Michael Sorich

American actor
  • Actor
  • director
  • writer
Years active1977–present

Michael John Sorich (/ˈsoʊrɪtʃ/ SOH-ritch, born March 23, 1958)[1] is an American actor, writer and director.

Biography

Sorich has been a voice actor for many different characters in the Power Rangers franchise (until the end of the Wild Force series), as well as related or similar Saban series such as Masked Rider, VR Troopers, and Big Bad Beetleborgs/Beetleborgs Metallix. Some of his roles included the voices of Squatt in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Decimator and Zelton in VR Troopers, Roboborg in Beetleborgs Metallix, and Double Face in Masked Rider. He has also had some on-screen roles, such as Woody Stocker on VR Troopers.

Sorich had voice roles in the anime series Bleach. He directed the dubs for Idaten Jump and for Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. He had also co-directed the ADR for VR Troopers with Scott Page-Pagter and Wendee Lee.

Filmography

Anime

Live action

  • Big Bad Beetleborgs - Mums (1st voice), Grenade Guy/Super Grenade Guy
  • Beetleborgs Metallix - Roboborg
  • Hollywood's Amazing Animal Actors - Narrator
  • Idaten - Avery Brundage
  • Mad Scientist Toon Club - Dr. Pi
  • Married... with Children - Fidel Castro
  • Masked Rider - Double Face, Fluffy (voice minus Doubleface uncredited)
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Squatt (as Michael J. Sorich), Terror Toad, Fang, Polluticorn, Pumpkin Rapper, Saliguana (2nd voice), Magnet Brain, Silver Horns, Pachinko Head, Double Face, Vampirus, Hate Master, Crabby Cabbie, Erik and Merrick the Barbaric Brothers (all minus Squatt are uncredited)
  • Power Rangers: Zeo - Squatt (credited, as Michael J. Sorich), Boohoo the Clown, Wrecking Ball, Tough Tusks, Cog Changer (uncredited)
  • Power Rangers: Turbo - Voltmeister, Shrinkasect (uncredited)
  • Power Rangers: In Space - Elephantitan, Crocotoxes (uncredited)
  • Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy - Teksa (2nd appearance), Hardtochoke (2nd appearance), Quakemaker (uncredited 1st time, credited 2nd time)
  • Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue - Triskull, Gatekeeper, Bird Bane
  • Power Rangers: Time Force - "Mohawked Mutant" (uncredited), Brickneck
  • Power Rangers: Wild Force - Retinax, Artilla, Camera Org, Locomotive Org
  • Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy - Auctioneer
  • Seinfeld - Fidel Castro
  • The Prince of Light: The Legend of Ramayana - Hanuman
  • VR Troopers - Woody Stocker, Decimator, Horrorbot, Tankatron, Vacbot, Zelton, Spitbot (substitute voice), Slice Swordbot Brother (first voice)
  • You Can't Hurry Love - Drug Dealer

Animation

Film

  • Bigfoot Family - Wilbur The Bear
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run - Additional Voices
  • 009 Re:Cyborg - 006/Chang Changku
  • Akira - Various
  • Appleseed - Bar Troublemaker, Elder, Soldier
  • Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire - Hiroshi Agasa[7]
  • Castle in the Sky - Additional Voices
  • Catnapped! The Movie - Additional Voices
  • Child of Kamiari Month - Ryūjin, additional voices
  • Curious George - Seen It Cab Driver
  • Digimon: The Movie - Big Agumon, Gargomon
  • Digimon Frontier Island of Lost Digimon - Neemon
  • Digimon Adventure tri. - Zudomon, Vikemon, Elecmon, Omnimon
  • Gen13 - Additional Voices
  • Lu over the Wall - Chairman
  • Mia and the Migoo - Additional Voices
  • Resident Evil: Degeneration - Senator Ron Davis
  • Rusty: A Dog's Tale - Additional voices
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Tar Monster, Cotton Candy Glob
  • Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie - Dhalsim (as Don Carey), Zangief (as William Johnson)
  • The Cockpit - Okiumi
  • The Smurfs and the Magic Flute - Papa Smurf (2nd American dub)/Hefty Smurf
  • The Son Of Bigfoot - Wilbur The Bear
  • The Swan Princess: A Fairy Tale Is Born - King William
  • The Toy Warrior - Ciao and Happy Watch
  • Unico in the Island of Magic - Melvin the Magnificat

Video games

Staff work

Script adaptation

Voice director

References

  1. ^ "The Voices of Elsword - Part 1: Director Michael Sorich". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Arte". Sound Cadence Studios. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley". Anime News Network. 2014-11-24.
  4. ^ "Rivals × for × Survival". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 3. Viz Media. April 30, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Adult Swim.
  5. ^ "Erica Mendez, Carrie Keranen Star in Kill la Kill's English Dub". Anime News Network. May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  6. ^ Dempsey, Liam (January 18, 2023). "The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Michael Sorich (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 30 December 2020. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "Binary Domain (2012 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 24 July 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ "Detective Pikachu Returns (2023 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. ^ Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo III. Scene: Closing credits, 4:10 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices.
  11. ^ Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. Scene: Closing credits, 5:23 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices.
  12. ^ "Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  13. ^ Square Enix. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. Scene: Closing credits, 1:54 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  14. ^ "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (2023 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  16. ^ Square Enix Business Division 11; Acquire. Octopath Traveler. Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 3:51 in, Additional Voices. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:18 and 0:37 in, CAST. Credited as Michael G. Sorich.
  18. ^ CyberConnect. Silent Bomber. Bandai. Scene: Ending credits, 18:51 in, English Voices.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:25 in, More Great Talent.
  20. ^ Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast.

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