Age: 57
male
Jean-Benoît "JB" Blanc was born in Paris, France to an English mother and a French father. He moved with his mother to Yorkshire, England at the age of four, where he was raised and attended school, eventually graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990. He worked extensively in theater in Britain for over 15 years, including a three-year stint at London's Royal National Theater. His theater work encompassed everything from avant-garde physical theater companies to world tours of Shakespeare plays and classical Greek theater. His film career was essentially launched by his highly acclaimed role as Luigi Vampa in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, and following that success, he moved to Los Angeles where he now lives. Film and TV roles soon followed and he has worked on well over 30 TV shows in the US, including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Barry, Shameless, NCIS: LA, Burn Notice, The Unit, Prison Break, CSI: NY, Nikita, NYPD Blue and others, and many films, including his recent role as Bashkim in 2017's War Dogs. JB is also a highly accomplished voice actor and director with projects in film, animation, video games, anime, and commercials. His animation work includes All Hail King Julien, Dragons: Race To The Edge, Scooby Doo, Trip Tank, Turbo Fast, Pickle and Peanut, Regular Show, Penn Zero, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers Assemble. He has over 170 video game credits, totaling over 400 characters, including Rost in Horizon Zero Dawn, The Admin in Minecraft Story Mode, Bane in Telltale Batman, Arkham Origins and others, many projects for Blizzard Entertainment and the Uncharted franchise. He has been the voice director on various video games: Fortnite, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, Lego Batman 3, Lego Dimensions, XCOM 2, Mafia III, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone, Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm.
JB Blanc
Director (English Dub)
for Director (English Dub) in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: A Rift Between Worlds
Suggested by demurelyhydrated
Raichu, Lucario, Charizard, and Garchomp are some of the most famous explorers there are, but their bonds with other have seriously dwindled over the years due to team leader Raichu's massive ego. They decide to disband after one last treasure hunt... But when they find the treasure, they're pushed into a rift to a parallel world! This world is filled with Pokemon unlike any they've ever seen before, Pokemon that are living in fear of a group of eldritch god known only as the "Olden Ones" who are soon to reawaken and devastate the land. The distortions in spacetime turn Raichu and Raichu's teammates back into their younger selves who have no memories of their future together, and the four are soon found in their diminutive states by an ambitious hero from this other world and their childhood friend. Together, they aim to seal the Olden Ones before they devastate the world and help Raichu's team return home, all while Raichu's team had to take a literal and metaphorical trip down memory lane as they regain their memories and confront just how and when they went wrong. ‖ fancast for a hypothetical PMD game. English and Japanese dub options available, professional VAs only, no celebs.
