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Yuri Lowenthal
Lowenthal in 2013
Born	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Other names	Sean Roberts Jimmy Benedict Stephen Fisher
Alma mater	The College of William & Mary
Occupation(s)	Voice-over artist, writer
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Tara Platt ​(m. 2001)​
Website	Yuri Lowenthal.com

Yuri Lowenthal is an American actor known chiefly for his work in television and film animation. Some of his prominent roles in anime and cartoons include Sasuke Uchiha in the Naruto series, the teenage Ben Tennyson in the Ben 10 series, Superman in Legion of Superheroes and Simon in Gurren Lagann. In video games, he voices The Prince in Ubisoft's Prince of Persia series produced in the 2000s, The Player in Insomniac Games Sunset Overdrive, Sandal in Dragon Age and Alucard in the Castlevania series.

Lowenthal has a production company Monkey Kingdom Productions with his wife, Tara Platt. They have produced several feature films and a web series called Shelf Life. He is a published author of books Voice-Over Voice Actor on VO and comedy-noirvella Tough City as part of a 72-hour novel writing contest. He appeared on camera in TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Hawaii Five-O and Criminal Minds.

Biography

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Lowenthal was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

He co-founded Monkey Kingdom Productions with Tara Platt in 2004. In 2007, Lowenthal and Platt provided their voices for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 and also for Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. In the anime industry, he is most known for his roles as Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass, Simon in Gurren Lagann, Jinnosuke/"Kuma" in both Afro Samurai movies and Gen / Dromus in Tenkai Knights.

In the video gaming world, he is well known to be the voice of the Prince of Persia in several of Ubisoft's games, including The Sands of Time, The Forgotten Sands, and The Two Thrones. He also provides the voice of Cecil Harvey in the Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy IV, and again in Dissidia: Final Fantasy on the PSP. Lowenthal did the voice of The Courier from Fallout: New Vegas. He provides the voice of teenager Ben Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, and Ben 10: Omniverse. He is also known as the voice of Alucard in several installments of the Castlevania series. He is also set to appear alongside Troy Baker in the live-action film The Phoenix Incident, based on the events in Phoenix, Arizona.

He and Tara Platt co-authored the book Voice-Over Voice Actor: What It's Like Behind the Mic. He also co-authored the comedy-noir novella Tough City with Keith Ikeda-Barry. He also frequently guests at the San Diego Comic-Con International.

Personal life

He has been married to fellow voice actress Tara Platt since 2001.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Live action

Documentaries

Films

Video games

Books

• Lowenthal, Yuri; Platt, Tara (2010). Voice-Over Voice Actor: What It's Like Behind the Mic. Bug Bot Press. 259pp. ISBN 9780984074006. OCLC 429727108. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |nopp= ignored (|no-pp= suggested) (help)
• Lowenthal, Yuri; Ikeda_Barry, Keith (2013). Tough City. Bug Bot Press. 117pp. ISBN 9780984074013. OCLC 849762751. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |nopp= ignored (|no-pp= suggested) (help)

References

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11. "Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt on Hawaii Five-0". Facebook. 23 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
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17. "2011 Awards". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
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23. Ghostbusters: The Video Game, closing credits – MahaloVideoGames (July 13, 2009). The Ghostbusters Game Walkthrough (YouTube). Event occurs at 0:17.
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30. PCB Productions (2012-06-30). Infex Interviews 2 (YouTube).
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34. Square Enix. Murdered: Soul Suspect. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
35. Operation Darkness, cutscene – Violence City (February 6, 2009). Operation Darkness Stage 1 Part 2 of 3 (YouTube). Event occurs at 5:20.
36. Gamespot Studios (July 4, 2012). Voice Recording – Persona 4 Arena: Behind the Scenes Video (YouTube).
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38. Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell. 2015. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
39. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: Giants. Scene: closing credits, 3:49 minutes in, Voice Actors.
40. Skylanders: Swap Force. 2013. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
41. Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in, Voice Actors.
42. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. 2010. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
43. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky. 2008. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
44. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. 2007. {{cite AV media}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
45. "Transition Hiccups". Board.rpgamer.com. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
46. Tales of Xillia 2, scene – CGInfernoBlast (August 19, 2014). Tales Of Xillia 2 – English Version Walkthrough – Part 13 – Character Episodes Batch #3 (YouTube). Event occurs at 0:44.
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51. Deadline Games. Watchmen: The End Is Nigh. Warner Bros. Games. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice-over actors.
52. Carbine Studios. WildStar. NCSOFT. Scene: Credits, 2:45 in, Cast.

External links

• Official website
• Yuri Lowenthal at IMDb
• Yuri Lowenthal at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Yuri Lowenthal convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• IGN Interview, ds.ign.com; accessed December 15, 2014.
• Interview, animechronicle.podbean.com, May 2010 podcast
• Profile, BehindTheVoiceActors; accessed December 15, 2014.

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