JB Blanc

Jean-Benoît Blanc is a French-British actor and director of film and television who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles.[1]

JB Blanc
Blanc at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2013
Born
Jean-Benoît Blanc

Paris, France
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1990–present
Children1
Websitejbblanc.com

Early life

Blanc was born in Paris, the son of an English mother and a French father. He moved to England with his mother at the age of five, where he was educated at Bramcote School in Scarborough and Sedbergh School in Sedbergh. At the age of 16, he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. In 1987, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the youngest person to do so that year. He graduated in 1990 and, after a short sabbatical travelling, began his theatre career.

Career

At one time, Blanc helped run the Arts Threshold theatre company and was working with companies on the London scene, collaborating with directors, including Rufus Norris, Howard Davies and Peter Hall at the Royal National Theatre. In 2001, after 12 years almost exclusively working in theatre, he played Luigi Vampa in The Count of Monte Cristo for Touchstone. Since moving to the United States, he has appeared in television series such as Barry, Masters of Sex, Shameless, Nikita, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Cold Case, CSI: New York, Raising the Bar, The Unit, Crash, NYPD Blue, Prison Break, Dr. Vegas, Arcane and The Company.

Blanc has appeared in films, including The Incredible Hulk, Tristan & Isolde, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Moonlight Serenade. He has done voice-work for video games such as Minecraft: Story Mode, Dante's Inferno, Darksiders, Wildstar and James Bond 007: From Russia with Love, in which he played Turkish agent Kerim Bey. In 2013, he voiced Zinyak and Phillipe Loren in Saints Row IV. In 2014, he voiced Commander Kuben Blisk in Titanfall. He is currently voicing Caustic in Apex Legends.

Blanc is a leading voice director in video games and directs both live action performance capture and voice over on many of the top AAA titles.

Personal life

He lives in Los Angeles with his daughter, Malia.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Film

Video games

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1993ShadowlandsUndergraduateUncredited
2000102 DalmatiansCaptainUncredited
2002The Count of Monte CristoLuigi Vampa
2006Tristan & IsoldeLeon
2006Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesPorter
2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndEast Indian Clerk
2008The Incredible HulkThe Hulk / Abomination (voice)
2009Moonlight SerenadePaul Holtzman
2012Red DawnNewscaster (voice)Uncredited
2015Bastards y DiablosGabriel Rojas
2016War DogsBashkim

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Dr. VegasFraserEpisode: "Lust For Life"
2005NYPD BlueAlex StratisEpisode: "Stratis Fear"
2006Prison BreakJerry CurtinEpisode: "First Down"
2007The CompanyManuel Pinero2 Episodes
2008The UnitDr. Leon Rocha3 Episodes
2008CrashFather DonalEpisode: "Three Men and a Bebe"
2008Raising the BarJohan SharifiEpisode: "Bobbi Ba-Bing"
2010CSI: NYTripp WalkerEpisode: "Flag on the Play"
2010Cold CasePaul Shepard '102 Episodes
2010I'm in the BandAgent YurislavislavislaviEpisode: "Weasels on Deck"
2011-2012Breaking BadDr. Barry Goodman2 Episodes
2012VegasMax ChandlerEpisode: "Masquerade"
2013Burn NoticeIvanEpisode: "Brother in Arms"
2015ShamelessHanziEpisode: "The Two Lisas"
2017-2020Better Call SaulDr. Barry Goodman3 Episodes
2019-2023BarryBatir5 Episodes

Staff work

References
  1. "Actor | Jb Blanc | Actor | Director | Vo Artist".
  2. "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. 4 October 2014. Adult Swim.
  3. Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood (film). 2016.
  4. Turbine, Inc. Infinite Crisis. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, Voice Over Talent.
  5. "Infinite Crisis Credits". Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
  6. "JB Blanc (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 5 May 2021. 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)
  7. Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  8. Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
  9. Chalk, Andy (17 February 2016). "Master of Orion trailer reveals a cast of sci-fi stars". PC Gamer. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  10. 4A Games. Metro: Last Light. Deep Silver. Scene: Closing credits, 1 minute in, English Voice Talent (Alphabetical Order).
  11. Blanc, JB [@thejbblanc] (23 April 2019). "I know you all heard it in the trailers, but I can finally confirm that I play Kano in @MK11 !!! Thanks for all your enthusiastic outing!!!! 🤣" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Twitter.
  12. Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:44 in, CAST. Credited as J.B. Blanc.
  13. Carbine Studios. WildStar. NCSOFT. Scene: Credits, 2:45 in, Cast.
  14. Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast.
  15. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:29.
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