Jonathan Osborne

Biography:
Jonathan Osborne was born in Boston, MA and shortly thereafter became an anime fan. He was involved with the drama club in his high school and during his college days, participated with local community theatre groups and was a DJ at WRBB (the college station). While living in California, he landed his first role in the anime "Bastard!" thanks to some prompting from his friend Neil Nadelman. Osborne landed the nickname "the man of 1000 deaths" at his first appearance at Ohayocon and the name has stuck with him. He has appeared as background (walla) characters in many anime series including Akira, Battle Athletes, BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad, Burst Angel, Cowboy Bebop, Fushigi Yuugi, Gantz, Hell Girl, Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Nazca, Samurai 7, Texhnolyze, The Big O and others. He played Gordo in Fist of the North Star, William Morris in Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Masashi Kamel in Paranoia Agent, George in NieA_7 and Shojo in One Piece.