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{{short description|American actor}}
{{short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|03}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|03}}
| birth_place = [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
| birth_place = [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], United States
| occupation = Voice actor, bartender, bar owner
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Voice actor]]|[[bartender]]|bar owner}}
| years_active = 1997–2008
| years_active = 1990s–present
}}
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'''David Benjamin Moo''' (born December 3, 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://punchdrink.com/articles/besties-the-og-new-york-bartender-edition/|title = Besties: The OG New York Bartender Edition}}</ref> is an American bartender, bar owner and former voice actor. He worked on projects for [[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]], [[Central Park Media]], [[NYAV Post]] and TAJ Productions. He is best known for voicing Sanji in the 4Kids [[English language]] dub of ''[[One Piece]]'', [[Xellos]] in ''[[Slayers]]'', and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' animated series.
'''David Benjamin Moo''' (born December 3, 1970) is an American former [[voice actor]]. He worked on projects for [[4Licensing Corporation|4Kids Entertainment]], [[Central Park Media]], [[NYAV Post]], and TAJ Productions. Moo is best known for voicing [[Sanji (One Piece)|Sanji]] in the 4Kids [[English language]] dub of ''[[One Piece]]'', [[Xellos]] in ''[[Slayers]]'', and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' animated series.


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==Personal life and career==
==Voice acting==
Moo was previously an actor and theatre director<ref name="Punch, 2015">{{cite news |last1=Punch Staff |title=Besties: The OG New York Bartender Edition |url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/besties-the-og-new-york-bartender-edition/ |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=PUNCH |date=April 1, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> before landing roles as a voice actor in the late 1990s, primarily voicing characters in Japanese [[anime]] as they were dubbed into English for local audiences.
Moo has [[Chinese American|Chinese]], [[Jamaican American|Jamaican]], and [[Jewish American|Jewish]] ancestry and was previously an actor and theatre director in the 1990s.<ref name="Punch, 2015">{{cite news |last1=Punch Staff |title=Besties: The OG New York Bartender Edition |url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/besties-the-og-new-york-bartender-edition/ |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=PUNCH |date=April 1, 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He began landing roles as a voice actor in the late 1990s, primarily voicing characters in Japanese [[anime]] as they were dubbed into English for local audiences.<ref>{{cite web|title=David Moo|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3876|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>


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Moo has also worked as a bartender, specializing in novelty [[cocktail]]s since the early 2000s. He enjoys making [[Manhattan (drink)|Manhattan]]s and a drink he calls "Alice's Mallet" made from [[gin]] and [[rhubarb]] syrup that he distills himself.<ref name="Jones, 2016" /> He was a head bartender at [[New York City]] establishments Ouest and Last Exit before opening Quarter Bar with business partner Joe Herron on the southern edge of [[Park Slope]] in 2007.<ref name="Jones, 2016">{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Carey |title=Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits |date=2016 |publisher=Running Press |isbn=9780316355834 |language=en}}</ref> In 2016, ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine named Quarter Bar one of the top 18 bars in the United States.<ref name="Levit, 2016">{{cite news |last1=Levit |first1=Donny |title=Quarter Bar Named One Of Esquire's 18 Best Bars In America - BKLYNER |url=https://bklyner.com/quarter-bar-named-one-esquires-18-best-bars-america-parkslopestoop/ |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=bklyner.com |date=June 2, 2016}}</ref>
Moo performed his voice work both in professional recording studios and a personal home studio. He is good friends with fellow voice actors [[David Brimmer]], [[Dan Green (voice actor)|Dan Green]] and [[Michael Sinterniklaas]], among others. Around the time Moo worked on ''One Piece'' he was working as a bartender at the Quarter Bar in Brooklyn. He recorded the voice of Sanji from 2004 up until the dub's cancellation in 2007.


