Robert Belgrade

Robert Belgrade is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, music educator and narrator, best known as the original English dubbing voice acting for Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and as the announcer in several entries of the Tekken series. He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. After initial studies on piano, trumpet and flute, he focused on saxophone and bass clarinet, studying with clarinetist Don O'Brian and saxophonist John Handy. He continued his musical studies at the Ali Akbar College of Music, studying vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Zakir Hussain, Alla Rakha and Swapan Chaudhuri. Other teachers include Vince Delgado (riqq), Marcos Suzano (pandeiro), Panga (Afro-Cuban perc.) and David Merrill (piano). He has shared the stage with such diverse musicians as Kenny Burrell and Enrique Iglesias.[1]

Robert Belgrade
Belgrade playing tabla on stage.
Born
San Rafael, California, U.S.
Other namesRobbie Belgrade
OccupationVoice actor, musician
Years active1991–2007, 2015–present
Notable credit(s)
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
as Alucard
Tekken
as Announcer
Websitebelgrademusic.com

Education

Belgrade began his studies in Western classical music on the piano, trumpet and flute. After that he studied the saxophone and improvisation under John Handy. He also studied vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and performs in a wide range of musical genres, including R&B, jazz, Latin and Indian music.[2]

Voice acting

Belgrade worked regularly as a voice actor in video games from 1994 to 2007, with notable roles being Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Announcer in Tekken.

After some time away to focus on his music career and family he returned to voice over work with the role of Orlok Dracule in Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, as well as returning to the role of Alucard in the fan-made game Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Press Start Adventures Rick (voice) Episode: "F-Xerox"

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Hang-On GP System Voice
1995 Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2 Karl Weisemann
1996 Soul Blade Nathaniel 'Rock' Adams, Hephaestus English dub[3]
1996 Star Ocean Captain English dub[4]
1997 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Alucard English dub
1998 Tenchu: Stealth Assassins Narratior English dub
1999 Tekken Tag Tournament Announcer Uncredited
1999 Shenmue Pedro English dub
2000 GunGriffon Blaze English dub
2000 WinBack: Covert Operations Mike Hawkins English dub
2000 Silpheed: The Lost Planet Narrator English dub
2000 Dynasty Warriors 2 Cao Cao English dub[3]
2001 Sky Odyssey Narrator
2001 Shenmue II Cool Z English dub
2003 Mega Man X7 Signas English dub[4]
2003 Way of the Samurai 2 Goshiro Muto
2003 Transformers Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Narrator
2004 Silent Hill 4: The Room Joseph Schreiber Uncredited
2004 Tekken 5 Announcer
2005 Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Announcer
2006 Lunar Knights Stoker
2017 Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles 2 Alucard, Narrator Fan-Made Video Game
2018 Soulcalibur VI Used for Facial Capture
2019 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Orlok Dracule English dub[4]
2020 Wallachia: Reign of Dracula Radu cel Frumos

References
  1. https://www.belgrademusic.com/
  2. Bevan, Andy. "From Conception to Realisation" (PDF). Elder Conservatorium of Music. University of Adelaide. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. "Narration". Belgrade Music. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. "Robert Belgrade (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 8, 2017. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. "Update 62: Development Update - Meet The English Voice Acting Team". 28 March 2018.
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