Robert Belgrade

Robert Belgrade
Belgrade playing tabla on stage.
Born	San Rafael, California, U.S.
Other names	Robbie Belgrade
Occupation	Voice actor, musician
Years active	1991–2007, 2015-present
Notable credit(s)	Tekken as Announcer Mega Man X7 as Signas Transformers as Optimus Prime/Soundwave
Website	belgrademusic.com

Robert Belgrade is an American musician and voice actor. He is best known as the original English dubbing voice actor for Alucard in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and as the announcer in several entries of the Tekken series.

Belgrade began his studies in Western classical music on the piano, trumpet and flute. After that he studied the saxophone and improvisation under John Handy. He also studied vocal music under Ali Akbar Khan and tabla under Alla Rakha, Zakir Hussain and Swapan Chaudhuri. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and performs in a wide range of musical genres, including R&B, jazz, Latin and Indian music.

Belgrade worked regularly as a voice actor in video games from 1994 to 2007.