Michael John Sorich ( , born March 23, 1958) is an American actor, writer and director.
Biography
Sorich has been a voice actor for many different characters in the Power Rangers franchise (until the end of the ' series), as well as related or similar Saban series such as Masked Rider, VR Troopers, and Big Bad Beetleborgs/Beetleborgs Metallix. Some of his roles included the voices of Squatt in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Decimator and Zelton in VR Troopers, Roboborg in Beetleborgs Metallix, and Double Face in Masked Rider. He has also had some on-screen roles, such as Woody Stocker on VR Troopers.
Sorich had voice roles in the anime series Bleach. He directed the dubs for Idaten Jump and for Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. He had also co-directed the ADR for VR Troopers with Scott Page-Pagter and Wendee Lee.
Filmography
Anime
- Armitage III â Train Driver
- Arte â Ubertino
- Ayakashi Ayashi: Ayashi Divine Comedy â Prisoner, Tamahei
- Bakuto Sengen Daigunder â Daigunder
- Battle Athletes Victory â Ando
- Battle B-Daman â Vinnie, Additional Voices
- Baki â The Announcer
- Black Jack â Various
- Black Magic M-66 â Additional Voices
- Bleach â Don Kanonji, Tessai Tsukabishi, Giriko Kutsuzawa, Fishbone D, Unnamed Soul
- Blue Dragon â Hippopotamus
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo â Additional Voices
- ' â Daigoro Okuma
- ' â Additional Voices
- ' â Store Owner
- Coppelion â Kamata
- Cosmo Warrior Zero â Rai
- Cowboy Bebop â Giraffe
- Crimson Wolf â Additional Voices
- Cutie Honey â Various
- Cyborg 009 â Great Britain/Cyborg 007
- Daigunder â Daigu/Daigunder
- Digimon Adventure â Andromon, Zudomon, Elecmon, Evil Greymon, Tyrannomon, DarkTyrannomon
- Digimon Adventure 02 â Zudomon, Andromon, Gennai (Jose), Tyrannomon, DarkTyrannomon
- Digimon Tamers â Vikaralamon, Dobermon, Sinduramon's Possessed Owl
- Digimon Frontier â Elecmon, SkullSatamon, Neemon, Doggymon, Pandamon
- Digimon Fusion â Deputymon, Damemon, Deckerdramon, Monitamon Elder, Machinedramon
- Dinozaurs â Dragozaur Army Forces
- Dorohedoro â Vaux
- Durarara!! â Asanuma, Additional Voices
- Duel Masters â Benny Haha
- Early Reins â Boss
- El-Hazard â Mr. Masamichi Fujisawa
- éX-Driver â Yamazaki
- Eyeshield 21 â Additional Voices
- Final Fantasy Girl Rescue Me: Mave-chan â Forgetter
- ' â Ra Devil/Deatrh Gynos
- Flag â Nadi Olowakandi
- Flint the Time Detective â Lynx, Ominito, Young Babe Ruth (ep. 11)
- Galerians â Drug Dealer, Guard A, Guy in Lobby, Maniac Terrorist, Priest, Researcher A
- ' â Nanao's Classmate
- ' â Additional Voices
- Ghost Slayers Ayashi â Bodyguard, Man, Merchant, Tamahei
- ' â Bernard
- Great Pretender â Danny
- Great Teacher Onizuka â Committeeman A, Hiramatsu, Masked Man, Mizushima, Police Chief, Yakuza
- Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics â Various
- Gungrave â Norton, Widge
- Gun Sword â Nero
- Hand Maid May â Commando-Z
- Honeybee Hutch â Additional Voices
- Hunter àHunter 2011 series â Tonpa
- ' â Chester Horse
- Jin Jin â Various
- ' â Ryohei Higashikata
- Jujutsu Kaisen â Jogo
- Jungle de Ikou! â Additional Voices
- Kekkaishi â Lord Uro
- Kill la Kill â Barazo Mankanshoku
- Last Exile â Additional Voices
- Lily C.A.T. â Jimmy Hengel
- Lupin III Part II â Olivera Net
- Lupin III Part V â Camille Bardot
- Lycoris Recoil - Abe
- MÃÂR â Kaldea's Grand Elder
- Marmalade Boy â Rihito Sakuma, Sakurai
- Mars Daybreak â Doctor
- Mazikaiser SKL â Kiba
- Mirmo! â Hanzo
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn â Otto Mitas
- Mob Psycho 100 â Dimple
- Mon Colle Knights â Tanaka
- Monster â Bartender, Mr. Fortner
- Mushrambo â Darba, Robot Cop
- Naruto â Gamabunta, Choza Akimichi, Jirobo, Black Zetsu
