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Brandon Potter

Charles Brandon Potter is an American voice and television actor. He is known for his voice work, directing, and screenplay writing for anime as well as for playing the role of Quintus in the streaming series, The Chosen. In anime, he is best known for his role as Gazelle, the head of a courier agency, smuggler, and member of Generation Bleu in the anime series Eureka Seven: AO. He is also best known for his roles as Shanks in the anime series One Piece and as Kenji Harima in the anime series School Rumble.

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Brandon Potter
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Born
Charles Brandon Potter

(1982-07-28) July 28, 1982
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • ADR director
  • writer
Years active2004–present

Charles Brandon Potter (born July 28, 1982) is an American voice and television actor. He is known for his voice work, directing, and screenplay writing for anime as well as for playing the role of Quintus in the streaming series, The Chosen. In anime, he is best known for his role as Gazelle (real name and also known as Jiro), the head of a courier agency, smuggler, and member of Generation Bleu in the anime series Eureka Seven: AO. He is also best known for his roles as Shanks in the anime series One Piece and as Kenji Harima in the anime series School Rumble.

Filmography

Anime series

List of voice performances in anime series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2006 Black Cat Sven Vollfied 1
2007 School Rumble Harima Main role 2
2008 One Piece Shanks 3
Ouran High School Host Club Kadomatsu 4
Darker Than Black Gai Kurasawa 5
2009 Genesis of Aquarion Commander Gen Fudo 4
2012 Sekirei: Pure Engagement Himura 4
.hack//Quantum Iyoten 6
2013 Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing Vincent 7
Eureka Seven: AO Gazelle (Jiro) Main cast role, often considered the secondary protagonist, Supporting Protagonist (after the TV Tropes trope), and best known role 4
Appleseed XIII Liesse 8
We Without Wings DJ Conor 9
Aquarion Evol Zen 10
2014 Kamisama Kiss Akura-Ohm, Kirihito (Season 2) 1112
Karneval Uro 13
2015 Unbreakable Machine-Doll Bronson 14
Gangsta Nicolas Brown 15
2016 Black Butler: Book of Murder Charles Phips 16
91 Days Fango 17
Alderamin on the Sky Neijif 18
Izetta: The Last Witch Otto 19
Aquarion Logos Shinji Hatano 20
All Out!! Wada 19
2017 Gosick Superintendent General Signore 21
Knight's & Magic Ambrosius 22
Chronos Ruler Aiks 22
My Hero Academia Gunhead 23
The Morose Mononokean Tatsuma Fujiwara 24
The Saga of Tanya the Evil Moritz Paul von Hans 4
Samurai Warriors Keiji Maeda 4
2018 Tokyo Ghoul:re Shinohara 4
Black Clover Rhya 25
Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits Tokohiko 26
Free! -Dive to the Future- Azuma 26
Overlord III Magic Caster 26
B't X Leon Anime Midstream/Sound Cadence dub 27
Hinomaru Sumo Yuma 28
Ace Attorney Season 2 Godot 28
SSSS.Gridman Tonkawa's Dad 28
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Vesta 428
Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight Glasdale 28
Double Decker! Doug & Kirill Cooper 28
2019 Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life Takinami 4
One Piece: Episode of East Blue - Luffy and His Four Friends' Great Adventure Shanks Television special 4
Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Ichinose Main role 4
Stars Align Kenji Kyobate Main role 29
2020 Appare-Ranman! Richard 30
Fire Force Mr Boyle 4
2021 The World Ends with You the Animation Hanekoma 31
2022 Tales of Luminaria the Fateful Crossroad Raoul 32
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Season 2 Freid Bagwa 33

Film

List of voice performances in film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2015 Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Ishikawa 4
2022 One Piece Film: Red Shanks 34
2022 Fruits Basket: Prelude Teacher 4

Live-action

List of acting performances in live-action films and series
Year Title Role Format/notes Ref.
2018 Little Woods Dale Film 35
2019–present The Chosen Quintus TV series Main/recurring role, 4 seasons3637
2019–2024 The Inside Man Maurice Security Training and Awareness video series Recurring role
2022 Family Camp Bramberger Film

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Borderlands 2 Pyro Pete, Interviewer 4
2016 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Appule 4
2019 Borderlands 3 Narrator (Bounty of Blood) 4
2020 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Appule 4
2021 Tales of Luminaria Raoul 4

Production credits

List of production credits
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Alderamin on the Sky ADR director 18
References

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