Kent_Williams_(voice_actor)

Kent Williams (voice actor)

Kent Williams (voice actor)

American voice actor (born 1964)

Kent Williams is an American voice actor who works on English dubs of Japanese anime. He is known as the voice of Mercenary Tao, Dr. Gero, and Supreme Kai from the Dragon Ball franchise, Father in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the Judge from the Ace Attorney anime series, and Dr. Hatori Soma from the original Fruits Basket series, as well as its 2019 reboot.

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Personal life

Kent has a son, Adam, who voiced for Funimation under an alias as a child actor.[1]

Filmography

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