Christopher Owen "Chris" Ayres (May 16, 1965 - October 18, 2021) was an American voice actor who worked for ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, FUNimation Entertainment and OkraTron 5000. He was known for his roles as Frieza in Dragon Ball Z Kai, Sid in Devil May Cry: The Animated Series, Soma Asman Kadar in Black Butler, Kei Kurono in Gantz, Takeda Shingen in Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings and Keisuke Yamanami in Peacemaker Kurogane.
He was the older brother of voice actor Greg Ayres.
Anime Voice Work
Anime - Dubbing
- Air - Attacker (ep7), Guards (ep8), Monk Soldier C (ep8), Monks (ep9), Priest (ep9), Pursuers (ep8), Soldiers (ep9)
- Air Gear - Okuhira, Onigiri's Dad (ep3), Plugman, Potemkine, Additional Voices
- Akame ga Kill! - Bandit (ep10), Bill (ep17), Daidara, Additional Voices
- AKB0048 - Nagisa's Father, Additional Voices
- AKB0048 Next Stage - Lieutenant (ep5), Nagisa's Father, Researcher (ep2), Sensei Sensei, Additional Voices
- Amnesia - Toma
- Another - Yousuke, Additional Voices
- Aoharu x Machinegun - Additional Voices
- BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad - Additional Voices
- B gata H kei: Yamada's First Time - Monk (ep8)
- Battle Girls: Time Paradox - Additional Voices
- Beyond the Boundary - Additional Voices
- Birdy the Mighty: Decode - Bacillus
- Black Bullet - Matsuzaki
- Black Butler - Soma Asman Kadar, Additional Voices
- Black Butler: Book of Circus - Soma Asman Kadar
- Black Butler II - Soma Asman Kadar
- Blue Drop - Classics Teacher (ep2), Lieutenant, Michiko's Father, Thug 3 (ep4), Van Driver (ep7), Additional Voices
- Bodacious Space Pirates - Captain Ten, Witherspoon
- Btooom! - Yoshihisa Kira (ep4)
- Campione! - Dead Servitor B (ep7), Man C (ep2), Narrator
- CANAAN - Old Man, Additional Voices
- Chaika - The Coffin Princess - Additional Voices
- Chaika - The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle - Additional Voices
- Clannad: After Story - Umpire (ep1)
- Claymore - Dauf
- Coyote Ragtime Show - Hewlett (ep9)
- Cromartie High School - Additional Voices
- D.Gray-Man - Sofia's Father (eps 33-34)
- Dance in the Vampire Bund - Li
- Darker than Black - Masashi Hitotsubashi
- Desert Punk - Sawada, Additional Voices
- Devil May Cry: The Animated Series - Sid, Additional Voices
- Diamond Daydreams - Kenji Kurata
- Dragon Ball Super - Frieza (eps19-26, 108+ (SimulDub))
- Dragon Ball Z Kai - Frieza
- Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters - Frieza
- DRAMAtical Murder - Bonjin-kun
- Dream Eater Merry - John Doe, Yui's Father (ep8)
- Dusk Maiden of Amnesia - Village Chief Elder (ep10), Additional Voices
- E's Otherwise - Kyou (eps 1-17), Rick
- Eden of the East - Additional Voices
- ef - a tale of memories - Member B
- El Cazador de la Bruja - Sanchez (ep8)
- Elfen Lied - Detective A, Police Officer A (ep9), SAT A (ep12), SWAT B (ep10), Sharpshooter (ep1)
- Fairy Tail - Duke Everlue
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! - Auguste
- Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! - Auguste
- From the New World - Additional Voices
- Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory - Atsunobu Hayashimizu
- Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid - Wraith, Additional Voices
- Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - Atsunobu Hayashimizu, Additional Voices
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Raven
- GATE - Additional Voices
- Gantz - Kei Kurono
