David Acord

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David Acord is an American sound editor and voice actor best known for his contribution as a supervising sound editor of the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Acord received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and British Academy Film Award for Best Sound for his work on The Force Awakens, with fellow sound editor Matthew Wood. He also provided the voice of several characters in the film, including the stormtrooper FN-2199 (often known as TR-8R). Though the voice role is minimal, the character gained considerable attention on the Internet following the film's release. Acord also had minor voice roles as an Imperial Male PA and two stormtroopers on episodes of Star Wars Rebels. Acord also voiced Grogu for the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. In 2015, Acord was one of the sound designers for the Disney Infinity video game. In 2020, he received his second Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing for the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, shared with Matthew Wood. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Acord, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2026
Behemoth!
Movie Supervising Sound Editor
2026
LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Movie MA-13 (voice)
2026
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Movie Sound Designer
2025
Violent Ends
Movie Supervising Sound Editor
2025
Superman
Movie Supervising Sound Editor
2025
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
TV show C-21 Highsinger / Imperial Tech #4 (voice)
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Supervising Sound Editor
2022
Andor
TV show Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2021
The Book of Boba Fett
TV show Sound Designer
2021
Licorice Pizza
Movie Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2021
LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales
Movie Medical Droid / Rebel Pilot (voice)
2021
Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds
TV show Sound Designer
2021
The Suicide Squad
Movie Supervising Sound Editor
2021
Loki
TV show Supervising Sound Editor
2021
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
TV show Stormtrooper #2 (voice)
2020
The Skywalker Legacy
Movie Self

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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Supervising Sound Editor
2019
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2019
Captain Marvel
Movie Sound Designer
2018
The Grinch
Movie Sound Designer
2018
Star Wars Resistance
TV show Guavians (voice)
2018
Next Gen
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie Sound Designer
2017
Phantom Thread
Movie Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2017
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
TV show Stormtrooper (voice)
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Movie Sound Designer
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2016
The Secret Life of Pets
Movie Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie FN-2199 (uncredited)
2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie Sound Designer
2014
Inherent Vice
Movie Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2014
Star Wars Rebels
TV show Lead TIE Fighter Pilot / Pilot #2 (voice)
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy
Movie Sound Designer
2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie Sound Effects Editor
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
2012
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Movie Sound Designer
2012
The Master
Movie Sound Effects Editor
2012
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns
Movie C-21 Highsinger (voice)
2012
Red Tails
Movie Sound Re-Recording Mixer
2012
Double Victory: The Tuskegee Airmen at War
Movie Additional Voices (voice)