Tōru Ōkawa

 Tōru Ōkawa  ( b . 1960 ) is a Japanese voice actor who has dubbed multiple roles in Muppet productions, notably  OSCAR THE GROUCH , Cookie Monster, & others in the NHK dub of  SESAME STREET  & in DVD releases, as well as various roles on Muppets Tonight.

A frequent anime voice, Ōkawa voiced Saito in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex & Optimus Prime in  Transformer s : Armada . TV dub credits include Tinkywinky on Teletubbies, Andrew Robinson on Star Trek : Deep Space Nine, & various guest roles on Full House, The West Wing, & Star Trek : Voyager. Film dub assignments include Ken Watanabe in Bat man Begins, Harold Perrineau in The Matrix movies, Chevy Chase in ¡Three Amigos!, Ice T in Scorpion, & John Malkovich in Ladies Room. In non-Japanese animation, Ōkawa has dubbed Scarface/The Ventriloquist on The Bat man, the narrator on Rocky & Bullwinkle, & Victor Quartermaine in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Muppet / Creature Shop dub credits

 *  SESAME STREET  (NHK dub, 813 episodes): Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Count von Count, Mr . Snuffleupagus, Papa Bear, & others
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (DVD dub): Rowlf the Dog
 * Muppets Tonight: Clueless Morgan, Big Mean Carl, Christopher Darden
 * Dr . Dolittle: Rat
 * Muppets from Space
 *  The Adventures of Elmo in Grouch land : Oscar the Grouch
 * Kermit 's Swamp Years: Wilson
 * It's a Very Merry Muppet Christ mas Movie
 * Arabian Nights: Chief Executioner