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Barry Gjerde

Barry Gjerde is a Norwegian voice actor who has worked for many years in Japan. He has mostly narrated various corporate projects and providing English voice acting for video games.

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Barry Gjerde
Born
Oddbjørn Egil Gjerde1

13 August 19512
Vestnes, Norway3
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • translator
Years active1993–present

Barry Gjerde (born 13 August 1951)4 is a Norwegian voice actor who has worked for many years in Japan.5 He has mostly narrated various corporate projects and providing English voice acting for video games.

Career

Gjerde is best known for his voicing of the character Barry Burton in the original version of Resident Evil.5 He also provided the voice of Rick in the game Clock Tower. In Mega Man X7 he provided the voice of Red, a rival Maverick hunter.6

Gjerde also played guitar and did vocals for a band called "Hotel No-Tell" with Ian MacDougall (vocals, guitar), Tom Gottsman (bass guitar, vocals), Jon MacKenzie (vocals, bass guitar), and John Boudreau (drums). They released an extended play in 1989.7

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1995 Soar High! Isami Black Goblin English dub
1996 Yawara! Special Zutto Kimo no Koto ga Man 2
2016 Fastening Days Cruise Ship Captain English dub 8

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1993 Robo Aleste
1995 Space Griffon VF-9 Narrator
1996 Bogey Dead 6
Resident Evil Barry Burton Voice, uncredited 5
Tobal No. 1 Announcer
1997 Clock Tower Rick 8
I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
Tobal 2 Tobal No.1 Announcer
1998 Legend of Legaia Mini Game 9
Seventh Cross: Evolution
1999 Countdown Vampires Sheck Gardner, Randy Jones; additional voices
Crisis Zone Additional voices
Toy Fighter Hero 10
2000 Confidential Mission Howard Gibson, General; additional voices
Silpheed: The Lost Planet
2001 Bloody Roar 3 Announcer, Yugo Ogami 8
2002 D.N.A.: Dark Native Apostle Dr. Clad 8
2003 Glass Rose Ryouji Ihara, Denemon Yoshinodou English dub 8
Mega Man X7 Red English dub 8
Transformers Tataki Scourge, Ultra Magnus, Octane, Shockwave
2004 Ghost Squad Alex Havoc 8
Time Crisis: Crisis Zone Commander Kessler; Additional voices
2005 Musashi: Samurai Legend Master Mew English dub 8
2005 Shining Force Neo Graham English dub 8
2006 Elebits Narrator
2007 Ghost Squad Alex Havoc 8
2010 Deadstorm Pirates Joseph 8
2015 Implosion - Never Lose Hope Dr. Raymond Millar 11
2016 NightCry Vigo, Cobie 812
2021 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Newscaster B 13

Discography

Music

Hotel No-Tell

  • 俺は外人 [Ore Wa Gaijin] (EP, 1989; B&I Records); Vocals, Guitar (all tracks)7
    1. Ore Wa Gaijin (2:22)
    2. Nice People (2:17)
    3. Mind Your Own Business (2:59)
References

References

  1. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/557/pe00000001391432
  2. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000001391432
  3. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/557/pe00000001391432
  4. https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/557/pe00000001391432
  5. "Entrevista com Barry Gjerde, dublador de Barry Burton no primeiro Resident Evil (1996)". Resident Evil Database. September 30, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  6. "Barry Gjerde | Actor, Additional Crew". IMDb. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
  7. HOTEL NO-TELL / 俺は外人 [Ore Wa Gaijin], archived from the original on December 22, 2021, retrieved November 3, 2019
  8. "Barry Gjerde (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  9. "Legend of Legaia (1999 Video Game) Cast". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  10. Doi, Hitoshi. "Search results for "Barry Gjerde" in ALL database". Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  11. Rayark International Limited. Implosion - Never Lose Hope. Rayark International Limited. Scene: Closing credits.
  12. "English Voice Cast Announced For NightCry ｜ Rely on Horror". Rely on Horror. December 30, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  13. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021) - IMDb. Retrieved October 13, 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
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