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Lex Lang (born November 12, 1965) is an American voice actor and voice director, who has provided voices and served as a director for a number of animations and video games. He is best known for voicing Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot series and Goemon Ishikawa in Lupin the Third.[1][2]

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Lex Lang
Lang at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon
Born	November 12, 1965 Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor, voice director
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Sandy Fox ​ (m. 2004)​
Website	www.lexlang.com

Early life

Lang was born in Hollywood, California on November 12, 1965.[3] He began performing at 7 years old, he would host his own radio show and master of ceremonies for Seagram’s National Comedy Competition.[3]

Throughout high school, Lang has acted in various theatre productions at the Community Theatre in Scottsdale, Arizona.[3] His stage credits include, The Fantastiks, Bus Stop, The Apple Tree, Of Mice and Men and Rogers and Hammerstein’s, Cinderella.[3]

While attending college, he performed stand-up comedy and did impressions for various clubs including The Comedy Store, Dr. Giggles, The NFL Cub, Anderson’s Fifth Estate and The Improv.[3] He would perform along with Jim Carrey, Richard Belzer, and David Spade.[3] He would later move back to Hollywood, California to study music at the Musician's Institute before pursuing voice acting in 1996.[3]

Career

A two-time Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards-honored voice actor, (first for his portrayal of Professor Behdety in the 2003/2004 season of Tutenstein, then again as The Doorman and his dog Hundley on the 2009/2010 season of Curious George), he has been in hundreds of productions ranging from original animation, anime, video games, celebrity voice matching, and movie trailers.[4][1][2] He is known for playing the voice of Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot series, replacing Clancy Brown.[5] He is also known for his anime voice work playing roles such as Sagara Sanosuke from Rurouni Kenshin and Goemon Ishikawa XIII in the Lupin III franchise.[4][1][2]

Lang has worked as voice director for clients including Cartoon Network, EWAM, Sony, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Technicolor, PCB Productions, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Code Masters, HBO and Warner Brothers.[6]

Personal life

Lang is married to fellow voice actress Sandy Fox.[7] They live in Studio City, California.[7]

Lang is also a musician, he has played guitar, bass and the piano.[3] He has also written 200 different songs for various genres.[3]

