David Wald

For the seismologist, see David J. Wald.

David Wald is an American voice actor who voices in English dubs of Japanese anime. Some of his major roles include: Gajeel Redfox in Fairy Tail, Hannes in Attack on Titan, Bulat in Akame ga Kill!, and Master Chief in Halo Legends. He is involved in productions for Funimation and ADV Films (now Seraphim Digital and Sentai Filmworks) in Texas. He is gay and advocates bringing positive queer representation in dubbed anime.^[1] He served as ADR director for Sentai Filmworks dubs of yuri and yaoi titles: Love Stage, Bloom into You, Hitorijime My Hero, and Kase-san and Morning Glories.

David Wald
Alma mater	University of Miami
Occupation	Voice actor

In October 2024, Wald accused Crunchyroll of opening his private mail, throwing away letters and distributing included items to staff. A Crunchyroll spokesperson said the company was investigating.^[2] Wald said the following month that he would depart his role in Fairy Tail and would not return to Crunchyroll's studio.^[3]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source[4]
2005	Shadow Skill	Various characters		Resume
2007	Innocent Venus	Various characters		Resume
2007	Air Gear	Mitsuru Bando, Masaya Orihara, others		Resume
2007	Welcome to the NHK	Various characters		Resume, CA
2010	Golgo 13	Golgo 13		[5]
2010	Legends of the Dark King	Toki		[5]
2011	Guin Saga	Guin		CA
2011–12	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Charlie		[5]
2012–19	Fairy Tail	Gajeel Redfox		[6]
2012	Hakuōki	Isami Kondou		[5]
2011	Mardock Scramble: The First Compression	Dimsdale Boiled		[5]
2012	Psycho-Pass	Choe Gu-sung		[5]
2012	Shiki	Toshio Ozaki		[7]
2013	Toriko	Teppei		[5]
2013	Sankarea: Undying Love	Dan'ichirō Sanka (Rea's Father)		[8]
2013	Phi-Brain	Kaito Daimon		[5]
2013	Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc	Shishio Makoto		[5]
2013	Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?	Galdo Gaspar
2014–17	Attack on Titan	Hannes		[9]
2014–16	Gatchaman Crowds	Berg Katze	Also Insight in 2016	[10]
2014	Diabolik Lovers	Reiji Sakamaki		[11]
2015	Dog & Scissors	Munakata, Daimon		[12]
2015	Unbreakable Machine-Doll	Sigmund		[13]
2015	SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation	Manager Kitamura		[14]
2015	Akame ga Kill!	Bulat		[15]
2015	Shimoneta	Raiki Gouriki
2016	Hanayamata	Naru's Father		[5][16]
2016	Wizard Barristers	Mitsuhisa Hachiya		[5]
2016	Brothers Conflict	Rintaro Hinata		[17]
2016–24	My Hero Academia	Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Snipe		[18]
2016	Garo: The Animation	German Luis		[5]
2016	Tales of Zestiria the X	Artorius Collbrande		[5]
2016	Izetta: The Last Witch	Lord Redford	Succeeded Cole Brown due to his death	[19]
2016	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?	Welf Crozzo
2016	The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.	Riki Nendou, Midori Nendou, Takeuchi Nendou, Baron Cola		[20]
2016	Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On	Dan		[5]
2016	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru	Sengo Muramasa		[5]
2017	Saga of Tanya the Evil	Geoffrey		[5]
2017	Amagi Brilliant Park	Dornell		[5]
2017	Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instuctor	Zelos Draghart		[5]
2017	The Royal Tutor	Viktor von Glanzreich		[5]
2017	Alice & Zoroku	Mr. Miho		[5]
2017	Sakura Quest	Kazushi		[5]
2017	Gosick	Albert de Blois		[5]
2017	Gate	Yoji Itami		[21]
2017	School-Live!	Reporter		[5]
2017–20	Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma	Donato Gotoda		[5]
