Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 13, 1969
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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JB Blanc
Biography
JB was born in Paris, France to an English mother and a French father. He moved with his mother to Yorkshire, England at the age of four, where he was raised and attended school, eventually graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990.
He worked extensively in theater in Britain for over 15 years, including a three-year stint at London's Royal National Theater. His theater work encompassed everything from avant-garde physical theater companies to world tours of Shakespeare plays and classical Greek theater.
His film career was essentially launched by his highly acclaimed role as Luigi Vampa in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, and following that success, he moved to Los Angeles where he now lives. Film and TV roles soon followed and he has worked on well over 30 TV shows in the US, including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Barry, Shameless, NCIS: LA, Burn Notice, The Unit, Prison Break, CSI: NY, Nikita, NYPD Blue and others, and many films, including his recent role as Bashkim in 2017's War Dogs.
JB is also a highly accomplished voice actor and director with projects in film, animation, video games, anime, and commercials. His animation work includes All Hail King Julien, Dragons: Race To The Edge, Scooby Doo, Trip Tank, Turbo Fast, Pickle and Peanut, Regular Show, Penn Zero, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers Assemble. He has over 170 video game credits, totaling over 400 characters, including Rost in Horizon Zero Dawn, The Admin in Minecraft Story Mode, Bane in Telltale Batman, Arkham Origins and others, many projects for Blizzard Entertainment and the Uncharted franchise. He has been the voice director on various video games: Fortnite, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, Lego Batman 3, Lego Dimensions, XCOM 2, Mafia III, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone, Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Joes | Joe |
| 2021 | Northstar | Kuben Blisk |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | Agency Employee #2 / Marcy's Agent #3 (voice) |
| 2017 | Justice League Dark | Abnegazar (voice) |
| 2017 | The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania | Usher Robot (voice) |
| 2016 | War Dogs | Bashkim |
| 2016 | LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood | Atticus Fink / Director (voice) |
| 2015 | Flowers in December | Eddie |
| 2015 | Bastards y Diablos | Gabriel Roja (Voice) |
| 2012 | AniMen: The Galactic Battle | Captain Hered |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Black Panther | Batroc the Leaper |
| 2010 | Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud | Voice Actor |
| 2009 | Moonlight Serenade | Paul Holtzman |
| 2008 | Life by Design | Narrator |
| 2008 | Resident Evil: Degeneration | Various (voice) |
| 2008 | The Incredible Hulk | The Hulk/Abomination (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Clerk |
| 2006 | Tristan & Isolde | Leon |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Hotel Porter |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Luigi Vampa |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Police Captain (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives | Sa'al the Demon (voice) |
| 2022 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Nigel (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Terrorblade / Pit Boss (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Terrorblade (voice) |
| 2021 | Arcane | Vander (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Terrorblade / Urlo (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Jarl (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Terrorblade / Jarl (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Urlo / Flugg (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Terrorblade / D.M.O. Soldier (voice) |
| 2021 | DOTA: Dragon's Blood | Terrorblade / Flugg / Driver / Priest (voice) |
| 2021 | Arcane | Bolbok / Vander (voice) |
| 2021 | Arcane | Bolbok (voice) |
| 2021 | Arcane | Vander / Warwick (voice) |
| 2021 | Arcane | Warwick (voice) |
| 2020 | The Owl House | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2020 | The Owl House | Abomination Teacher (voice) |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Supervisor / British Man (voice) |
| 2019 | Vernon and Gus | Piérre / French Man (voice) |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Jeoffry (voice) |
| 2018 | Minecraft: Story Mode | The Admin (voice) |
| 2018 | Little Big Awesome | Derby / Guy With Slide Projector Hat (voice) |
| 2018 | Little Big Awesome | Derby / Red Pen (voice) |
| 2018 | Little Big Awesome | Red Pen / Cauliflower (voice) |
| 2018 | Barry | Batir |
| 2018 | Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny | Blue Dragon (voice) |
| 2018 | Barry | Batir (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Mountain Lemur Captain (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Hans Jr. / Jarsh-Jarsh (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Benson (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Jarsh-Jarsh (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Jarsh-Jarsh / Tentacle Beast (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Caesar / Darryl / Jarsh-Jarsh (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Caesar / Jarsh-Jarsh / Announcer (voice) |
| 2017 | All Hail King Julien: Exiled | Jarsh-Jarsh / Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice) |
| 2015 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Ryker (voice) |
| 2015 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Jarg (voice) |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Dr. Barry Goodman |
| 2015 | Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Vic / Colander (voice) |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice) |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | Mountain Lemur Captain (voice) |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | Jarsh-Jarsh (voice) |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | Giant Mango / Mango (voice) |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | Helicopter Voice (voice) |
| 2014 | All Hail King Julien | Rat Bartender (voice) |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Captain of the Guard (voice) |
| 2014 | TripTank | Poseidon (voice) |
| 2013 | Beware the Batman | Alfred Pennyworth (voice) |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Mahdi |
| 2013 | Marvel's Avengers | Mangog (voice) |
| 2013 | Peter Rabbit | Tommy Brock / Mr Bouncer (voice) |
| 2010 | Nikita | Timur Ahmedov |
| 2010 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Dirk Garthwaite / Wrecker / Heimdall / Ymir - Frost Giant #1 (voice) |
| 2010 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Heimdall (voice) |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Anzor Daudov |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Dr. Barry Goodman |
| 2008 | Raising the Bar | Johan Sharifi |
| 2007 | The Company | Manuel Piniero |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Ivan |
| 2007 | Revisioned: Tomb Raider | |
| 2005 | Prison Break | Jerry Curtin |