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, and DuArt Film & Video and has also worked in  for Red Angel Media.

Bio
Hedworth was born in, the son of April Beal, a door-to-door saleswoman for  and 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, and has jokingly stated "I was there when they decided to make the One Piece dub bad on purpose to p*** off the distributor who was obsessed with bringing it to America." 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 went to work in for Red Angel Media, working on English-language anime dubs for  and local television stations, 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.