Dan Green’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

James Hadley Snyder, known professionally as Dan Green, is an American voice actor, voice director and script adapter, who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, and Central Park Media. He is best known as the voice of Yugi Muto from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Trudge from Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, and Knuckles the Echidna from Sonic X and Sonic the Hedgehog video games from 2005 to 2010. Green has worked on script adaptations of Kurokami: The Animation and Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. He also teaches voice-over at Edge Studio in New York.

Early life

Green attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Personal life

In 2008, he married Michal Lura Friedman, a singer and fellow voice actress who used the name Michal the Girl. On November 25, 2011, she died from complications after a C section. The twins she carried were delivered successfully, and fans initiated charity efforts to provide for the children, a son named Jackson James Snyder and a daughter named Reverie Vivian Snyder.

Dubbing roles

Animation English dubbing

• Pokémon – Professor Birch, Norman, Treecko, Lombre and Additional Voices
• Kirby: Right Back at Ya! – NME Salesman, Whispy Woods, Sir Arthur, Princess Rona’s father
• Descendants of Darkness – Asato Tsuzuki
• The Legend of Snow White – Prince Richard (episodes 17-52)
• Revolutionary Girl Utena – Soji Mikage
• Shaman King – Silva, Lee Pai-Long, Zen, Ramiro, Savage Dan
• Sonic X – Knuckles the Echidna
• Stepsister (2002) – Kyosuke
• Ultimate Muscle – Robin Mask, Buffaloman, Hydrozoa
• The King of Braves GaoGaiGar – Koutaro Taiga
• One Piece – Johnny, Nezumi, Monkey D. Dragon and Mr. 4 (4Kids dub)
• Dinosaur King – Jonathan
• Yu-Gi-Oh! – Yugi Moto/Yami Yugi
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX – Yugi Moto, Beauregard, Guardian of the Labyrinth
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s – Tetsu Trudge, Guard Robot
• Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL – Tombo Tillbitty
• Incredible Crash Dummies (4Kids dub) – Crash
• Winx Club (4Kids dub) – Sky

Films dubbing

Live-action dubbing

• Beautiful Hunter – Man 7
• The Bondage Master – Shiro
• Cutie Honey – Black Claw
• Close Your Eyes and Hold Me – Amane
• Exte: Hair Extensions – Kiyomi’s Boyfriend
• The Machine Girl – Yusuke
• Magic in the Water – Radar
• Naughty Guide to Tokyo Nightlife – Tsuruta
• Scorpion’s Revenge – Jimmy Yoshioka
• Ultraman Tiga – Daigo Madoka
• Zero Woman: The Accused – Detective

Video games

• One Piece: Grand Adventure – Shura
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale – Professor
• Shaman King video games – Silva, Lee Pai-Long
  • Shaman King: Power of Spirit – Ashcroft, Homunculus, Mysterious Mask
  • Shaman King: Master of Spirits – Store Clerk
  • Shaman King: Master of Spirits 2 – Store Clerk
• Sonic the Hedgehog (series) – Knuckles the Echidna (2005–10, except for Unleashed where he was originally going to be along with Shadow)
  • Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Sonic Riders – Storm the Albatross
  • Sonic ’06 – Mephiles the Dark
  • Sonic Rivals
  • Sonic and the Secret Rings – Sinbad the Sailor
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games – Vector the Crocodile
  • Sonic Rivals 2 – Vector the Crocodile
  • Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity – Storm the Albatross
  • Sonic Unleashed – Professor Pickle, Ice Cream Man
  • Sonic and the Black Knight – Sir Gawain
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games – Vector the Crocodile
  • Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games – Mortu, Commander Mozar (uncredited)
  • Battle Nexus
  • Mutant Nightmare
• The Bureau: XCOM Declassified – Dr. Scott, Major Nigrosh
• Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation – Robin Mask, Buffaloman, Warsman
• Yu-Gi-Oh! video games – Yami Yugi
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler – Yugi Muto
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters Coliseum – Yugi Muto
  • Duel Terminals – Trudge
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links – Yugi Muto, Officer Tetsu Trudge
  • Power of Chaos: Yugi the Destiny
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction – Yugi Muto

Production credits

Dubbing director

• Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
• Iron Man: Extremis
• Jungle Emperor Leo (co-directed with Michael Sinterniklaas)
• Knight Hunters Eternity
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (co-directed with Michael Sinterniklaas and Marc Diraison)
• Phoenix
• Samurai Deeper Kyo
• Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos
• The Gokusen

Script adaptation

• Domain of Murder
• Knight Hunters Eternity
• Kurokami: The Animation (co-written with Marc Diraison)
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (co-written with Michael Sinterniklaas and Stephanie Sheh)
• Phoenix
• Queen’s Blade
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Seven of Seven
• Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos

Miscellaneous crew

• G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 (co-executive producer)
• Iron Man: Extremis (casting director, audio producer)