Robert Belgrade

Robert Belgrade
Robert Belgrade
	Belgrade playing tabla on stage.
Other names	Robbie Belgrade
Occupations	Voice actor, musician
Years active	1991–2007, 2015–present
Notable credit(s)	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ; as Alucard ; Tekken 5; as Narrator
Website	belgrademusic.com

Robert Belgrade is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, music educator and narrator, best known as the original English dubbing voice acting for Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and as the narrator in Tekken 5 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

Education

Belgrade began his studies in Western classical music on the piano, trumpet and flute. After that he studied the saxophone and improvisation under John Handy. He also studied vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and performs in a wide range of musical genres, including R&B, jazz, Latin and Indian music.^[1]

Belgrade worked regularly as a voice actor in video games from 1994 to 2007, with notable roles being Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the Narrator in Tekken 5.

After some time away to focus on his music career and family he returned to voice over work with the role of Orlok Dracule in Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1995	Hang-On GP	System Voice
1995	Mach Breakers: Numan Athletics 2	Karl Weisemann		^[2]
1996	Star Ocean	Captain		^[2]
1997	Soul Blade	Nathaniel 'Rock' Adams, Hephaestus	English dub	^[3]
1997	Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	Alucard
1998	Tenchu: Stealth Assassins	Narrator
1999	Tekken Tag Tournament	Announcer	Uncredited
1999	Shenmue	Pedro	English dub	^[2]
2000	GunGriffon Blaze
	WinBack: Covert Operations	Mike Hawkins
	Silpheed: The Lost Planet	Narrator
	Dynasty Warriors 2	Cao Cao		^[3]
2001	Sky Odyssey	Narrator
2001	Shenmue II	Cool Z	English dub	^[2]
2003	Mega Man X7	Signas	English dub	^[2]
	Way of the Samurai 2	Goshiro Muto
	Transformers	Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Narrator
2004	Silent Hill 4: The Room	Joseph Schreiber	Uncredited	^[3]
2004	Tekken 5	Narrator
2005	Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection	Narrator
2006	Lunar Knights	Stoker	English dub	^[2]
2019	Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night	Orlok Dracule		^[2]
2020	Wallachia: Reign of Dracula	Radu cel Frumos		^[4]
2023	Lunacid	Narrator, Crilall

^ Bevan, Andy. "From Conception to Realisation" (PDF). Elder Conservatorium of Music. University of Adelaide. Retrieved June 5, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Robert Belgrade (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 8, 2017. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Narration". Belgrade Music. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ "Wallachia: Reign of Dracula". Game's Steam page.