Robert Belgrade


Robert Belgrade is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, music educator and narrator, best known as the original English dubbing voice acting for Alucard in and as the announcer in several entries of the Tekken series. He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. After initial studies on piano, trumpet and flute, he focused on saxophone and bass clarinet, studying with clarinetist Don O'Brian and saxophonist John Handy. He continued his musical studies at the Ali Akbar College of Music, studying vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Zakir Hussain, Alla Rakha and Swapan Chaudhuri. Other teachers include Vince Delgado, Marcos Suzano, Panga and David Merrill. He has shared the stage with such diverse musicians as Kenny Burrell and Enrique Iglesias.

Education

Belgrade began his studies in Western classical music on the piano, trumpet and flute. After that he studied the saxophone and improvisation under John Handy. He also studied vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and performs in a wide range of musical genres, including R&B, jazz, Latin and Indian music.

Voice acting

Belgrade worked regularly as a voice actor in video games from 1994 to 2007, with notable roles being Alucard in ' and Signas in Mega Man X7.
After some time away to focus on his music career and family he returned to voice over work with the role of Orlok Dracule in Koji Igarashi's ', as well as returning to the role of Alucard in the fan-made game Castlevania: The Lecarde Chronicles.

Filmography

Television animation