JB Blanc

Jean-Benoît "JB" Blanc is a French actor who has worked on animations and video games in Los Angeles,[1] coming from a drama education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art[2] and with an extensive background in British theatre.[3] He is most recognised for his recurring role on Breaking Bad and its spinoff, Better Call Saul as Gus Fring's Mexican cartel doctor, nicknamed unofficially "Dr. Barry Goodman",[4][5][a] as well as for lending his voice to Caustic in the long-running video game franchise, Apex Legends[6] and Vander/Warwick[7] in the highly-acclaimed Netflix animated series, Arcane where both the production team and cast have garnered positive attention.[8][9][b]

He made his voice directing debut on the English dub for L/R: Licensed by Royalty[10] as well as provided the voice of Rowe Rickenbacker[11] where he won a Performance of the Year Award by the Anime Dub Recognition Awards in 2004.[12] The same year, he took over the role of Joe Carpenter from Crispin Freeman[13] in the television series sequel to the OVA, R.O.D the TV,[14][15] for which he was awarded a second Anime Dub Recognition Award (in this case, for Actor of the Month).[16] He has interpreted the character of Enrico Maxwell in both Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate,[15] and has received recognition for his incarnation of Rubeus Hagrid in numerous Harry Potter video game adaptations. In 2023, he was awarded a Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Video Game Character by the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences for his work in Harry Potter: Magic Awakened.[17] Blanc is also a voice director in video games and directs both live action performance capture[18][19] and voiceover.