We are talking about the mythical Troy Baker, the most important video game voice actor ever!
Born in Dallas, Texas in 1976, Baker kicked off his voice acting career by taking part in radio commercials in his hometown.
Subsequently he is called to work at the Funimation (well-known leading American entertainment company that deals with the distribution of Japanese animation), to perform the dubbing of the English adaptation of none other than Detective conan (original title Case Closed).
Since then it has practically never stopped: it has doubled milestones such as Dragon Ball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherood, Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden e One Piece.
He then moved to Los Angeles, where he began work on Marvel animated series, voicing various characters in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; to Hawk eye and Loki in Ultimate Spide Man e Avengers Assemble.
As if that weren't enough, her versatile voice is also in high demand in the gaming entertainment industry.
Career in this industry began with the series Brother in Arms, released in Italy in 2004 for Gearbox Software, in which he voiced the character Matt Baker.
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In an interview Troy Baker stated how he realized the need, as an actor, to open up to the world of gaming and that, once he entered the field, he could no longer do without it.
The two most important and iconic roles ever dubbed arrive in 2013, when he was in charge of the dubbing of Booker dewitt in BioShock Infinite and Joel, co-star in the blockbuster video game The Last of Us. For the performance of both roles, Baker was nominated for Spike Video Game Awards (VGX) of 2013, taking the victory with The Last of Us.
He then devoted himself to Sat, the eldest son of Nathan Drake su Uncharted 4: The end of a thief before, and on Uncharted: The Lost Legacy afterwards.
In 2011, Baker becomes the voice of Siris, the hero of the mobile blockbuster series from epic Games Infinity Blade and in 2014 from the voice a Talion, protagonist of Middle Earth: The Shadow of Mordor.
Thanks to performances held in The Last of Us, BioShock and on Batman: the origins of Arkham (where he interprets Joker), Troy Baker was inducted in 2013 by Entertainment Weekly in the list of the best newcomers in the gaming industry.
In 2015, our favorite voice actor almost quit Twitter due to a huge fuss following a retweet of a transphobic joke from hundreds of users. According to the reconstruction of Forbes, the tweet tried to make irony by comparing the appearance of a man to that of the famous transsexual Caitlyn Jenner.
