Neil Kaplan

Anime voice actor Neil Kaplan is a guest at Thy Geekdom Con 2026

Neil Charles Kaplan is an American voice actor, entertainer, and comedian known for his deep, authoritative performances in anime, animation, and video games. Active since 1993, he is best recognized for roles such as Madara Uchiha, Tobi and the Masked Man in Naruto: Shippūden, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto in Bleach, Hawkmon in Digimon, General Theo Magath in Attack On Titan, Optimus Prime in Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Emperor Zarkon in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Tychus Findlay in StarCraft II and many more!

His voice was also heard for years on the classic television series "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", as well as most of the franchise's first ten seasons. Neil was featured for the entire season voicing fan-favorite villain, Diabolico on "Power Rangers: Light Speed Rescue". And on "Power Rangers: Time Force" he was Vernon Wells' loyal henchman, Gluto.