Kevin Michael Richardson



""Porch monkey?!""

A classically-trained actor, Kevin Michael 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, winning him a spot on a PBS special directed by the esteemed late John Houseman and a scholarship to Syracuse University. He is very grateful for the opportunities that have been presented to him since.

Kevin has been more widely heard than seen through the hundreds of animated, commercial and video game characters he has created over the past years. He was heard in theaters as the voice of Thaddeus in Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris in addition to being featured in the third installment of The Matrix trilogy, Matrix Revolutions, as the character Deus Ex Machina. Kevin was also seen in The WB's family comedy Like Family as the patriarch of an extended family that includes his wife's best friend and her teenage son. He was featured in the hit animated movie Lilo & Stitch and continued in the animated series of the same name as Captain Gantu. Other animated feature films include Country Bears, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Recess: School's Out, Whispers, An Elephants Tale, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and The Wild Thornberrys Movie, in which he voiced the mystic Shaman, a role he also portrays in the television series.

Among the numerous animated television series roles he can be heard in: Uncle Oswidge in Dave the Barbarian, Glorft Commander and other characters in Megas XLR, Dr. Pain in The Proud Family and Robert Hawkins in the Kids' WB! show Static Shock. Other memorable characters Richardson voiced include The Boogeyman in The Powerpuff Girls, Barney Rubble in The Flintstones: On The Rocks and Plato in the PBS series Adventures from the Book of Virtues. Richardson's primetime characters include Mr. Hudson and Rasta Man in The WB's The PJs. Other animated series include SpongeBob SquarePants, Justice League, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and Samurai Jack, just to name a few. In the realm of video games, Kevin has voiced characters for many PC and Playstation games including Enter The Matrix, Indiana Jones and The Emperors Tomb, Star Wars, Crash Bandicoot and Baldur's Gate.

Kevin has also lent his voice to countless film and television promos, including the voice of the smiley-face price-buster for Wal-Mart, spokesman for Southwest Airlines, the announcer for the 2000 Emmy Awards and the voice of numerous Kids' WB! promos.

In front of the camera, Richardson has appeared in films, television and commercials. He is especially proud of the three-episode arc on ER in which he portrayed Patrick, a mentally-challenged young man. He was featured in the pilot for The Next Big Thing starring Sara Gilbert and previously essayed the role of Vashti in the series Homeboys in Outer Space. His feature film appearances include Bound with Joe Pantoliano and Jennifer Tilly, Baseketball by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and the Carl Reiner film Fatal Instinct.

Kevin currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Has been in:

