Lex Lang

I've been wondering, why doesn't he use his deeper "badass baritone" voice anymore like he did for some of his earlier roles? (Like Sanosuke, Kenshiro, Ginias Sahalin)

Shaun Ince
said at 9:48 PM on Sun Nov 12 2017

1 Shout Out!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang

DisneyAnimefan1995
said at 9:28 PM on Sun Nov 12 2017

1 Shout Out!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang!!

GreenGoblin75
said at 5:04 PM on Sun Nov 12 2017

1 Shout Out!

Happy Birthday Dr. Doom!!!

8000 Saiyans
said at 3:27 PM on Sun Nov 12 2017

1 Shout Out!

Happy birthday, Lex!

Floatzelgal2016
said at 3:03 PM on Sun Nov 12 2017

1 Shout Out!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang or Double L!

Autovolt
said at 7:34 AM on Sun Nov 12 2017

4 Shout Outs!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang!

My top 10 favourite roles of his are:

1.) Dr. Doom/Victor Von Doom (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
2.) Sanosuke Sagara (Rorouni Kenshin)
3.) Shun Aurora (Heat Guy J)
4.) Soichiro Kuzuki (Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works)
5.) Egor (Durarara!!)
6.) Tow-Line (Transformers: Robots In Disguise)
7.) Bunji Kugashira (Gungrave)
8.) Captain Cold (Justice League Unlimited)
9.) Metallo (The Batman)
10.) Dr. Polaris (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)

So...uhh...yeah Lex Lang as Goku in the Bang Zoom dub of Super. Not as fitting as the time he voiced Gohan in the Dragon Ball GT Final Bout Video Game in the 90's. I think the biggest issue is that Lex's voice trying to sound like Sean Schemmel ends up sounding more like Tom Scharpling's Greg Universe to me and that's honestly weird. Lex probably would've worked better as Piccolo or Vegeta or heck even just reprise Gohan. That said I hope his Goku Black is at least cool sounding when the time comes.

Also cool he got to return to the role of Goemon in Lupin the 3rd this past year.

Abdullab
said at 3:01 AM on Tue Nov 14 2017

1 Shout Out!

@Autovolt That`s a spot on comparison between Lex and Tom

tmnisaac
said at 5:53 AM on Sun Nov 12 2017

2 Shout Outs!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang!

CelestialOuroboros
said at 4:22 AM on Sun Nov 12 2017

I've heard some of his Son Goku in the BZ! English dub for Dragon Ball Super and umm... he's okay. Not entirely unfitting for the character, but the voice direction just isn't on his side, I'm afraid.

Though on a lighter note, I love that Lex got to reprise Cortex for N-Sane Trilogy (and Skylanders Imaginators beforehand). Probably his best performance as the character since Twinsanity.

Once again, Happy Birthday Lex Lang!

batcool
said at 6:55 AM on Fri Oct 6 2017

1 Shout Out!

Lex is one talented voice actor he great as Kunihiko Kimishima, Atomic Skull, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Metallo, Batman / Dick Grayson, Wargreymon, Tow-Line, Kuberness, Lerigot, Blue Dragon, Cruhteo, Egor, Kenshiro, Dr. Neo Cortex, Soichiro Kuzuki, Dr. Doom, Rick Flag, Ecliptor, and Sanosuke Sagara

Abdullab
said at 11:52 PM on Fri Jul 28 2017

1 Shout Out!

Say what u will about his goku but the fact that he will be Goku Black is my most anticapated casting in the entire bz dub, Lang knows how to play villains well from the menacing Doom to the comedic Neo Cortex.

He legitamate has a shot at beating Schemmel in a Goku role, he could do what Corlett, Kelamis, Morrow and the other Gokus couldnt beat him in a compare aginst his iconic role granted its Goku Black but still counts.

Dont get me wrong schemmel is my number 1 goku and im sure he will do a great job with Black but still, u cant deny how great Lang is at playing the bad guy and he will nail those iconic black moments for sure.

I just hope the direction will allow him to do so, all we can do is hope

GreenGoblin75
said at 1:51 PM on Sat May 13 2017

4 Shout Outs!

Lex Lang is pretty underrated and has a ton of range.

He's great as the cold, menacing Doctor Doom, the bold Kenshiro, the thuggish Captain Cold and Metallo, the villainous Dr. Polaris, the brave Han Solo, the happy-go-lucky Gohan and Goku, the hammy Dr. Neo Cortex, and the wacky Barry on Regular Show.

