David Brimmer is an American voice actor and fight choreographer. He also goes by the names Michael Alston Bailey, Michael Alston Baley, David J. Brimmer, and J. David Brimmer.

Brimmer has been choreographing

Choreography

Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...

 violence in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, as well as in regional theaters around the country for over 20 years: from the current national tour of Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde (musical)

Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...

 and the Off-Broadway productions of Bug and Killer Joe to the Joseph Papp Public Theater's Blood Wedding. His choreography has been nominated for a Douglas Fairbanks Award for Excellence in Theater and his work is currently on file at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...

. Recently he choreographed the violence in the musical Spring Awakening on Broadway

He is the creator and current instructor of the stage combat program at New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts

Tisch School of the Arts

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, and has taught at The Meisner Extension, the Classical Studio, the Stella Adler Conservatory, the Lee Strasberg Institute, the Playwrights Horizons Theater School

Playwrights Horizons Theater School

Playwrights Horizons Theater School is a "professional training program for theater artists: actors, directors, playwrights, and dramaturgs" affiliated with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts...

, Atlantic Theater Company

Atlantic Theater Company

Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acting students from New York University, inspired by the...

, and the Yale School of Drama

Yale School of Drama

The Yale School of Drama is a graduate professional school of Yale University providing training in every discipline of the theatre: acting, design , directing, dramaturgy and dramatic criticism, playwriting, stage management, sound design, technical design and production, and theater...

. He is a former President of the New York Fight Ensemble (NYFE) and a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, holding the title of "Fight Master."

Brimmer's approach to fight choreography focuses on the reality of pain; an often overlooked element to stage and Hollywood fights. In his classes, students are asked to live through the situation of hurting or getting hurt. Warm up exercises include "Mike Ball," "Assassins," and "The Poison-Arm Samurai."

Anime roles

• Amon Saga
  Amon Saga
  is an anime film released in 1986. The character and conceptual art was contributed by Yoshitaka Amano.-World:The world in Amon Saga is a medieval one, filled with bizarre creatures, such as the giant turtle that holds the Valhiss fortress on its back. The world is populated by both human and...
  
   - Gaius
• Assemble Insert
  Assemble Insert
  is a 1985 manga series by Masami Yuki . The main character is a young would-be idol singer and high school student, Maron Namikaze, who has superhuman strength. She battles a mecha organization, Demon Seed, which has been terrorizing Tokyo. The manga was adapted into a 2 episode anime OVA in 1989...
  
   - Hattori
• Berserk
  Berserk (manga)
  is a manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Miura. Set in a medieval Europe-inspired world, the story centers around the characters of Guts, an orphaned mercenary, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the...
  
   - Zodd
• Boogiepop Phantom
  Boogiepop Phantom
  is a twelve episode anime television series produced by Madhouse Studios, based on the Boogiepop light novel series by Kouhei Kadono, particularly that of Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop At Dawn...
  
   - Officer Morita
• Descendants of Darkness
  Descendants of Darkness
  is a fantasy manga series created by Yoko Matsushita. The story revolves around shinigami. These Guardians of Death work for Enma Daiō, the king of the dead, sorting out the expected and unexpected arrivals to the Underworld...
  
   - Gushoshin #1
• DNA²
  DNA²
  is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura. It was serialized across Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between 1993 and 1994, spanning a total of five tankōbon volumes....
  
   - Mori
• Fighting Foodons
  Fighting Foodons
  Fighting Foodons, known as in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoto Tsushima and serialized in Comic BonBon in September 1997...
  
   - King Gorge
• Genshiken
  Genshiken
  is a manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku and the lifestyle its members pursue. The title is a shortening of the club's official name, , or "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture". The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima...
  
   - Haraguchi
• Gokusen
  Gokusen
  is a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
  
   - Detective
• GoShogun: The Time Étranger - Yatta La Kernagul
• Hammerboy - Pultacohttp
• Harlock Saga
  Harlock Saga
  is a six-part anime miniseries by Leiji Matsumoto. An adaptation of Das Rheingold, it tells the story of space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew as they try to stop a man who has stolen gold from the center of the galaxy and forged it into a powerful ring.- Overview of the anime :Legend tells of...
  
   - Tochiro
• Irresponsible Captain Tylor - Makoto Yamamoto
• Jewel BEM Hunter Lime - Doc
• His and Her Circumstances
  Kare Kano
  , is a manga series by Masami Tsuda. It was serialized in LaLa from 1996 to 2005 and collected in 21 tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha. It depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa and her academic rival Soichiro Arima, and the relationships of several of their friends.The series...
  
   - Older Man, Narrator
• KO Century Beast Warriors - Czar Master
• Mystery of the Necronomicon
  Mystery of the Necronomicon
  is the title of an H anime created by Abogato Powers and released in 2001.-Plot:Private detective Satoshi Suzuhara and his adoptive daughter, Asuka Kashiwagi, are spending time at an isolated ski resort. But when a snowstorm cuts off all links to the outside, Satoshi becomes the main suspect as a...
  
   - Genichiro Hotokeu
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
  Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
  is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui . The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively...
  
