Max Mittelman

The voice that gets bored of winning

The voice of Max Mittelman carries an air of total indifference and a destructive power that needs no introduction. In 2015, he accepted the role of Saitama in the English dub of One Punch Man without knowing that this flat delivery would transform his career. He wasn't after the epic of constant shouting, but the existential emptiness of a hero weary of victory.

And that was the key.

Mittelman trained at the University of Southern California. Before stepping into the recording booth, he worked in theater and live-action acting, where he learned to use his body to convey intention. In 2014, he voiced Leo in Fire Emblem Fates and showed that he could handle youthful arrogance with surgical precision.

But voice acting for anime demands a different kind of physical stamina.

During the recording sessions for 2016 and Persona 5, the actor had to find a balance between aggression and loyalty. His performance as Ryuji Sakamoto allowed him to move away from restrained tones and explore volcanic energy. The title sold five million copies worldwide and placed his name among the most coveted credits in the Japanese game industry in the United States.

The leap to the big leagues of the arena

In 2021, he entered the world of Genshin Impact, voicing Arataki Itto. The character demanded a mix of absurd comedy and raw charisma that few actors manage to balance without tipping into parody. The player community responded with massive approval to his ability to improvise comic nuances in the middle of battles.

Because Max understands the rhythm of a joke better than many screenwriters.

So the leap to big-budget productions for home consoles was inevitable. In 2023, he took on the role of Harry Osborn in Spider-Man 2 for PlayStation 5. It was a motion capture and voice performance in which the character's vulnerability outweighed pure action. The digital shoot lasted months and required him to work side by side with conventional film actors.

A year later, in 2024, he voiced Red XIII in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. On this project, he had to split his delivery to reflect the personality change of the laboratory animal. Specialist critics praised his restraint in the most dramatic moments of the script.

Mittelman keeps a low profile outside fan conventions. He lives in Los Angeles and manages his own career, avoiding the spotlight to focus on pure microphone technique. In 2025, his schedule remained tied to Japanese role-playing franchises and high-budget animated series produced in Burbank.

The U.S. video game industry generated 57,200 million dollars in revenue in 2023. Max Mittelman is paid according to the pay scales set by the SAG-AFTRA union, with no variation based on sales volume.