Liam O'Brien

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Liam O'Brien is an American voice actor and writer who has done voice acting for the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

History

O'Brien grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey. His mother Lois Wiltse O'Brien worked as an educator and as a quality assurance trainer and consultant. He started getting into acting in high school. After attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, he worked in theater on various productions around the country.

While working on a production of Romeo & Juliet in Cincinnati, he met Crispin Freeman, who helped him get into voice-over in cartoons and anime back in New York City.

Filmography

Anime

Naruto - Gaara
Bleach - Jūshirō Ukitake
Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon Crystal - Nephrite

Video games

Credits

Voice acting

Sonic the Hedgehog series:
- Zazz
- Infinite

External links

Liam O'Brien at Behind the Voice Actors.
Liam O'Brien at the Internet Movie Database.

Current Voice Actors

English

Aaron LaPlante - Bryce Papenbrook - Cindy Robinson - Colleen O'Shaughnessey - Dave Mitchell - Erica Lindbeck - Karen Strassman - Kate Higgins - Keith Silverstein - Kirk Thornton - Kyle Hebert - Liam O'Brien - Matthew Mercer - Michael Yurchak - Michelle Ruff - Mike Pollock - Patrick Seitz - Roger Craig Smith - Sam Riegel - Stephanie Sheh - Wally Wingert

Japanese

Chafūrin - Chie Nakamura - Daisuke Kishio - Daisuke Ono - Fumihiko Tachiki - Jōji Nakata - Jun'ichi Kanemaru - Katsuhisa Hōki - Kenji Nomura - Kenta Miyake - Kotaro Nakamura - Kōji Yusa - Mugihito - Nao Takamori - Nobutoshi Canna - Rumi Ochiai - Ryo Hirohashi - Sayaka Aoki - Taeko Kawata - Takashi Nagasako - Tomoko Sasaki - Wataru Takagi - Yōko Teppōzuka - Yūki Masuda - Yūki Tai - Yumi Tōma - Yutaka Aoyama

