Brian Beacock

Brian Keith Beacock (born March 29, 1966) is an American film, television and voice actor in English-dubbed anime and video games.

Brian Beacock
Born	Brian Keith Beacock (1966-03-29) March 29, 1966 (age 59)[1] Contra Costa, California
Other names	Donn A. Nordean[2]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present

He is best known for playing Byonko in Zatch Bell,^[3] Takato Matsuki in Digimon Tamers,^[4][5] Yumichika Ayasegawa from Bleach,^[6] Yamato Delgado in Battle B-Daman,^[7] and Monokuma, the secondary antagonist of the Danganronpa franchise.^[8]

Filmography

Anime

• Battle B-Daman – Yamato Delgado, Joshua
• Beastars - Dom^[9]
• Bleach – Yumichika Ayasegawa
• Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War – Yumichika Ayasegawa
• Blood Lad – Shamkid
• Blue Dragon – Andropov
• Blue Exorcist – Renzo Shima^[10]
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Dengaku Man, Additional Voices (credited as Donn A. Nordean)
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Chojuro^[11]
• Bungo Stray Dogs – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
• Code Geass – Rivalz Cardemonde
• Digimon Tamers – Takato Matsuki, Gallantmon, Gallantmon Crimson Mode (shared with Steve Blum)
• Digimon Frontier – Narrator (Replaced the Original Melissa Fahn Episode 43-50)/Bokomon
• Digimon Fusion – Gravimon
• Digimon Data Squad – Agumon/GeoGreymon/RizeGreymon/ShineGreymon
• Doraemon – Sneech (Suneo Honekawa)
• Dragon Ball Super – Krillin (Bang Zoom! Dub)
• Durarara!! – Walker Yumasaki
• Duel Masters – Aizen, Boy George (Season 3)
• Idaten Jump – Arthur, Kiyoshi (of the Four Kings), Jero, Seiji
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Shigekiyo "Shigechi" Yangu
• Kimi ni Todoke – Yoshiyuki "Zen" Arai^[12]
• Kuroko's Basketball - Shōichi Imayoshi
• Mix Master: Final Force – Ninom, Blue Fox (credited as Donn A. Nordean)
• Naruto – Yashamaru, Sakon and Ukon, White Zetsu, Additional Voices
• Naruto: Shippuden – Chōjūrō, Yashamaru, Sakon and Ukon
• Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series – Jiro Shima, Satori (credited as Donn A. Nordean)
• One-Punch Man - Geryuganshoop
• Sailor Moon R – Seijuuro Ginga/Ail (Viz Media dub)
• Sword Art Online: Alicization - Takeru Higa
• Tenkai Knights – Mr. White, Mr. Black (Ep. 42)
• Toradora! – Kouji Haruta
• Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song – M
• Zatch Bell! – Byonko, Jobin, Additional Voices

Video games

• Bleach: Shattered Blade – Yumichika Ayasegawa
• Bleach: The 3rd Phantom – Yumichika Ayasegawa, D-Roy Linker (credited as Donn A Nordean)
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc – Monokuma^[13]
• Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair – Monokuma
• Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls – Monokuma
• Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – Monokuma, Monosuke
• Digimon World Data Squad – Agumon/GeoGreymon, RiseGreymon^[14]
• Elsword – Raven^[15]
• Fire Emblem Heroes – Luthier^[16]
• Naruto: Ninja Council 3 – Sakon
• Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 – Sakon and Ukon
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – Siero/Mole^[14]
• Seven Samurai 20XX – Tay^[17]
• Xenoblade Chronicles X – Additional voices^[18]
• Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury – Byonko

Television

• Based on an Untrue Story (1993) – Television movie; Reporter #2
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2000) – Axl in 'White Trash Wins Lotto'
• Gary & Mike (2001) – Nafe; episode: "Road Rage"
• Gormiti (2008) – Nick Tripp
• The Rerun Show (2002) – 6 episodes
• Passions (2005) – Store clerk; 2 episodes
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004) – Irv; episode: "Ch-Ch-Changes"
• Playing It Straight (2004) – Troubadour; 6 episodes
• Imagination Movers (2011) - Al the Genie; episode: "Wishful Thinking"^[19]

Film

• American Slices (2000) – Short movie; Gabriel
• Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure (2000) - Trevor (voice)
• Circuit (2001) – Suspect/Drag Queen
• Mulholland Drive (2001) – Studio Singer
• Buying The Cow (2002) – Alex
• Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers - Takato Matsuda (voice)
• Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon - Takato Matsuda (voice)
• Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon - Bokomon (voice)
• Paprika (2006) – Kei Himuro and Kuga
• Blue Exorcist: The Movie (2012) – Renzo Shima (voice)
• Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild (2021) – as Navid (voice)
• Sailor Moon Eternal (2021) – Helios/Pegasus

Other

• AficionadosChris (YouTube) – Takato Matsuki^[5]

Awards and honors

Brian shared the 2005 RTS Television Award with Jamie Forsyth for Best Music – Original Title Music for "Playing It Straight".^[20] At the 2014 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) awards, Beacock was nominated for Performance in a Comedy, Supporting for his work on Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.^[21]