Rodger Parsons

Rodger Parsons (sometimes credited as Ken Gates) is an American voice actor and while he is well known for being the original and current narrator of the Pokémon TV series, he is better known in New York voice over circles as a versatile vocal character performer. He continues to enjoy a successful career as a writer and voice person and has narrated many documentaries, does extensive corporate work and has many radio and TV commercials to his credit. He teaches voice-over technique and has a home studio that allows him to send his work anywhere in the world. "Putting truth and character in voice makes the difference between just talking and creating vocal roles that seize attention and fascinate the listener."

Filmography

Feature Film and TV credits

* "Pokemon, TV Show" - Cartoon Network - Narrator
* "Word Girl, TV Show" - WNET - Announcer
* "Betrayed" - telephone caller
* "New Year's Day" - the Boss

Documentary film credits

* "Native Americans in the Civil War" - History Channel - narrator
* "The Hermitage" - 18 part series - NET - narrator
* "Water" - NET - narrator
* "Flight Deck" - Military Channel - narrator
* "Vertical Flight" - Military Channel - narrator
* "Pulitzer" - NET - character voice
* "History of Nazism" - 2 part series - writer/narrator
* "Story of Fascism" - 5 part series - writer/narrator
* "In the Deep" - writer/narrator
* "All in a Day's Work" - narrator
* "John Paul - The People's Pope" - narrator
* "Mandela" - narrator

Feature film looping credits

* "Across the Universe" - Newscaster voice
* "True Colors" - Featured voice
* "Michael" - Featured voice
* "The Score"
* "Someone to Watch Over Me"
* "Sleepless in Seattle"
* "The Bonfire of the Vanities"
* "Billy Bathgate"
* "The Holy Mountain"

Video and game credits

* "Mood Shifters" - narrator
* "Like It or Not" - narrator
* "Once on a Wink" - narrator
* "Pokemon Battle Revolution" - narrator
* "I Spy Treasure Hunt" - Scholastic - Voice of Pirate
* "Bullet Witch" - Game - Voice of Darkness

Notable voice roles

* Narrator of the "Pokémon" movies 1 - 5, 9 - 11
* Narrator of "Pokémon" (Seasons 1 - 5, 6 until and including Brave the Wave. Then resumed as narrator from that seasons 9 to 11.)
* Narrator/Announcer in the English version of Pokémon Battle Revolution.
* Odin & Brahms in ""
* Narrator in "Mewtwo Returns"
* Multiple roles - "Cubix"

External links

* [http://vodirect.com/ More information on Rodger Parsons]
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