Sonic Lost World

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Virtual Hedgehog*
Non-playable characters		Tails \| Dr. Eggman \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Deadly Six (Zavok, Zazz, Zomom, Master Zik, Zeena, Zor) \| Yacker* \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky) \| Omochao* \| NiGHTS* \| Yoshi^
Wisps		White* \| Cyan \| Yellow \| Indigo \| Crimson* \| Magenta* \| Green* \| Black^ \| Red* \| Ivory \| Gray
Levels	Worlds	Windy Hill \| Desert Ruins \| Tropical Coast \| Frozen Factory \| Silent Forest \| Sky Road \| Lava Mountain \| Hidden World* \| Special Stage**
Levels	Misc.	Nightmare Zone* \| Yoshi's Island Zone^ \| The Legend of Zelda Zone^ \| Circus^
Enemies	Badniks	Antlion \| Antlion Mother* \| Anton* \| Aquis* \| Balkiry \| Ball Hog* \| Batbrain \| BFB \| Blowfish Transporter \| Blaster* \| Bomb* \| Burrobot* \| Buzz Bomber \| Caterkiller \| Chopper* \| Clucker \| Cluckoid* \| Coconuts* \| Crabmeat* \| Crawl \| Crawlton \| Dragonfly* \| Dung Beetle* \| Egg Pawn \| Galaga Bee* \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Gustav Turtle \| Jaws \| Laser Grabber* \| Madmole* \| Manbou* \| Manta* \| Moto Bug \| Mushmeanie* \| Nebula* \| Newtron \| Octus* \| Orbinaut (Uni Uni, Unidasu) \| Pata-Bata* \| Penguinator \| Sandworm \| Slicer \| Snale Blaster* \| Spiker* \| Spikes* \| Sprinkler* \| Spinner** \| Tarantula* \| Thunder Spinner** \| Tonber* \| Turtloids* \| Utsubo*
Enemies	Other	Baku Baku* \| Boo* \| Boom Boo* \| Cactus Ball \| Sandworm \| Sheep* \| Surprise Crocodile* \| Yeti*
Bosses		Zazz \| Zomom \| Master Zik \| Zeena \| Zor \| Zavok \| Deadly Six \| Eggrobo
Moves/ Techniques	General	Bound Jump \| Charged Dash \| Dash \| Double Jump \| Duck** \| Focused Homing Attack \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Sky Dive \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump
Moves/ Techniques	Parkour	Flying Kick* \| Somersault Kick \| Wall Climb \| Wall Jump** \| Wall Run \| Vault Dash*
Color Powers		Black Bomb* \| Crimson Eagle* \| Cyan Laser \| Gray Quake** \| Green Hover* \| Indigo Asteroid \| Ivory Lightning** \| Magenta Rhythm* \| Red Burst** \| Yellow Drill
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon* \| Bingo \| Bumper \| Cannon* \| Cloud \| Coconut* \| Conveyor Belt* \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flower Cannon \| Flywheel** \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube* \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel** \| Metal nut* \| Minecart \| Musical note \| Planetoid Spring* \| Prism \| Rainbow Ring** \| Seesaw \| Slot machine* \| Snowball \| Snowblower \| Spring \| Spring Catapult* \| Truffle Cannon* \| Underground Pipe** \| Windmill*
Objects	General	5 Ring Bonus \| Air Bubble \| Apple \| Asteroid Ring \| Billiard Ball \| Bound bell* \| Cage \| Capsule \| Case** \| Casino Token* \| Chaos Emerald \| Floating Item Box* \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Big 50 Ring, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Shield, Super Ring, Thunder Shield, Warp) \| Number Ring* \| Orb** \| Red Star Ring \| Ring
	RC Vehicles	Helicopter \| Fighter Jet \| Stealth Jet \| Hovercraft \| Balloon \| UFO \| Omochao
	Material**	Green Material \| Yellow Material \| Blue Material \| White Material \| Iron Material \| Black Material \| Red Material \| Bronze Material \| Silver Material \| Gold Material
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Kate Higgins (Tails) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Orbot, Master Zik) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot) \| Liam O'Brien (Zazz) \| Patrick Seitz (Zomom) \| Stephanie Sheh (Zeena) \| Sam Riegel (Zor)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Yutaka Aoyama (Zazz) \| Yumi Tōma (Zeena) \| Mugihito (Master Zik) \| Chafūrin (Zomom) \| Yūki Tai (Zor)
Music		Sonic Lost World Bonus Soundtrack (Special Selection) \| Sonic Lost World: Wonder World EP \| Without Boundaries: Sonic Lost World Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running* \| Bonus Point* \| Cacophonic Conch \| Egg Mobile \| Extractor \| Freeze \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Lost Hex \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Moon Mech \| Rank \| Roboticization \| Snowball Sonic* \| Sonic the Hedgehog Halloween Conic Fest 2013 \| Tails' Lab** \| Time Attack* \| Tornado \| Totem Pole \| Wisp Away* \| Wisp Gauge \| Zeti "" Wii U and PC versions only "*" Nintendo 3DS version only "^" Wii U version only.

