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JB Blanc

Acting Born Feb 13, 1969 Paris, France 24 credits

Biography

Jean-Benoît "JB" Blanc was born in Paris, France to an English mother and a French father. He moved with his mother to Yorkshire, England at the age of four, where he was raised and attended school, eventually graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990.

He worked extensively in theater in Britain for over 15 years, including a three-year stint at London's Royal National Theater. His theater work encompassed everything from avant-garde physical theater companies to world tours of Shakespeare plays and classical Greek theater.

His film career was essentially launched by his highly acclaimed role as Luigi Vampa in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, and following that success, he moved to Los Angeles where he now lives. Film and TV roles soon followed and he has worked on well over 30 TV shows in the US, including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Barry, Shameless, NCIS: LA, Burn Notice, The Unit, Prison Break, CSI: NY, Nikita, NYPD Blue and others, and many films, including his recent role as Bashkim in 2017's War Dogs.

JB is also a highly accomplished voice actor and director with projects in film, animation, video games, anime, and commercials. His animation work includes All Hail King Julien, Dragons: Race To The Edge, Scooby Doo, Trip Tank, Turbo Fast, Pickle and Peanut, Regular Show, Penn Zero, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers Assemble. He has over 170 video game credits, totaling over 400 characters, including Rost in Horizon Zero Dawn, The Admin in Minecraft Story Mode, Bane in Telltale Batman, Arkham Origins and others, many projects for Blizzard Entertainment and the Uncharted franchise. He has been the voice director on various video games: Fortnite, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, Lego Batman 3, Lego Dimensions, XCOM 2, Mafia III, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone, Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm.

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Known for

Film

Mirror

as Dr. Barry Goodman

Better Call Saul

as Dr. Barry Goodman

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Anzor Daudov

Arcane

as Vander (voice)

Arcane

as Bolbok / Vander (voice)

Arcane

as Bolbok (voice)

Arcane

as Vander / Warwick (voice)

Arcane

as Warwick (voice)

The Owl House

as Additional Voices (voice)

The Owl House

as Abomination Teacher (voice)
Film

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

as Clerk

Dragons: Race to the Edge

as Ryker (voice)

Full filmography

  • Breaking Bad (2008) as Dr. Barry Goodman
  • Prison Break (2005) as Jerry Curtin
  • Better Call Saul (2015) as Dr. Barry Goodman
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Anzor Daudov
  • Arcane (2021) as Vander (voice)
  • Arcane (2021) as Bolbok / Vander (voice)
  • Arcane (2021) as Bolbok (voice)
  • Arcane (2021) as Vander / Warwick (voice)
  • Arcane (2021) as Warwick (voice)
  • Burn Notice (2007) as Ivan
  • Love, Death & Robots (2019) as Supervisor / British Man (voice)
  • Love, Death & Robots (2019) as Jeoffry (voice)
  • The Unit (2006) as Dr. Leon Rocha
  • The Owl House (2020) as Additional Voices (voice)
  • The Owl House (2020) as Abomination Teacher (voice)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Clerk
  • Masters of Sex (2013) as Mahdi
  • Dragons: Race to the Edge (2015) as Ryker (voice)
  • Dragons: Race to the Edge (2015) as Jarg (voice)
  • Nikita (2010) as Timur Ahmedov
  • Barry (2018) as Batir
  • Barry (2018) as Batir (voice)
  • Marvel's Avengers (2013) as Mangog (voice)
  • All Hail King Julien (2014) as Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice)