Chris Ayres Biography – Chris Ayres Wiki
Chris Ayres born Christopher Owen Ayres was an American actor, director, and scriptwriter. He was known for his work on Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (2015), Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009), and Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018). He worked on voice acting and ADR directing on a number of English dubs of Japanese anime shows at Funimation, OkraTron 5000, New Generation Pictures, and Seraphim Digital / Sentai Filmworks.
He began his acting career at age six and has performed on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in numerous regional productions. He got his start voice acting at ADV Films on Kino’s Journey as an extra. In anime, he was known as the voice of Frieza from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Kei Kurono from Gantz, Prince Soma from Black Butler, and Shingen Takeda from the Sengoku Basara series. He was also known for Mock Combat for Cosplay panels at anime conventions.
He had his first professional acting job in a commercial for Lollipop Soft Drinks when he was six years old. His trademark was a full beard and glasses.
Chris Ayres Age
He was born on May 16, 1965, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, and died on October 18, 2021, in Houston, Texas, United States. He was 56.
Chris Ayres Girlfriend
Until he died, he was in a relationship with his girlfriend Krystal LaPorte. She is a voice actor and is the person that shared the news of his death on Twitter.
Chris Ayres Family
He was born in Richmond, Virginia, to Patricia, Pat, and Owen Ayres. He is also survived by his younger brother Greg Ayres who is also a voice actor.
Chris Ayres Health
In November 2017, he was diagnosed with end-stage COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and required a double lung transplant to survive. A YouCaring fundraiser was created that seeks $25,000 to assist with medical care and procedures. He was also hypoglycemic and often brought soda to his conventions.
Chris Ayres Death
He passed on on October 18, 2021, at the age of 56, following years of complications from pulmonary disease. His death was announced on Twitter the following day by his girlfriend and fellow voice actress, Krystal LaPorte, and his friend and colleague, Sean Schemmel.
She wrote: “On October 18th at 8:40 pm, my world went dark.“Christopher Owen Ayres passed away peacefully, held close by his mother, brother, and girlfriend and his arm wrapped around his Atticus [pet cat] pillow.”
She added: “I have never been alive in a world where Chris wasn’t. I am scared of it. “So much of humanity’s kindness, compassion, gentleness, bravery, generosity, and integrity were concentrated in one man. Everything feels so much colder. I was always one-half of Krystal and Chris. I don’t want to be just Krystal, but I will do my damndest to try and see what you saw in me, and try to be what the world saw in you…”
Chris Ayres Cause of Death
He died on October 18, 2021, at the age of 56, following years of complications from pulmonary disease.
