Kyle Hebert
Kyle Hebert | |
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Born | Kyle H. Hebert June 14, 1969 |
Status | Single |
Other names | Squeege |
Occupation | Voice Actor |
Agent | Arlene Thornton |
Notable credits | Bleach as Sōsuke Aizen/Ganju Shiba Dragon Ball Z as Gohan/Narrator Eureka Seven as Ken-Goh Fullmetal Alchemist as Warrant Officer Vato Falman Naruto as Kiba Inuzuka |
Website | Kyle Hebert.com squintyfriedsquids.com |
Kyle H. Hebert (born June 14, 1969 in Lake Charles, Louisiana) is an American voice actor best known for his roles as adult Gohan and the narrator in the FUNimation English dub of the Japanese anime Dragon Ball Z.
Hebert got his start in the mid 1990s as a disc jockey for Radio Disney, under the pseudonym Squeege. This lasted until September 2005, when he moved from Dallas to Los Angeles, to pursue bigger interests in the world of voice acting. Kyle has also had cameo roles in various anime dubs such as Case Closed, Fruits Basket, and Kodocha, and a recurring role in Fullmetal Alchemist.
Currently, Kyle is the dub voice of Kiba Inuzuka on Naruto and Sōsuke Aizen and Ganju Shiba in Bleach. He is also the voice of Ken-Goh on Eureka Seven following Bob Papenbrook's death, from Episode 29 till the end.
Kyle is also a podcaster, hosting the weekly Big Bald Broadcast, with his webmaster and anime journalist, who is simply known as OtherworldSteve.
Kyle has been a welcome guest at Animazement and for the last two years has acted as a Guest Master of Ceremonies at Anime Expo along with Brad DeMoss.
Notable Roles
Anime Roles
- Baki the Grappler - Hanayama, Vladimir
- Bleach - Sōsuke Aizen, Ganju Shiba, Metastacia (ep. 49)
- Blue Gender - Sgt. Robert Bradley, Seno Miyagi, Additional Voices
- Burst Angel - Additional Voices
- Dragon Ball - General White, Ox King
- Dragon Ball Z - Adult Gohan, Narrator, West Kai, Pikkon, Ox King
- Dragon Ball GT - Gohan
- Ergo Proxy - MCQ, Additional Voices
- Eureka Seven - Ken-Goh (ep. 29 -series end)
- Fruits Basket - Makoto Takei
- Fullmetal Alchemist - Vato Falman
- Lupin the 3rd - General Headhunter (Dead Or Alive), Burton (The Columbus Files), Butrakari (The Spirit of Twilight Gemini), Goering (The Pursuit of Harimao’s Treasure), Addditional Voices
- MÄR - Peta
- Mega Man Star Force - Omega-Xis
- Naruto - Kiba Inuzuka, Mozuku, Inoichi Yamanaka
- One Piece - Nefertari Cobra (FUNimation Dub)
- When They Cry - Jirō Tomitake
- Yu Yu Hakusho - Karasu, Okubo, M2, Akarenja
- Zatch Bell! - John Owen, Additional Voices
Movie Roles
- Naruto The Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow - Mizore Fuyukuma, Movie Theater Owner, Additional Voices[1]
- One Piece The Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates' Adventure in Alabasta - Nefertari Cobra
Video Game Roles
- Bleach: Shattered Blade - Sosuke Aizen, Ganju Shiba
- Digimon World Data Squad - Beelzemon, Belphemon
- Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series- Gohan, Great Saiyaman, Pikkon, and Narrator
- Baten Kaitos Origins - Juwar
Documentaries
- Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
Other Roles
- 7th PBS ident - Man in blue shirt
- Mega64 - Wanser (voice)
Trivia
- With his announcement that he would play Sōsuke Aizen in Bleach, Hebert became one of only two actors to have had a role in what many deem to be the three most popular series of 2006 (the other series' being Naruto and Fullmetal Alchemist). The only other actor to have replicated this feat is Johnny Yong Bosch.
- When asked what he would do if he could run amok in Wal-Mart for 24 Hours and not get into trouble, he replied that he'd “Have first dibs at rare action figures”
- Hebert was cast as an extra in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
- Hebert did guests voices on a Newgrounds.com flash animation called Go! Go! Parody Rangers! 2 and 3.