GreenGoblin75
said at 1:55 PM on Sat May 13 2017

1 Shout Out!

@GreenGoblin75
And I also have a lot of nostalgia for his performances as the stormtroopers in Battlefront 2.

Abdullab
said at 2:31 PM on Sat May 13 2017

2 Shout Outs!

@GreenGoblin75 speaking of goku im really anticapated for his goku black when bang zoom works on the future trunks arc, if he plays his cards right it can beat schemmel

Ghosty404
said at 1:01 PM on Wed Jan 4 2017

13 Shout Outs!

Good luck on Goku, yo.

Nightmare Crusher
said at 3:40 PM on Wed Jan 4 2017

7 Shout Outs!

@Ghosty404 To think he's one of only two English actors to have played both Goku and Gohan as their older incarnations.

Kioea
said at 3:45 PM on Wed Jan 4 2017

5 Shout Outs!

@Nightmare Crusher And funnily enough, they kind of sound alike. David and Lex, that is.

huzaifa_ahmed
said at 8:39 PM on Thu Jan 12 2017

@Nightmare Crusher This would be funny even standalone, but it is even moreso when you consider that both of these characters are played by the same person in their native language.

Diagla554
said at 9:56 PM on Sat Nov 12 2016

3 Shout Outs!

Happy birthday Dr Cortex and Adult Gohan!

HylianBelmont
said at 7:22 AM on Sat Nov 12 2016

2 Shout Outs!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang!

Marusero
said at 7:18 AM on Sat Nov 12 2016

1 Shout Out!

Happy birthday, Lex.

CelestialOuroboros
said at 3:31 AM on Sat Nov 12 2016

1 Shout Out!

Happy Birthday, Lex Lang! My favorite roles thus far from him consist of Dr. Neo Cortex, Flashy Flash, Marechiyo Omaeda, Hayate Gekko, Dr. Doom, WarGreymon, Omnimon, Jin Long, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Sanosuke Sagara, Kenshiro, Meito Anizawa, and Adult Gohan; speaking of the latter, I'd honestly like to see Lex have another crack at that character if given the chance. His Gohan was one of the highlights in what was (in hindsight) a pretty below-average dub.

Unknownsage13
said at 12:07 AM on Sat Nov 12 2016

1 Shout Out!

Happy Birthday, Lex! Digimon, .hack//, MAR and Rurouni Kenshin were all big parts of childhood.

SSJ4Godot
said at 10:52 PM on Tue Oct 11 2016

1 Shout Out!

I didn't know Sanosuke was Atomic Skull too! XD

GreenGoblin75
said at 5:30 PM on Mon Sep 12 2016

3 Shout Outs!

Happy 200 roles Dr. Doom!!!

SmartyBoyboy
said at 8:24 PM on Sat Sep 10 2016

2 Shout Outs!

Whoa, he hit the 200 mark!

Lpfan120
said at 10:44 PM on Sat Jun 18 2016

6 Shout Outs!

This guy does ADR for just about every Marvel movie nowadays. I saw his name in the credits for X-Men Apocalypse.

Lpfan120
said at 10:13 PM on Sun Jul 3 2016

4 Shout Outs!

Ok, I guess you could just say every movie nowadays, because I saw his name in the credits for Independence Day Resurgence! (Along with quite a few other recognizable names. Kirk Thornton, Karen Strassmen, John Eric Bentley, Robin Atkin Downes, Yuri Lowenthal, Sam Riegal just to name a few.)

huzaifa_ahmed
said at 4:30 PM on Thu Aug 18 2016

@Lpfan120 Well, yeah...Kirk, Karen, John, & Sam *mostly* just do ADR anyways.

Yuri also started out dubbing anime, which is (sadly) the lowest form of ADR (according to DBB).

So, it only makes sense that he'd maintain those connections, even though he's big in the game & cartoon world.

Seeing as he still occasionally dubs anime.

dcmarvelanime
said at 11:23 PM on Sun Nov 15 2015

5 Shout Outs!

My Top 10 Favorite Voices of Lex Lang!

