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[[File:crispin_freeman_full2.jpg|frame|'''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Taste his storm of loyalty!]]''']]
 
{{quote|'''<s>Itachi</s> [[Insistent Terminology|Sasuke's Brother]]:''' Hey, Sasuke. You wanna know why you'll never defeat me? Because my voice is much sexier than [[Yuri Lowenthal|yours]].|'''''[[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show]]'''''}}▼
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{{quote| ''"[[Hellsing|Releasing control art restrictions level 3. Level 2. Level 1. The Cromwell approval is now in effect. Hold release until target is silenced. Now... I WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE REAL CRISPIN FREEMAN DOES BATTLE!!!]]"''}}▼
▲{{quote|'''<s>Itachi</s> [[Insistent Terminology|Sasuke's Brother]]:''' Hey, Sasuke. You wanna know why you'll never defeat me? Because my voice is much sexier than [[Yuri Lowenthal|yours]].|'''''[[Naruto the Abridged Comedy Spoof Series Show]]'''''}}
 
Crispin Freeman is one of the more popular voice actors in the business, and, well, what can we say, the guy's got talent for characters that are [[Hot -Blooded]] or [[Smug Snake|smug]] or [[Jerkass|a complete jerk]] or [[The Cape (trope)|heroic]] or [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] or [[Badass]] or... just about anything. He is a lover, not a fighter, and looks amazing in chaps.▼
▲{{quote| ''"[[Hellsing|Releasing control art restrictions level 3. Level 2. Level 1. The Cromwell approval is now in effect. Hold release until target is silenced. Now... I WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE REAL CRISPIN FREEMAN DOES BATTLE!!!]]"''}}
 
Crispin seems to be fascinated by the use of myths in anime, and regularly hosts panels at cons on the subject. He's also a fan of [[Hayao Miyazaki]], and finally got the chance to provide a voice for the dub of ''[[Film/HowlsHowl's Moving Castle (anime)|HowlsHowl's Moving Castle]]'' with the (albeit minor) role of Prince Justin. He's also quite fond of opera music, and actually sang once at a convention. ▼
▲Crispin Freeman is one of the more popular voice actors in the business, and, well, what can we say, the guy's got talent for characters that are [[Hot Blooded]] or [[Smug Snake|smug]] or [[Jerkass|a complete jerk]] or [[The Cape|heroic]] or [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] or [[Badass]] or... just about anything. He is a lover, not a fighter, and looks amazing in chaps.
 
▲Crispin seems to be fascinated by the use of myths in anime, and regularly hosts panels at cons on the subject. He's also a fan of [[Hayao Miyazaki]], and finally got the chance to provide a voice for the dub of ''[[Film/Howls Moving Castle|Howls Moving Castle]]'' with the (albeit minor) role of Prince Justin. He's also quite fond of opera music, and actually sang once at a convention.
 
His most [[Memetic Mutation|memetically popular moment]] is probably his discussion about [[Hentai]], where he referred to a painting called "The Fisherman's Wife" which involves [[Naughty Tentacles]].
 
He also seems to be cast alongside [[Quinton Flynn]] frequently in addition to [[Relationship Voice Actor|either]] [[Wolf's Rain (Manga)|fighting]] [[Last Exile (Anime)|side]]-[[Witch Hunter Robin (Anime)|by]]-[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|side]] [[Eureka Seven (Anime)|with]] or harboring a [[Code Geass (Anime)|personal]] [[Durarara (Light Novel)!!|grudge]] against [[Johnny Yong Bosch]].
 
Also has a [[Twitter]] [http://twitter.com/#!/crispinfreeman/ account] and a [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/user/crispinfreeman account.]
 
Not to be confused [[The Boondocks|with]] [[Morgan Freeman|any]] [[Martin Freeman|other]] [[Half Life|Freeman]] on this wiki. Or [[Crispin Glover]], for that matter.
 
