Bill Millsap — a biography with panache
Bill Millsap is a Los Angeles–based voice actor and voice director whose calling card is equal parts performance precision and directorial diplomacy. If you’ve heard a steely anti-hero rallying the squad in a video game, a smooth strategist plotting in an anime, or a dignified sage twirling a metaphorical mustache in a fighting title, there’s a decent chance it was Millsap. Industry databases and trade outlets consistently credit him as both a leading English-language voice director and a busy character actor for anime and games.
From behind the glass to behind the mic
Millsap’s public bios describe early years steeped in film craft before doubling down on voice work. The blend shows: as a director he’s detail-obsessed, and as an actor he’s versatile without getting fussy. That combination has fueled a steady rise that now spans prestige anime features, streaming-era series, and global game franchises.
Director’s chair: features and series
Suzume (feature film)
Millsap served as the English-language voice director on Makoto Shinkai’s global hit Suzume, working with production and casting teams to deliver the acclaimed English dub. This credit is documented by industry trades and the licensor’s news arm. For one authoritative overview, see this Crunchyroll News announcement. Crunchyroll News: Suzume English dub cast (confirms Millsap as English Voice Director).
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (series)
He helmed the full English dub as “English Dub Director” on the 12-episode run of Zom 100, a pan-platform title that rolled out on Crunchyroll/Hulu/Netflix. The directorial credit appears on the show’s full credits.
Engage Kiss (series)
Millsap directed the English dub of Engage Kiss for its streaming release; the ADR Director credit is listed in Crunchyroll’s own announcement and reflected in subsequent episode posts.
Housing Complex C (miniseries)
The Adult Swim/Toonami original Housing Complex C aired in October 2022; Millsap is credited on the English dubbing side for the show in public credits, alongside official production notes about the series’ creative team and partners.
Game of Thrones: Kingsroad (game)
Moving from anime to Westeros, Millsap is credited as the Voice Over Director for the 2025 open-world game Game of Thrones: Kingsroad. The project’s listings and his own professional announcements mirror that role across platforms.
Notable voice roles (selected)
Anime
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind — Prosciutto (English dub).
- One-Punch Man (Season 2) — Gyoro-Gyoro (English dub).
- The Seven Deadly Sins — Tarmiel (English dub).
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These — Eichendorff (English dub).
Feature film
- Suzume — English-language Voice Director (as above).
Video games
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion — Angeal Hewley (English).
- Granblue Fantasy Versus / Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising — Anre/Uno (English).
- Pokémon Masters EX — Lance (English).
- Dota 2 — Monkey King (English; voice & announcer lines).
- SMITE — Multiple premium skins (e.g., “Tiger’s Fury” Achilles, Guan Yu variants).
- Unicorn Overlord — Josef (English).
- Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut — Wen Hai Lee (English).
Range and repertoire
Actors love a tidy category; Millsap prefers a spectrum. On one end are tacticians with impeccable diction—Anre in Granblue Fantasy Versus presents as measured, formal, and flint-calm. On another are operatic villains and hard-charging brawlers: Dota’s Monkey King in Millsap’s hands leans playful and imperious, with stings of arrogance that suit the simian monarch. Between these poles are soldiers, sages, conspirators, and the sort of characters who enter on page 12, steal the scene on page 13, and complicate everyone’s life by page 14.
Directing style (as inferred from the credits)
Because voice directors work largely off-mic, their technique shows up in outcomes: cohesive casts, consistent performance arcs across episodes, and dialogue that sits naturally against on-screen motion. On Suzume, Millsap orchestrated performances that tracked emotional shifts without tipping into melodrama—a necessary balance when adapting Shinkai’s meticulous rhythms into English. On Zom 100 and Engage Kiss, the job tilted toward tonal agility: keeping comedic chatter snappy while preserving the deeper stakes. On Housing Complex C, where dread hinges on silence as much as speech, the dub’s restraint is the point.
The Netflix era and weekly drops
Millsap’s recent slate intersects with the streamer-driven cadence of modern anime releases. Projects like Zom 100 (multi-platform) and ongoing Netflix-carried titles demand dubbing pipelines that are both fast and exacting—casting, table reads, timing passes, pickups, and mix—on a schedule that can feel like sprinting a marathon. His credits across those pipelines suggest a comfort with the tempo and a knack for keeping ensembles aligned even as episodes air week-to-week.
Games: systems, stakes, and staying power
In games, Millsap’s performances have range and longevity. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion put him in the iconic mentor role of Angeal Hewley—an emotionally loaded part, especially for players who grew up with the original PSP release and returned for the modern retelling. In competitive titles, his work doubles as long-tail content: Dota 2 voice packs and SMITE premium skins persist across patches and metas, which means a single session can echo in the game for years. In RPGs and action titles—from Unicorn Overlord to localized Yakuza content—he shows up as nobles, officers, and underworld fixtures with tidy menace.
Collaborative footprint
Repeat appearances with studios and distributors—Bang Zoom! Entertainment on anime dubs; Square Enix, Cygames/Arc System Works, Netmarble, and others on games—map a network built on reliability. That repeatability is a quiet endorsement: producers don’t rehire chaos.
Selected credits roll-up
- English-language Voice Director — Suzume (feature).
- English Dub Director — Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (series).
- ADR Director — Engage Kiss (series).
- English dubbing staff/director credit — Housing Complex C (miniseries).
- Voice Over Director — Game of Thrones: Kingsroad (game).
- Voice — Angeal Hewley in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion.
- Voice — Anre/Uno in Granblue Fantasy Versus / Rising.
- Voice — Lance in Pokémon Masters EX.
- Voice — Monkey King in Dota 2.
- Voice — Prosciutto in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
- Voice — Gyoro-Gyoro in One-Punch Man (Season 2).
- Voice — Tarmiel in The Seven Deadly Sins.
- Voice — Josef in Unicorn Overlord.
- Voice — Wen Hai Lee in Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut.
Why he’s booked (and re-booked)
For actors, Millsap is the “we’re safe” director—lines get finessed, performances land, and nobody spends the last hour of a session litigating consonants. For producers, he’s predictable in the best sense: on-time, on-tone, and on-brand. For audiences, he’s a familiar voice who can swing from noble to nefarious without changing microphones. And for franchises spanning years, he’s one of the dependable voices who makes a universe feel consistent—even as technology, engines, and delivery platforms evolve.
Current trajectory
Recent credits show Millsap toggling between big-ticket dubs (Suzume), buzzy seasonal shows (Zom 100), and high-visibility games (Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut). It’s a slate that suggests the next few years will bring more of the same—feature-level directs when they land, series stewardship when schedules align, and character turns that keep fandom wikis busy updating cast pages.
Legacy so far
There’s a particular kind of voice-over career that sneaks up on you: no celebrity fireworks, just craft, credits, and shows that keep finding audiences. Bill Millsap exemplifies it. If the job of adaptation is to make a work feel native to its new language, then his directorial ledger is already a small map of how to do it correctly. If the job of character acting is to enliven the corners of a world until they feel lived-in, his roles have been hanging tasteful picture frames there for years. It’s the sort of résumé that doesn’t just speak—it resonates.
