Tarō Ishida

Tarō Ishida (石田 太郎) (March 16, 1944 - ) is a Japanese actor and seiyū from the city of Kyoto.

Education
Ishida attended Sophia University.

Career
Ishida is a chief priest at a Buddhist temple in Kanazawa, Ishikawa.

Ishida is affiliated with Granpapa Production and his former stage name is Gentarō Ishida (石田 弦太郎).

Television animation

 * Alcatraz Connection (Assistant Inspector Terry Crown)
 * Astro Boy (General Red)
 * Black Jack (Toranomon)
 * Detective Conan (Police Inspector Radish Redwood)
 * GeGeGe no Kitarō (fifth series) (Vampire Elite Johnny)
 * Requiem from the Darkness (Emon Shibamigi)
 * Time Patrol-Tai Otasukeman (Napoleon)

OVA

 * Giant Robo (Kon World Devil King Han Zui)
 * Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Heydrich Lang (second voice))
 * Record of Lodoss War (Emperor Beld)

Theater animation

 * Akira (The Colonel)
 * Arcadia of My Youth (Zeda)
 * Brave Story (Bishop Daimon)
 * Case Closed: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper (Teiji Moriya)
 * The Castle of Cagliostro (Count Cagliostro)
 * Fist of the North Star (Narrator)
 * Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (Nightmare King)
 * Metropolis (Duke Red)
 * Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (as "Gentarō Ishida") (Saint Asgard)
 * One Piece: Dead End Adventure (Gasparde)

Tokusatsu

 * Juken Sentai Gekiranger (Kentaro Hisatsu)

Video games

 * Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Exdeath)
 * Kingdom Hearts (King Triton)
 * Kingdom Hearts II (King Triton, Eeyore)

Dubbing roles

 * Peter Falk
 * Gene Hackman
 * 48 Hrs. (Wednesday Road Show edition, as "Gentarō Ishida") (Jack Cates)
 * Alien 3 (TV Asahi edition) (Lenard Dillon)
 * Apocalypse Now (Colonel Walter E. Kurtz)
 * Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Fuji TV edition) (Adolf)
 * Batman Begins (DVD and Nippon TV editions) (Carmine Falcone)
 * Batman Returns (TV edition) (Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin)
 * Behind Enemy Lines (Admiral Leslie Reigart)
 * Ben-Hur (Old Nippon TV edition) (Ben-Hur)
 * Big Fish (Old Edward Bloom)
 * The Cannonball Run (Fuji TV edition) (Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing)
 * Cannonball Run II (Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing)
 * Cocoon (Walter)
 * Commando (Bennett)
 * Conan the Barbarian (Nippon TV edition) (Thulsa Doom)
 * Cop Land (TV edition) (Ray Donlan)
 * Dances with Wolves (Kicking Bird)
 * Die Hard 2 (TV Asahi edition) (Trudeau)
 * Die Hard with a Vengeance (Fuji TV edition) (Inspector Walter Cobb)
 * ER (Richard Elliot)
 * Evolution (Brigadier General Russell Woodman)
 * First Blood (1985 Nippon TV, 1990 TBS and 1995 TV Asahi editions) (Sheriff Will Teasle)
 * Godzilla (TV edition) (Mayor Ebert)
 * Gone in 60 Seconds (Detective Roland Castlebeck)
 * Hannibal (VHS and TV Tokyo edition) (Hannibal Lecter)
 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Nippon TV edition) (Mola Ram)
 * K-9 (TV edition) (Lyman)
 * Lawrence of Arabia (TV Asahi edition) (Auda ibu Tayi)
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Treebeard)
 * Men in Black (Nippon TV edition) (Chief Zed)
 * Men in Black II (TV edition) (Chief Zed)
 * Mississippi Burning (TV edition) (Agent Rupert Anderson)
 * Project A (San)
 * The Quick and the Dead (John Herod)
 * Raiders of the Lost Ark (Video and DVD edition) (Belloq)
 * Red Dragon (TV Tokyo edition) (Hannibal Lecter)
 * The Running Man (Fuji TV edition) (Damon Killian)
 * Saw series (DVD edition) (Jigsaw Killer)
 * The Shining (TV Tokyo edition) (Jack Torrance)
 * The Silence of the Lambs (TV Asahi edition) (Hannibal Lecter)
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (TV Asahi edition) (Darth Vader)
 * The Sting (Sunday Dub Theater edition) (Lieutenant William Snyder)
 * Unforgiven (Little Bill Daggett)

Animation

 * The Book of Pooh (Eeyore)
 * ''The Fox and the Hound (Aduit Copper)
 * The Little Mermaid (re-release edition) (King Triton)
 * The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (King Triton)
 * Oliver and Company (Sykes)
 * Peter Pan (Buena Vista edition) (Indian Chief)
 * Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (Eeyore)
 * The Tigger Movie (Eeyore)
 * Transformers Animated (Soundwave)
 * Winnie-the-Pooh (Eeyore)