Sonic Forces

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic) \| Classic Sonic (Classic Super Sonic) \| Avatar \| Shadow (Episode Shadow)
Other characters		Resistance (Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy), Silver, Team Dark (Shadow, Rouge, Omega)) \| Dr. Eggman \| Infinite \| Orbot \| Cubot \| Metal Sonic \| Chaos \| Zavok \| Animals (Cucky, Flicky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky)
Wisps		Blue Wisp \| Green Wisp \| Indigo Wisp \| Ivory Wisp \| Red Wisp \| Violet Wisp \| White Wisp \| Yellow Wisp
World Map regions		Chemical Plant \| City \| Death Egg \| Eggman Empire Fortress \| Green Hill \| Metropolis \| Mystic Jungle
Stages	Regular	Lost Valley \| Spaceport \| Ghost Town \| Prison Hall \| VS. Zavok \| Egg Gate \| Arsenal Pyramid \| Luminous Forest \| VS. Infinite \| Green Hill \| VS. Eggman \| Park Avenue \| Casino Forest \| Aqua Road \| Sunset Heights \| Capital City \| VS. Infinite \| Chemical Plant \| Red Gate Bridge \| Guardian Rock \| Network Terminal \| Death Egg \| Metropolitan Highway \| Null Space \| Imperial Tower \| Mortar Canyon \| VS. Infinite \| Iron Fortress \| Final Judgement \| VS. Death Egg Robot
	Episode Shadow	Enemy Territory \| Eggman's Facility \| Virtual Reality
	Secret	Fire Cannon 1 \| Vanish Panel 1 \| Bomb Block 1 \| Plasma Cannon 1 \| Laser Cannon 1 \| Reverse Block 1
	Extra	Flying Pod \| Bomb Block 2 \| Laser Cannon 2 \| Reverse Block 2 \| Vanish Panel 2 \| Fire Cannon 2 \| Plasma Cannon 2
Enemies		Aero-Chaser \| Buzz Bomber \| Chopper \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Tank \| Egg Walker \| Galaga Bee \| Moto Bug \| Missile Pod \| Nebula \| Sandworm \| Sprinkler \| Valkeen
Bosses		Death Egg Robot \| Eggman \| Egg Dragoon \| Infinite \| Metal Sonic \| Zavok
Moves/Techniques		Air Boost \| Boost \| Bottomless pit \| Crouch \| Double Boost \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Side Step/Cartwheel \| Skydiving \| Slide \| Super Sonic Boost \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Triple Boost \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Wall Jump \| Wire Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Bumper \| Conveyor Belt \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Fan \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal \| Goal Plate \| Grind Rail \| High-speed warp tube \| Hint Ring \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Laser field \| List of pinball obstacles \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Ring Shooter \| Slot machine \| Spikes \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Wide spring \| Wire Target \| Zip Line
Objects	General	Air Bubble \| Blue Block \| Blue Ring \| Capsule \| Container (Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Costume \| Item Box (Bonus Rings, Invincibility, Power Sneakers, Shield) \| Medal \| Meteorite \| Number Ring \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Silver Moon Ring \| Star Post \| Wisp Capsule
Objects	Wispons	Asteroid \| Burst \| Cube \| Drill \| Hover \| Lightning \| Void
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman) \| Liam O'Brien (Infinite) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Tails, Charmy) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles, Zavok) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow, Orbot) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Vic Mignogna (Omega) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Matthew Mercer (Espio) \| Wally Wingert (Cubot)
Japanese voice actors		Junichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Kotaro Nakamura (Eggman) \| Takashi Kondō (Infinite) \| Ryo Hirohashi (Tails) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Taiten Kusunoki (Omega) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Jōji Nakata (Zavok) \| Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot) \| Wataru Takagi (Cubot) \| Fumihiko Tachiki (Narrator)
Music	Songs	Fading World \| Fighting Onward \| Fist Bump \| Infinite \| Justice \| Moonlight Battlefield \| Nowhere to Run \| Rhythm And Balance \| Set in Motion \| Supporting Me \| The Light of Hope \| Virtual Enemies
Music	Albums	Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - A Hero Will Rise \| Sonic Forces Vocal Traxx - On The Edge \| Sonic Forces Hi-Res Collection \| Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack The Vinyl Cutz
Other		Boost Gauge \| Chaos Control \| Challenge Mission \| Daily Mission \| Death Crab \| Death Egg \| Death Egg Robot \| Death Egg Robot sentinel \| Death Queen \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Mobile \| Eggman Army \| Eggman Empire \| Eggman Fleet \| Experience \| Health Gauge \| Jackal Squad \| Mega Mack \| Miles Electric \| Operation Big Wave \| Phantom Ruby \| Phantom Ruby prototype \| Real-Time Interaction \| Replica \| Resistance HQ \| Sandworm \| Skill \| Sonic Forces digital comic (Moment of Truth, Stress Test, Looming Shadow, Rise of Infinite) \| Sonic Forces: Speed Battle \| SOS Mission \| Time Over \| War to Take Back the Planet \| Winding Tunnel \| Wisp Gauge