- ' â Gamabunta, Choza Akimichi, Jirobo
- The Noozles â Additional Voices
- Outlaw Star â Mata, McCoy, Warden
- Phoenix â Additional Voices
- Planetes â Jiraiya, Tarobo, Temara
- Pluto â Inspector Tawashi
- Rave Master â Cheeks
- ' â Bessus, Zariwari
- Robotech â Sparks
- Sailor Moon â Grandpa Hino (Viz Media dub)
- Sailor Moon Crystal â Master Pharaoh 90 (Episodes 27 & 32)
- Crayon Shin-chan (Phuuz dub) â Lucky
- Shinzo â Additional Voices
- Speed Racer X â Additional Voices
- Street Fighter II V â Zangief, Mr. Masters (Animaze Dub)
- Submarine 707R â Youhei Hayami
- Super Pig â Ken Carlen
- Tenchi Muyo! â Kamidake (TV2, Movie 3, and OVA 3), Kazuhiko Amagasaki (TV2)
- Tenjho Tenge â Wutan
- ' â Giliath Osborne
- Tribe Nine â Tenshin Otori
- The Twelve Kingdoms â Itan
- Vampire Princess Miyu â Chang, Captain
- Wowser â Additional Voices
- X â Additional Voices
- Ys â Dogi
- YS-II â Dogi
- Yo-kai Watch â Whisper
- Yukikaze â Operator
- Zatch Bell! â Garza
- Zenki â Sohma Miki, Enno Ozuno
- Zetman â Detective Sayama (as Michael McKay)
Live action
- Big Bad Beetleborgs â Mums (1st voice), Grenade Guy/Super Grenade Guy
- Beetleborgs Metallix â Roboborg
- Hollywood's Amazing Animal Actors â Narrator
- Idaten â Avery Brundage
- Mad Scientist Toon Club â Dr. Pi
- Married... with Children â Fidel Castro
- Masked Rider â Double Face, Fluffy (voice minus Doubleface uncredited)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers â Squatt (as Michael J. Sorich), Pineoctopus, Terror Toad, Fang, Polluticorn, Pumpkin Rapper, Saliguana (2nd voice), Magnet Brain, Silver Horns, Pachinko Head, Double Face, Vampirus, Hate Master, Crabby Cabbie, Erik and Merrick the Barbaric Brothers (all minus Squatt are uncredited)
- ' â Squatt (credited, as Michael J. Sorich), Boohoo the Clown, Wrecking Ball, Tough Tusks, Cog Changer (uncredited)
- ' â Voltmeister, Shrinkasect (uncredited)
- ' â Elephantitan, Crocotoxes (uncredited)
- ' â Teksa (2nd appearance), Hardtochoke (2nd appearance), Quakemaker (uncredited 1st time, credited 2nd time)
- ' â Triskull, Gatekeeper, Bird Bane
- ' â "Mohawked Mutant" (uncredited), Brickneck
- ' â Retinax, Artilla, Camera Org, Locomotive Org
- ' â Auctioneer
- Seinfeld â Fidel Castro
- ' â Hanuman
- VR Troopers â Woody Stocker, Decimator, Horrorbot, Tankatron, Vacbot, Zelton, Spitbot (substitute voice), Slice Swordbot Brother (first voice)
- You Can't Hurry Love â Drug Dealer
Animation
Film
- Bigfoot Family â Wilbur The Bear
- ' â Additional Voices
- ' â 006/Chang Changku
- Akira â Various
- Appleseed â Bar Troublemaker, Elder, Soldier
- ' â Hiroshi Agasa
- Castle in the Sky â Additional Voices
- Catnapped! The Movie â Additional Voices
- Child of Kamiari Month â RyÃ
«jin, additional voices
- Curious George â Seen It Cab Driver
- ' â Miko, Big Agumon, Gargomon
- ' â Neemon
- Digimon Adventure tri. â Zudomon, Vikemon, Elecmon, Omnimon
- Digimon Adventure (standalone dub) - Big Agumon, Miko
- ' (standalone dub) - Miko
- Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution! The Golden Digimentals (standalone dub) - Gargomon
- Gen<sup>13</sup> â Additional Voices
- Lu over the Wall â Chairman
- Mia and the Migoo â Additional Voices
- ' â Senator Ron Davis
- ' â Additional voices
- ' â Tar Monster, Cotton Candy Glob
- ' â Dhalsim (as Don Carey), Zangief (as William Johnson)
- The Cockpit â Okiumi
- The Smurfs and the Magic Flute â Papa Smurf (2nd American dub)/Hefty Smurf
- The Son Of Bigfoot â Wilbur The Bear
- The Swan Princess: A Fairy Tale Is Born â King William
- The Toy Warrior â Ciao and Happy Watch
- Unico in the Island of Magic â Melvin the Magnificat
Video games
Staff work
Script adaptation
Voice director
References
External links