Gray Haddock
Gray G. Haddock is an American actor and film producer. He is the former head of animation at Rooster Teeth, a production studio in Austin, Texas, where he created the 2019 mecha web series Gen:Lock. He is known for voice roles such as Locus and Roman Torchwick in the Rooster Teeth productions Red vs. Blue and RWBY, respectively, as well as Sanosuke Sagara in the English dub of Rurouni Kenshin, Oreldo in Pumpkin Scissors, and Yousuke Fuuma from Wedding Peach.
Gray Haddock | |
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 Haddock at the 2017 New York Comic Con | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, film producer |
| Years active | 1995–2019 |
| Employer | Rooster Teeth (2011–2019) |
| Spouse | Lara Toner |
| Children | 2 |
Career
Gray Haddock graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996.
Haddock received his first voice acting credit in 1995. He acted for many years, primarily as a voice actor in English dubbed versions of Japanese anime. In 1997, he was cast as Sanosuke Sagara in the film Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots, a role which he reprised in the 2001 film Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection and the Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc two-film series in 2011 and 2012.[1] In 1998, he played the role of Lei Wulong in Tekken: The Motion Picture.[2]
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In August 2011, Haddock was hired by Rooster Teeth as a visual effects artist and digital compositor working on season 9 of Red vs. Blue.[3][4] He then worked on season 10 of Red vs. Blue and, in 2013, he took on a voice acting position as Roman Torchwick in Rooster Teeth's animated series, RWBY.[5] He also took on the role of Locus in Red vs. Blue, a character that debuted in Season 11.
In 2014, Haddock co-starred in the two-hander play Venus in Fur, opposite Molly Karrasch and directed by his wife Lara Toner.[6]
In 2014, Haddock worked as a producer on the second season of RWBY.[7] In September 2014, he became head of the newly-formed Rooster Teeth Animation department.[8] When production started on its third season in 2015, Haddock became a co-director and producer for RWBY.[9] In 2018, he became writer and director for a mecha series on Rooster Teeth, Gen:Lock.[10] In June 2019, following complaints from his former employees regarding negative working conditions, Haddock stepped down as the head of RT Animation to fulfill a strictly creative role.[11] In September 2019, he announced he had left Rooster Teeth.[12]
Filmography
Voice acting
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Legend of Crystania | Captain Chivalry, Grib | Film |
| 1996 | Tattoon Master | Hydra | TV series |
| Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge | Jubei Yagyu | Film | |
| 1997 | Sakura Diaries | Mashtu Tatsuhiko | TV series |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots | Sanosuke Sagara | Film | |
| 1997–1998 | Ninja Resurrection | Jubei Yagyu | TV mini-series, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Lost Universe | Rando | TV series |
| Tekken: The Motion Picture | Lei Wulong | Film | |
| 1998–1999 | Steam Detectives | Le Bled | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1999 | Hoshin Engi | Hakuyuko | TV series |
| 2001 | Z.O.E. Dolores,i | Basilico Basilisk | TV series, episode: "James no sainan" |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection | Sanosuke Sagara | TV mini-series, 2 episodes | |
| Conquest: Frontier Wars | Turbine Doc, Blanus, Battleship | Video game | |
| 2002 | Jing: King of Bandits | Postino | TV mini-series |
| 2003 | Kidô shinsengumi: Moe yo ken | Ukon Tanaka | Film |
| Deus Ex: Invisible War | SSC Guard #2, Announcer #1 | Video game | |
| 2003–2004 | Wedding Peach | Yousuke Fuuma/Viento | TV series |
| 2004 | Ou Dorobou Jing in Seventh Heaven | Postino | Short film |
| Thief: Deadly Shadows | Townspeople #3 | Video game | |
| 2005–2006 | Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor | Archanfel | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2006 | 009-1 | Loki | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2006–2010 | Pumpkin Scissors | Oreldo | TV series, 24 episodes |
| 2007 | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | Various soldiers | Video game |
| 2011 | DC Universe Online | Green Lantern, Black Hand, Star Labs Scientist | Video game |
| 2011–2012 | Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc | Sanosuke Sagara | Film series, 2 films |
