Robert Belgrade

Robert Belgrade is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, music educator and narrator, best known as the original English dubbing voice acting for Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and as the narrator in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

Robert Belgrade
Belgrade playing tabla on stage.
Other names	Robbie Belgrade
Occupation(s)	Voice actor, musician
Years active	1991–2007, 2015–present
Notable credit(s)	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as Alucard Tekken 5 as Narrator
Website	belgrademusic.com

Education

Belgrade began his studies in Western classical music on the piano, trumpet and flute. After that he studied the saxophone and improvisation under John Handy. He also studied vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and performs in a wide range of musical genres, including R&B, jazz, Latin and Indian music.^[1]

Voice acting

Belgrade worked regularly as a voice actor in video games from 1994 to 2007, with notable roles being Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the Narrator in Tekken 5.

After some time away to focus on his music career and family he returned to voice over work with the role of Orlok Dracule in Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

Filmography

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Hang-On GP	System Voice
1995	Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2	Karl Weisemann	[2]
1996	Star Ocean	Captain	[2]
1997	Soul Blade	Nathaniel 'Rock' Adams, Hephaestus	English dub[3]
1997	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Alucard	English dub
1998	Tenchu: Stealth Assassins	Narrator	English dub
1999	Tekken Tag Tournament	Announcer	Uncredited
1999	Shenmue	Pedro	English dub[2]
2000	GunGriffon Blaze		English dub
2000	WinBack: Covert Operations	Mike Hawkins	English dub
2000	Silpheed: The Lost Planet	Narrator	English dub
2000	Dynasty Warriors 2	Cao Cao	English dub[3]
2001	Sky Odyssey	Narrator
2001	Shenmue II	Cool Z	English dub[2]
2003	Mega Man X7	Signas	English dub[2]
2003	Way of the Samurai 2	Goshiro Muto
2003	Transformers	Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Narrator
2004	Silent Hill 4: The Room	Joseph Schreiber	Uncredited[3]
2004	Tekken 5	Narrator
2005	Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection	Narrator
2006	Lunar Knights	Stoker	English dub[2]
2019	Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night	Orlok Dracule	English dub[2]
2020	Wallachia: Reign of Dracula	Radu cel Frumos	English dub[4]
2023	Lunacid	Narrator, Crilall