1) Dr. Doom - Marvel Heroes
2) Dr. Neo Cortex - Crash Bandicoot
3) Zhuge Liang - Dynasty Warriors
4) MoonStone - .Hack//
5) Grim Creeper - Skylanders
6) Soichiro Kuzuki - Fate Stay Night
7) Luis Virgil - Xenosaga
8) Captain Cold - Justice League Unlimited
9) Metallo - The Batman 2004
10) Spyglass - Titanfall

DisneyAnimefan1995
said at 8:49 PM on Fri Nov 13 2015

1 Shout Out!

I know its a day late, but Happy Belated Birthday Lex Lang!!

dcmarvelanime
said at 9:59 PM on Thu Nov 12 2015

2 Shout Outs!

Happy Birthday Lex!

I'm very happy your gettin' more work in anime and video games, although I wouldn't mind hearin' you in some action cartoons like...Star Wars Rebels, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble and of course Guardians of the Galaxy the Animated Series.

Shaun Ince
said at 6:28 PM on Thu Nov 12 2015

Happy Birthday Lex Lang.

Jason-Senpai
said at 4:12 PM on Thu Nov 12 2015

Happy Birthday Luis Virgil!

Autovolt
said at 1:41 PM on Thu Nov 12 2015

5 Shout Outs!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang!

It's great to see that he's made such a huge comeback this year, not only as a voice actor but now as a voice director too.

I think my favourite role of his would have to be his Dr. Doom, he brings a certain finesse and superiority to the role, along with having some excellent robotic effects to his voice, It's a shame he's only voiced him so far in Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Marvel Heroes, I really want to see where else he can take the character too, especially getting to work on some really meatier material and do Doom's over the top speeches.

I also loved his performances as Sanosuke Sagara, Shun Aurora, Giobanni Gallo, Bunji Kugashira, WarGreymon, Bismarck Waldstein, Egor, Shu Aozaki, Captain Cold, Metallo, Rick Flag, Gold, Dr. Polaris, The Dick Grayson Batman, Young Sozin, Tow-Line and Adult Gohan.

I do think it's amusing that he went from voicing Issei Ryudo in the original Fate/Stay Night to becoming the new voice for Soichiro Kuzuki, you can literally say the student has become the teacher in this instance.

While I haven't seen any of the dubs he's directed yet, I intend on checking them out in the near future and also it's pretty awesome he's married to Sandy Fox. It's really nice to see him return, I can't wait to see what else has in store for us next.

Autovolt
said at 6:56 AM on Sat Nov 12 2016

2 Shout Outs!

His performance as Soichiro Kuzuki in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works was rather fitting if I say so myself. Lang plays up the dryness of the character perfectly which is great since Kuzuki is probably one of the most uninteresting Fate characters in the franchise IMO. I think Lex managed to add a lot to the role and he was definitely more fitting as Kuzuki than as Issei who he voiced in the original Deen Fate/Stay Night anime dub.

I also really liked him as Flashy Flash in One Punch Man's dub.

I thought casting Lex Lang as Maxie in Pokemon Generations was....interesting to say the least, I don't think I would have considered him for Maxie, personally I saw him as a voice more fitting for Archer, Lysandre or Cyrus instead that said, it was neat having him act alongside his wife Sandy Fox as Courtney.

It's pretty awesome that he's also returning as Goemon Ishikawa XIII for the upcoming Lupin the 3rd anime dub.

Happy Birthday Lex Lang!

tmnisaac
said at 1:34 PM on Thu Nov 12 2015

2 Shout Outs!

Happy Birthday Lex Lang.

Jason-Senpai
said at 11:08 PM on Sun Oct 11 2015

1 Shout Out!

I love'd his performance as Dr. Neo Cortex!

BioZero216
said at 7:24 AM on Tue Sep 15 2015

7 Shout Outs!

I'm so glad he's ficore now. He's very talented and I can't get enough of his smooth, booming voice. And he's also become a great ADR director.

Jared Delgado
said at 4:19 PM on Tue Sep 15 2015

@BioZero216 What's ficore?

BioZero216
said at 4:29 PM on Tue Sep 15 2015

2 Shout Outs!

@Jared Delgado It means he acts in both union and non-union projects. Most anime dubs are non-union.

dcmarvelanime
said at 8:36 PM on Tue Sep 15 2015

@BioZero216 Why are most anime non-union?

Domayv
said at 12:42 AM on Wed Sep 16 2015

2 Shout Outs!

@BioZero216 he has actually been ficore for a long time, since he appeared in union productions like Robots in Disguise 2001 and nonunion works like Tenjho Tenge and Mahoromatic both of which were in the early-mid 2000s. its just that he hasn't been seen in dubs for a while after Geneon closed until the mid 2010s.

