Actor
Tōru Ōhira
September 24, 1929 · Tokyo, Japan
Toru Ohira is a longstanding Japanese actor & voice actor. He's well known for many of his Japanese dub performances, voicing characters such as Darth Vader & Boss Nass from Star Wars, Homer Simpson from The Simpsons, Fred Flintstone from the Flintstones, Pete & Julius from various Mickey Mouse works, the Joker in Batman (1989), Clark Kent/Superman in Adventures of Superman (1938), Jor-El in Superman (1978), Waternoose from Monsters, Inc., the Mayor of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the First Ancestor from Mulan. He's also appeared in many Tokusatsu works, being the narrator for multiple Super Sentei & Metal Hero series, and Chief Kurata in Spectreman.
Notable work
Often works with
Shozo Iizuka
5 titles together
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo, Megabeast Investigator Juspion, Dimensional Warrior Spielvan
Gorō Naya
4 titles together
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo, One Piece: Strong World Episode 0, Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
Mayumi Tanaka
3 titles together
One Piece, One Piece: Strong World Episode 0, Kimba the White Lion
Noboru Nakaya
3 titles together
Japanese Spiderman, Megabeast Investigator Juspion, Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0
Junichi Haruta
3 titles together
Megabeast Investigator Juspion, Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, Dai Sentai Goggle-V
Kaneta Kimotsuki
3 titles together
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey, Chouriki Sentai Ohranger, One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
Full filmography · 55
Akubi Girl
cast
2006
One Piece
as Gaimon (voice)
19998.8
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
as Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
1995
Super Sentai Zyuranger
as Narrator (voice)
1992
The Laughing Salesman
cast
1989
Osomatsu-kun
as Dekapan
1988
Oraa Guzura Dado
as グズラ
1987
Dimensional Warrior Spielvan
as Narrator
1986
Megabeast Investigator Juspion
as Narrator
19857.9
Space Sheriff Shaider
as Narrator
1984
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman
as Narrator
1983
Future Police Urashiman
as Inspector Gondo Toru
1983