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=== Notable roles by Crispin Freeman: ===
* Alucard in ''[[Hellsing]]'' (so fabulous that people preferred HIS version over [[Joji Nakata]]'s. One of the first phenomenons of [[Superlative Dubbing]])
* Zelgadis Graywords in ''[[Slayers (Light Novel)|Slayers]]'' (after the first arc)
* Jeremiah "Orange" Gottwald in ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' '''''([[Large Ham|TAKE THIS! THE STORM OF MY LOYALTY!!!]])'''''
* Kyon in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]''
* Itachi Uchiha and Ebisu in ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''
* Balmung and Sakaki in ''[[.hack (Franchise)|.hack]]'' ([[Totally Radical|"This shindig looks like the bomb-diggity."]])
* Rick Henderson in ''[[Hitman]]: Blood Money''
* Hector and Mathias Cronqvist in ''[[Castlevania]]''
* Siegfried Schtauffen in ''[[Soul Calibur]] 3'' (replaced by [[Roger Craig Smith]] afterward)
* Bruce Irving in ''[[Tekken]]''
* Albel Nox in ''[[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]''
* Karasu in ''[[Noein (Anime)|Noein]]''. Also, {{spoiler|Noein after he takes off the mask}}.
* Togusa in ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Anime)|Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]]''
* Tsume in ''[[Wolf's Rain (Manga)|Wolfs Rain]]''
* Alex Rowe in ''[[Last Exile (Anime)|Last Exile]]''
* Holland in ''[[Eureka Seven (Anime)|Eureka Seven]]''
* Haji, Van Argeno, and Joel Goldschmidt VI in ''[[Blood+ (Anime)|Blood Plus]]''.
* Joker in the ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'' OVA series, doing a surprisingly good English accent
* Mario in ''[[Geneshaft]]''
* Amon in ''[[Witch Hunter Robin (Anime)|Witch Hunter Robin]]''
* Hideki in ''[[Chobits (Manga)|Chobits]]''
* Tylor in ''[[Irresponsible Captain Tylor (Anime)|Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]''
* Touga in ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''
* Shannon in ''[[Scrapped Princess]]''
* Koichi Kimura in ''[[Digimon Frontier (Anime)|Digimon Frontier]]''
** Thomas H. Norstein in ''[[Digimon Data Squad]]''
* Rude in ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Advent Children]].''
* Gannayev in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2|Mask of the Betrayer]]''
* Overlord Zetta in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''
* Kagetsu in ''[[Shamanic Princess]]''
* Alan Gabriel in ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' (second season only)
* Albedo and Nigredo/Gaignun in ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]''
* Heat in ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]''
* Electro in ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man]]''
* Wonrei and Albert in ''[[Zatch Bell]]''
* Regal Bryant in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''
* Hibiki Amawa in ''[[I My Me! Strawberry Eggs]]''
* Straight Cougar in ''[[Scryed (Anime)S-Cry-ed|Scryed]]''
* Tenmei Uragasumi {{spoiler|a.k.a. BC}} in ''[[Vandread]]''
* [[Iron Man]] in ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]] 2''
* [[The Cameo|Prince Justin]] in ''[[Film/HowlsHowl's Moving Castle (anime)|HowlsHowl's Moving Castle]]''
* Clerk Sugita in ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]''
* Tabool in ''[[Now and Then, Here And There (Anime)|Now and Then Here And There]]''
* Bjorn Johannsen in ''[[IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix]]''
* Spark in ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]''
* Helios in ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]]''. [http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/gamespot-interview-with-helios/341090 He's surprisingly cool about getting his head ripped off.]
* Guan Yu in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'' 5. ([[Most Wonderful Sound|ROAR, BLUE DRAGON!!]])
* Grimlock and Breakdown in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''
* Shizuo in ''[[Durarara (Light Novel)|Durarara!!]],'' [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|much to the fandom's delight]]
* [[Final Fantasy VI|Setzer]] and [[Pirates of the Caribbean (Film)|Will Turner]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts|Kingdom Hearts II]]''
* Roy Harper (Speedy / Red Arrow) in ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]''
* Zeri in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles II (Video Game)|Valkyria Chronicles II]]''
* Fuuma Monou in ''[[X 1999 (Mangamanga)|X/1999]]''
* Campanella in ''[[Night On the Galactic Railroad (Anime)|Night Onon the Galactic Railroad]]''
* Maverick in ''[[Wolverine and The X-Men (Animation)|Wolverine and Thethe X-Men]]''
* Lucas Montbarron in ''[[Dungeon Siege]] III''
* Raphael from ''[[Phantom Brave (Video Game)|Phantom Brave]]''
* Ant-Man II in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Animation)|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]''
* Gannayev-of-Dreams in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]: Mask of the Betrayer''
* The Male Wizard in ''[[Diablo III (Video Game)|Diablo III]]''
* Winston in ''[[Overwatch]]''
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=== Tropes for Crispin Freeman: ===
 
