
Years Active
1958 - Present
近藤洋介
At the end of World War II, he was repatriated from southern Sakhalin and moved to Tokyo. In 1957, he graduated from the Haiyuza Training School and was promoted to a member of the Haiyuza troupe. In 1958, he appeared in NHK's "The Case Reporter". Since then, he has been active in a wide variety of roles, mainly on television, but also in films and on stage.
He is also a voice actor, dubbing Western movies, including William Holden, and in the 1980s, he voiced Sean Connery in many of TV programs.
His wife is the voice actress Yoshiko Yamamoto.
(Source: Wikipedia, translated)