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In January 2019, Moo appeared as a contestant on the quiz show ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (Season 35, Episode 95), coming in second place out of the three contestants and winning $2,000.<ref name="Jeopardy! Fan, 2019">{{cite news |title=Today's Final Jeopardy - January 18, 2019 |url=https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/01/final-jeopardy-1-18-2019.html |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=The Jeopardy! Fan |date=January 18, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Jeopardy!, 2019">{{cite news |title=Jeopardy! - Contestant Zone |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=www.jeopardy.com |date=January 18, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==Bartending==
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Moo has had work as a bartender specializing in novelty [[cocktail]]s since the early 2000s. He worked as head bartender at New York City establishments Ouest and Last Exit, before opening his own Quarter Bar, with business partner Joe Herron, on the southern edge of [[Park Slope]] in 2007.<ref name="Jones, 2016">{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Carey |title=Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits |date=2016 |publisher=Running Press |isbn=9780316355834 |language=en}}</ref> He subsequently retired from voice acting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Drink your way through the recession: Best bartenders, cheapest happy hours|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/drink-recession-best-bartenders-cheapest-happy-hours-article-1.361950|publisher=Daily News - New York|access-date=23 August 2013}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Michael Sinterniklaas]] for seasons 4 and 5 of ''Slayers'' in the role of Xellos.<ref>{{cite web|title=Funimations Adds Sengoku Basara TV Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-04/funimation-to-release-sengoku-basara|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=23 August 2013}}</ref> As a bartender, Moo enjoys making [[Manhattan (drink)|Manhattan]]s and a drink he calls "Alice's Mallet" made from [[gin]] and [[rhubarb]] syrup that Moo distills himself.<ref name="Jones, 2016" /> In 2016 ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine named Moo's Quarter Bar one of the top 18 bars in the United States.<ref name="Levit, 2016">{{cite news |last1=Levit |first1=Donny |title=Quarter Bar Named One Of Esquire's 18 Best Bars In America - BKLYNER |url=https://bklyner.com/quarter-bar-named-one-esquires-18-best-bars-america-parkslopestoop/ |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=bklyner.com |date=June 2, 2016}}</ref>


==Roles==
==Filmography==
* ''[[Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still|Giant Robo]]'' - Kael (NYAV Post dub)
* ''[[Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still|Giant Robo]]'' - Kaei (NYAV Post dub)
* ''[[Gokusen|The Gokusen]]'' - Sawada's Father
* ''[[Gokusen|The Gokusen]]'' - Sawada's Father
* ''[[Ichi the Killer (manga)|Ichi the Killer - Episode 0]]'' - Hirano
* ''[[Ichi the Killer (manga)|Ichi the Killer - Episode 0]]'' - Hirano
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* ''[[Night on the Galactic Railroad]]'' - Wireless Operator
* ''[[Night on the Galactic Railroad]]'' - Wireless Operator
* ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'' - Additional Voices
* ''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]'' - Additional Voices
* ''[[One Piece]]'' - '''Sanji''' (4Kids dub)
* ''[[One Piece]]'' - [[Sanji (One Piece)|Sanji]] (4Kids dub)
* ''[[Ping-Pong Club]]'' - Hide, Jinpei's Father, Kitazato, Mr. Kida, Tachikawa (credited as Dominic Moore)
* ''[[Ping-Pong Club]]'' - Hide, Jinpei's Father, Kitazato, Mr. Kida, Tachikawa (credited as Dominic Moore)
* ''[[Tough (manga)|Shootfighter Tekken]]'' - Tayama
* ''[[Tough (manga)|Shootfighter Tekken]]'' - Tayama
* ''[[Shura no Mon|Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos]]'' - Munefuyu Matajyuro Yagyu, Tenkai Nankoubo
* ''[[Shura no Mon|Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos]]'' - Munefuyu Matajyuro Yagyu, Tenkai Nankoubo
* ''[[The Silent Service|Silent Service]]'' - General Akegaki<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenostalgiabomb.com/history-mecha-anime-gasaraki-gundam-wing-endless-waltz-animerica-october-2000/|title = History of Mecha Anime - Gasaraki - Gundam Wing Endless Waltz - Animerica October 2000|date = 15 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[The Silent Service|Silent Service]]'' - General Akegaki<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenostalgiabomb.com/history-mecha-anime-gasaraki-gundam-wing-endless-waltz-animerica-october-2000/|title = History of Mecha Anime - Gasaraki - Gundam Wing Endless Waltz - Animerica October 2000|date = 15 June 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Slayers|The Slayers]]'' - '''Xellos''' (Seasons 2 & 3)
* ''[[Slayers|The Slayers]]'' - Xellos (Seasons 2 & 3)
* ''[[Guardian of Darkness|Takegami - Guardian of Darkness]]'' - Jiunbo
* ''[[Guardian of Darkness|Takegami - Guardian of Darkness]]'' - Jiunbo
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)]]'' - Faraji Ngala, Admin Wizard
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)]]'' - Faraji Ngala, Admin Wizard
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' - Panik
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' - Panik
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' - Gravekeeper's Chief
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' - Gravekeeper's Chief

