Tarō Ishida

, born , was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and Shin Buddhist priest from the city of Kyoto. He was affiliated with Granpapa Production.

Biography Ishida was born in Kyoto, Japan on March 16, 1944, the son of actor Shigeki Ishida. He attended the Foreign Language Department (Spanish) of Sophia University, but quit without graduating. Ishida was also a chief priest at the Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple Jōkei-ji at Kanazawa, Ishikawa.

He was married to actress Fusako Tachibana until her death in 2006.

Ishida died on September 21, 2013, from myocardial infarction.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 1988 A Taxing Woman's Return Kiyohara 1989 Violent Cop Detective Tomosato 1990 Heaven and Earth Takeda Nobushige 1993 A Touch of Fever Yoriko's Father 1996 Oishinbo Koizumi 1998 Pride Akira Mutō Ikinai Noguchi 2001 Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack SDF Officer 2004 Quill Hiroshi Totsuka 2006 Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan Minister of Defense Seigo Umezu 2008 Departures Sonezaki 2009 Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky City Council Member

Television dramas Year Title Role Notes 1983 Oshin 1984 Sanga Moyu 1986 Musashibō Benkei Kajiwara Kagetoki 1987 Dokuganryū Masamune Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu 1989 Kasuga no Tsubone Ōkubo Tadachika 1998 Shomuni Kato 2000 Aoi Ōkubo Tadachika 2007 The Family Yasuda

Television animation Year Title Role Notes 1980 Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman Napoleon 2001 Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection Assistant Inspector Terry Crown 2002 Detective Conan Police Inspector Radish Redwood 2003 Requiem from the Darkness Emon Shibamigi 2004 Astro Boy: Mighty Atom Duke Red Black Jack Toranomon 2007 GeGeGe no Kitarō Vampire Elite Johnny Fifth series 2012-2013 Space Brothers Deneil Young

Original video animation (OVA) Year Title Role Notes 1990-1991 Record of Lodoss War Emperor Beld 1994-1996 Legend of the Galactic Heroes Heydrich Lang (second voice) 1995 Bio Hunter Tabu 1995-1998 Giant Robo Demon King of Chaos Fan Rui 1999 Harlock Saga Wotan

Theatrical animation Year Title Role Notes 1979 Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Count Cagliostro 1982 Arcadia of My Youth Zeda 1983 Final Yamato Lugal 1985 The Dagger of Kamui Tenkai, Saigō Takamori Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Saint Asgard As "Gentarō Ishida 1986 Fist of the North Star Narrator 1988 Akira Colonel Shikishima 1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Nightmare King 1997 Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper Teiji Moriya 1998 Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission Mouse 2001 Metropolis Duke Red 2003 One Piece: Dead End Adventure Gasparde 2006 Brave Story Bishop Daimon

Tokusatsu Year Title Role Notes 1984 Ultraman Story Father of Ultra 2003 Kamen Rider 555 Joji Soeno 2007 Juken Sentai Gekiranger Kentaro Hisatsu

