RIP Michael Kopsa

 

Voice Actor Michael Kopsa Passes Away at 66

 

Anime News Network

By Rafael Antonio Pineda

10/25/2022

 

Actor voiced Char Aznable in Gundam, Volcott in Galaxy Angel

Voice actors and actors Mark Hildreth, Peter Kelamis, Shea Hampton, and Mackenzie Gray have all variously revealed on Sunday and Monday that voice actor Michael Kopsa passed away on Sunday, October 23. He was 66.

Kopsa is perhaps best known for his role as the English voice of Char Aznable in Mobile Suit Gundam. He also provided the English voice for Col. Volcott O. Huey, the constantly put-open commanding officer in the various Galaxy Angel anime.

Outside of anime, he is known for his various appearances in Stargate SG-1, X-Files, The Outer Limits, and voicing Beast in X-Men: Evolution.

He was formerly married to actress Lucia Frangione, and they had one daughter named Nora. Kopsa died on October 23, 2022, at the age of 66.

KOPSA, Michael

Born: 1/22/1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: 10/23/2022, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada

 

Michael Kopsa’s westerns – actor, voice actor:

Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (TV) – 1995

Dead Man’s Gun (TV) – 1998 (Levi Flynn)

Damnation – 2009 [voice of Prescott]