==Other appearances==
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In January 2019, Moo appeared as a contestant on the quiz show ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' (Season 35, Episode 95), coming in second place out of the three contestants and winning $2,000.<ref name="Jeopardy! Fan, 2019">{{cite news |title=Today's Final Jeopardy - January 18, 2019 |url=https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/01/final-jeopardy-1-18-2019.html |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=The Jeopardy! Fan |date=January 18, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Jeopardy!, 2019">{{cite news |title=Jeopardy! - Contestant Zone |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone |access-date=19 January 2019 |work=www.jeopardy.com |date=January 18, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

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==Personal life==
Moo's first and middle names are Jewish and his last name Chinese, reflecting his [[Jamaica]]n-Jewish-Chinese heritage.<ref name="Punch, 2015" />


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 18 August 2024

David Moo
Born (1970-12-03) December 3, 1970 (age 53)
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Occupations
Years active1990s–present

David Benjamin Moo (born December 3, 1970) is an American former voice actor. He worked on projects for 4Kids Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, and TAJ Productions. Moo is best known for voicing Sanji in the 4Kids English language dub of One Piece, Xellos in Slayers, and Faraji Ngala in several episodes of the 2003–2009 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series.

Personal life and career

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Moo has Chinese, Jamaican, and Jewish ancestry and was previously an actor and theatre director in the 1990s.[1] He began landing roles as a voice actor in the late 1990s, primarily voicing characters in Japanese anime as they were dubbed into English for local audiences.[2]

Moo has also worked as a bartender, specializing in novelty cocktails since the early 2000s. He enjoys making Manhattans and a drink he calls "Alice's Mallet" made from gin and rhubarb syrup that he distills himself.[3] He was a head bartender at New York City establishments Ouest and Last Exit before opening Quarter Bar with business partner Joe Herron on the southern edge of Park Slope in 2007.[3] In 2016, Esquire magazine named Quarter Bar one of the top 18 bars in the United States.[4]

In January 2019, Moo appeared as a contestant on the quiz show Jeopardy! (Season 35, Episode 95), coming in second place out of the three contestants and winning $2,000.[5][6]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Punch Staff (April 1, 2015). "Besties: The OG New York Bartender Edition". PUNCH. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. ^ "David Moo". Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Carey (2016). Brooklyn Bartender: A Modern Guide to Cocktails and Spirits. Running Press. ISBN 9780316355834.
  4. ^ Levit, Donny (June 2, 2016). "Quarter Bar Named One Of Esquire's 18 Best Bars In America - BKLYNER". bklyner.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Today's Final Jeopardy - January 18, 2019". The Jeopardy! Fan. January 18, 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Jeopardy! - Contestant Zone". www.jeopardy.com. January 18, 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  7. ^ "History of Mecha Anime - Gasaraki - Gundam Wing Endless Waltz - Animerica October 2000". 15 June 2017.
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