Iemasa Kayumi

was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from the Tokyo Metropolitan area.

He was the official voice-over actor for Frank Sinatra and Donald Sutherland.

Biography Kayumi was born in Tokyo Prefecture and moved to Kagoshima Prefecture when he was a boy because of wartime evacuation. He entered Kagoshima Prefectural Daini-Kagoshima Middle School. Due to educational reform in occupied Japan, Daini-Kagoshima Middle School became Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School. He studied at Kagoshima Konan High School and was in drama club. Because he came to aspire to an actor during his high school life, he went to Tokyo and learned at the acting school, Butai Geijutsu Gakuin (Theater Art College, :ja:舞台芸術学院). He became an actor of shingeki and then also worked as a voice actor since 1956.

During his long career, he belonged to some troupes and affiliated with talent agencies for voice actors, for example, Aoni Production. He was finally affiliated with 81 Produce until his death at the age of 80 on September 30, 2014, while undergoing medical treatment.

Fellow voice actor and drinking companion Norio Wakamoto called him a precision machine since he never made a mistake when recording. Ayumi Fujimura cited Kayumi as an inspiration.

Filmography

Television animation 1960s Mighty Atom (1963) (Skunk Kusai) Big X (1964) Space Ace (1965) (Dr. Tatsunoko) Tatakae! Osper (1965) (Chief Kaizu) Star of the Giants (1968) Yōkai Ningen Bem (1968) Kamui the Ninja (1969) (Fudou) 1970s Ashita no Joe (1970) (Henry James) Inakappe Taishō (1972) Lupin III (1972) (Kyōsuke Mamō) Casshan (1973) (President) Hurricane Polymar (1974) (Golder) Dog of Flanders (1975) (Hendrick Ray) Goliath the Super Fighter (1976) (Gordam, Narrator) Treasure Island (1978) (Dr. Livesey) RahXephon (2002) (Ernst Von Bähbem) Petite Princess Yucie (2002) (God (King of Heaven)) Ashita no Nadja (2003) (Old man) Chrono Crusade (2003) (Ricardo Hendrick) Zatch Bell! (2003) (Mister Goldo) Monster (2004) (Günther Goedelitz) The Dagger of Kamui (1985) (Mark Twain) Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988) (Durbal) Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) (Paragus)

The Art of War (2003 TV Asahi/2006 TV Tokyo editions) (Douglas Thomas) Panic (Michael) Big Shot's Funeral (Rob Tyler) Cold Mountain (2007 TV Tokyo edition) (Reverend Monroe) Reign Over Me (Judge Raines) Baltic Storm (Lou Aldryn) The Italian Job (John Bridger) Human Trafficking (TV miniseries (Agent Bill Meehan)) Pride & Prejudice (Mr. Bennet) Christopher Lee Night of the Big Heat (Dr. Godfrey Hanson) The Blood of Fu Manchu (Fu Manchu) Scars of Dracula (Count Dracula) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (Count Dracula) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Saruman the White) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Saruman the White) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Saruman the White) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dr. Wilbur Wonka) Dark Shadows (Silas Clarney) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Saruman the White) James Stewart Harvey (Elwood P. Dowd) The Greatest Show on Earth (1970 TV Tokyo/1973 TBS editions) (Buttons the Clown) Thunder Bay (Steve Martin) The Man from Laramie (Will Lockhart) The FBI Story (John Michael "Chip" Hardesty) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard) Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (Roger Hobbs) The Flight of the Phoenix (1976 Fuji TV edition) (Capt. Frank Towns) The Rare Breed (Sam Burnett) Ian McKellen X-Men (2003 TV Asahi edition) (Magneto) X2 (2006 TV Asahi edition) (Magneto) X-Men: The Last Stand (2009 TV Asahi edition) (Magneto) The Wolverine (Magneto) X-Men: Days of Future Past (Magneto) 2010 (1990 TBS edition) (Heywood R. Floyd (Roy Scheider)) Airwolf (Michael 'Archangel' Coldsmith Briggs III (Alex Cord)) A Beautiful Mind (Dr. Rosen (Christopher Plummer)) Combat! (Sgt. John Metcalf (Robert Culp)) Creature from the Black Lagoon (David Reed (Richard Carlson)) Death Wish (Ames Jainchill (Stuart Margolin)) Dr. Strangelove (1971 TV Asahi edition) (Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden)) Dune (Liet-Kynes (Max von Sydow)) Face to Face (1977 TV Asahi edition) (Charley "Chas" A. Siringo (William Berger)) The Godfather (1976 NTV edition) (Moe Greene (Alex Rocco)) The Great Escape (1971 Fuji TV edition) (Flight Lieutenant Hendley (James Garner)) Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Bill (David Carradine)) Kill Bill: Volume 2 (Bill (David Carradine)) Mission: Impossible 2 (Mission Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins)) My Cousin Vinny (Judge Chamberlain Haller (Fred Gwynne)) Nosferatu the Vampyre (Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski)) The Pit and the Pendulum (Nicholas / Sebastian Medina (Vincent Price)) Scanners (1987 NTV edition) (Braedon Keller (Lawrence Dane)) The Six Million Dollar Man (Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson)) Total Recall (Vilos Cohaagen (Ronny Cox))

Animation Atlantis: Milo's Return (Erik Hellstrom) Corpse Bride (Pastor Galswells) Delgo (General Raius) Ratatouille (Anton Ego) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (D Jin)