Barry Gjerde
Birth nameOddbjørn Egil Gjerde[1]
Birth date13 August 1951[2]
Birth placeVestnes, Norway[3]
OccupationVoice actor · translator
Years active1993–present

Barry Gjerde (born 13 August 1951)[4] is a Norwegian voice actor who has worked for many years in Japan.[5] He has mostly narrated various corporate projects and providing English voice acting for video games.

Career

Gjerde is best known for his voicing of the character Barry Burton in the original version of Resident Evil.[5] He also provided the voice of Rick in the game Clock Tower. In Mega Man X7 he provided the voice of Red, a rival Maverick hunter.[6]

Gjerde also played guitar and did vocals for a band called "Hotel No-Tell" with Ian MacDougall (vocals, guitar), Tom Gottsman (bass guitar, vocals), Jon MacKenzie (vocals, bass guitar), and John Boudreau (drums). They released an extended play in 1989.[7]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1995Soar High! IsamiBlack GoblinEnglish dub
1996Yawara! Special Zutto Kimo no Koto gaMan 2
2016Fastening DaysCruise Ship CaptainEnglish dub[8]

Video games

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1993Robo Aleste
1995Space Griffon VF-9Narrator
1996Bogey Dead 6
Resident EvilBarry BurtonVoice, uncredited[5]
Tobal No. 1Announcer
1997Clock TowerRick[8]
I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
Tobal 2Tobal No.1 Announcer
1998Legend of LegaiaMini Game[9]
Seventh Cross: Evolution
1999Countdown VampiresSheck Gardner, Randy Jones; additional voices
Crisis ZoneAdditional voices
Toy FighterHero[10]
2000Confidential MissionHoward Gibson, General; additional voices
Silpheed: The Lost Planet
2001Bloody Roar 3Announcer, Yugo Ogami[8]
2002D.N.A.: Dark Native ApostleDr. Clad[8]
2003Glass RoseRyouji Ihara, Denemon YoshinodouEnglish dub[8]
Mega Man X7RedEnglish dub[8]
Transformers TatakiScourge, Ultra Magnus, Octane, Shockwave
2004Ghost SquadAlex Havoc[8]
Time Crisis: Crisis ZoneCommander Kessler; Additional voices
2005Musashi: Samurai LegendMaster MewEnglish dub[8]
2005Shining Force NeoGrahamEnglish dub[8]
2006ElebitsNarrator
2007Ghost SquadAlex Havoc[8]
2010Deadstorm PiratesJoseph[8]
2015Implosion - Never Lose HopeDr. Raymond Millar[11]
2016NightCryVigo, Cobie[8][12]
2021Detective Conan: The Scarlet BulletNewscaster B[13]

Discography

Music

Hotel No-Tell

  • 俺は外人 [Ore Wa Gaijin] (EP, 1989; B&I Records); Vocals, Guitar (all tracks)[7]
    1. Ore Wa Gaijin (2:22)
    2. Nice People (2:17)
    3. Mind Your Own Business (2:59)

References

  1. ^ https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/557/pe00000001391432
  2. ^ https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/view/557/pe00000001391432
  3. ^ https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/557/pe00000001391432
  4. ^ https://www.digitalarkivet.no/view/557/pe00000001391432
  5. ^ "Entrevista com Barry Gjerde, dublador de Barry Burton no primeiro Resident Evil (1996)". Resident Evil Database. 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  6. ^ "Barry Gjerde | Actor, Additional Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  7. ^ "HOTEL NO-TELL / 俺は外人 [Ore Wa Gaijin]", archived 2021-12-22 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2019-11-03
  8. ^ "Barry Gjerde (visual voices guide)" (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 credits or other reliable sources of information). Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  9. ^ "Legend of Legaia (1999 Video Game) Cast" (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 credits or other reliable sources of information). Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  10. ^ Doi, Hitoshi. "Search results for "Barry Gjerde" in ALL database". Hitoshi Doi's Seiyuu Database. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  11. ^ Implosion - Never Lose Hope. Rayark International Limited. 2015.
  12. ^ "English Voice Cast Announced For NightCry ｜ Rely on Horror". Rely on Horror. 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  13. ^ Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021) - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-10-13. – via www.imdb.com.