4Kids Cast Members

Veronica Taylor (born Kathleen Charlotte McInerney) is an American voice actress. She is best known for her role as Ash Ketchum in the English dub of Pokémon (1997) from 1998 to 2006, having voiced the character (along with Delia Ketchum, May, and various other characters) in the main series and its associated movies. Outside of Pokemon, she appeared in numerous projects (primarily English dubs of anime) from 4Kids Entertainment and Central Park Media, including Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun in The Slayers (1995), Nico Robin in the first dub of One Piece (1999), and April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), among others.

Eric Stuart was born October 18, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is known for his work on Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000). He was married to Jenna Malizia, but they later divorced. He married his girlfriend of two years, Lindsey Willson, on December 9, 2021.

Rachael Lillis was born on 8 July 1969 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Pokémon (1997) and Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999). She died on 10 August 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Kerry Williams was born on 6 March 1972 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001), Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker (2003) and Pokémon Chronicles (2002). She has been married to Christian Gil since 6 June 2009. They have two children.

Madeleine Blaustein was born on October 9, 1960 in Queens, New York, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Pokémon (1997) and Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000). She died on December 11, 2008 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

Rodger Parsons was born on 19 October 1943 in Stonington, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Betrayed (1988), Flight Deck (1988) and Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy (2011).

Kayzie Rogers was born on 18 February 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006) and Under the Shadow (2016).

Lisa Ortiz was born in New York, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Pokémon (1997), The Slayers (1995) and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Eileen Stevens was born on 7 January 1974 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (2010), Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction (2014) and Yu-Gi-Oh! Bonds Beyond Time (2010).

Erica Schroeder was born on 27 April 1975 in Albany, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for One Piece (1999), Sonic Rush (2005) and Pokémon (1997). She has been married to Kenneth Kacmar since 2006. They have two children.

James Hadley Snyder or Dan Green is an American voice actor who voiced in various animated projects and video games including Yu-Gi-Oh, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokémon, Viva Piñata, Kappa Mikey, One Piece, Kirby: Right Back at Ya! and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He has twins from his late wife Michal Lura Friedman.

Jason Griffith is an American voice actor. He is best known for his roles as the title character and Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise 2003 to 2009, having first voiced the characters in the anime series Sonic X (2003) before doing the same in the games following Sega's decision to use 4Kids Entertainment (which handled the English dub of Sonic X) as its main dubbing studio for all Sonic games from Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) to Sonic and the Black Knight (2009). In 2020, Griffith reprised his role as Shadow in the fan-made audio series Sonic and Tails R (2020), with Ryan Drummond reprising his role as Sonic (having previously done so from 1999-2004) in the same series. Outside of the Sonic series, he is also known for voicing Usopp and Yasopp in the original dub of One Piece (1999), Atticus Rhodes in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (2008), various characters in Pokémon (1997), and (more recently) Snake in Vinland Saga (2019), in addition to rare live-action guest appearances in Blue Bloods (2010) and The Orville (2017).

James Carter Cathcart was born on 4 January 1954 in West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Shadow the Hedgehog (2005).

Michael Haigney was born on 6 August 1956 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991) and Pokémon (1997).

Megan Hollingshead was born on 22 September 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Ergo Proxy (2006) and Valkyrie Profile (1999).

Tara is best known for her work on Pokemon (over 50 roles), Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse (2012), and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and many more animated programs and video games. She was the on camera host of Cartoon Network's Fridays for over 100 episodes. Tara was born in Hartford, CT and raised in New Jersey. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Amy Birnbaum was born on 14 April 1975. She is an actress and producer, known for Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016). She is married to Adam Klein. They have two children.

Ted Lewis was born on 18 October 1969 in Bellingham, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001) and Pokémon (1997). He has been married to John Spiteri since 12 August 2017.

Mike Pollock is an American voice actor who is widely known for being the voice of Dr. Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic X since 2003. He voiced Dr. Eggman longer than Dr. Eggman's previous voice actors. He also voiced in Viva Piñata, Pokémon, Kirby: Right Back at Ya, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, the Astonishing X-Men motion comic and Berserk.

Michael Sinterniklaas was born on 13 August 1972 in Nice, France. He is an actor and producer, known for Your Name. (2016), The Venture Bros. (2003) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003).

Suzanne Goldish was born in the USA. She is an actress, known for Koala Man (2023), Superkitties (2023) and Sonic Frontiers (2022).

Frederick B. Owens is known for Hitch (2005), Great Performances (1971) and One Piece (1999).

Wayne Grayson was born on 8 May 1972 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (2004) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000). He has been married to Shannon Rhea Thomason since 2 April 2006. They have two children.

Sam Riegel is a Los Angeles-based voice actor and Emmy Award-winning voice director, known for his roles in animation and video games, as well as co-founding the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role and executive producer of "The Legend of Vox Machina".

Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Sam plays a pivotal role within the company as a co-founder, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Over his decades-long career, Sam has voiced iconic animated characters such as Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ketch on Bad Batch, Emperor Awesome on Wander Over Yonder, Shiro Emiya in Fate/Stay Night, Viral in Gurren Lagann, Mephisto in Blue Exorcist, and Metal Bat in One Punch Man. Notable video game characters include Peter Parker/Spiderman in The Amazing Spider-Man games, Starscream in Transformers Cybertron series, Teddie in the Persona series, Gramble Gigglefunny in Bugsnax, and Phoenix Wright in several Ace Attorney games.

Sam has also served as voice director for Disney's DuckTales, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Elena of Avalor, Sofia The First, as well as Archibald's Next Big Thing for Dreamworks, DC Superhero Girls for Cartoon Network, and Kid Cosmic for Netflix, among others.

Sam earned an Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Daytime Emmy for his work on Amazon's Danger & Eggs, as well as two other Daytime Emmy nominations. He is the recipient of three BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Awards and a BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award. He also won the Austin Film Festival for best Half-Hour Television Writing and he'll continue to win the hearts of viewers every Thursday night on Critical Role, where he plays the lovable robot, Fresh Cut Grass.

Gregory Abbey was born in Great Falls, Montana but spent his youth moving around the country as part of an Air Force Family. He went to high school in Nebraska and Montana and junior high in Missouri. Along the way he also made stops in Rhode Island, California and North Dakota.

After studying acting at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts with Bill Esper, Maggie Flanigan and Vicki Hart, Gregory moved to New York City where he has worked consistently for the last 20 years. In addition to having done hundreds of national commercials and voiceovers, he has also been seen in episodes of Bull, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Jessica Jones, Chicago Med, Elementary, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Americans and Boardwalk Empire.