James Blight
Encyclopedia
James Blight is a Canadian voice actor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
James Blight was born in 1976 in Richmond, British Columbia
and started voice acting
in 2003 after attending Vancouver Film School
. A natural bass/baritone, his vocal repertoire includes impressions and accents in addition to the character voices he creates for his various voice over roles. James has voiced corporate videos for BC Hydro, BC Transmission Corporation, Ocean Fisheries, and Great Basin Gold to name a few. He can also be heard as a number of voices including Rodrigo Velasqez in Backstab, a recent iOS game available in the app store.
James won a radio contest in 2003 with an impression of Gollum / Smeagal from The Lord of the Rings
.
The name Blight is of Cornish
origin.
James Blight was born in 1976 in Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
and started voice acting
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
in 2003 after attending Vancouver Film School
Vancouver Film School
Vancouver Film School is a private entertainment arts school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1987, it has achieved international recognition. The Vancouver Film School has campus locations around Downtown Vancouver and comprises six buildings...
. A natural bass/baritone, his vocal repertoire includes impressions and accents in addition to the character voices he creates for his various voice over roles. James has voiced corporate videos for BC Hydro, BC Transmission Corporation, Ocean Fisheries, and Great Basin Gold to name a few. He can also be heard as a number of voices including Rodrigo Velasqez in Backstab, a recent iOS game available in the app store.
James won a radio contest in 2003 with an impression of Gollum / Smeagal from The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter...
.
The name Blight is of Cornish
Cornish people
The Cornish are a people associated with Cornwall, a county and Duchy in the south-west of the United Kingdom that is seen in some respects as distinct from England, having more in common with the other Celtic parts of the United Kingdom such as Wales, as well as with other Celtic nations in Europe...
origin.
Anime roles
- Maison IkkokuMaison Ikkokuis a Japanese seinen manga written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi and serialized in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo...
(TV) as New Dad; misc. voices - MegaMan NT WarriorMegaMan NT WarriorMega Man NT Warrior or Mega Man Battle Network, known in Japan as , is an anime and manga series based on the Mega Man Battle Network video game series...
(TV) as Technician; misc voices - Mobile Suit Gundam Seed DestinyMobile Suit Gundam SEED Destinyis an anime television series, acting as a sequel of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED by Sunrise. It retains most of the staff from Gundam SEED, including Director Mitsuo Fukuda. Set two years after the original Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the plot follows the new character Shinn Asuka, a soldier from ZAFT,...
(TV) as Bart; Eduardo; misc. voices - Tetsujin 28th (TV) as Ginji
- Hack Roots (TV) as misc. voices