Bryan Massey

Bryan William Massey (born June 13, 1971) is an American actor.^[1] He is best known for his gravelly voice and sense of humor. He has appeared in numerous movies, TV shows, video games and cartoons. He is also the co-creator/co-owner of Galactic Bastards. He has provided hundreds of recognizable voices, including Ladd Russo from Baccano,^[2] Dick Gumshoe in Ace Attorney, Cocytus in Overlord,^[3] Oolong in the Funimation dub of the Dragon Ball series,^[4] and Wilheim in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.

Bryan Massey
Born	Bryan William Massey (1971-06-13) June 13, 1971 (age 53) Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.
Other names	BMass
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Career

Bryan Massey began his acting career at the age of 9 when he made the local paper by winning the 5th grade talent show lip-syncing to Steve Martin's "King Tut". In college, Bryan had lead roles in several musicals, participated in community theater, made several short movies with friends on campus, and was a nationally ranked member of the cheer-leading squad. After earning an associate degree in Radio/Television, Bryan decided to pursue his acting career and moved to Hollywood.^[5] He got his "Big Break" after being cast as violent psychopath Ladd Russo in the widely successful English dub of Baccano!, for which he won a "Dubby" Award in 2009.^[6] While he is mostly known for his voice work in animated mediums, he has also appeared in many Live-Action Movies and TV series, which began with a small role in the second season of Fox's Prison Break.

Personal life

Bryan Massey was born in Pontiac, Michigan but moved to Dallas, Texas when he was just 7 years old. His first hobbies included filming videos, acting, and playing football, but he ended up quitting football in high school when it conflicted with his theatre schedule. He became engaged to his wife, Page Burkhalter, on November 3, 2010.^[7] They have a daughter together named Burkley Massey.^[8][9][10]

