
Yuri Lowenthal is an American voice actor who provides Simon's English voice throughout Gurren Lagann, part of a resume built on gaming's Spider-Man and Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto.
Lowenthal voices Simon in the English dub of Gurren Lagann, carrying the character's arc from a timid tunnel digger into the battle-hardened leader of the Dai-Gurren Brigade across the whole television series. The part fits alongside his other major work of the era playing driven, coming-of-age young heroes.
Lowenthal is widely recognized for voicing Peter Parker/Spider-Man across Insomniac Games' Marvel's Spider-Man titles and Marvel Rivals, and his animation credits include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto, Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass, and the male protagonist of Persona 3, alongside game roles like the title character in Prince of Persia and Yosuke Hanamura in Persona 4. With his wife, actress Tara Platt, he runs the production company Monkey Kingdom Productions and co-wrote the book Voice-Over Voice Actor.

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Yuri Lowenthal is widely recognized for voicing Peter Parker and Spider-Man across Insomniac Games' Marvel's Spider-Man titles and Marvel Rivals. His animation credits also include Sasuke Uchiha in Naruto and Suzaku Kururugi in Code Geass.
Lowenthal voices Simon in the English dub of Gurren Lagann, carrying the character's arc from a timid tunnel digger into the battle-hardened leader of the Dai-Gurren Brigade across the whole series.
Lowenthal has voiced the title character in Prince of Persia, Yosuke Hanamura in Persona 4, and the male protagonist of Persona 3. His voice work spans decades of major game franchises.
With his wife, actress Tara Platt, Lowenthal runs the production company Monkey Kingdom Productions. The couple also co-wrote the book Voice-Over Voice Actor together.
Lowenthal has been active in the industry since 1995. He is an American voice actor born in 1971.
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