   - Suberoa Zinnerman
• Now and Then, Here and There
  Now and Then, Here and There
  is a thirteen episode anime series directed by Akitaro Daichi and written by Hideyuki Kurata. The story was originally conceived by director Daichi. It premiered in Japan on the WOWOW television station on October 14, 1999 and ran until January 20, 2000. It was licensed for Region 1 DVD English...
  
   - Drillmaster
• One Piece
  One Piece
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
  
   - Captain "Axe-Hand" Morgan, Gaimon, Crocodile, Gol D. Roger, Lucky Roux
• Pokémon
  Pokémon
  is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
  
   - Dr. Procter, Victor, Crasher Wake, Mr. Backlot
• Samurai Deeper Kyo
  Samurai Deeper Kyo
  is a manga series written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo. The manga was serialized from October 15, 1999 to May 10, 2006 in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and collected over 38 volumes....
  
   - Nobunaga Oda
• Shaman King
  Shaman King
  is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. Shaman King follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King in the Shaman tournament....
  
   - Mosuke and Bason
• Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars
  Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars
  is an anime series directed by Tatsuo Sato and mainly animated by Madhouse. Shingu aired from May 8, 2001 through December 4, 2001 on NHK. It ran for 26 episodes and was released on DVD on five volumes by The Right Stuf International in the United States....
  
   - Chuichi Yamamoto
• Slayers Try - Almayce
• Slayers Revolution
  Slayers
  is a series of over 52 light novels written by Hajime Kanzaka and illustrated by Rui Araizumi. It was later developed into several manga titles, five televised anime series, two three-episode original video animations , and five movies. It also spawned several console role-playing games for the...
  
   - Philionel El Di Seyruun
• Space Travelers - Crush Bomber
• Ultimate Muscle
  Ultimate Muscle
  Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy, known in Japan as , is a manga and anime series made by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada under the pen name Yudetamago . It is the sequel to the hit manga Kinnikuman that they started in 1979...
  
   - Sunshine
• Yu-Gi-Oh!
  Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)
  Yu-Gi-Oh!, known in Japan and the rest of East Asia as is an anime based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga. It is produced by Studio Gallop and Nihon Ad Systems, and the English-language adaptation was distributed by 4Kids Entertainment until March 29, 2011 when TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems sued 4Kids...
  
   - Odion Ishtar, Shadah
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
  Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
  is a Yu-Gi-Oh! series which aired in Japan between April 2, 2008 and March 30, 2011, following the previous series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, on April 11, 2011...
  
   - Zeman the Ape King
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
  Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
  is an anime and manga series. It is the fourth Yu-Gi-Oh! television anime series produced by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems. The series was first unveiled on December 18, 2010, in the February 2011 issue of the V Jump magazine, where the manga began serialization. The TV anime began airing on TV...
  
   - Dr. Faker

Other Animated Roles

• Astonishing X-Men
  Astonishing X-Men
  Astonishing X-Men is the name of three X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics, the first two of which were limited series. The ongoing series began in 2004, with its first run written by Joss Whedon and art by John Cassaday. It was then written by Warren Ellis with art by Phil Jimenez. Daniel...
  
   Motion Comics (as Michael Alston Baley)- Ord
• The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear - Father Eskimo
• Ellen's Acres
  Ellen's Acres
  Ellen's Acres is an American animated television series for preschool-age children, which exclusively premiered weekly on Cartoon Network Video and in the United Kingdom, the show airs on Cartoonito. Animation Collective produces the series...
  
   - Cooter
• Winx Club
  Winx Club
  Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.r.l.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and twelve, but is also popular among teens...
  
   (4Kids Entertainment edit) - Saladin
• Kappa Mikey
  Kappa Mikey
  Kappa Mikey is an American animated sitcom created by Larry Schwarz, who chose 4Kids Entertainment as the worldwide licensing, marketing and official promotional agent of the series...
  
   - Agent Yoshida, additional voices
• G.I. Joe: Sigma Six - Matchete
• Viva Pinata
  Viva Piñata (TV series)
  Viva Piñata is a Canadian-American animated television series seen around the world. It is based upon the Xbox 360 video game of the same name. It is produced by an American company, 4Kids Productions and a Canadian company Bardel Entertainment, a children's animation company in Canada...
  
   - Professor Pester
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated series, mainly set in New York City. It first aired on February 8, 2003 and ended on November 21, 2009...
  
   - Prime Leader Zanramon, Dr. Malignus, Big Boss, Warrior King, Rynokk, Mr. Arboost,
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward  - Aramzedo, Dr. Malignus
• TMNT: Back to the Sewer - Hooded Man/Dr. Malignus
• Three Delivery
  Three Delivery
  Three Delivery is an American animated sitcom and action adventure, inspired by kung-fu movies. It is created by Larry Schwarz, who also created similar series, Kappa Mikey and Speed Racer: The Next Generation. It is a collaboration between Animation Collective in Manhattan, New York and the...
  
   - Mr. Wu
• Little Panda Fighter - Mr. Polaris