Other ventures

In 1998 Lang and his wife co-founded the Love Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization which creates educational materials for children on the importance of recycling, world water awareness, and the preservation of the planet.[8] They also created Love Planet Productions, which includes several multimedia projects such as anime presentation shows, toddler shows and products, and Zen programming.[9] In 2006 they launched a bottled spring water business called H2Om Water with Intention, which has received recognition as a sponsor at several events including Sting's Rainforest Foundation Carnegie Hall Concert and the Elevate Film Festival.[10][11][12] Lang was also a Deepak Chopra meditation instructor.[13]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[14][15][16]
1997	Street Fighter II V	Det. Tsung, Interpol Aide, Additional voices	As Alex Lang	[17]
1997	Tokyo Revelation	Additional voices	OVA	[17]
1997	El-Hazard: The Wanderers	Student Councilman, Village Elder, Palace Guard	Animaze/Pioneer dub	[17]
1997	Armageddon	Delta Boy	Animaze dub, as Alexis Lang	[17]
1998	Battle Athletes	Additional voices	OVA	[17]
1998	El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2	Additional voices	OVA	[17]
1998	Fushigi Yûgi	Additional voices		[17]
1998	Giant Robo	Additional voices	OVA	[17]
1999	Battle Athletes Victory	Sergei Garenstein, Operator		[17]
1999–2006	Digimon series	Cyberdramon, WarGreymon, Omnimon, Rapidmon, others
1999	The Cockpit	Captain A	OVA, as Walter Lang	[17]
1999	Magic Knight Rayearth	High Priest Zagato, Mayor, Rayearth, Big Ugly Monster, Windam	Also ADR script writer (Ep. 12), music producer As Alexis Lang	[17]
1999	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory	Allen	OVA	[17]
1999	Ninja Cadets	Hayashi, Matsuzaka	OVA	[17]
1999	Jungle de Ikou!	Evil Ongo, Takuma's dad	OVA	[17]
1999	Rurouni Kenshin	Hiko Seijuro	OVA series, Sony dub	[17][18]
1999	Wild 7	Dispatcher	OVA	[17]
2000	Flint the Time Detective	Dino Fisherman		[17]
2000	Magic Knight Rayearth 2	Windam, Lantis, Rayearth, Zagato, Satoru Shidou		[17]
2000	Trigun	Terrorist, Newscaster		[17]
2000–02	Rurouni Kenshin	Sagara Sanosuke, Iwanbo, others	TV series, Media Blasters dub	[17]
2001	Arc the Lad	Jack		[17]
2001–02	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Tow Line
2001	Apocalypse Zero	Kakugo Hagakure, Zero	OVA	[17]
2001	Hand Maid May	Kintaro Yamazaki		[17]
2001	Mezzo Forte	Bodyguard	OVA	[17]
2001	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team	Ginias Sahalin	OVA	[17]
2001	Nightwalker	Cain, Shunichi, Asami's Lover		[17]
2001	Saint Tail	Hayase, Henchman		[17]
2001	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Tow-Line		[17]
2001	Vampire Princess Miyu	Ryosuke, others	TV series, Tokyopop	[17]
2002	Babel II: Beyond Infinity	Lodem, Babel I, Balan, Dennis	Also ADR director and writer	[17]
2002	Cosmo Warrior Zero	Axelater, Phase Braker, Dr. Aminner, Doctor, Master, Dr. Machine		[17]
2002	éX-Driver	Student, Todo Thug A, Cain Tokioka, others	OVA Also ADR director and ADR writer	[17]
2002	Tsukikage Ran	Additional voices		[17]
2002	Ys	Dark Fact, Adol's Father	OVA	[17]
2003	Argentosoma	Frank, various characters		[17]
2003	Ai Yori Aoshi	Suzuki, Boy 2, TV Announcer, Akiko's Father, Takashi, Student, others		[17]
2003	.hack//SIGN	Crim		[17]
2003	Blue Dragon	Blue Dragon, Dark Dragon
2003	Daigunder	Tri-Horn		[17]
2003	Figure 17	D.D.		[17]
2003	Gun Frontier	Stage Coach Guard, Guard, Man B, Heidelnoir		[17]
2003	Heat Guy J	Shun Aurora, Giobanni Gallo, others		[17]
2003	Idol Project	BaliHawaii Presenter, Manager, Alien	OVA Also ADR director Ep. 3-4	[17]
2003	Immortal Grand Prix	Metoo	Microseries	[17]
2003	Initial D series	Ryosuke "Ry" Takahashi	Tokyopop dub	[17][19]
2003	Kikaider	Patrol Car Officer, Carmine Spider		[17]
2003	Last Exile	Claimh-Solais Soldier, others		[17]
2003	Lupin the Third Part II	Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Kosuke Kidani	TV series	[17]
2003	Mirage of Blaze	Shuhei Chiaki, Danjyo Kousaka, Attendant	Also ADR director, writer	[17]
2003	s-CRY-ed	Kunihiko Kimishima		[17]
2003	Wild Arms	King Kianu		[17]
2003	Witch Hunter Robin	Juzo Narumi, Thug, Shunji Nagira		[17]
2003	Ys II: Castle in the Heavens	Jira, Dark Fact	OVA	[17]
2003–04	Mahoromatic	Slash, Gang Member, Commander Hayato Daimon	Also OVAs and specials	[17]
2003–04	The Twelve Kingdoms	Shoryu, others	Also ADR director, ADR writer (Ep. 1-40)	[17]
2004	Burn-Up Scramble	ATM Thief, Imaginary Boyfriend, Arcade Thug		[17]
2004	Gad Guard	Haneke, various characters		[17]
2004	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Officer, Commander, others		[17]
2004	Gungrave	Bunji Kugashira, "Mad Dog" Ladd Carabel		[17]
2004	Here is Greenwood	Furusawa	OVA, Media Blasters dub	[17]
2004	Space Pirate Captain Herlock	Captain Harlock	OVA	[17]
2004	Stellvia	Ritsou Soujin, others		[17]
2004	Submarine 707R	Jack Vance Captain, Chairman Jonathan, PKN Chairman, other	OVA	[17]
2004	Wolf's Rain	Soldier		[17]
2004	éX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone	Additional voices	OVA Also voice director, ADR writer	[17]
2005–09	Naruto	Teuchi, Tsubasa, Hayate Gekko, Jigumo Fuma, others		[18]
2005	Aquarian Age: The Movie	Ray Alucard		[17]
2005	Fafner in the Azure	Kenji Kondo, various characters	Also voice director	[17]
2005	Immortal Grand Prix	Dew	TV series	[17]
2005	Mars Daybreak	Kuberness, Regardie, EF Soldier		[17]
2005	New Getter Robo	Ryoma Nagare		[17]
2005	Otogi Zoshi	Mansairaku		[17]
2005	Planetes	Sia's father		[17]
2005	Saiyuki Reload	Genjyo Sanzo		[17]
2005	Samurai Champloo	Musashi "Johnny" Miyamoto, Xavier the Third, others		[17]
2005	Scrapped Princess	Socom, Galil, others		[17]
2005	Tenjho Tenge	Ishimatsu, others		[17]
2006–14	Bleach	Marechiyo Ōmaeda, Runuganga		[18]
2006	Kannazuki no Miko	Kazuki Ōgami		[20]
2006	Fate/stay night	Issei Ryudo		[17]
2006	Karas	Announcer, Monster, Shako		[17]
2006	Saiyuki Reload Gunlock	Genjo Sanzo		[17]
2007	Tales of Phantasia	Lundgrom	OVA	[17]
2008 - 2009	Blue Dragon	Blue Dragon
2008	Lucky Star	Meito Anizawa, TV Host, others		[17]
2009–15	Naruto Shippuden	Teuchi, Kitane, Hayate Gekko, others
2015	Lupin the Third Part IV: The Italian Adventure	Goemon Ishikawa XIII	TV series	[21]
2015–16	Durarara!!×2	Egor, Shu Aozaki		[22][18]
2015	Yuki Yuna is a Hero		ADR Director	[23][24]
2015–16	Aldnoah.Zero	Cruhteo	Also ADR director	[25]
2015	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Soichiro Kuzuki	TV series	[26]
2016	One-Punch Man	Flashy Flash, various		[27][28]
2017	Dragon Ball Super	Goku, Goku Black	Bang Zoom! dub for Toonami Asia	[29]
2018	Lupin the Third Part V	Goemon Ishikawa XIII	TV series	[21]
2018	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable	Anjuro Katagiri	Dub for Toonami	[30]
2020	Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045	Vendor Man		[30]
2020	Jujutsu Kaisen	Suguru Geto