- Gatchaman - Commander Bluefang (ep65), Commander Klikenstein (ep57), Evil Commander (ep26), Galacferatu Minion (ep53), Hontwarl Captain (eps51-52), Reporter (ep62), Sub Captain Santo (ep78), Screamin' Commander Such (ep49), Additional Voices
- Gatchaman Crowds - Additional Voices
- Gatchaman Crowds insight - Additional Voices
- Ghost Hound - Takahito Komagusu
- Ghost Hunt - Reimei Minami
- Girls und Panzer - Yukari's Dad (ep5), Additional Voices
- Godannar - Tetsuya Kouji
- Golgo 13 - Dave McCartney, Coleman (ep 39), Hotel Manager (ep 47), Karnak (ep 38) Zamech (ep 44)
- Gravion Zwei - Ivan, Additional Voices
- Guin Saga - Caaslon (eps 17-21), Ghis (ep 26), Ghuru Shin (ep 15), Godaro (ep 16), Kah (eps 9-10), Male Voice (ep 8), Mentius (ep 23), Mongauli Soldier (ep 1), Psyden, (ep 24), Ranos (ep 14), Riya (eps 1-2), Torio (eps 24-25)
- Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino - Lt. Colonel (ep9)
- Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East - Bungobei Inuta, Man of the Village Office (ep6), Shoichi (ep11), Village Mayor (ep7), Additional Voices
- Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick - Murato
- Hakuōki: Dawn of the Shinsengumi - Iesato (ep6), Tonouchi, Additional Voices
- Hakuōki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - Rogue Samurai (ep1), Additional Voices
- Hakuōki: Record of the Jade Blood - Fury (ep8), Ikunosuke Arai (ep9), Katamori Matsudaira (ep7), Kiyotaka Kuroda (ep10), Additional Voices
- Hamatora: The Animation - Additional Voices
- Hanayamata - Additional Voices
- High School of the Dead - Yoshioka, Additional Voices
- Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga: Second Chapter - Drowned Gods, God (ep13), Male B (ep2), Small God (ep1)
- Initial D: First Stage - Miki (ep7)
- Initial D: Second Stage - Additional Voices
- Innocent Venus - Dr. Nobuto, Riki, Terrorist Leader (ep2), Additional Voices
- Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? - Assorted Thugs (ep12), Flower Man (ep6), Ganesha Flunkie A (ep3), Gareth Landrock (eps1, 9, 11), Soma Crybaby (ep4)
- IS: Infinite Stratos - Dan Gotanda (ep13)
- Kaleido Star - Billy, Charlie, Mike Abbot (ep34), Mr. Patrova (ep39), Performer (ep39), Troupe Leader (ep45)
- Kanon - Classmates (eps2-3), Demons (eps13, 15), Irving (ep6), Man 2 (Ep1), Track Girls (ep2), TV Freakout B (ep12), Additional Voices
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple - Daimonji
- Kiba - Elder A (ep 6), Morris, Additional Voices
- Kino's Journey - Bartender (ep11), Man A (ep13)
- Kokoro Connect - Inaba's Brother, Additional Voices
- Kurau: Phantom Memory - Additional Voices
- Legends of the Dark King: A Fist of the North Star Story - Elder (ep1)
- Leviathan: The Last Defense - Old Man (eps5-6)
- Linebarrels of Iron - Additional Voices
- Little Busters! - Sho Saigusa, Soccer Club Captain (ep25), Teacher (ep19), Additional Voices
- Little Busters! Refrain - Additional Voices
- Log Horizon - Brigandia Jerk (ep3), Confused Adventurer (ep11), Eijiro, Food Selling Wimp (ep1), Hamelin Guy (ep8), Herald (ep11), Hungry Folk (ep7), Knight (ep13), Noble (ep13), Nobleman Bald, Shigeru, Woodstock
- Log Horizon 2 - Woodstock
- Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table - Additional Voices
- Maburaho - Yukihiko Nakamaru, Yukihiko Nakamara
- Madlax - Citizens, Commander (ep23), Enfant (ep26), Forensics Officer (ep4), Galza Commander (ep22), Man (ep24), Soldier Aplenty (ep24), Soldier Yessir (ep1), Soldiers, The Dead (ep23)
- Magical Warfare - Additional Voices
- Magikano - Firdene (ep7), Informercial Announcer (ep9), Additional Voices
