![]() ![]() He’s always had a passion for Japanese culture and language. Yuri’s path wasn’t completely linear either. In this episode, we dive deep into what Yuri did to build a solid foundation in acting so that when he took that LA voice over class, he was able to fully capitalize on the opportunity. What that story doesn’t illuminate is how much time, effort, and focus Yuri had spent developing his acting skills before he took that voice over class in LA. Yuri auditioned for the show, got hired, and the rest is history, right? Well, it’s not that simple. They took a class and made friends with the teacher, who later had the opportunity to direct the dub of an anime. When they arrived, Tara suggested they explore voice acting as another means of generating income. On the surface, Yuri’s journey seems very simple: he and Tara moved out to Los Angeles back in 2002 to become movie stars. We both arrived in Los Angeles within months of each other, and we both started working in anime around the same time. We both spent time in New York City doing theater before we came to LA. Yuri and I have some interesting parallels in our acting journeys. The Sky Pirates! Yuri and Tara have also written a popular book on voice acting, Voice Over Voice Actor: What It’s Like Behind the Mic. Yuri and his wife, Tara Platt, have their own production company called Monkey Kingdom Productions where they’ve developed and produced their own original shows including the web series Shelf Life, and Topsy McGee vs. There are even multiple news articles about how Yuri has played so many characters in games, that chances are you’ve probably fought and defeated one of his characters if you’ve played any games involving fighting. In Anime he’s well known for playing Sasuke in the long running anime series Naruto, where I play his older brother Itachi. Spider-Man in Marvel’s Spider-Man series of games. In Games he’s played the Prince in numerous Prince of Persia games, the Male Player Character in Sunset Overdrive, and probably most famously, Peter Parker a.k.a. Welcome to the first part of my interview with the incredibly prolific Yuri Lowenthal! Yuri’s voice acting work is definitely wide ranging! In animation, some of his most famous roles include Superman in Legion of Superheroes, Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Force and Omniverse, as well as He-Man in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2021 Animated series. Just follow this link to view the podcast in iTunes: The podcast is also available via the iTunes Store online. Welcome to episode 194 of the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with yours truly, Crispin Freeman!Īs always, you can listen to the podcast using the player above, or download the mp3 using the link at the bottom of this blog post. ![]()
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