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[16][15]
2002	ChalkZone	Ronnie Lox	Ep. "Purple Haze/No PlaceLike Home/Disaster Park/I Need a Song"
2004	All Grown Up!	Talk Show Host, Page	Ep. "Brother, Can You Spare the Time?"	[30]
2004–06	Justice League Unlimited	Atomic Skull, Captain Cold, Heat Wave	8 episodes	[30]
2006–07	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Fire Lord Sozin (young), additional voices	3 episodes
2006–08	Legion of Super Heroes	Announcer #1 (episode "Champions"), Grimbor (episode "The Karate Kid"; "In the Beginning"), R.J. Brande (episode "In the Beginning")	3 episodes	[30]
2007–08	The Batman	Metallo, Basil Karlo/Clayface (2nd Voice), Hamilton Hill, additional voices	4 episodes	[30]
2007–15	Curious George	Hundley, Doorman	Main role	[30]
2009	Batgirl: Year One	Batman	Motion comic	[31]
2009–10	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Doctor Polaris, Hourman, Gold, Hydrogen, Alloy, Batman 2 / Dick Grayson	5 episodes	[18][30]
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Doctor Doom	Eps. "The Private War of Dr. Doom" & "Infiltration"	[18][30]
2013	Regular Show	Barry, Police Officer #2	Ep. "Every Meat Burritos"	[18][30]
2015	Ever After High	Lance Charming		[18]
2016	Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises	Poe Dameron	Episode: "Poe to the Rescue"
2016	Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir	Jagged Stone		[32]
2018-19	Star Wars Resistance	Major Vonreg	8 episodes	[33]
2018	South Park	Narrator	Episode: "The Scoots"

Film

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[14][16][15]
1996	Black Jack	Additional voices	Animaze dub	[17]
1998	Yu Yu Hakusho: the Movie	Kazuma Kuwabara	OVA, Animaze/Media Blasters dub	[17]
1999	Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon	Shosetu Yu	Live-action dub	[17]
2000	Digimon: The Movie	WarGreymon, Omnimon, Rapidmon
2001	Street Fighter Alpha	Guard		[17]
2001	Akira	Man on Vehicle's Radio 2	Animaze dub	[17]
2001	Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge	Shosetu Yu	Live-action dub	[17]
2002	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Additional voices		[17]
2002	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report	Additional voices		[17]
2004	éX-Driver The Movie	Caine Tokioka, Fitz, David, Police Officer	Also voice director, ADR writer	[17]
2004	Mobile Suit Gundam F91	Bardo		[17]
2004	Alive	Tenshu Yashiro	Live-action dub	[17]
2007	The Three Robbers	Felix
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Rick Flag
2011	Legend of the Millennium Dragon	Additional voices		[17]
2013	Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Captain Atom, Funeral Presider
2015	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Hayate Gekko		[30]

