Sean Schemmel

Sean Schemmel (born November 21, 1968) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter known chiefly for his work in cartoons, anime, and video games. Since 1999, he has served as the adult voice for Son Goku in the English dub of the Dragon Ball franchise.

Career Initially, Schemmel never planned on becoming a voice actor; he trained to be a classical French horn player. When a friend persuaded him to audition for Dragon Ball Z, he tried out for a minor character who was going to be killed in the first season of the show. He had been recording for two weeks before he was told that he was going to be the lead. Since being cast as Son Goku by Funimation in 1999, he has been the most consistent English voice actor for the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise, having voiced the character's older teen and adult incarnations in every anime series produced to date (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball Daima) and most Dragon Ball animated movies and video games, as well as other characters such as King Kai and Goku Black.

Besides voicing Goku, Schemmel has lent his voice to several other anime characters including Amidamaru in Shaman King (2001), Lucario in Pokémon and Elliot Grant in Mew Mew Power. His other roles in animation include Firefly in G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, Gonard in Kappa Mikey and Hawkman in DC Super Friends. In video games, Schemmel has provided his voice to Makuta in Bionicle, Black Doom in Shadow the Hedgehog, Maxwell in Bullet Witch, Horace in Skullgirls, Batman in The Dark Knight Rises, Sun Wukong (whom Goku was originally based on) in Smite, and Marc Wilson in Fallout 4.

In addition to his voice acting career, Schemmel was also an ADR Director and scriptwriter for NYAV Post, where he had directed and adapted for English dubs of several Japanese anime series. In the field of narration, he has won two awards for his audiobook recordings.

Personal life Schemmel was married to Melissa Cox, from 1993 to 1998. He married actress Melodee Lenz in 1998. The marriage ended nearly three years later.

Filmography Anime + List of dubbing performances and production work in anime television series and OVAs Year Title Role Crew Role, Notes 1999–2003; 2005 Dragon Ball Z Goku, King Kai, Nail, Vegito

Funimation dub Vegito shared w/ Christopher Sabat 2001 Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku Goku (adult) TV special Funimation dub 2001–03 Dragon Ball Goku (teen) Funimation dub Goku (young) voiced by Stephanie Nadolny 2001 Blue Gender Rick 2002 Berserk Gaston, Conrad, others 2002 Ultimate Muscle Bone Cold 2002 YuYu Hakusho Shigeru Murota, Roto, Mr. Akashi 2003 Hades Project Zeorymer Gisou OVA 2003 Samurai Deeper Kyo Nobuyuki Sanada ADR voice director, script writer 2003 Space Pirate Mito ADR voice director, script writer 2003 Sadamitsu the Destroyer Junk/Helmet ADR voice director, script writer 2003–05 Shaman King Amidamaru, Rio, Nichrom 2003–15; 2020–present Pokémon Morrison, Archie, Cyrus, Sir Aaron's Lucario, Lampent, Dracovish, Sawk, Thundurus 2020 Radiant Pen Draig Knight B Second Season 2021 Mars Red Yoshinobu Maeda 2025 Dragon Ball Daima Goku Episode 1, Episode 19, Episode 20 2025 My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Captain Celebrity

+ List of dubbing performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source 2006 Padre Pio Prefect 2014 Time of Eve Katoran 2014 Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Goku, King Kai Limited U.S. theatrical release 2015 Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' Goku Limited U.S. theatrical release 2019 Dragon Ball Super: Broly Goku, Gogeta Limited U.S. theatrical releaseGogeta shared w/ Christopher Sabat 2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Goku Limited U.S. theatrical release

+ List of dubbing performances in anime films Year Title Role Crew Role, Notes 2001 Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug Goku, King Kai Funimation dub 2002 Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge Goku Funimation dub 2002 Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler Goku Funimation dub 2003 Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! Goku Funimation dub 2003 Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan Goku, King Kai Funimation dub 2003 The Weathering Continent Guard 2 ADR voice director 2004 Blue Gender: The Warrior Rick Compilation film 2004 Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound Goku, King Kai Funimation dub 2005 Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek Noshiga 2005 Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming Goku 2005 Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly Goku 2005 Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Goku Funimation redub 2006 Negadon: The Monster from Mars Ryuichi Narasaki 2006 Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Lucario 2006 Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn Goku, King Kai, Gogeta Gogeta shared w/ Christopher Sabat 2006 Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon Goku 2006 Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest Goku Funimation redub 2006 Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might Goku, King Kai Funimation redub 2011 Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time Paradox 2014 Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent Gaston, Conrad

Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes 2003–09 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nobody, Yukio Mashimi, Constable Biggles, Sh'Okanabo, Master Khan, Zippy Lad, Various characters 2006–07 Winx Club Valtor 4Kids version 2006–08 Kappa Mikey Gonard 2015 Lego Scooby-Doo! Knight Time Terror Charlie, Treasure Hunter No. 2 2016 Trip Tank Wayne, Announcer 2016 Star vs. the Forces of Evil The Box of Truth 2017 Spider-Man Sal Salerno 2020–24 Lego Monkie Kid Monkey King, Syntax, Jin 2022 The Casagrandes Mr. Vanderspeed Episode: "Race Against the Machine"

+ List of voice and dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Crew Role, Notes 2006 Impy's Island King Pumponell the 55th 2009 TMNT: Turtles Forever Raphael 84 2010 Animals United Biggie the Rhinoceros 2011 A Car's Life 2 Fender 2013 A Car's Life 3: The Royal Heist Fender, Otto, Pinion 2015 A Car's Life 4: Junkyard Blues Fender, Otto 2016 DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year Dark Opal 2017 Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Mr. Salt, Mr. Turkentine

Live-action

Video games + List of dubbing performances in video games Year Title Role Notes 2002 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Goku, King Kai 2003 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 Goku, Vegito, Gokule 2003 Bionicle Makuta 2004 Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors Goku 2004 Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament Roto 2004 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Goku, King Kai, Nail, Vegito, Gogeta 2005 Dragon Ball Z: Sagas Goku 2005 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi Goku, King Kai (Narration), Vegito, Gogeta 2005 Shadow the Hedgehog Black Doom 2013 Gangstar Vegas Jason Malone, Radio Ads 2015 Dragon Ball Xenoverse Goku, Tokitoki, Vegito, Gogeta 2015 Fallout 4 Strong, Marc Wilson, Male Ghouls 2015 Halo 5: Guardians Additional Voices 2016 Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle Goku (Narration) Mobile game 2016 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Goku, Nail, Tokitoki, Vegito, Gogeta, Goku Black 2017 Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Overseers 2018 Dragon Ball FighterZ Goku, Goku Black, Vegito, Gogeta 2013 Audie Award I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern Audie Award for Humor 2019 Guinness World Records Kamehameha Guinness World Record for most people performing a Kamehameha