Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor and voice actor.
He is well known for his deep voice and has been playing a wide variety of characters
since the early 1990s.
Among his many voice roles are Chairman Drek in the video game Ratchet & Clank, Tartarus
in the video game Halo 2, Robert Hawkins in Static Shock, Kilowog in Green Lantern: The
Animated Series, Trigon in "Teen Titans" and "Teen Titans Go!", Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch,
Bulkhead in Transformers Prime, Antauri in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Cleveland
Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show, Principal Brian Lewis in American Dad!, The Shredder
in the 2012 incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dark Laser on The Fairly OddParents,
Mr. Gus in Uncle Grandpa and many others.
Early life A classically trained actor and a native of
the Bronx, New York, Richardson first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high
school students selected for the National Foundation for the Arts' "Arts '82" program.
As a result of this he earned a scholarship to Syracuse University and a spot on a PBS
special directed by John Houseman.
Career Richardson has usually portrayed villainous
characters due to his deep and powerful voice.
In 1995 came his first voice role; Mayor Tilton on the animated TV version of The Mask.
His credits include Captain Gantu from Lilo & Stitch, Shnitzel in the Chowder pilot, Goro
in Mortal Kombat, the second voice of Skulker on Danny Phantom, Sarevok in the Baldur's
Gate series, Jolee Bindo in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Crunch Bandicoot in the
Crash Bandicoot games, Tartarus from Halo 2, Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek
in Ratchet & Clank, Antauri in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Openly Gator from
Queer Duck, Doctor Payne and others on The Proud Family, Dark Laser on Fairly Oddparents,
Maurice from The Penguins of Madagascar, Tech E. Coyote and Slam Tasmanian on Loonatics
Unleashed and the voice of Exile in the 1990s animated series Road Rovers.
Richardson also replaced Keith David as the voice of Tombstone on The Spectacular Spider-Man.
In 2001, he voiced Barney Rubble on the TV animated movie The Flintstones: On the Rocks.
In 2003, he voiced Trigon on the TV Animated Series "Teen Titans".
Trigon is the Demonic King overlord, father to Raven, one of the main 5 Titan heroes.
In 2004, he became the first African-American to voice the Joker in the Kids WB animated
series, The Batman, a role which garnered him two Daytime Emmy Award nominations.
In 2008, he did the voice of Bishop for Wolverine and the X-Men.
Later, he did the voice of Nick Fury on The Super Hero Squad Show.
He often plays characters based on comedian Bill Cosby, such as on Family Guy, where Stewie
is a contestant on the comedian's Kids Say the Darndest Things; as Cosby himself on The
Boondocks and playing the role of Numbuh 5's father Mr. Lincoln, who is also a homage of
Cosby.
He also voiced Cleveland Brown, Jr. and Lester Krinklesac and numerous others on The Cleveland
Show.
Richardson's voice roles include Panthro in the 2011 Thundercats series, Martian Manhunter
on Young Justice, and Bulkhead, one of the lead characters on Transformers: Prime.
He played Kilowog in Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, the video game sequel to the
live-action film Green Lantern, and later reprised the role in the animated series Green
Lantern: The Animated Series.
Personal life Richardson married his wife Monica in May
2006.
They have two children.
Filmography Live action
Animation Feature films
Direct-to-video and television films Video games
References
External links Official website
Kevin Michael Richardson at the Internet Movie Database
Kevin Michael Richardson at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Kevin Michael Richardson on Twitter