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
2007	My Bride Is a Mermaid	Shark Fujishiro	Funimation Dub
2009	Baccano!	Ladd Russo
2009	Gunslinger Girl	Nino Ferreti	Season 2
2009	Big Windup!	Facilitator, Plate Umpire
2009	Blassreiter	Franz Juchheim	Ep. 13	[11]
2009	Linebarrels of Iron	Takuro Sawatari		[11]
2009	The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk	Big Kusarrak, Kusarakk, Additional Voices	Ep. 13	[11]
2009	El Cazador de la Bruja	Guard A	Ep. 8	[12]
2010	Mnemosyne	Head Thug	Ep. 1	[13]
2010	Bamboo Blade	Shinaider	Eps. 20–21, 26
2010	One Piece	Monkey D. Dragon, Kamonegi, Drake	Funimation Dub	[11]
2010	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Isaac McDougal	Ep. 1	[14][15]
2010	Initial D: Fourth Stage	Aikawa/Man in Evo V
2010	Dragon Ball Z Kai	Oolong	Saiyan-Cell Saga
2010	My Bride Is a Mermaid	Shark Fujishiro
2010	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings	Sukeroku	Ep. 13
2010	Corpse Princess	Detective	Ep. 1
2011	Crayon Shin-chan	Bill	Funimation Dub	[11]
2011	Rideback	Tenshiro Okakura		[4]
2011-present	Fairy Tail	Kain Hikaru, Jacob Lessio, Kersey, Sharry, Additional Voices		[11]
2011	Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor	Lebanon	Season 2
2011	Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~	Wallace Taisa	Ep. 3	[11]
2012	Cat Planet Cuties	Kawasaki (Gay Film Director)	Ep. 3	[11]
2012	Shiki	Isami Maeda	Ep. 13	[11]
2012	Casshern Sins	Green Ogre	Ep. 4
2012	Shangri-La	Takehiko		[16]
2012	C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility	Itaneda (Financial District Taxi Driver)		[11]
2013	Toriko	Zongeh
2013	Michiko and Hatchin	Wen, Additional Voices	Ep. 17
2014	Karneval	Ishlar
2014	Space Dandy	Dolph	Ep. 23
2015	Noragami: Aragoto	Okuninushi
2016	D.Gray-man	Jerry		[11]
2016	Tokyo ESP	Rindo Urushiba		[17]
2016	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Yamabushi Kunihiro	Also season 2
2016	Overlord	Cocytus
2016	Divine Gate	Hiroto's Father	Ep. 2
2016	Puzzle & Dragons X	Lance's Dad	Ep. 18
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Matsuzaki
2016	91 Days	Nick	Ep. 4
2016	Trickster	Nemoto	Ep. 3
2016	World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman	Bernard Sergeyevich Ignashevich	Ep. 9
2017	Garo: Crimson Moon	Rudra
2017	ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.	Rainy	Ep. 6
2017	18if	Inubosaki	Ep. 9
2017	WorldEnd	Grick Graycrack
2017	Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Doll Bareck, Isami Enomoto		[11]
2017	The Silver Guardian	Laolong	Ep. 11
2017	All Out!!	Kokuto Kirishima
2017	Samurai Warriors	Toshiie Maeda	Ep. 2
2017	Sakura Quest	Oden	Ep. 16
2017	Blood Blockade Battlefront	Larry	Ep. 3	[18]
2017	Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World— the Animated Series	Older Man	Ep. 6	[19]
2018	Hakyu Hoshin Engi	Ko Hiko	SimulDub
2018	High School DxD Hero	Ladora Bune
2018-2019	Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These	Ovlesser	Also season 2
2018	Ace Attorney	Dick Gumshoe
2018	Black Clover	Rades Spirito	Ep. 27
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Myrd
2018	Tokyo Ghoul:re	Matsuri Washuu
2018	A Certain Magical Index III	Saigo	Ep. 1
2018	Dances with the Dragons	Largonkin, Additional Voices
2018	Double Decker! Doug & Kirill	Sam Purcelli	Ep. 1
2018	The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar	Jörgen	Ep. 2
2018	Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory	Wilhelm Casper
2018	Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2202	Isami Enomoto
2018	Dragon Ball Super	Oolong (Tournament of Power Saga)	Ep. 89
2019	Fairy Gone	Beevee Liscar		[20]
2019	My Hero Academia	Kyotoku Jiro, Crimson Riot		[11]
2019	Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka	Rico
2019	Wise Man's Grandchild	Harold Bean	Ep. 5
2019	Isekai Quartet	Cocytus
2019	Mix	Eisuke Tachibana
2019	Endro!	Four Generals D	Ep. 6
2019	Cop Craft	Kevin Randall	Ep. 10
2019	Fire Force	Flail		[21]
2019	Dr. Stone	Hagane	Ep. 10
2019	Stars Align	Shingo's Dad	Ep. 9
2019	Case File nº221: Kabukicho	Tsujimoto	Ep. 13
2020	Thermae Romae	Bandit Boss, Detective		[11]
2021	Mars Red	Tokuichi Yamagami		[22]
2023	Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon	Gorth		[23]
2024	Demon Lord, Retry! R	Aoki		[24]
2024	Trillion Game	Interviewer		[25]

Anime Films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
2010	Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies	Oolong		[11]
2013	One Piece Film: Strong World	Scarlet		[26]

Film and television

• Boggy Creek – Troy Dupree
• Carried Away – Steve Franklin
• Chase – Hank Lacy
• Dallywood – Bryan^[27]
• Drive Angry^[28]
• Fangoria Blood Drive – The Driver
• Ghostbreakers – Mass Attack
• In the Land of Fireworks – Tyler
• Mad Money – Detective Brinkley
• Miami Magma – Police Chief Michaels
• Missionary Man – State Police Deputy
• Prison Break – Cop #2 (Season 2, Episode 3)
• Taking Tiger Mountain – Carl Sansom
• The Door – Bill Ryder
• The Familiar – Sam
• The X-Files – Nazi Soldier
• Universal Squadrons – Butcher
• W. – Skeeter
• Year one – New Guard
• Run Hide Fight - Gym Teacher