| 2012–2019 | Red vs. Blue | Locus, Donald Doyle, Resistance Soldier | Web series |
| 2013–2016 | RWBY | Roman Torchwick | Web series |
| 2014–2015 | X-Ray and Vav | Rusty Bonjour | Web series, 5 episodes |
| 2016 | My Hero Academia | Electric Villain (additional voices) | Anime, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Luck and Logic | Rentaro Tsurugi | Anime |
| 2016–2018 | RWBY Chibi | Roman Torchwick | Web series, 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Gen:Lock | Leon August | Web series |
| 2020 | Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy | Spinister | Animated series |
Live action
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–2018 | Fan Service | Himself | Podcast, 49 episodes |
| 2017 | Million Dollars, But... | Himself | Web series, episode: "Theme Pack: Animation" |
Production
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | My Sucky Teen Romance | Visual effects | Film |
| Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Visual effects | Film | |
| 2011–2018 | Red vs. Blue | Visual effects (until 2012) Supervising producer (since 2014) |
Web series |
| 2013–2018 | RWBY | Editor, producer (since 2014), co-director (2015 to 2018) | Web series |
| 2014–2015 | X-Ray and Vav | Producer (5 episodes) | Web series |
| 2016–2019 | RWBY Chibi | Supervising producer (6 episodes) | Web series |
| Camp Camp | Producer (5 episodes), writer (2 episodes) | Web series | |
| 2019 | Gen:Lock | Writer, director | Web series |
References
- "Voice Compare: Rurouni Kenshin – Sanosuke Sagara". Behind The Voice Actors. November 17, 2009. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
And last but not quite the least is VA Gray G. Haddock who voiced Sanosuke in ADV's handiwork on Ruroni Kenshin namely Samurai X Reflection and he is not that bad.
- Lipkowitz, Gary (October 13, 2000). "Postmarks: 'Tekken' Produced in Austin". The Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
It features the phenomenally talented voices of John Paul Shepard, Adam Dudley, David Stokey, Edi Patterson, Gray Haddock, Claire Hamilton, Ellie McBride, Jessica Robertson, Ken Webster, Mark O'Brien, Jessie Schwartz, and Douglas Taylor (among others).
- Haddock, Gray (2012). "Greetings and salutations..." Rooster Teeth. Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
I started here at RT last year, working as a VFX artist / digital compositor on the CG sequences of RvB season 9, around... ep10, I think?
- Haddock, Gray (August 23, 2016). "5 years ago today I had a call..." Facebook. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
- Distler, Anthony (February 21, 2016). "A Fan's Perspective – RWBY Volume 3 Unanswered Questions". VAVEL.com. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- Meigs, Michael. "Review: Venus in Fur by Austin Playhouse". CTX Live Theatre. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018.
- Smith, Carly (January 30, 2014). "RWBY Volume 2 Premiering at RTX 2014, First Promo Art Available". The Escapist. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
Its online premiere will happen shortly afterward, producer Gray Haddock announced.
- Newton, Steve (October 18, 2016). "Rooster Teeth Animation moves to new building ahead of 'RWBY Volume 4'". WUSA9.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- Whittaker, Richard (May 3, 2016). "DVDanger: RWBY Volume III: Team Rooster Teeth takes anime back to Japan – Screens". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
- Trumbore, Dave (January 22, 2018). "Exclusive: First Trailer for 'gen:LOCK' Reveals Rooster Teeth's Biggest Series Since 'RWBY'". Collider. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018.
- Hullum, Matt (2019). "Our response to the recent Reddit thread about RT Animation". Rooster Teeth. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
Effective today, we are moving forward with a previously planned change in our producing and creative structure. Gray G. Haddock is stepping down as head of studio for animation to dedicate himself to a strictly creative role.
- Haddock, Gray (2019-09-13). "Given some inquires, I feel I ought to relay I parted ways with RT recently. We've left the door open to the possibility of my doing creative work for them down the road. Meanwhile, I'm off to pursue new projects, and will keep you posted. I wish everyone in RTanim the best". @graymartigan. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
External links
- Gray Haddock on Twitter
- Gray G. Haddock at IMDb
- Gray G. Haddock at Anime News Network's encyclopedia