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[14][16][15]
1997	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Lerigot, Rygog	As Alexis Lang
1998	Six-String Samurai	Death
2003	Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo	Goemon Ishikawa XIII		[21]
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Additional voices
2015	Hotel Transylvania 2	Additional voices		[34]
2015	The Laws of the Universe Part 0	Additional voices	Limited theatrical release	[35]
2017	The Star	Hunter
2018	Lupin the Third: Legend of the Gold of Babylon	Goemon Ishikawa XIII		[21]
2019	Goemon's Blood Spray	Goemon Ishikawa XIII		[21]
2019	Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid	Goemon Ishikawa XIII	(Special)	[21]
2020	Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner	Goemon Ishikawa XIII	(Special)	[21]
2020	Lupin III: The First	Goemon Ishikawa XIII		[36]
2022	Jujutsu Kaisen 0	Suguru Geto		[37]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[16][38]
1997	Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout	Son Gohan	Uncredited	[17]
1997	Bushido Blade	Hongou
2000	Star Trek: Klingon Academy	Civil War First Officer, Hopogh Captain, Federation Commander 4
2001	Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix	Jacob "Deke" DeCourt
2002	Digimon Rumble Arena	WarGreymon, Omnimon		[30]
2003	.hack//Mutation	Moonstone, Crim		[30]
2003	.hack//Outbreak	Moonstone, Crim		[30]
2003	Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike	Han Solo, additional voices		[30]
2003	Final Fantasy XI	Additional Voices
2004	.hack//Quarantine	Moonstone, Crim		[30]
2004	Crash Twinsanity	Dr. Neo Cortex		[30]
2004	EverQuest	Additional Voices
2004	World of Warcraft
2005	Haunting Ground	Debilitas
2005	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Han Solo, additional voices		[30]
2005	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Police, Security, Civilian
2005	Crash Tag Team Racing	Dr. Neo Cortex		[30]
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Scout Trooper		[30]
2006	Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked	Worso Tsurumaki
2006	Naruto series	Hayate Gekko, Gamabunta, Shikaku Nara, Kidomaru, Teuchi
2006	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Incidental characters
2006	Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	Luis Virgil		[30]
2007	Ghost Rider	Blackout
2007	Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner	Grey
2007	Blue Dragon	Young Nene		[30]
2007	Crash of the Titans	Dr. Neo Cortex		[30]
2007	Mass Effect	Ambassador Din Korlack, Yaroslev Tartakovsky, Colonist, Refugee, Salarian Doorman, Salarian Patron, Salarian Soldier
2008	Crash: Mind over Mutant	Dr. Neo Cortex
2008	Golden Axe: Beast Rider	Additional Voices		[39]
2009	Brütal Legend	Glitter Fists, Warfathers
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Additional Voices
2009	Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles	Marvin Brannagh	Uncredited	[30]
2010	Mass Effect 2	Keystone, Elite Krogan Enemies, Stocks Volus, Urdnot Warrior, Used Ship Salesman
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	Stormtrooper		[30]
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Autobot Soldiers, Decepticon Soldiers	Posted under Additional Voices
2012	Mass Effect 3	Ambassador Din Korlack
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Magna Guard, Stormtrooper		[30]
2013	The Cave	The Zen Master, King, Speakerbox
2013	Marvel Heroes	Doctor Doom		[30]
2013	Skylanders: Swap Force	Grim Creeper		[40][18]
2014	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices		[41]
2014	Titanfall	Spyglass		[18]
2014	Skylanders: Trap Team	Grim Creeper		[42]
2014	Digimon All-Star Rumble	WarGreymon, Examon, Dorulumon, Omnimon		[30]
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Officer Kevern, Officer Deaves, Officer Doyle		[43]
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Grim Creeper		[44]
2015	Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns	PC Charr Male		[45]
2016	World of Warcraft: Legion	Kil'jaeden
2016	Skylanders: Imaginators	Grim Creeper, Dr. Neo Cortex		[46]
2017	Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy	Dr. Neo Cortex		[47]
2018	God of War	Additional Voices		[30]
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains	Deathstorm, Mazahs, Heat Wave, Mantis		[30]
2019	The Lego Movie 2 Videogame	Additional Voices
2019	Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled	Dr. Neo Cortex, Mega-Mix, Narrator, Dr. Neo Cortex (Baby), additional voices		[48]
2020	Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time	Dr. Neo Cortex
2020	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Additional voices		[49]
2021	Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!	Dr. Neo Cortex

Live-action

List of voice performances in live-action television and film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[16]
1994	VR Troopers	Tropedobot, Robot
1996	Masked Rider	Cyborsect
1996	Power Rangers Zeo	Louie Kaboom	Uncredited
1997	Power Rangers Turbo	Rygog, Lerigot	as Alexis Lang
1998	Power Rangers in Space	Ecliptor, Jakarak	Uncredited
2002	Power Rangers Wild Force	Zen-Aku
2020	Doom Patrol	Candlemaker

Other appearances

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[16][15]
2001	Primetime Glick	Announcer
2002	Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck	Contestant

References

Book references

• Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013. McFarland. ISBN 9781476616452.

External links

• Official website
• Love Planet Records
• Lex Lang at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Lex Lang at IGDB.com
• Lex Lang at IMDb

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