Michael Daingerfield Hall (born October 29, 1970) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, acting coach and founder of On The Mic Training, a voice acting school in Vancouver, British Columbia.
He is best known for his voice roles of Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Braeburn in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Sesshomaru in InuYasha: The Final Act and Gintoki Sakata in Gintama° and playing Gordon Godfrey on the CW's superhero drama Smallville.
Biography[]
Daingerfield grew up in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Murray State University in Kentucky on a tennis scholarship. He graduated with a degree in business and administration.
Michael Daingerfield's very first voice acting job was playing Ace Ventura on the Nickelodeon/CBS cartoon series of the same name. According to Dan Hennessey, the Voice Director for Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Daingerfield did a few of Jim Carrey's ADR lines in the second Ace Ventura movie (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls), when Carrey was unavailable to do them himself.
In 2006, Daingerfield wrote, produced and starred in, "Daingerfield", a short feature loosely based on his life.
In 2007, Daingerfield founded On the Mic Training, a Vancouver-based, voice acting school where he and many other Vancouver voice actors train students in voice-over.
In 2007, Daingerfield ranked third in Canada for Men's Singles over 35 tennis.
Filmography[]
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime[]
- Transformers: Armada (2002-2003) - Wheeljack, Highwire
- Transformers: Energon (2004-2005) - Inferno/Roadblock, Autobot A (ep. 1)
- Transformers: Cybertron (2005-2006) - Quickmix
- Nana (2006-2007) - Koichi Sato
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007-2009) - Johann Trinity, Department Manager (ep. 9), Pilot (ep. 10), Katharon Leader (eps. 26, 29)
- InuYasha: The Final Act (2009-2010) - Sesshomaru, Taichi's Father (ep. 1)
- Gintama° (2015-2016) - Gintoki Sakata, Dozaemon, Isao's Father (ep. 293)
OVAs & Specials[]
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006) - Coast Guard, Sato Suzuki
Anime Films[]
- Gintama: The Very Final (2021) - Gintoki Sakata
External Links[]
- Michael Daingerfield at the Internet Movie Database
- Michael Daingerfield on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Michael Daingerfield on Behind The Voice Actors