- Maid Sama! - Soccer Club Member (ep 15)
- Majikoi: Oh! Samurai Girls - Jun Inoue
- Maria†Holic - Mr. Berlin (ep10)
- Mayo Chiki! - Game Referee (ep10), Sakamichi Jiro (ep3), Shooting Range Owner (ep8), Video Game Announcer (ep9), Additional Voices
- Medaka Box: Abnormal - Shigusa Takachido, Additional Voices
- Mezzo DSA - Baba (ep7), Hanamura (ep12), Motoharu (ep1), Taneri (ep4), Thug (ep2), Truck Driver (ep3), Additional Voices
- Moeyo Ken - Kamaitachi (ep8), Matsukata (ep9)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun - Drama Club (ep8), Mr. Aoki (ep2), Rumor Mill (ep12)
- Moonlight Mile - Ahmad (ep4), Bogdanovich (ep5), Joseph Vilsmaier (ep8), Oscar Eisenstein (ep12), Additional Voices
- Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse - Announcer (ep 24), CEO (ep 14), Commissioner (ep 19), RLF Member (eps 21-22)
- Mysterious Girlfriend X - Additional Voices
- Nanaka 6/17 - Jinpachi Arashiyama
- Needless - Baku (ep17), Ishiyama, Nivvy (ep1), President (ep6), Researcher, Robert (ep7), Satoru (ep10)
- Nerima Daikon Brothers - Additional Voices
- Night Raid 1931 - Radio Program MC (ep 7), Sergei Krainev (ep 2), Shintaro Minada (ep 7)
- Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions - Jin Hanasaki (ep7), Additional Voices
- One Piece - Johnny, Mr. 11 (ep79), Additional Voices (FUNimation Dub)
- Ouran High School Host Club - Renge's Father (ep4)
- Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Corset
- Papuwa - Oshodani, Evil Cocoa Queen (ep19)
- Parasyte -the maxim- - Councilman (ep10), Old Guy (ep15), Parasite (ep12), Pervert (ep3), Vice Principal
- Peacemaker Kurogane - Keisuke Yamanami
- Phi-Brain: Puzzle of God - Crew A (ep11), Dwarves (ep9), Freecell, Funga, Manager (ep10)
- Princess Resurrection - Fishman Chief/Elder (eps 4, 16, 20), Goblin (ep 17), Lawyer (ep 24), Male Customer B (ep 10), Professor (ep 2), Seaman (ep 19)
- Princess Tutu - Clown 3 (ep 23), Kittens (ep 26)
- Project Blue Earth SOS - Kintaro Oyama, Additional Voices
- Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? - Graeae, Jack O'Lantern, Kraken, Strom (ep8), Additional Voices
- Rideback - Additional Voices
- Romeo x Juliet - Camillo
- Saint Seiya - Ushio, Additional Voices (ADV Films dub)
- Samurai Gun - Additional Voices
- Say "I love you." - Cameraman, Marshmellow
- SCHOOL-LIVE! - Additional Voices
- Sekirei: Pure Engagement - Additional Voices
- Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement - Takeda Shingen
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings - Takeda Shingen
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2 - Takeda Shingen
- Sgt. Frog - 3M (ep11), Additional Voices
- Shadow Skill - Lao (ep16), Solfan Spy (ep8), Waiter (ep8), Additional Voices
- Shin-chan - Additional Voices
- Shining Hearts - Priest, Vence (ep4), Additional Voices
- Sister Princess - Electric Shop Man (ep21), Island Resident (ep14), Islander F, Additional Voices
- Speed Grapher - Chouji Suitengu, Takeshi (ep17)
- Spice and Wolf - Assessor, Additional Voices
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross - Lynn Kaifun, Additional Voices
- Tactics - Kitahara (ep7), Koishikawa (ep14), Ryokan Hasumi, Additional Voices
- Tamako Market - Chōji Yumoto, Momotaro (eps9-10), Seagull (ep6)
- Tears to Tiara - Arthur
- The Ambition of Oda Nobuna - Kinoshita Toukichirou (ep1), Saito Yoshitatsu, Additional Voices
- The Book of Bantorra - Minth Chezain
- The Wallflower - George, Restaurateur (ep24), Additional Voices
- The World God Only Knows - Ichirō Kodama
- The World God Only Knows II - Mr. Kodama (eps 9-10)