Video games

• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! – Wilhelm^[29]
• Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi – Hero (Crazy)
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse - Time Patroller
• Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - Time Patroller
• Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - Oolong

Music

Bryan Massey was featured on the 'BLFC: A Musical Tail' album by Foxes And Peppers as a guest singer featured on the tracks 'Buy My Stuff', 'Draw Me In', and 'Hey Buddy'.^[30]

References

1. Pitluk, Adam (May 15, 2010). "Homecoming". American Way. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
2. "Aniplex of America Brewing Up Baccano! Blu-ray Disc Box; On tap For Release on May 17, 2011". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
3. "Funimation Reveals Dub Casts For Overlord, Shimoneta, 1st Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film, 6th Hetalia Season". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
4. "Bryan Massey - CrystalAcids.com". crystalacids.com. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
5. "Bryan Massey". IMDb. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
6. Bryan Massey On What It's Really Like To Be a Voice Actor. Dallas Geek, 6 Sept. 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
7. Massey, Bryan (November 3, 2010). "She said "YES!" I am officially off the market and engaged to Page!". @MisterMassey. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
8. Massey, Bryan (March 28, 2012). "So our daughter is talking now. Page calls it gibberish, but I actually think it may be Japanese". @MisterMassey. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
9. Massey, Bryan (March 31, 2019). "After seeing my daughter improvise music a friend of mine said that my daughter could be a film composer". @MisterMassey. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
10. Massey, Bryan (June 25, 2019). "My brave daughter completed her 27th surgery this morning! This was another tough one—had to do 2 hand IVs because first one accidentally got ripped out by covers! Burkley is one tough cookie, but this would be rough for anyone once, & she's done it now 27 times! Burkley was born on November 23, 2010. #cure #AVM pic.twitter.com/FBDGjzoLVu". @MisterMassey. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
11. "Behind The Voice Actors - Bryan Massey". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
12. "A Woman Who Lies". El Cazador de la Bruja. Episode 8. 2009.
13. "Cats Don't Laugh". Mnemosyne. Episode 1. 2010.
14. "Adult Swim to Debut Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Update 3)". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
15. "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Premieres on U.S. TV". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
16. Egan, Loo (April 12, 2012). "Funimation Announces Shangri-la English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
17. "Tokyo ESP English Cast Announcement". Anime News Network. January 16, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
18. "Day In Day Out". Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond. Episode 3. 2017.
19. "Before the Clouds —Eye-opener—". Kino's Journey. Episode 6. 2017.
20. "Beevee Liscar is a legendary fairy soldier". Facebook.com. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
21. "Kyle Phillips on Twitter for Episode 11". Twitter. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
22. "MARS RED English Dub Announced, Cast and Crew Revealed". Funimation. March 28, 2021. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
23. Mateo, Alex (July 18, 2023). "'Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon' Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, July 19 Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
24. "Demon Lord, Retry! R Anime's English Dub Reveals Cast, October 12 Premiere". Anime News Network. October 11, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
25. "Trillion Game Anime Announces English Dub's Cast, October 17 Premiere". Anime News Network. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
26. "One Piece Movie 10: Strong World BD+DVD". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
27. Shaw, Michael (December 18, 2009). "'Dallywood' Actors Get Gold Stars For Effort". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on December 24, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
28. "A Whole Lotta Lovin' in New 'Drive Angry' Casting". Bloody Disgusting. May 16, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
29. 2K Australia, Gearbox Software. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!. 2K Games. Scene: Closing credits, 3:40 minutes in.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
30. "Link to 'Fox Amoore's bandcamp store where he credits 'Bryan Massey' for his work on the album".

External links

• Bryan Massey at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Bryan Massey convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Bryan Massey at IMDb