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Gray Haddock
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Haddock at the 2017 New York Comic Con
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Voice actor, film producer |
| Years active | 1995–2019 |
| Employer | Rooster Teeth (2011–2019) |
| Spouse(s) | Lara Toner |
| Children | 2 |
Gray G. Haddock is an American actor and producer. He is famous for his voice acting in many animated shows and movies. He used to be in charge of animation at Rooster Teeth, a company in Austin, Texas. There, he helped create the robot-themed web series Gen:Lock in 2019.
You might know his voice from characters like Locus and Roman Torchwick. These are from the Rooster Teeth shows Red vs. Blue and RWBY. He also voiced Sanosuke Sagara in the English version of Rurouni Kenshin. Other roles include Oreldo in Pumpkin Scissors and Yousuke Fuuma in Wedding Peach.
Gray Haddock's Career Journey
Gray Haddock finished his studies at the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. He started his voice acting career in 1995. For many years, he mostly voiced characters in English versions of Japanese anime shows. This is called dubbing.
In 1997, he got the role of Sanosuke Sagara in the movie Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots. He played this character again in later Rurouni Kenshin films. In 1998, he voiced Lei Wulong in Tekken: The Motion Picture.
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In 2011, Gray Haddock joined Rooster Teeth. He started as an artist working on special effects for Red vs. Blue. He then continued working on the show. In 2013, he began voice acting for Rooster Teeth. He became the voice of Roman Torchwick in their animated series, RWBY. He also took on the role of Locus in Red vs. Blue. This character first appeared in Season 11.
In 2014, Haddock worked as a producer for the second season of RWBY. Later that year, he became the head of the new Rooster Teeth Animation department. When the third season of RWBY began in 2015, Haddock became a co-director and producer for the show.
In 2018, he became a writer and director for Gen:Lock. This was a new mecha (giant robot) series on Rooster Teeth. In June 2019, Haddock stepped down from leading RT Animation. He chose to focus only on creative roles. In September 2019, he announced that he had left Rooster Teeth.
Voice Acting Roles
Gray Haddock has lent his voice to many characters. Here are some of his notable roles:
- Yousuke Fuuma in Wedding Peach (1995, 2003–2004)
- Sanosuke Sagara in Rurouni Kenshin films (1997, 2001, 2011–2012)
- Lei Wulong in Tekken: The Motion Picture (1998)
- Oreldo in Pumpkin Scissors (2006–2010)
- Green Lantern and Black Hand in DC Universe Online (video game, 2011)
- Locus and Donald Doyle in Red vs. Blue (web series, 2012–2019)
- Roman Torchwick in RWBY (web series, 2013–2016)
- Electric Villain (additional voices) in My Hero Academia (anime, 2016)
- Roman Torchwick in RWBY Chibi (web series, 2016–2018)
- Leon August in Gen:Lock (web series, 2019)
- Spinister in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (animated series, 2020)
