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 the 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 FN2199 often known as TR8R Though the voice role is minimal the character gained considerable attention on the Internet following the films 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 Plus 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