Barry Gjerde
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Barry Gjerde was born Oddbjørn Egil Gjerde on August 13, 1951 in Vestnes
, Norway
. He has worked many years in Japan as a translator
, mostly narrating various corporate projects and providing voice acting
for video games. He is known to for his portrayal of the character Barry Burton in the original version of Resident Evil
where he did the voice of the character. Gjerde also portrayed the character within the live action sequences of the game. He also did the voice of a character in the game Clock Tower. In Mega Man X7
he provided the voice of Red, a rival Maverick hunter.
Vestnes
Vestnes is a village and a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, a 35 minute ferry ride from the town of Molde. Vestnes is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vestnes...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. He has worked many years in Japan as a translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, mostly narrating various corporate projects and providing voice acting
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
for video games. He is known to for his portrayal of the character Barry Burton in the original version of Resident Evil
Resident Evil (video game)
Resident Evil, known as in Japan, is a survival horror video game by Capcom. The first installment in the Resident Evil series, it was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation and was subsequently ported to the Sega Saturn and PC. In 2002, a remake of the game was released for the Nintendo...
where he did the voice of the character. Gjerde also portrayed the character within the live action sequences of the game. He also did the voice of a character in the game Clock Tower. In Mega Man X7
Mega Man X7
Mega Man X7, known as in Japan, is a video game developed by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 console. It is the seventh main game in the Mega Man X series and the first in the series to appear on the sixth generation of gaming consoles...
he provided the voice of Red, a rival Maverick hunter.