What Money Heist's English Cast Actually Look Like

Money Heist was a surprise success for Netflix. A Spanish drama called La casa de papel, that had a female protagonist and got very little marketing somehow became Netflix's most-watched non-English show in 2018.

Part of Money Heist's success outside of Spain could be attributed to the solid dubbing by English actors for the series, making it much easier for a non-Spanish speaking audience to become engrossed in the tense theatrics.

Many of these English actors are old hat to folks familiar with anime, cartoon, and video game voice actors - but for those of you who ever wondered who voiced your favorite Spanish bank robber, this is the article for you!

Michael Sorich has had a long and storied career, with over 300 acting titles under his belt. From such meager roles as the unnamed train conductor in the classic anime Armitage III to being both Dhalsim and Zangief in the animated Street Fighter II movie - and under two separate pen names, no less. And in the Street Fighter II: V animated series he returned as Zangief as well as playing Ken's father.

He's been the voice Rei's grandfather, the Shinto priest, in Sailor Moon as well Ishikawa the tech guru from the Ghost in the Shell film. Outside of anime titles he has also voiced Squatt, regarded as of the greatest villains from the Power Rangers franchise and Fidel Castro in both Married...With Children and Seinfeld.

Interestingly enough he almost seems to get typecast as Fidel Castro - playing the Cuban leader in the aforementioned television shows as well as Noriega: God's Favorite, Seven Days, and a TV movie about Elian Gonzales.