Domayv
said at 12:51 AM on Wed Sep 16 2015

3 Shout Outs!

@dcmarvelanime largely because of all the stuff like paperwork to be signed in order to use the union only VAs, which is rather a big hassle for the anime companies (its not actually the cost since the cost difference between union and nonunion dubs in LA are too small to matter. Texas, on the other hand has become the anime dubbing place since its cheaper than LA due to the reduced union influence plus thats where Funi and Sentai are at but it doesnt have any other voiceover opportunities (i.e prelay animation and non-ADR video games) (which is a problem due to how low anime dubs pay) outside of anime save for the Gearbox Software and Twisted Pixel games)

BioZero216
said at 4:26 AM on Wed Sep 16 2015

@Domayv Ah.

BioZero216
said at 5:50 AM on Wed Sep 16 2015

1 Shout Out!

@dcmarvelanime That I don't know. I'm guessing because the dubbing companies don't have enough money for it.

BioZero216
said at 5:51 AM on Wed Sep 16 2015

@BioZero216 Oh, actually, it's what Domayv said. A lot of paperwork.

DisneyAnimefan1995
said at 10:23 AM on Thu Jan 7 2016

2 Shout Outs!

@Domayv I think another reason why he wasn't in so many anime dubs from 2009-14, is that beside Geneon and Bandai closing it's doors in the USA, Lex and his wife, Sandy Fox also have been working as humanitarians through their non-profit organization "Love Planet Foundation". Even though they've been doing this since 1998.

dcmarvelanime
said at 12:57 AM on Mon Jul 6 2015

2 Shout Outs!

"Soichiro Kuzuki!"

dcmarvelanime
said at 9:02 AM on Sun Jun 14 2015

2 Shout Outs!

He's directing Aldnoah.Zero, and the casts looks FANTASTIC.

Archerboy58
said at 2:56 PM on Wed Jun 10 2015

3 Shout Outs!

He was in Avengers Age of Ultron. He was the Slovakian solider who said not so much after Iron Man said nice chat boys

TylerMirage (Admin)
said at 9:27 AM on Sat Dec 5 2015

2 Shout Outs!

@Archerboy58 Actually, according to Whedon on the commentary, that line/actor was Jeff Ford, one of the editors of the film.

dcmarvelanime
said at 11:36 AM on Sat Dec 5 2015

@TylerMirage Oh.

Archerboy58
said at 4:25 PM on Sat Dec 5 2015

@TylerMirage oh, Then I wonder why Lex claims to be the one?

TylerMirage (Admin)
said at 5:18 PM on Sat Dec 5 2015

@Archerboy58 What's the source on him claiming that he was the one?

Perhaps he did do some ADR in that scene, but was replaced? The ADR was ADR'd. :D

Nightmare Crusher
said at 5:39 PM on Sat Dec 5 2015

3 Shout Outs!

@TylerMirage https://twitter.com/lexlang/status/595080419692843008

I wonder what's going on. If Jeff Ford is an editor he probably wasn't the physical actor. I haven't seen that part since the movie was new, but I would probably er on it being Lex's voice in the final movie.

dcmarvelanime
said at 10:40 PM on Wed May 27 2015

He ROCKS as TORVALD on EVOLVE!!!

SSJ4Godot
said at 9:08 PM on Tue May 26 2015

2 Shout Outs!

He was the best Sanosuke!

Ross123
said at 10:00 AM on Thu Nov 13 2014

Happy late birthday Lex.

Nightmare Crusher
said at 6:03 PM on Wed Nov 12 2014

6 Shout Outs!

I think he'd make a really good Tony Stark. Heck, he was RDJ's voice double for the Iron Man movies.

TempestBlade
said at 5:49 PM on Wed Nov 12 2014

Happy birthday Lex.

BlankSlate
said at 8:29 AM on Sat Oct 25 2014

I've only heard his Kenshiro.

Ross123
said at 2:48 PM on Sat Nov 2 2013

I really need to see more of his stuff as I've only heard him as Cortex, Han Solo, Batman & Dr. Doom. I must say he is really good.

