Greg Baldwin
Gregory Dean Baldwin (born September 13, 1960) is an American actor and voice actor. He often serves as a voice double for actor Mako Iwamatsu.
Greg Baldwin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gregory Dean Baldwin September 13, 1960 Grants, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse(s) | Melissa Baldwin (m. 1984) |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Baldwin was born in Grants, New Mexico, and raised in Spring, Texas.
Career
Baldwin has worked in the theater extensively as Sidney Lipton in God's Favorite, Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors, Dr. Zubritsky in Neil Simon's Fools, Count Otto Von Bruno in Bullshot Crummond and the Baker in The Baker's Wife.[1][2]
Baldwin voiced Iroh for the final season of Avatar: The Last Airbender and for The Legend of Korra. He can also be heard as the ancient Jedi Master Tera Sinube and as Casiss on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He provided the voice of multiple characters in Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, most notably, the voice of Furlac. He voiced Aku in the fifth season of Samurai Jack.[3]
Baldwin performed a substantial portion of Splinter's dialogue in the movie TMNT after Mako died during production.[4] In 2016, he appeared as communist writer Dutch Zweistrong in Hail, Caesar![5]
Baldwin first voiced Aku (from Samurai Jack) in the 2009 video game Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall. He also voiced Frank Fontaine, the main antagonist in BioShock; though Karl Hanover, who voiced Atlas in the first game, replaced Baldwin as Fontaine in BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. His voice can also be heard in numerous other video games, including Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, F.E.A.R. and Fallout 4.
Personal life
Baldwin currently resides in Albuquerque with his wife Melissa Baldwin.[6] Together they have two children, Sydney and Cooper.
According to an interview with The Dot and Line, Baldwin was able to fill-in for the late Mako Iwamatsu on his voice roles by listening to the cast album of Pacific Overtures, a musical that Mako starred in, which was a personal favorite album of Baldwin’s.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | TMNT | Splinter | Grouped under "Additional Voices" |
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Xiaolin Showdown | Daddy Bailey | Episode: "Big as Texas" |
| 2004–05 | Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | Boris, Talk Show Host, Monkey | |
| 2007–08 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Uncle Iroh, additional voices | |
| 2007 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Jack M. Crazyfish | Episode: "Blackened Sponge" |
| 2009 | Curious George | Morty the Cab Driver | Episode: "Wheels on the Bus" |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack | Sir Pattington, Constable | Episode: "Diamonds in the Stuff" | |
| 2010–12 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Tera Sinube, Casiss, Serapis, Gwarm, Doge Urus | |
| 2013–14 | The Legend of Korra | Uncle Iroh, Looter, Soldier #1, additional voices | |
| 2016–17 | Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures | Furlac, Ranat, additional voices | |
| 2017 | Samurai Jack | Aku, Ringo, Orc Captain, additional voices | Season 5 |
Video games
Live-action
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hail, Caesar! | Dutch Zweistrong | |
| 2016–18 | Adam Ruins Everything | Various | 4 episodes |
Theatre
- God's Favorite - Sidney Lipton
- Little Shop of Horrors - Mushnik
- Fools - Dr. Zubritsky
- Bullshot Crummond - Count Otto Von Bruno
- The Baker's Wife - The Baker
References
- https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/gods-favorite-63206/
- https://www.stephenschwartz.com/works/the-bakers-wife/
- Brock Wilbur (February 9, 2017). "Samurai Jack is back — with a darker take and a 'traumatized' samurai". Polygon. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- "Baldwin implicitly confirms his role as Splinter while answering fans' questions at an Avatar forum". Distanthorizons.proboards.com. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- Kit, Borys (October 17, 2014). "Coen Brothers' 'Hail, Caesar!' Adds Four (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- https://twitter.com/gregbaldwiniroh/status/1032383252978262016?lang=en
- Eric Vilas Boas (March 18, 2017). "Greg Baldwin Breaks Down His Aku Voice: "I'm Not Mako."". The Dot and Line. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
External links
- Greg Baldwin at IMDb