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Kevin Michael Richardson | |||||
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Born | Kevin Michael Richardson October 25, 1964 New York City, New York | ||||
Characters played | Dark Entity Dark Hulk Fox Kids Announcer Security Guard Mordo Bishop Shadow King Abasi Tombstone Coach Smith Principal Davis Nick Fury Scorpio Wolverine White Panther Korg Man-Ape N'Gassi Groot Frankenstein's Monster Ego Groot Juggernaut Template:Ulik Awesome Andy Bulldozer Groot Jack Heimdall Groot Ultroid Heimdall Supreme Intelligence Broker Blood Brothers Scrooge Dag Knute Mandala Wal Rus Mister Sinister Whirlwind Additional Voices | ||||
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Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an actor known for his deep voice who played many voices for Marvel, most notably Groot.
He played Dark Entity and Dark Hulk on The Incredible Hulk; Fox Kids announcer for Spider-Man Unlimited; additional voices on Men in Black: The Series; a security guard on Spider-Man: The New Animated Series; Mordo on Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme; Bishop, Shadow King, Abasi, and additional voices on Wolverine and the X-Men; Tombstone replacing Keith David, Coach Smith, Principal Davis, and additional voices on The Spectacular Spider-Man; Nick Fury and Scorpio on The Super Hero Squad Show; Wolverine, White Panther, and additional voices on Black Panther; Korg on Planet Hulk; Man-Ape and N'Gassi on The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Groot, Frankenstein's Monster, and Ego on Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.; Groot on Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight!; Groot, Juggernaut, Ulik, Awesome Andy, Bulldozer, and Frankenstein's Monster on Ultimate Spider-Man; Groot on Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat; Groot on Rocket & Groot; Jack on Big Hero 6: The Series; Groot, Heimdall, N'Basa, and Ulik on Avengers Assemble; Groot, Ultroid, Heimdall, Supreme Intelligence, Broker, Blood Brothers, Scrooge, Dag, Knute, Mandala, Wal Rus, and additional voices on Guardians of the Galaxy; and Mister Sinister and Whirlwind on M.O.D.O.K..
The producers of Planet Hulk stated that when reading the story they had Richardson's voice in their heads as Korg's voice and wrote the part with him in mind.
Biography[]
He reprised the role of Groot for the video games Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, Disney Infinity 3.0, Marvel Strike Force, and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.
He is most known for playing Goro in Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, Captain Gantu in the Walt Disney Animation Studios Lilo & Stitch franchise, Deus Ex Machina in The Matrix Revolutions, Trigon in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Shredder in the 2012 series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Barney Rubble in The Flintstones: On the Rocks, Joker in The Batman, Robert Hawkins in Static Shock, and Tartarus in Halo 2.
He provides numerous voices for Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show including Cleveland Brown, Jr., Lester Krinklesac, Bill Cosby, and Jerome. He provides the voice of a security guard and Dr. Julius Hibbert in The Simpsons, the latter taking over for actor Harry Shearer following issues with Hank Azaria voicing a non-white character.
