John Daniel "Beau" Billingslea Jr. (born December 18, 1944 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA), sometimes credited as James Derek, is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Jet Black in Cowboy Bebop. In addition to voice acting, he appeared in many popular TV series as a prolific guest actor. Before he got into it, he played football in University of Connecticut.
He is the grandfather of Taylor Billingslea.
Anime Voice Work
Anime - Dubbing
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight - Cerulean Knight (ep9), Doctor
- Arc the Lad - Spirit of Flame
- Argento Soma - Michael Heartland
- Babel II: Beyond Infinity - Masaki
- Battle B-Daman - Nouz, Additional Voices
- Bleach - Central 46 Judge (ep212), Edrad Liones
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Homura Mitokado, Ay
- Brigadoon - Kuston Brown
- Burn-Up Scramble - Councilmember, Additional Voices
- Cells at Work! CODE BLACK - Red Pulp (ep11)
- Cowboy Bebop - Jet Black
- Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier - G. Junior/Cyborg 005, Alexandria President (ep 34), Atlas, Bartender (ep 38), Muamba Citizen A (ep 14), Station Announcer (ep 20)
- Digimon Adventure - Ogremon
- Digimon Data Squad - Leopardmon
- Digimon Frontier - BurningGreymon (Shamanmon), Parrotmon, Sagittarimon, Shamanmon
- Digimon Tamers - Hagurumon, Musyamon
- DinoZaurs - Dino Mammoth
- Durarara!!x2 Ketsu - Dogen Awakusu
- Durarara!!x2 Shō - Ringirin (ep7)
- Durarara!!x2 Ten - Dōgen Awakusu
- Eureka Seven - Captain Moalutdar
- Fafner - Colonel Dudley Barns
- Fighting Spirit - Yoshio Fujiwara (ep12)
- Fist of the North Star (1984) - General Barcom
- Gad Guard - Additional Voices
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Bertuccio
- Geneshaft - Diskon, George
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Commissioner (ep5)
- Ghost Slayers Ayashi - Carpenter (ep8), Yataro Uchida
- Godzilla Singular Point - Additional Voices
- Great Teacher Onizuka - Yakuza (ep34), Additional Voices
- Gun Frontier - Shitalnen
- Gungrave - Bear Walken
- Heat Guy J - Additional Voices
- Hunter × Hunter - Light Nostrade, Mafias (ep43)
- ISHURA - Eswilda the Boundary of Tragic Dream (ep19), Miluzi the Coffin Edict (ep15), Antel (ep18), Additional Voices
- Last Exile - Additional Voices
- Last Hope - Cain Ibrahim Hassan
- Lupin III: Part II - Gorilla (ep35)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - Sato
- Monster - Milan Kolasch (ep62)
- Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit - Karbo (ep13)
- Naruto - Fried Noodle Vendor (ep86), Homura Mitokado, Kurobachi Kamizuru
- Naruto: Shippūden - Ay IV / Fourth Raikage, Apprehensive Allied Shinobi Soldier C (ep380), Cloud Mourner C (ep282), Homura Mitokado
- Outlaw Star - Narrator
- Planetes - Commander (ep12), Executive Vice-President (ep11), Additional Voices
- Rave Master - Deerhound
- Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- - Rom (Season 1)
- Rurouni Kenshin - Gohei Hiruma, Ludel Minister, Police Man (ep55), Senkaku
- Saiyuki Reload: Gunlock - Gato
- Samurai Champloo - Additional Voices
- Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School - Akitaka Fudo
- Shinzo - Gator (ep7)
- Tenjho Tenge - Kaiba Natsume
- The Legend of Black Heaven - Oji Tanaka
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse - Elder (eps12-14)
- The Twelve Kingdoms - Shoushiba
- Tiger & Bunny - Ben Jackson
- Vandread - Additional Voices
- Vandread: The Second Stage - The Premier (ep11)
- Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Guilty (ep10)
- Witch Hunter Robin - Nagira's 2nd Informant (ep21), Willem Hasselbyke
- Wolf's Rain - Sea Walrus (ep22)
Movies - Dubbing
- Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Jet Black
- Digimon Adventure tri.: Confession - Airplane Pilot A
- Digimon Adventure tri.: Determination - Ogremon
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Barret Wallace
- Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro - Monaco Casino Walla (2000 Manga Entertainment dub)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower - Bull, Julio Sawasdee, Orphe
- Naruto Shippūden The Movie: Blood Prison - Ay IV
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie - Dee Jay
- The Last: Naruto The Movie - Ay IV
- The Laws of the Universe Part 0 - Goat-type Alien
- The Laws of the Universe: Part 1 - Goat-type Alien
- The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim - Goat-type Alien
- Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning - Ben Jackson
- Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The Rising - Ben Jackson
OVA - Dubbing
- Black Jack - Mr. Patterson (ep7)
- Black Magic M-66 - Crash Site Sub-Commander
- Ghost Slayer Ayashi: Ayashi Divine Comedy - Yataro Uchida
- Macross Plus - Col. Millard Johnson
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket - Richard Lunland
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Kowen
- New Getter Robo - Additional Voices
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - Narrator
- Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey - Noo, Additional Voices
- Ys - Norton (ep1)
- Ys II: Castle in the Heavens - Kys
Web Anime - Dubbing
- MAKE MY DAY - Ed, Additional Voices
- Super Crooks - Eric (ep2), Additional Voices
Trivia
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