Jeff Manning
# Jeff Manning

Jeff Manning, also credited as Jeffrey Manning, is an American voice actor and narrator based in Japan. He is known primarily for his work on the North American English dub of Iron Chef, as well as roles in several video games and voice-overs on numerous television commercials. He is perhaps best known as the Announcer and Master Hand in the first Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros. He previously worked for Mickey's Company, an agency based in Japan. He now works for Triple Sun Talent, another agency based in Japan.

## Bio

A native of Utah, and alumni of Brigham Young University, Manning first came to Japan as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He returned there in 1983 to work for Frontier Enterprises doing studio dubbing.

## Notable roles

### Anime

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | Cyborg 009: The Legend of the Super Galaxy | Chang Changku / 006 | English Dub |
| 1999, 2000 | Sensual Phrase | Freddie Brown, Rupert Grazer | Eps. 31, 33, 44 Original Japanese dub |
| 2001 | Case Closed | Ed McKay | Eps. 238-239 Original Japanese dub |
| 2007 | Ghost Hunt | Dr. Oliver Davis/Raymond Wall | Ep. 20 Original Japanese dub |
| 2012 | Little Charo: Tohoku-hen | Mage, Yoshio | Eps. 3, 7 English Dub |
| 2012 | Kids on the Slope | Male Customer | Ep. 4 Original Japanese dub |
| 2014 | Sword Art Online II | NPC Gunman | Ep. 4 Original Japanese dub |
| 2019 | Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire | Zhon Han Chen | Original Japanese dub |
| 2019 | Free! Road to the World - the Dream | Albert Volandel | Original Japanese dub |
| 2022 | Free! The Final Stroke | Albert Volandel | Original Japanese dub |

* Azuki-chan – Billy (original Japanese dub)
* Arashi no Yoru Ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi – Butch, Ghiro, Tap
* The Dagger of Kamui – Goldgun, Jackal
* Vengeance of the Space Pirate – Black Commander
* Free: Dive to the Future - Albert Volandel (original Japanese dub)

### Live action

* Iron Chef – Kitchen Reporter Shinichiro Ohta
* Johnson and Friends – Johnson, Alfred (Japanese dub of Australian series)
* Ultra Galaxy Fight: New Generation Heroes - Voice of Ultraman Rosso
* Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy - Voice of Ultraman Titas, Ultraman Neos and Andro Melos

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Platform |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | Ys III: Wanderers from Ys | King McGuire | TurboGrafx-CD |
| 1996 | Clock Tower | Nolan Campbell | PlayStation |
| 1997 | The Note | Toshi | PlayStation |
| 1997 | Willy Wombat | Tagdor | Sega Saturn |
| 1997 | Ray Tracers | Jalta Lang | PlayStation |
| 1998 | Soulcalibur | Announcer | Arcade / Dreamcast / iOS / Xbox 360 / Android |
| 1999 | Super Smash Bros. | Announcer, Master Hand | Nintendo 64 |
| 1999 | Countdown Vampires | Keith J. Snyder | PlayStation |
| 2000 | Chase The Express | Phillip Mason | PlayStation |
| 2000 | Shenmue | Susumu Akutagawa | Dreamcast / Windows / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One |
| 2001 | Blaster Master: Blasting Again | Kaiser, Murph, Ringage | PlayStation |
| 2002 | Virtua Fighter 4 | Lion Rafale | Arcade / PlayStation 2 |
| 2003 | Transformers Tataki | Megatron / Galvatron | PlayStation 2 |
| 2004 | Glass Rose | Matsunosuke Shimada, Jungo Ogasawara | PlayStation 2 |
| 2004 | Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean | Rodolfo | GameCube |
| 2005 | Virtua Quest | Lion Rafale | GameCube / PlayStation 2 |
| 2005 | Shining Force Neo | Max | PlayStation 2 |
| 2007 | Virtua Fighter 5 | Lion Rafale | Arcade / PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360 |
| 2007 | Mega Man ZX Advent | Bifrost | Nintendo DS |
| 2010 | Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars | Announcer | Arcade / Wii |
| 2010 | Arc Rise Fantasia | Hosea | Wii |
| 2010 | Ace Combat: Joint Assault | Additional voices | PlayStation Portable |
| 2017 | Super Bomberman R | Red Bomberman | Nintendo Switch / PlayStation 4 / Windows / Xbox One |
| 2020 | Ninjala | Announcer | Nintendo Switch |

* Air Gallet – Narration
* D1GP – Judge
* Ka 2: Let's Go Hawaii – various roles
* Shenmue II – additional voices (Xbox version)
* Unison: Rebels of Rhythm & Dance – various roles
