Tōru Ōhira
Acting
Toru Ohira is a longstanding Japanese actor & voice actor. He's well known for many of his Japanese dub performances, voicing characters such as Darth Vader & Boss Nass from Star Wars, Homer Simpson from The Simpsons, Fred Flintstone from the Flintstones, Pete & Julius from various Mickey Mouse works, the Joker in Batman (1989), Clark Kent/Superman in Adventures of Superman (1938), Jor-El in Superman (1978), Waternoose from Monsters, Inc., the Mayor of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the First Ancestor from Mulan. He's also appeared in many Tokusatsu works, being the narrator for multiple Super Sentei & Metal Hero series, and Chief Kurata in Spectreman.
Known for
2014Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Pete (voice)
2010One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Gaimon (voice)
2006The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned Planet
Matthew (voice)
2004Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
President (voice)
1996Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs Kakuranger
Emperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)
1995Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: The Movie
Emperor Baccshund (voice)
1991Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary
Heka (voice)
1990Osomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the Wind
Dekapan (voice)
1989Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!
Dekapan (voice)
1988Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni War
Dekapan (voice)
1984Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
Narrator (voice)
1984Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
Narrator (voice)
1984Spectreman versus Hedron
Chief Shigeo Kurata
1980Denshi Sentai Denziman: The Movie
Narrator (voice)
1980Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy
Zoa (voice)
1980Be Forever Yamato
Skulldart (voice)
1979Battle Fever J: The Movie
Narrator (voice)
1978Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0
Narrator (voice)
1978One Million-Year Trip: Bander Book
King Zobi (voice)
1978Gatchaman: The Movie
Doctor Kozaburo Nambu
1978Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
Stuckey (voice)
1977J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai: The Movie
Narrator
1976Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!
Narrator (voice)
1974Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
(voice)