JB was born in Paris, France to an English mother and a French father. He moved with his mother to Yorkshire, England at the age of four, where he was raised and attended school, eventually graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990. He worked extensively in theater in Britain for over 15 years, including a three-year stint at London's Royal National Theater. His theater work encompassed everything from avant-garde physical theater companies to world tours of Shakespeare plays and classical Greek theater. His film career was essentially launched by his highly acclaimed role as Luigi Vampa in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, and following that success, he moved to Los Angeles where he now lives. Film and TV roles soon followed and he has worked on well over 30 TV shows in the US, including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Barry, Shameless, NCIS: LA, Burn Notice, The Unit, Prison Break, CSI: NY, Nikita, NYPD Blue and others, and many films, including his recent role as Bashkim in 2017's War Dogs. JB is also a highly accomplished voice actor and director with projects in film, animation, video games, anime, and commercials. His animation work includes All Hail King Julien, Dragons: Race To The Edge, Scooby Doo, Trip Tank, Turbo Fast, Pickle and Peanut, Regular Show, Penn Zero, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers Assemble. He has over 170 video game credits, totaling over 400 characters, including Rost in Horizon Zero Dawn, The Admin in Minecraft Story Mode, Bane in Telltale Batman, Arkham Origins and others, many projects for Blizzard Entertainment and the Uncharted franchise. He has been the voice director on various video games: Fortnite, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, Lego Batman 3, Lego Dimensions, XCOM 2, Mafia III, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone, Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm.
Life by Design
(Narrator)
The Count of Monte Cristo
(Luigi Vampa)
Tristan & Isolde
(Leon)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
(Hotel Porter)
102 Dalmatians
(Police Captain (uncredited))
The Joes
(Joe)
Northstar
(Kuben Blisk)
Flowers in December
(Eddie)
AniMen: The Galactic Battle
(Captain Hered)
Bastards y Diablos
(Gabriel Roja (Voice))
War Dogs
(Bashkim)
Red Dawn
(Newscaster (voice) (uncredited))
Justice League Dark
(Abnegazar (voice))
The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
(Usher Robot (voice))
LEGO Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood
(Atticus Fink / Director (voice))
Black Panther
(Batroc the Leaper)
Resident Evil: Degeneration
(Various (voice))
Spies in Disguise
(Agency Employee #2 / Marcy's Agent #3 (voice))
Dragons: Race to the Edge
(Ryker (voice))
Dragons: Race to the Edge
(Jarg (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Terrorblade / Pit Boss (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Terrorblade (voice))
Breaking Bad
(Dr. Barry Goodman)
Beware the Batman
(Alfred Pennyworth (voice))
Nikita
(Timur Ahmedov)
The Company
(Manuel Piniero)
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Mountain Lemur Captain (voice))
Raising the Bar
(Johan Sharifi)
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Hans Jr. / Jarsh-Jarsh (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Benson (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Jarsh-Jarsh (voice))
All Hail King Julien
(Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Jarsh-Jarsh / Tentacle Beast (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Caesar / Darryl / Jarsh-Jarsh (voice))
All Hail King Julien
(Mountain Lemur Captain (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Caesar / Jarsh-Jarsh / Announcer (voice))
All Hail King Julien: Exiled
(Jarsh-Jarsh / Benson / Mountain Lemur Captain (voice))
All Hail King Julien
(Jarsh-Jarsh (voice))
All Hail King Julien
(Giant Mango / Mango (voice))
All Hail King Julien
(Helicopter Voice (voice))
All Hail King Julien
(Rat Bartender (voice))
Arcane
(Vander (voice))
Minecraft: Story Mode
(The Admin (voice))
Little Big Awesome
(Derby / Guy With Slide Projector Hat (voice))
Little Big Awesome
(Derby / Red Pen (voice))
Little Big Awesome
(Red Pen / Cauliflower (voice))
Burn Notice
(Ivan)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
(Captain of the Guard (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Terrorblade / Urlo (voice))
Barry
(Batir)
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Jarl (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Terrorblade / Jarl (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Urlo / Flugg (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Terrorblade / D.M.O. Soldier (voice))
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
(Terrorblade / Flugg / Driver / Priest (voice))
TripTank
(Poseidon (voice))
NCIS: Los Angeles
(Anzor Daudov)
Arcane
(Bolbok / Vander (voice))
Arcane
(Bolbok (voice))
Prison Break
(Jerry Curtin)
Masters of Sex
(Mahdi)
Marvel's Avengers
(Mangog (voice))
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
(Dirk Garthwaite / Wrecker / Heimdall / Ymir - Frost Giant #1 (voice))
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
(Heimdall (voice))
Love, Death & Robots
(Supervisor / British Man (voice))
Dead Boy Detectives
(Sa'al the Demon (voice))
Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny
(Blue Dragon (voice))
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight
(Nigel (voice))
Revisioned: Tomb Raider
Peter Rabbit
(Tommy Brock / Mr Bouncer (voice))
Better Call Saul
(Dr. Barry Goodman)
The Owl House
(Additional Voices (voice))
The Owl House
(Abomination Teacher (voice))
Vernon and Gus
(Piérre / French Man (voice))
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
(Vic / Colander (voice))
Arcane
(Vander / Warwick (voice))
Arcane
(Warwick (voice))