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Need a good voice for a Jerkass? Hire this guy.

Troy Baker is a voice actor from Texas whose forte seems to be playing assholes, be they heroic or villainous. On the other hand, though, he's also good at playing comedic characters, even though some of them just might end up being the former when provoked.

Recently he has been doing voiceover work in California and with this change his forte has switched to playing Magnificent Bastards. If he voices a character like this, expect a character voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch to oppose him. Also seems to like playing a Fake Brit, generally either the Evil Brit or The Mean Brit ^[1]

Notable roles from Troy Baker

Terrance Brooke, as well as additional voices, in Call of Duty Black Ops
Lt. Col. Frank Archer in Fullmetal Alchemist
- The second Greed in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Schneizel el Britannia in Code Geass
Sol Badguy in Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Jin Kariya in Bleach
- He was also Ganryu in The Movie Bleach: Memories of Nobody.
Action Bastard in Shin Chan
Abel Nightroad in Trinity Blood (Who is the nicest guy in the world)
Kouga Gennosuke in Basilisk
Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vesperia
- Regal Bryant in Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (uncredited)
Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4
- Eikichi 'Michel' Mishina in Persona 2
November 11 in Darker Than Black
Excalibur in Soul Eater
Snow Vill iers in Final Fantasy XIII
Zuuma in Slayers Revolution
Yun in Mana Khemia 2 Fall of Alchemy
Akatsuki Kain in Vampire Knight
Van Kleiss and Biowulf in Generator Rex
Kazkis Proxy in Ergo Proxy
Madarao and Kaguro in Kekkaishi
Markus Vaughn in Trauma Center
Yamato and Pain in Naruto
Random Army Rangers in Modern Warfare 2
Jet fire in Transformers: War for Cybertron, really playing against type; he was also Zeta Prime.
Makoto Kawazu in Desert Punk
Mitsunari Ishida in Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
Espio the Chameleon in Sonic the Hedgehog (2010-current)
Vincent Brooks in Catherine
Logan Thackeray in Guild Wars 2
Two-Face and Robin in Batman: Arkham City
Booker DeWitt in Bio Shock Infinite
Alec Mason in Red Faction: Guerilla
One of the voices for The Boss in Saints Row 3
Appropriately, as Sgt. Matt Baker in Brothers in Arms
Lord Valvatorez in Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten, where he really puts those chords to good use.
James in the Xbox 360/PS3 version of Silent Hill 2
Nova in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Zenith in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Whirlwind, Clay Quartermain, Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard, Ulik, Faradei, Groot, and Michael Korvac in Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes
Kai Leng in Mass Effect 3
Siris in Infinity Blade
Pyrrhon, and Arlon in Kid Icarus: Uprising
Migrant AC, Zodiac #3 and the second computer voice in Armored Core 5
Joel in The Last of Us

Tropes Associated With Troy Baker

Adorkable
Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
Cloudcuckoolander: Excalibur definitely counts.
Mr. Fanservice: Admit it, he's very cute.
- As of now, he has a core fan club of 35 people, only three of whom are male so far.
- He also tends to play these characters, regardless of whether they're assholes/evil or not.
Evil Sounds Deep: Whenever he plays a villain, expect them to have a deep voice.
Heterosexual Life Partners: Lately with writer/musician Brian Foster Kane.
Large Ham: Hammy? HAMMY?! I prefer the term sardiny.
Man of a Thousand Voices: As expected from a veteran Funimation voice actor residing in LA.
Mean Character, Nice Actor
Nerds Are Sexy
Nice Hat
Older Than They Look: He's 35, but his appearance would have you believe otherwise.
One of Us: A few days after this TV Tropes page was posted on Troy's official Facebook fanpage, he mentioned at a convention the similarities between Ganryu and Kariya, and his PTSD whenever he sees Johnny Yong Bosch. Coincidence?
Playing Against Type: Shadow Kanji. Actual YouTube comment: "Why, Troy Baker, why?"
- If flamboyance could count as against type, then Eikichi probably qualifies too.
- His performance as Michael Korvac seems to draw mostly from feelings of paranoia and fear.
- Snow Villiers is a famous example.
Promoted Fanboy
Self-Deprecation
Shout-Out: If you meet him at a convention, ask him for one of these. Dare you. Double dare you.
Surreal Humor: That, or he's a bona fide Cloudcuckoolander.

↑ Kazkis Proxy and Schneizel have that Ambiguously Gay Evil Brit thing going for them; November 11 and Excalibur are actually supposed to be British and have aspects of The Mean Brit.

[1] Kazkis Proxy and Schneizel have that Ambiguously Gay Evil Brit thing going for them; November 11 and Excalibur are actually supposed to be British and have aspects of The Mean Brit.

