Person file · Acting
Tōru Ōhira
Born 1929-09-24Tokyo, Japan
Toru Ohira is a longstanding Japanese actor & voice actor. He's well known for many of his Japanese dub performances, voicing characters such as Darth Vader & Boss Nass from Star Wars, Homer Simpson from The Simpsons, Fred Flintstone from the Flintstones, Pete & Julius from various Mickey Mouse works, the Joker in Batman (1989), Clark Kent/Superman in Adventures of Superman (1938), Jor-El in Superman (1978), Waternoose from Monsters, Inc., the Mayor of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the First Ancestor from Mulan. He's also appeared in many Tokusatsu works, being the narrator for multiple Super Sentei & Metal Hero series, and Chief Kurata in Spectreman.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Kingdom Hearts Re:codedPete (voice)One Piece: Strong World Episode 0Gaimon (voice)The Galaxy Railways: A Letter from the Abandoned PlanetMatthew (voice)Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime OdysseyPresident (voice)Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: Olé vs KakurangerEmperor Bacchus Wrath (voice)Chouriki Sentai Ohranger: The MovieEmperor Baccshund (voice)Lupin the Third: Napoleon's DictionaryHeka (voice)Osomatsu-kun: Iyami Alone in the WindDekapan (voice)Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu!Dekapan (voice)Osomatsu-kun: Go For It! Chibita's Oni WarDekapan (voice)Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!Narrator (voice)Space Sheriff Shaider: The MovieNarrator (voice)Spectreman versus HedronChief Shigeo KurataCyborg 009: Legend of the Super GalaxyZoa (voice)Be Forever YamatoSkulldart (voice)Denshi Sentai Denziman: The MovieNarrator (voice)Battle Fever J: The MovieNarrator (voice)Lupin the Third: The Mystery of MamoStuckey (voice)One Million-Year Trip: Bander BookKing Zobi (voice)Japanese Spiderman: Episode 0Narrator (voice)Gatchaman: The MovieDoctor Kozaburo NambuJ.A.K.Q. Dengekitai: The MovieNarratorHimitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane!Narrator (voice)Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy(voice)