Spike Spencer
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Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer<ref name="wsj 20160310">Template:Cite news</ref> (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.
Career
Spencer attended the University of Houston for four years.<ref name="animerica">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name="animerica"/>
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.<ref name="animerica"/>
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.Template:Cn
Personal life
Spencer was once married to Kendra Benham, who worked alongside him in Neon Genesis Evangelion as Maya Ibuki.<ref name="animerica"/> Spencer holds a brown belt in aikido and a 2nd-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.<ref name="animerica"/> Spencer is married to an entrepreneur, Kim MacKenzie, as of October 4, 2014. He is a foodie and has a website called DontKillYourDate.com.<ref name="wsj 20160310"/> Spike and Kim have two sons, one named Declan, who was born on July 29, 2017,<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> and another named Colton Christopher, who was born on February 4, 2021, in Australia.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Filmography
Anime dubbing
Animation
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Get Blake! | Mitch de la Cuz |
| Peter Rabbit | Shrew |
| Space Dogs | Venya |
| The Grossery Gang | Rocky (2nd Voice), Meathead, Stinky |
Internet appearances
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Nostalgia Critic | Himself |
Film
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| NiNoKuni | Toru Shinozaki |
| Stand by Me Doraemon | Hidetoshi Dekisugi |
| Stand by Me Doraemon 2 |
Video games
References
External links
- Official website
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- Spike Spencer on Facebook
- Spike Spencer on Twitter
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- Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips)
- Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips) on Facebook
- Don't Kill Your Date (and Other Cooking Tips) on Twitter
- Spike Spencer on Voice123
- Living people
- Male actors from Houston
- American male film actors
- American male voice actors
- 20th-century American male actors
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- 21st-century American male actors
- American male video game actors
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- University of Houston alumni
- American male television actors
- 1968 births