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 === Notable roles from [[Troy Baker]] ===
-* Terrance Brooke, as well as additional voices, in ''[[Call of Duty Black Ops (Video Game)|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''
+* Terrance Brooke, as well as additional voices, in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops|Call of Duty Black Ops]]''
-* Lt. Col. Frank Archer in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
+* Lt. Col. Frank Archer in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
-** {{spoiler|The second Greed}} in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
+** {{spoiler|The second Greed}} in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''
-* Schneizel el Britannia in ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]''
+* Schneizel el Britannia in ''[[Code Geass]]''
 * Sol Badguy in ''[[Guilty Gear]] 2: Overture''
 * Jin Kariya in ''[[Bleach]]''
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 * Yamato and Pain in ''[[Naruto]]''
 * Random Army Rangers in ''[[Modern Warfare 2]]''
-* [[Badass Bookworm|Jet]][[Defector From Decadence|fire]] in ''[[Transformers War for Cybertron]]'', ''really'' playing against type; he was also Zeta Prime.
+* [[Badass Bookworm|Jet]][[Defector From Decadence|fire]] in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', ''really'' playing against type; he was also Zeta Prime.
 * [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Makoto]] [[Shout-Out|Kawazu]] in ''[[Desert Punk]]''
 * Mitsunari Ishida in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]: Samurai Heroes''
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 * Vincent Brooks in ''[[Catherine]]''
 * Logan Thackeray in ''[[Guild Wars 2]]''
-* Two-Face and Robin in ''[[Batman Arkham City]]''
+* Two-Face and Robin in ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''
-* Booker DeWitt in ''[[Bio Shock Infinite (Video Game)|Bio Shock Infinite]]''
+* Booker DeWitt in ''[[Bio Shock Infinite]]''
 * Alec Mason in ''[[Red Faction]]: Guerilla''
 * One of the voices for The Boss in ''[[Saints Row]] 3''
 * [[The Danza|Appropriately]], as Sgt. Matt Baker in ''[[Brothers in Arms]]''
-* Lord Valvatorez in ''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]'', where he really [[Large Ham|puts those chords to good use.]]
+* Lord Valvatorez in ''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]'', where he really [[Large Ham|puts those chords to good use.]]
 * James in the Xbox 360/PS3 version of ''[[Silent Hill 2]]''
-* [[Nova (Comic Book)|Nova]] in ''Ultimate [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
+* [[Nova (Comic Book)|Nova]] in ''Ultimate [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''
-* Zenith in ''[[Star Warsthe Old Republic]]''
+* Zenith in ''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''
-* Whirlwind, Clay Quartermain, Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard, Ulik, Faradei, Groot, and Michael Korvac in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''
+* Whirlwind, Clay Quartermain, Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard, Ulik, Faradei, Groot, and Michael Korvac in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''
-* [[Dirty Coward|Kai]] [[Complete Monster|Leng]] in ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]''
+* [[Dirty Coward|Kai]] [[Complete Monster|Leng]] in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]''
 * Siris in ''[[Infinity Blade]]''
-* Pyrrhon, and Arlon in ''[[Kid Icarus Uprising]]''
+* Pyrrhon, and Arlon in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''
-* Migrant AC, Zodiac #3 and the second computer voice in ''[[Armored Core (Video Game)|Armored Core]] 5''
+* Migrant AC, Zodiac #3 and the second computer voice in ''[[Armored Core]] 5''
 * Joel in ''[[The Last of Us]]''
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 * [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Whenever he plays a villain, expect them to have a deep voice.
 * [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Lately with writer/musician Brian Foster Kane.
-* [[Large Ham]]: [[Disgaea 4|Hammy? HAMMY?! I prefer the term sardiny]].
+* [[Large Ham]]: [[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten|Hammy? HAMMY?! I prefer the term sardiny]].
 * [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: As expected from a veteran Funimation voice actor residing in LA.
 * [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
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 * [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Camp Gay|Shadow]] [[Persona 4|Kanji]]. Actual YouTube comment: "Why, Troy Baker, why?"
 ** If flamboyance could count as against type, then [[Persona 2|Eikichi]] probably qualifies too.
-** His performance as [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Michael Korvac]] seems to draw mostly from feelings of paranoia and fear.
+** His performance as [[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Michael Korvac]] seems to draw mostly from feelings of paranoia and fear.
-** [[Final Fantasy XIII|Snow]] [[Final Fantasy XIII 2|Villiers]] is a famous example.
+** [[Final Fantasy XIII|Snow]] [[Final Fantasy XIII-2|Villiers]] is a famous example.
 * [[Promoted Fanboy]]
 * [[Self-Deprecation]]