JB Blanc

Known for ActingBorn 1969-02-13 (age 57)Paris, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Breaking Bad

Arcane

The Owl House

Better Call Saul

The Sisters Grimm

Dragons: Race to the Edge

Minecraft: Story Mode

Love, Death & Robots

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

The Mighty Nein

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

Prison Break

Barry

Dead Boy Detectives

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

Spies in Disguise

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight

The Count of Monte Cristo

NCIS: Los Angeles

Marvel's Avengers

Vanity Fair

Burn Notice

All Hail King Julien: Exiled

Justice League Dark

LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood

Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny

The Unit

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Nikita

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Beware the Batman

The Company

Masters of Sex

War Dogs

Too Big to Fail

All Hail King Julien

Resident Evil: Degeneration

Tristan & Isolde

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Raising the Bar

The Incredible Hulk

Black Panther

Revisioned: Tomb Raider

Peter Rabbit

Bastards y Diablos

Red Dawn