Eric Stuart is the voice actror who plays Brock and James in the English version of the Pokémon anime. He has a band and provides voices for other English-version anime.

Biography

Eric Stuart, the son of a criminal attorney and a modern dancer, grew up in Brooklyn. He was born October 18, 1967. He formed his first band at age 14, inspired by his music teacher. He learned to play the guitar in eighth grade, and was writing and recording songs by the tenth grade. Before graduating high school, he had recorded over 40 original songs.

After high school, Stuart worked as a production assistant and played shows in the New York City area. As his career continued, he and his band went on to open for such famous acts such as Chicago, Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jethro Tull, and Peter Frampton.

Pokémon

Eric Stuart's most famous roles on Pokémon are that of Brock and James. He is often criticized by fans for allegedly saying that he plays James as flamboyantly as possible so to make the character seem homosexual. While many fans see this as evidence of a grudge against James, Stuart admits that along with Gourry Gabriev from Slayers, James is his favorite character that he has played. However, he also says that he is most like Brock.

In addition to providing voices for the series, Stuart has worked as a voice director on the English dubs of both Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Voices on Pokémon

• Brock (EP001-present, H001, all movies except The Legend of Thunder!)
• James (EP013-present, H003, H012, all movies except The Legend of Thunder!)
• Ash's Squirtle
• Tracey's Scyther
• James's Weezing
• Jessie's Seviper
• Dexter
• Aerodactyl
• Blastoise
• Electrode
• Hitmonchan
• Hitmonlee
• Hypno
• Jolteon
• Kabuto
• Machoke
• Magnemite
• Magneton
• Marowak
• Omanyte
• Omastar
• Scizor
• Scyther
• Tentacruel
• Venomoth
• Voltorb
• Wartortle
• Weedle
• Team Magma member

Non-Pokémon roles

• Gourry Gabriev (Slayers)
• Seto Kaiba, Bastion Misawa (Yu-Gi-Oh!/Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX)
• Metaknight (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
• Dik Dik van Dik (Ultimate Muscle)
• Lucian, Grey (Valkyrie Profile)
• Ail, Toil, OX-11 (Gall Force: Eternal Story)
• Yutaka Watari (Descendants of Darkness/Yami no Matsuei)
• Black Shadow, Draq, Octoman (F-Zero GP Legend)
• Narrator (One Piece)
• Furusawa, Lupin, Tochizawa, "Number One" (Here is Greenwood (Central Park Media dub))

Solo albums

• Eric Stuart (1998)

Eric Stuart Band albums

• Curiosity (1996)
• Picture Perfect World (1997)
• Blue, Dressed in Black (2000)
• Bombshellshocked (2003)
• In The County of Kings (to be released 2006)

Musical Appearances in Pokémon

• I Keep My Home in My Heart
• Two Perfect Girls
• Takeshi's Paradise (English version)
• Double Trouble
• The Christmas Song
• Pokémon Christmas Bash
• Team Rocket Forever (English version)

External Links

• The Official Eric Stuart/Eric Stuart Band Web Site
• Eric Stuart's MySpace Music Page