2017	Konohana Kitan	Entertainment God B		[5]
2017	Kino's Journey —the Beautiful World— the Animated Series	Motorrad		[5]
2017	Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199	Wolf Flaken		[5]
2017–22	Haikyu!!	Coach Keishin Ukai		[22]
2017	Diabolik Lovers: More, blood	Reiji Sakamaki		[23]
2018–24	One Piece	Paulie, Baron Tamago		[24]
2018	UQ Holder!	Albireo Imma		[25]
2018	Golden Kamuy	Lieutenant Tsurumi		[26]
2018	Black Clover	Vetto
2018	Overlord	Shasuryu Shasha
2018	Flip Flappers	Salt		[5]
2018	This Boy is a Professional Wizard	Zaou		[5]
2018	Princess Principal	L		[5]
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Veryard		[5]
2019	Dragon Ball Super	Napapa, Hyssop		[27]
2019	YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World	Kozo Ryuzoji		[5]
2019	Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life	Takagi		[5]
2019	Cutie Honey Universe	Alphonne		[5]
2019	Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya	Gunmen, Commander, Black Knights		[5]
2019	Ensemble Stars!	Nagisa Ran		[5]
2019	Actors: Songs Connection	Usuki		[28]
2020	Plunderer	Alexandrov Grigorovich / Alan
2020	Thermae Romae Novae	Lucius Modestus		[5]
2020	Shirobako	Masahiro Ōkura		[29]
2020	Arte	Arte's Father		[30]
2021	Gleipnir	Madoka		[31]
2021	SK8 the Infinity	Ainosuke Shindo / Adam		[32]
2021	Dragon Goes House-Hunting	Samuel	Assistant ADR Director	[33]
2021	Dororo	Daigo Kagemitsu		[34]
2021	Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town	Gluco		[5]
2021	The Stranger by the Shore	Shun's Dad	ADR Director	[35]
2021	The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent	Dominic Goltz		[5]
2021	Moriarty the Patriot	MP Spencer		[5]
2021	Vinland Saga	Askeladd	Sentai Filmworks Dub	[36]
2021	Kageki Shoujo!!	Onodera		[5]
2021	The Case Study of Vanitas	Astolfo's Father	ADR Director	[37]
2021	Ranking of Kings	Zokku		[5]
2022	The Dawn of the Witch	Holdem		[38]
2023	Urusei Yatsura	Onsen-Mark
2023	Farming Life in Another World	God		[39]
2024	The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic	Tong		[40]
2024	Helck	The Human King		[41]
2024	A Journey Through Another World	Johan, "Guild Master"		[42][43]
2024	Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest	Gajeel Redfox	Last role involved with Crunchyroll due to the Mailing Theft Allegations.	[44][45]
2024	Delico's Nursery	Julas		[46]
2024	Natsume's Book of Friends	Hyakko		[47]
2024	Dungeon People	Reilmond		[48]

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source[4]
2012	Gintama: The Movie	Shouyou Yoshida, Isao Kondo, Jintetsu Murata	Sentai Filmworks Dub
2013	Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess	Gajeel Redfox
2015	Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie	Raizo	limited theatrical release	[5]
2017	Shin Godzilla	Tanba	Direct-to-Video
2017	Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry	Gajeel Redfox		[5]
2017	Genocidal Organ	Lucius		[5]
2019	Human Lost	Atsugi		[5]
2019	Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion	Welf Crozzo		[5]
2020	City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes	Junichi Sakai		[5]
2021	Gintama: The Very Final	Isao Kondo		[49]
2022	Sing a Bit of Harmony	Saijo		[50]
2022	Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1	L		[5]
2023	Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Death in Love	Toki		[5]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work/Recipient	Result	Ref
2022	Crunchyroll Anime Awards	Best VA Performance (EN)	Ainosuke Shindo/Adam (SK8 the Infinity)	Won	[51]