- The World God Only Knows: Goddesses - Additional Voices
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - Fire Rescue Task Force (ep 7)
- Tokyo Majin - Fan, Ryuzan Arai, Additional Voices
- Trinity Blood - Butler (ep3), Isaak Fernando von Kämpfer, Noble B (ep18)
- Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE - Nanto
- Tsuritama - Boss, Akira's Minion, Duckmen, Additional Voices
- Utawarerumono - Niwe, Yawh
- Utawarerumono: The False Faces - Additional Voices
- Venus Versus Virus - Shadow Virus (ep1), Additional Voices
- Welcome to the N.H.K. - Additional Voices
- Wizard Barristers - Shindaiji, Additional Voices
- Xenosaga: The Animation - Jin Uzuki, Additional Voices
- Yugo the Negotiator - Yusuf Ali Mesa, Spy B
- Yumeria - Sousyu, Head of the Family
- YuYu Hakusho: Ghost Files - Onji's Doubter C (ep49) (2011 Blu-ray FUNimation dub)
Anime Shorts - Dubbing
- YuYu Hakusho: The Movie - Yasha / Garuga (2011 FUNimation dub)
Anime Specials - Dubbing
Movies - Dubbing
- 5 Centimeters Per Second - Additional Voices (2008 ADV Films Dub)
- A Tree of Palme - Sawadust, Additional Voices
- Air: The Motion Picture - Bartender Pops, Drummers, Festival Crowd, Guards, School Teacher
- Appleseed - Elder
- Blade of the Phantom Master - Arms Smuggler
- Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century - Sergei Ovchinnikov
- Clannad ~The Motion Picture~ - Store Owner, Additional Voices
- Colorful - Classmates, Principal
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly - Frieza
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection "F" - Frieza
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance - Additional Voices
- Gintama: The Movie - Amanto Captain, Attendant, Kamui, Ner, Ronin, Taizo Hasegawa, Tatsuma Sakamoto, Underling, Watchman
- Girls und Panzer der Film - Jungoro Akiyama, Chairman
- Hakuōki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky - Additional Voices
- Hetalia Axis Powers: Paint it, White! - Kappa
- Initial D: Third Stage - Miki
- Mardock Scramble: The First Compression - Welldone the Pussyhand
- Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion - Business Suit Man, Man's Voice
- Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust - Man, Additional Voices
- Sengoku Basara: The Last Party - Takeda Shingen
- Space Pirate Captain Harlock - Gaia Coalition
- Summer Wars - Additional Voices
OVA - Dubbing
- Air In Summer - Men (ep2), Mountain Villagers (ep2), Peddler Quality (ep1), Pursuers (ep1), Shoppers (ep1)
- Area 88 - Additional Voices
- Black Butler: Book of Murder - Soma Asman Kadar
- Black Butler II - Soma Asman Kadar
- Broken Blade - True
- Hakuōki: A Memory of Snow Flowers - Regimental Soldier (ep3), Additional Voices
- Halo Legends - Covenant Commander (ep8), Operator (ep8), Soldier (ep6), Voice on Radio 2 (ep4)
- Jing, King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven - Maraschino
- Nurse Witch Komugi - Additional Voices
- Sakura Diaries - Koji Akimoto (ADV Films dub)
Web Anime - Dubbing
- Hetalia: Axis Powers - Scotland, Additional Voices
- Intrigue in the Bakumatsu - Irohanihoheto - Captain (ep 6), Customer 1 (ep 15), Gengo Koga (ep 21), J. Brunet, Kenzo Tamoto (ep 24), Kyunosuke Masumitsu (eps 5, 7), Magozo Saiga, Masujiro Omura (eps 9-10), Mita (ep 18), Old Man 1 (eps 25-26), Samurai 2 (eps 2, 8), Tengu Warrior 3 (eps 5-6), Tesshu Yamaoka (ep 1), The Head of the Conqueror (eps 25-26)
- Xam'd: Lost Memories - Kayak Peddler (ep19), Kisel-ji
Trivia
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