Other notable works include The Human Factor, Porco Rosso, Herman's Head, Fatal Instinct, Pom Poko, Mad About You, ER, The Boys are Back, A Boy Called Hate, Skeleton Warriors, Earthworm Jim, The John Larroquette Show, All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, Spy Hard, Weird Science, Bound, The Pink Panther, Hey Arnold!, Superman: The Animated Series, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Road Rovers, Homeboys in Outer Space, Pinky and the Brain, The Mask, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Men in Black: The Series, Dexter's Laboratory, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, Animaniacs, Adventures from the Book of Virtues, Trains Unlimited, I Am Weasel, The New Batman Adventures, Cow and Chicken, the Hercules series, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, Baldur's Gate, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, the Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace video game, Spawn, The Brothers Flub, Timon & Pumbaa, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Batman Beyond, Star Trek: Starfleet Command, Star Trek: New Worlds, Pepper Ann, Godzilla: The Series, Voltron: The Third Dimension, The Wild Thornberrys, Star Wars: Force Commander, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, The Adventures of Jesus and His Brothers, Navy Bear, Recess, Hard Drinkin' Lincoln, Johnny Bravo, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen, Lobo, Rugrats in Paris, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Star Trek: Klingon Academy, Recess: School's Out, Clerks, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Gary & Mike, Rugrats, The Legend of Tarzan, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, Mickey's House of Villains, The Ripping Friends, The PJs, Star Wars: Obi-Wan, The New Woody Woodpecker Show, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Kingdom Hearts, Queer Duck, The Powerpuff Girls Movie, Invader ZIM, The Country Bears, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Zeta Project, Superman: Shadow of Apokolips, Run Like Hell, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, Ratchet & Clank, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Lloyd in Space, Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, Elysium, Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, Time Squad, The Animatrix, Enter the Matrix, The Mummy series, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Soulcalibur II, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu, Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Spawn: Armageddon, Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel, Teacher's Pet, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Star Wars: Clone Wars, The Powerpuff Girls, Like Family, Justice League, Mulan II, EverQuest II, ChalkZone, World of Warcraft, Higglytown Heroes, W.I.T.C.H., Megas XLR, Dave the Barbarian, Xiaolin Showdown, The Proud Family, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Phil of the Future, Duck Dodgers, The Happy Elf, All Grown Up!, Hoodwinked, Kingdom Hearts II, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Malcolm in the Middle, The Wild, Clerks II, Squirrel Boy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Catscratch, Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Happily N'Ever After, Danger Rangers, Class of 3000, Danny Phantom, TMNT, Loonatics Unleashed, Friday: The Animated Series, The Knights of Prosperity, Kim Possible, The Land Before Time, Transformers: Animated, Batman: Gotham Knight, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, The Emperor's New School, Dead Space: Downfall, The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon, Ben 10: Alien Force, La Mission, Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword, How I Met Your Mother, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Chowder, The Princess and the Frog, Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Back at the Barnyard, Generator Rex, Zevo-3, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, Sym-Bionic Titan, All-Star Superman, Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters, G. I. Joe: Renegades, The Problem Solverz, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Star Wars: The Old Republic, John Dies at the End, Dan Vs., Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Thundercats, New Teen Titans, TRON: Uprising, Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Star Trek Into Darkness, Plastic Man, Riddler, Transformers: Prime, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright, Pound Puppies, The Legend of Korra, JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, Stan Lee's Mighty 7, Monsters vs. Aliens, The Elder Scrolls Online, The Boondocks, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Green Arrow, Phineas and Ferb, Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze, Ben 10: Omniverse, Wander Over Yonder, Black Dynamite, How Murray Saved Christmas, Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Rick and Morty, Lego DC Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom!, Vixen, Star Wars: Battlefront, The Penguins of Madagascar, Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Adventure Time, Turbo FAST, Gravity Falls, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, TripTank, Kulipari: An Army of Frogs, The 7D, Atlanta, Calamity and Jane, Fairly OddParents, Sheriff Callie's Wild West, Samurai Jack, All Hail King Julien: Exiled, Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer, Uncle Grandpa, Batman and Harley Quinn, Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, All Hail King Julien, Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Sofia the First, Mission Force One, LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-villain High, Legend of the Three Caballeros, Curious George, SpongeBob SquarePants, Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, The Lion Guard, DC Super Hero Girls, New Looney Tunes, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, We Bare Bears, Justice League vs the Fatal Five, Milo Murphy's Law, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants, Human Discoveries, Niko and the Sword of Light, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, The Rocketeer, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, Woody Woodpecker, Apple & Onion, Extinct, Close Enough, Bless the Harts, TrollsTopia, Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here, Robot Chicken, Amphibia, Aquaman: King of Atlantis, It's Pony, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, F is for Family, Summer Camp Island, We Baby Bears, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Puppy Dog Pals, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, The Owl House, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Young Justice, Invincible, and Adventures in Wonder Park.