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Some of his most renowned roles such as [[Hellsing|Alucard]] and [[The Big O (Anime)|Alan Gabriel]].
** Somewhat subverted with Alucard as he isn't crazy per se, just really sadistic.
** His work as [[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Albedo]] deserves mention as well.
** [[The Other Wiki]] has a statement from him saying he ''enjoys'' roles like Master Alucard and Albedo.
* [[Badass]]: Many of his roles are often deemed that.
** [[Badass Baritone]]: He's made a career out of it.
* [[Bishonen]]: Has not only voiced them, but is also considered one.
** [[Older Than They Look]]: Despite being '''''40''''', he's still got a ''legion'' of fans.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: some of his roles, particularly Kyon.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Occasionally jokes around with this.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: In an interview about ''[[God of War (Video Gameseries)|God of War]] III'', he responds that having played the first game, he knows that his role is essentially "Not Kratos", and is well aware that his character's fate is to die a grisly death (as pictured in [[Fantastic Light Source]]).
* [[I Knew It!]]: He called the revelation that Itachi {{spoiler|loved his little brother}} within minutes of learning about the character. He relates the story [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PN2uycoKU8 here], at 24:10.
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: You can't deny it after [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoreKMuxlHs this]. [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Kyon]] also has a cat, but he doesn't really care for Shamisen as much as his sister.
* [[Large Ham]]: When push comes to shove (I.E. The director tells him to), he can be the Largest and the Hamiest of them all.
** A prime example is [[Code Geass (Anime)|Jeremiah Gottwald.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1M8wc9M3eiI#t=138s As you can see here,] when Freeman becomes a ham, he doesn't just [[Chewing the Scenery|chew the scenery]]. [[Up to Eleven|He completely devours it]]!
* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: After reading an email in which a fan assumed he had experience with incest (details [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvGRIV-N86Q&feature=related here]) and asked for advice, Freeman was creeped out and left his computer for a few minutes.
* [[One of Us]]: In addition to being a mythology scholar, he's also an anime fan in his own right. In fact, he frequently gives presentations and attends seminars on the subject.
** He has a [[Twitter]] account, and a very active one. He used it to type an update that read "Guess what I'm dubbing today?", along with a photo of a television screen showing ''Kyon in a winter outfit!''
* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: In recent years the guy was getting seriously typecast in voicing [[Troubled but Cute|brooding young men]], but that all changed when ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' started airing, and he started voicing [[Memetic Badass|Memetic Badasses]] again.
** He has also recently been dubbing roles originally done by [[Tomokazu Sugita]].
** In voicing Kyon he opened up a whole new career in voicing [[Deadpan Snarker|Deadpan Snarkers]].
** He also voiced Captain Tylor, who sounds and acts nothing like any of his other characters, (Yes, even [[Chobits (Manga)|Hideki]]!) which should give you some idea of his range
** The ultimate testament to his range is when he voices Myron Reducto in the ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney Atat Law]]'' game where he does an amazing impression of [[Stephen Colbert]].
*** [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: though not many people realize it, he ''does'' have a large vocal range that is comparable to [[Steve Blum]].
* [[Renaissance Man]]: Crispin Freeman (''DEEP BREATH'')... can do live theater, voice act in all areas of the media, teach mythology, teach anime compared to [[Western Animation]], direct, and write. Fans may exaggerate his versitilityversatility.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Back around the time that he was in series such as ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'', people cringed at hearing he would be in a dub. Whether this was ''him'', or him just being ''miscast'', once he got dropped on characters that allowed him to go full-bore [[Large Ham]], there was no looking back.
* [[Unions in Hollywood]]: According to [[Word of God]], he can only work in union shops contracted to SAG and AFTRA. This makes it difficult for him to reprise some of his older roles in anime and video games where they are considered non-union by either one of them or both. To elaborate, his roles in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' and ''[[Phantom Brave]]'' [[The Other Darrin|were replaced with a different voice actor]] in the sequel and remake respectively because these projects were considered non-union prior to joining a union.
** Luckily, [[FUNimation]] (which happens to be non-union because they are headquartered in Texas <ref>Texas is a right-to-work state, which bars union-only shops</ref>) was kind enough to outsource the ''[[Slayers (Light Novel)|Slayers]] Revolution'' ''and'' ''[[Hellsing]]'' dubs to ''him'', instead.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: He was NOT cast in the role of Kamina in ''[[Gurren Lagann]]''. He'd have also made a PERFECT [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Archer]].
** He was also ''very'' nearly [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Sephiroth]].
 
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