JB Blanc
Born: 1969-02-13 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Mighty Nein as Ruzimir (voice)
- The Sisters Grimm as Canis / Seven / Giant (voice)
- The Comic Shop
2024
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft as Kane (voice)
- Dead Boy Detectives as Sa'al the Demon (voice)
2022
- Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight as Nigel (voice)
2021
- Arcane as Vander (voice)
- DOTA: Dragon's Blood as Terrorblade (voice)
- The Joes as Joe
- Northstar as Kuben Blisk
- Apex Legends Stories from the Outlands "Northstar" as Kuben Blisk (voice)
- Apex Legends Stories from the Outlands "Ashes to Ash" as Kuben Blisk (voice)
2020
- The Owl House as Additional Voices (voice)
- Apex Legends Stories from the Outlands "The Endorsement" as Kuben Blisk (voice)
2019
- Love, Death & Robots as Supervisor / British Man (voice)
- Apex Legends as Caustic (voice)
- Spies in Disguise as Agency Employee #2 / Marcy's Agent #3 (voice)
- Vernon and Gus as Piérre / French Man (voice)
2018
- Barry as Batir
- Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny as Blue Dragon (voice)
- Minecraft: Story Mode as The Admin (voice)
- Little Big Awesome as Derby / Red Pen (voice)
2017
- All Hail King Julien: Exiled as Mountain Lemur Captain (voice)
- Justice League Dark as Abnegazar (voice)
- The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania as Usher Robot (voice)
2016
- War Dogs as Bashkim
- LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood as Atticus Fink / Director (voice)
2015
- Better Call Saul as Dr. Barry Goodman
- Dragons: Race to the Edge as Ryker (voice)
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! as Vic / Colander (voice)
- Bastards y Diablos as Gabriel Roja (Voice)
- Flowers in December as Eddie
2014
- All Hail King Julien as Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice)
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Captain of the Guard (voice)
- TripTank as Poseidon (voice)
2013
- Masters of Sex as Mahdi
- Marvel's Avengers as Mangog (voice)
- Peter Rabbit as Tommy Brock / Mr Bouncer (voice)
- Beware the Batman as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2012
- Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man as Titus / Chitauri #2 (voice)
- Red Dawn as Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- AniMen: The Galactic Battle as Captain Hered
2011
- Too Big to Fail as Alistair Darling (uncredited)
- Sugartown ... (Dialogue Coach)
2010
- Nikita as Timur Ahmedov
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes as Heimdall (voice)
- Black Panther as Batroc the Leaper
- Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud as Voice Actor
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Anzor Daudov
- Henry John and the Little Bug ... (Dialogue Coach)
- Moonlight Serenade as Paul Holtzman
2008
- Breaking Bad as Dr. Barry Goodman
- The Incredible Hulk as The Hulk/Abomination (voice) (uncredited)
- Raising the Bar as Johan Sharifi
- Resident Evil: Degeneration as Various (voice)
- Life by Design as Narrator
2007
- Burn Notice as Ivan
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Clerk
- The Company as Manuel Piniero
- Revisioned: Tomb Raider
2006
- The Unit as Dr. Leon Rocha
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Hotel Porter
- Tristan & Isolde as Leon
2005
- Prison Break as Jerry Curtin
2002
- The Count of Monte Cristo as Luigi Vampa
2000
- 102 Dalmatians as Police Captain (uncredited)
1998
- Vanity Fair as Hussar