, Spencer reprised Shinji in the movies.[2]

Spencer has done commercials for Houston Cellular, Applebee's, Kroger, Chevrolet, and Subway. Spencer has done additional acting in live-action films and in TV series such as The Big Easy.[2]

Spencer also travels the world with his panel, Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips), which teaches Spencer's trademark "food game," giving dating advice for men, cooking tips, and easy dinner recipes. Spencer's dating tips have been featured in USA Today and Men's Health. He also frequently writes dating tips for Neil Strauss, Carlos Xuma, and Singles Warehouse.

Personal life

Spencer was once married to Kendra Benham, who worked alongside him in Neon Genesis Evangelion as Maya Ibuki.[2] Spencer holds a brownbelt in aikido and a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.[2] Spencer is married to entrepreneur, Kim MacKenzie, as of October 4, 2014. He is a foodie and has a website called DontKillYourDate.com.[1] Spike and Kim have one child, named Declan, who was born on July 29, 2017.[3]

Filmography

Anime dubbing

Animation

Internet Appearances

Film
  • Ni no Kuni (Film) - Toru Shinozaki

Video games
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References
  1. Clodfelter, Tim (March 10, 2016). "Interesting characters invading Winston-Salem this weekend". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. Horn, Carl Gustav (February 1998). "Anime Focus Sound Bites: Spike Spencer". Animerica. Viz Media. 6 (2): 60–1. ISSN 1067-0831.
  3. "Instagram post by Spike Spencer • Jan 9, 2018 at 6:58am UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  4. "Toonami Asia Reveals More Dub Cast for Dragon Ball Super Anime". Anime News Network. January 17, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  5. "Bravely Default Proves The Power Of Character".
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