Legacyman
said at 4:27 PM on Thu Sep 5 2013

1 Shout Out!

I favor Lex Lang's voice for Wargreymon. He makes Wargreymon sound like a real warrior.

kisa tiger
said at 9:39 PM on Wed Jul 22 2015

@Legacyman that's the only thing i know he did. I'm going to meet him this weekend at otakon

CLG
said at 12:44 PM on Mon May 27 2013

3 Shout Outs!

I met him yesterday at Comic-Con, and he is a really nice guy. He gave me his signatue, and he seemed like he could "strech" his voice.

BlankSlate
said at 8:29 AM on Sat Oct 25 2014

@CLG Tell me about it.

CLG
said at 4:47 PM on Sat Oct 25 2014

@BlankSlate I know, right!

netmonster
said at 1:33 PM on Sun Aug 26 2012

I'm so surprised not to see Lex's work on Kenshin here. He even sang the theme. Some of his best work.

NCZ (Admin)
said at 7:19 PM on Sun Aug 26 2012

@netmonster His credits for Rurouni Kenshin ARE on the page.

Sanosuke Sagara
		21.7% (20 votes)
Dr. Doom
		19.6% (18 votes)
Dr. Neo Cortex
		17.4% (16 votes)
Zhuge Liang
		7.6% (7 votes)
Goemon Ishikawa XIII
		4.3% (4 votes)
WarGreymon
		3.3% (3 votes)
Kenshiro
		3.3% (3 votes)
Marechiyo Omaeda
		2.2% (2 votes)
Blue Dragon
		2.2% (2 votes)
Ecliptor
		2.2% (2 votes)
Magoichi Saika
		2.2% (2 votes)
Meito Anizawa
		2.2% (2 votes)
Bismarck Waldstein
		2.2% (2 votes)
Hayate Gekko
		1.1% (1 vote)
Zen-Aku
		1.1% (1 vote)
Metallo
		1.1% (1 vote)
Bunji Kugashira
		1.1% (1 vote)
Ryousuke Takahashi
		1.1% (1 vote)
Krim
		1.1% (1 vote)
Justimon
		1.1% (1 vote)
Tow-Line
		1.1% (1 vote)
Soichiro Kuzuki
		1.1% (1 vote)

Trending on BTVA

Lex Lang Voices

SHOWS

Lupin the 3rd: Part IV (2017)

Dragon Ball Super (2017)

One Punch Man (2016)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2016)

Lego Star Wars: The Resistance Rises (2016)

Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2015)

Aldnoah.Zero (2015)

Durarara!! x2 (2015)

Doraemon (2005) (2014)

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)

Regular Show (2010)

Naruto: Shippuden (2009)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008)

Lucky Star (2008)

Blue Dragon: Trial of the Seven Shadows (2008)

Blue Dragon (2008)

Digimon Data Squad (2007)

MAR (2007)

Fate/stay night (2006)

Legion of Superheroes (2006)

Bleach (2006)

Curious George (2006)

Destiny of the Shrine Maiden (2006)

Karas (2006)

IGPX (Immortal Grand Prix) (2006)

Initial D: Extra Stage (2005)

Mars Daybreak (2005)

Naruto (2005)

Planetes (2005)

Tenjho Tenge (2005)

Scrapped Princess (2005)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

Initial D: Second Stage (2005)

Samurai Champloo (2005)

Stellvia (2004)

The Batman (2004)

Justice League Unlimited (2004)

Fighting Spirit (2004)

Gungrave (2004)

Witch Hunter Robin (2003)

Initial D: First Stage (2003)

Rugrats: All Grown Up! (2003)

Heat Guy J (2003)

The Twelve Kingdoms (2003)

s-CRY-ed (2003)

.hack//SIGN (2003)

Daigunder (2002)

Power Rangers Wild Force (2002)

Ys I: Ancient Books of Ys (2002)

Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2001)

Digimon Tamers (2001)

Magic Knight Rayearth (2001)

Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team (2001)

Digimon Adventure 02 (2000)

Hand Maid May (2000)

Jungle De Ikou (2000)

Ninja Cadets (2000)

Flint the Time Detective (2000)

Gestalt (2000)

Rurouni Kenshin (2000)

Digimon Adventure (1999)

Fist of the North Star (1999)

Power Rangers in Space (1998)

Power Rangers Turbo (1997)

Street Fighter II V (1997)

Big Bad Beetleborgs (1996)

Power Rangers Zeo (1996)

Lupin the 3rd: Part II (1993)

MOVIES

Lupin the 3rd: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (TBA)

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower (2018)

Hedgehogs (2017)

The Star (2017)

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)

Bling (2016)