
John Swasey is a prolific ADR director as well as a voice actor, and in Attack on Titan's English dub he plays Dhalis Zachary, the military premier who presides over Eren Yeager's trial.
John Swasey voices Dhalis Zachary in the English dub of Attack on Titan, a character who holds the top military post overseeing all three of Paradis Island's regiments: the Scout, Garrison, and Military Police. When Eren Yeager is captured after revealing his Titan power, Zachary presides as judge over Eren's military tribunal, ultimately accepting Commander Erwin Smith's proposal to place Eren under Scout Regiment control instead of having him executed. Swasey first took on the role in 2014 and returned for it through Season 3 in 2018.
Swasey has worked extensively as an English-dub voice actor and ADR director, with major roles including Gendo Ikari across the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Lord Death in Soul Eater. He also plays Sir Crocodile in the English dub of One Piece and All For One, the primary antagonist of My Hero Academia. Away from the microphone, Swasey founded the Anime Dallas convention, which held its first event in 2018.
Outside Attack on Titan, John Swasey is known for voicing Gendo Ikari across the Rebuild of Evangelion films, Van Hohenheim in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Lord Death in Soul Eater. He also plays Sir Crocodile in the English dub of One Piece and All For One in My Hero Academia. In Attack on Titan itself, he voices Dhalis Zachary, the military premier who oversees Paradis Island's three regiments.
Beyond his voice work, Swasey founded the Anime Dallas convention, which held its first event in 2018. He remains active as a prolific ADR director, a role that runs alongside his decades of on-mic performances.
John Swasey voices Dhalis Zachary in the English dub of Attack on Titan, the military premier who presides as judge over Eren Yeager's tribunal after Eren reveals his Titan power. Zachary ultimately accepts Commander Erwin Smith's proposal to place Eren under Scout Regiment control rather than have him executed. Swasey first took on the role in 2014 and continued through Season 3 in 2018.
John Swasey works as a prolific ADR director in addition to acting, overseeing English-language dubbing on top of his own performances. He has built this dual career since 1993, directing and voicing roles across major franchises like Fullmetal Alchemist and One Piece.
John Swasey has been active in the voice acting industry since 1993. He is American, and by the time he took on Dhalis Zachary in Attack on Titan in 2014, he already had two decades of dubbing experience behind him.

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