John David Brimmer (born March 16, 1957) is an American voice actor and fight choreographer. He is also credited as Michael Alston Bailey, Michael Alston Baley, David Brimmer, David J. Brimmer, and J. David Brimmer. As a voice actor, he has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, DuArt Film and Video, Headline Studios, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions.
Brimmer has been choreographing violence in New York City, as well as in regional theaters around the country for over 20 years: from the current national tour of "Jekyll & Hyde" and the Off-Broadway productions of "Bug and Killer Joe" to the Joseph Papp Public Theater's "Blood Wedding". His choreography has been nominated for a Douglas Fairbanks Award for Excellence in Theater and his work is currently on file at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Recently, he choreographed the violence in the musical Spring Awakening on Broadway.
He is the creator and current instructor of the stage combat program at New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts, and has taught at extensively at companies and schools for the film industry. He is a former President of the New York Fight Ensemble (NYFE) and a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, holding the title of "Fight Master."
He was the English voice of Eye Patch in FLCL Progressive.
Anime[]
- Berserk (1997) as Nosferatu Zodd
- The Third as Narrator
Animation[]
- Alisa Knows What to Do!
- Chomp Squad as Blaze