Hedworth Beal

 (born August 5, 1964) is an American voice actor, a veteran of the and a former law enforcement officer with the. He has worked for multiple studios in including 4Kids Entertainment, TAJ Productions, Audioworks Producers Group, NYAV Post, and DuArt Film & Video and has also worked in  for Omni Productions and Red Angel Media.

Bio
Hedworth was born in, , the son of April Beal, a part-time singing telegram performer, and Richard Beal, a former police officer for the.

Career
Hedworth joined the in 1983, serving in, , the , , and  before being discharged in 1990.

NYPD service
Hedworth joined the in 1991, where he was stationed in  near the.

4Kids Entertainment and voice acting
After retiring from the NYPD in 1997, Hedworth was hired as a security guard by. One day in 2001, Hedworth was asked by to sub for him during a Tama & Friends recording session as Bupkus. Although Hepworth's voice was re-recorded with Eric prior to broadcast, this was his introduction to voice acting.

In 2004, he retired as a security guard to do voice acting full-time. He was nicknamed "Brutus" by and  due to his size and voice.

During his tenure as a 4Kids dub actor, he moonlighted as a professional wrestler in, where he performed under the pseudonym of "Hank Bence" and was billed from.

In 2012, he left 4Kids and moved away from New York City, relocating to where he went to work for Omni Productions and Red Angel Media. He worked on English-language anime dubs for and local television stations at the two companies, though he did commute occasionally to New York City to reprise roles if needed.

Hedworth returned to New York City after 4 years in Hong Kong in 2016, and works as a freelance voice actor and narrator.