Kevin Michael Richardson is one of the most common voice actors in Los Angeles.
Richardson has usually portrayed villainous characters due to his deep voice. His credits include Captain Gantu from Lilo & Stitch, Shnitzel from Chowder (The first episode; later replaced by John DiMaggio), 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 two of the Crash Bandicoot games, Tartarus from Halo 2, The Joker on The Batman, Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek in Ratchet & Clank, Antauri in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Openly Gator from Queer Duck, Doctor Payne and other characters on The Proud Family, Darth Laser (an obvious parody of Darth Vader) on Fairly Oddparents, Maurice the Aye-Aye from The Penguins of Madagascar, and the voice of Exile in the late 1990s cartoon Road Rovers. Richardson 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, his version of Barney Rubbles' voice was more similar to the early Mel Blanc voice than to the Ed Norton imitation, which Blanc later used on the original Flintstones. In 2008, he did the voice of a hero; Bishop for Wolverine and the X-Men. Later, he did the voice of Nick Fury on The Super Hero Squad Show. Richardson is the current voice of The Martian Manhunter on Young Justice, his performance has received numerous praise.[citation needed] He often plays characters based on and satirizing comedian Bill Cosby, such as on Family Guy (with the voice of Jerome in "Jerome is the New Black") and The Boondocks. He also voices Cleveland Brown, Jr. and Lester Krinklesac and numerous others on The Cleveland Show. Richardson will provide the voice of Panthro in the 2011 Thundercats remake.
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- Static Shock - Robert Hawkins
- Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes - Man Ape
- The Batman - The Joker
- Green Lantern The Animated Series - Kilowog
- Transformers: Prime - Bulkhead