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2001 Adventure of Tokyo Disney Sea ~Losing of Jewel's secret King Triton 2002 Kingdom Hearts 2005 Kingdom Hearts II King Triton, Eeyore 2008 Dissidia: Final Fantasy Exdeath Apocalypse Now Colonel Walter E. Kurtz Marlon Brando 1980 The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader James Earl Jones 1992 TV Asahi edition The Shining Jack Torrance Jack Nicholson 1996 TV Tokyo edition Superman II Lex Luthor Gene Hackman 1984 TV Asahi edition 1981 The Cannonball Run Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing Jack Elam 1984 Fuji TV edition Raiders of the Lost Ark René Belloq Paul Freeman 1993 DVD edition 1982 Conan the Barbarian Thulsa Doom James Earl Jones 1985 Nippon TV edition 48 Hrs. Jack Cates Nick Nolte 1985 Nippon TV edition, as "Gentarō Ishida First Blood Sheriff Will Teasle Brian Dennehy 1985 NTV, 1990 TBS and 1995 TV Asahi editions 1983 Cannonball Run II Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing Jack Elam Project A San Dick Wei Scarface Frank Lopez Robert Loggia 1989 TV Asahi edition Under Fire Alex Grazier Gene Hackman 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Mola Ram Amrish Puri 1987 Nippon TV edition The NeverEnding Story Falkor, Gmork Alan Oppenheimer 1985 Cocoon Walter Brian Dennehy Commando Bennett Vernon Wells 1987 The Running Man Damon Killian Richard Dawson 1989 Fuji TV edition No Way Out Defense Secretary David Brice Gene Hackman TV Tokyo edition 1988 Mississippi Burning Agent Rupert Anderson 1992 TV Asahi edition 1989 The Package Sgt. Johnny Gallagher 1993 TBS edition K-9 Lyman Kevin Tighe 1993 TV Asahi edition The Punisher Jake Berkowitz Louis Gossett Jr. Columbo Lt. Columbo Peter Falk Season 8~ 1990 Dances with Wolves Kicking Bird Graham Greene Die Hard 2 Trudeau Fred Thompson 1994 TV Asahi edition Loose Cannons MacArthur Stern Gene Hackman Postcards from the Edge Lowell Kolchek Narrow Margin Robert Caulfield 1991 Class Action Jedediah Tucker Ward Armour of God II: Operation Condor Adolf Aldo Sambrell 1993 Fuji TV edition The Silence of the Lambs Hannibal Lecter Anthony Hopkins 1995 TV Asahi edition 1992 Alien 3 Leonard Dillon Charles S. Dutton 1998 TV Asahi edition Batman Returns Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin Danny DeVito 1994 TV Asahi edition Unforgiven Little Bill Daggett Gene Hackman 1993 Geronimo: An American Legend Brig. Gen. George Crook This Boy's Life Dwight Hansen Robert De Niro 1994 Wyatt Earp Nicholas Earp Gene Hackman 1997 TV Tokyo edition 1995 Crimson Tide Captain Frank Ramsey The Quick and the Dead John Herod Die Hard with a Vengeance Inspector Walter Cobb Larry Bryggman 1998 Fuji TV edition 1996 The Birdcage Senator Kevin Keeley Gene Hackman 2000 Fuji TV edition The Chamber Sam Cayhall Extreme Measures Dr. Lawrence Myrick 1997 Absolute Power President Alan Richmond Men in Black Chief Zed Rip Torn 2001 Nippon TV edition Cop Land Ray Donlan Harvey Keitel 2000 Nippon TV edition 1998 Godzilla Mayor Ebert Michael Lerner 2001 NTV edition Enemy of the State Edward "Brill" Lyle Gene Hackman 2003 Fuji TV edition 2000 Under Suspicion Henry Hearst Gone in 60 Seconds Detective Roland Castlebeck Delroy Lindo 2001 Evolution Brigadier General Russell Woodman Ted Levine 2005 NTV edition Behind Enemy Lines Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart Gene Hackman Heist Joe Moore The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaum Hannibal Hannibal Lecter Anthony Hopkins 2002 Red Dragon 2006 TV Tokyo edition The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Treebeard John Rhys-Davies Men in Black II Chief Zed Rip Torn 2005 TV Asahi edition Undisputed Mendy Ripstein Peter Falk About Schmidt Warren R. Schmidt Jack Nicholson 2003 Runaway Jury Rankin Fitch Gene Hackman Big Fish Old Edward Bloom Albert Finney 2004 Saw Jigsaw Tobin Bell 2005 Saw II Batman Begins William Earle Rutger Hauer Carmine Falcone Tom Wilkinson 2007 Nippon TV edition Brokeback Mountain Joe Aguirre Randy Quaid 2006 The Departed Frank Costello Jack Nicholson ER Richard Elliot Armand Assante Saw III Jigsaw Tobin Bell 2007 Saw IV Next Irv Peter Falk Sleuth Andrew Wyke Michael Caine 2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Doctor Parnassus Christopher Plummer The City of Your Final Destination Adam Gund Anthony Hopkins 2010 Beginners Hal Fields Christopher Plummer Green Zone Martin Brown Brendan Gleeson Robin Hood Sir Walter Loxley Max von Sydow 2012 Silent Hill: Revelation Leonard Wolf Malcolm McDowell The Raven Captain Charles Hamilton Brendan Gleeson 2013 The Smurfs 2 Victor Doyle Red 2 Ivan Simanov Brian Cox

Animation Original Year Title Role Original actor Notes Refs 1953 Peter Pan Indian Chief Candy Candido Buena Vista edition 1981 The Fox and the Hound Adult Copper Kurt Russell 1988 Oliver and Company Bill Sykes Robert Loggia 1989 The Little Mermaid King Triton Kenneth Mars Re-release edition 1997 Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin Eeyore Peter Cullen 2000 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea King Triton Kenneth Mars The Tigger Movie Eeyore Peter Cullen 2001-2003 The Book of Pooh 2004 Shark Tale Don Feinberg Peter Falk 2011 Cars 2 Mel Dorado Patrick Walker 2013 Planes Skipper Riley Stacy Keach

Japanese voiceover Opening Year Title Role Notes Refs 1983 Peter Pan's Flight Indian Chief 2000 Pooh's Hunny Hunt Eeyore