 * Transformers Prime - Bulkhead
 * The Superhero Squad Show - Nick Fury and Scorpio
 * Planet Hulk - Korg
 * Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen- 13 original Primes member #2, Rampage
 * The Cleveland Show- Cleveland Jr., Lester Krinklesac
 * Phineas and Ferb - P. P. Otter
 * American Dad - Tank Bates, Nelson Mandela, Principal Lewis
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic - Various voices
 * Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep - Gantu
 * How I Met Your Mother - Stan
 * Pilar The Black Bandita - Abigail Makumba
 * Open Season 2 - Roger, Roberto
 * Dead Space Downfall - Samuel Irons, Pendleton, Miner
 * The Little Mermaid 3 as Ray-Ray and Cheeks
 * Wolverine and the X-Men as Shadow King and Bishop
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Jabba the Hutt
 * The Mighty B!  - Ronald the Postman, additional voices
 * The Cleaner as Darnell McDowell
 * Chowder as Schnitzel (In the episode "The Froggy Apple Crumble Thumpkin")
 * Batman the Brave And The Bold as Black Manta, B'Wana Beast, Despero, General Steppenwolf, Monsieur Mallah, Barack Obama (yes, really), Lex Luthor
 * The Penguins of Madagascar as Maurice the Aye-Aye Lemur
 * The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack as Cammie, Additional voices
 * Transformers Animated as Omega Supreme
 * Batman Gotham Knight as Lucius Fox
 * Ben 10 Alien Force as Highbreed Commander, Forever Knights,Ship (Giant Form)
 * The Spectacular Spider-Man as Big Man/Tombstone
 * The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon as Terrador, Chief Prowlus and Hermit
 * The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night as Terrador, Gaul & Sniff
 * Doctor Strange as Baron Mordo
 * TMNT as General Aguila
 * The Knights of Prosperity as Rockefeller Butts
 * Class Of 3000: The Devil and Lil'D as Big D/The Devil
 * Clerks II as Police Officer
 * Casper's Scare School as Kibosh (Replacing James Earl Jones)
 * Shorty McShorts' Shorts as Admiral Bozzlebags (of Bozzlebags' Zip)
 * Kingdom Hearts II as Sebastian
 * The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning as Terrador, Conductor
 * The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide as Morgan Freeman
 * The Boondocks as Martin Luther King, Jr., Additional Voices
 * The Emperors New School as Kavo
 * The Replacements as Additional Voices
 * Halo 2 as Tartarus
 * Family Guy as Doug the Pimple
 * The Happy Elf as Derek, Tucker, Mayor, Toady
 * Loonatics Unleashed as Slam Tasmanian/Tech E. Coyote
 * Danger Rangers as Burble
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender as Tyro,
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends as Uncle Pockets, Omnizot, Foul Larry
 * Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! as Antauri, Morlath
 * The Batman as The Joker
 * Megas XLR as Glorft Commander, Tiny, Georgie
 * Danny Phantom as Dragon Ghost, Skulker (2nd voice)
 * Higglytown Heroes as Uncle Lemmo
 * Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel as player character Cyrus, NPCs Blake and Soldier, and the NPC enemies Ghoul High Priest and Mutant Grunt.
 * Dave the Barbarian as Uncle Oswidge/King Throktar
 * Teen Titans as Mammoth, See-More, Trigon
 * Like Family as Ed Ward
 * Viewtiful Joe as Hulk Davidson/Fire Leo
 * Lilo and Stitch: The Series as Gantu
 * The Animatrix as Thadeus / Agent #2 / Cop
 * Xiaolin Showdown as Pandabubba
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic as Jolee Bindo
 * Crunch Bandicoot in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and Crash Nitro Kart (Play Station 2, Xbox, GCN)
 * The Mummy: The Animated Series as The Minotaur
 * Matrix Revolutions as Deus Ex Machina
 * What's New Scooby Doo? as Bruce Wilkenson, Henry Hunsecker, Safari Member
 * Codename: Kids Next Door as Cheese Ninja, Cheese Shogun Roguefort, Dr. Lincoln, Ice Cream Beast, Ice Cream Men, Teen Ninjas
 * Kingdom Hearts as Sebastian
 * Mucha Lucha! as Potato Patata, Jr.
 * The Powerpuff Girls Movie as Ojo Tango/Rocko Socko
 * Ratchet & Clank as Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek, Bodyguard, Additional voices
 * Lilo and Stitch as Gantu
 * Battle Force Andromeda as Narrator
 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance as Scott Dolph
 * Max Steel as Dog, Various Characters.
 * The Flintstones On the Rocks Barney Rubble
 * Time Squad as Announcer, George S. Patton, George Washington, George Washington Carver, Lance 9,000,000,000,000, Time Squad Officer, Todd Washington Carver
 * The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Eldridge Johnson-Mayer
 * The Fairly Odd Parents as AJ's Dad and Various
 * The Ripping Friends  as Ripping Friends Announcer
 * The Proud Family as Omar, Dr. Payne, Additional Voices
 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty as Scott Dolph
 * Invader Zim as Various characters
 * House of Mouse as Prince John, Crow
 * Clerks: The Animated Series as Various characters
 * Cardcaptors as Clow card announcer
 * Static Shock as Robert Hawkins/Kangor
 * Big Guy and Rusty The Boy Robot as Garth
 * Family Guy as Various characters
 * The PJs as Mr. Hudson/Rasta Man
 * Baldur's Gate as Sarevok/Koveras/Narrator
 * Voltron: The Third Dimension as Hunk/Zarkon
 * The Powerpuff Girls as The Boogie Man/Giant Fishballoon
 * The New Batman Adventures as Mutant Leader
 * Road Rovers as Exile the Siberian Husky (real name: Exile Mikhailovich Zanhusky, according to the infamous "Russian Names" song on the final episode)
 * Homeboys in Outer Space as Vashti
 * Spy Hard as "Michael Winslow" security guard (uncredited)
 * Adventures from the Book of Virtues as Plato
 * Mortal Kombat as Goro (voice)
 * Kabal in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm.
 * The Mask: The Animated Series as Mayor Mortimer Tilton (in the season two episode, "Jurassic Mask", Richardson voiced a garbage collector)
 * Felix the Cat: The Movie as Lazy creature, Drink the Ink
 * Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes: Man-Ape.
 * Zevo-3: Brett Ronson III
 * G.I. Joe: Renegades: Roadblock
 * ThunderCats (2011): Panthro
 * Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness: Temutai.
 * He was announced to be portraying The Shredder in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV Series.