Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor,
voice actor, and singer who has played a multitude of characters in
animated series and video games. He is known for his distinctively
deep voice and has played mostly villainous characters since the
1990s. He has made numerous voice-over appearances on Family Guy,
American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. He was nominated for two Daytime
Emmy Awards for voicing the Joker in The Batman (2004â€"2008).A native
of the Bronx, New York, during high school Richardson was selected for
the National Foundation for the Arts' "Arts '82" program. He appeared
in a PBS special directed by John Houseman, and earned a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree in theater from Syracuse University.Richardson has
usually portrayed villainous characters due to his deep and powerful
voice. In 1995 he obtained his first voice role, as Mayor Tilton on
the animated TV version of The Mask.His credits include Captain Gantu
in Lilo & Stitch and its franchise, Shnitzel in the Chowder pilot (and
was 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 the Crash Bandicoot games, Sai Sahan in Elder Scrolls
Online MMORPG series, Tartarus from Halo 2, 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 The Fairly OddParents, Maurice from The Penguins of
Madagascar, Slam Tasmanian and Tech E. Coyote 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. He provided a character voice set for Icewind
Dale: Heart of Winter and Icewind Dale II. He was the voice of
Heihachi in the PlayStation 2 game Soul Calibur II, though he is
listed in the role as Victor Stone. He also voiced Stump Smash and
Tree Rex in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team and
Skylanders: SuperChargers.
voice actor, and singer who has played a multitude of characters in
animated series and video games. He is known for his distinctively
deep voice and has played mostly villainous characters since the
1990s. He has made numerous voice-over appearances on Family Guy,
American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. He was nominated for two Daytime
Emmy Awards for voicing the Joker in The Batman (2004â€"2008).A native
of the Bronx, New York, during high school Richardson was selected for
the National Foundation for the Arts' "Arts '82" program. He appeared
in a PBS special directed by John Houseman, and earned a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree in theater from Syracuse University.Richardson has
usually portrayed villainous characters due to his deep and powerful
voice. In 1995 he obtained his first voice role, as Mayor Tilton on
the animated TV version of The Mask.His credits include Captain Gantu
in Lilo & Stitch and its franchise, Shnitzel in the Chowder pilot (and
was 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 the Crash Bandicoot games, Sai Sahan in Elder Scrolls
Online MMORPG series, Tartarus from Halo 2, 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 The Fairly OddParents, Maurice from The Penguins of
Madagascar, Slam Tasmanian and Tech E. Coyote 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. He provided a character voice set for Icewind
Dale: Heart of Winter and Icewind Dale II. He was the voice of
Heihachi in the PlayStation 2 game Soul Calibur II, though he is
listed in the role as Victor Stone. He also voiced Stump Smash and
Tree Rex in Skylanders: Swap Force, Skylanders: Trap Team and
Skylanders: SuperChargers.
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