Kevin Michael Richardson is an American film and television actor, best known for his work in voice acting. During his career he participated in more than five hundred films, series, video games and animated projects. The most famous roles are Cleveland Brown Jr. in the animated series "Family Guy" and "The Cleveland Show", as well as the legendary supervillain Joker in the animated series "Batman" 2004-2008.
Childhood and youth
Kevin Michael Richardson was born on October 25, 1964 in a dysfunctional area of New York called the Bronx. While studying at school, he was among only eight students from all over the United States who were selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to participate in the youth program. Thanks to this program, Richardson received a scholarship at the prestigious University of Syracuse and passed classical acting training there.
In frame
The actor is not too famous for his appearances on the screen, so it is unlikely that the average viewer will recognize him in the photo. Kevin Michael Richardson, however, took part in such popular television series as Crazy About You, Ambulance, Malcolm in the Spotlight, and How I Met Your Mother.
Also, the actor can be seen on the big screen. Among the feature films with Kevin Michael Richardson, the comedies Clerks 2 and BASetball can be noted.
Work in voice acting
Since the mid-nineties, Richardson has been actively working in voice acting, where he enjoys great popularity due to his unusual, deep and beautiful voice. He began by working in such animated series as Jim Worm and The Mask.
Real fame came to Kevin Michael Richardson in the early 2000s. He began voicing several characters in the satirical animated series "Family Guy," the most popular of which are Cleveland Brown Jr. and Jerome. When it was decided to launch the spin-off of the series, “The Cleveland Show,” Richardson continued to voice the son of the protagonist there.
The actor acted as a storyteller in an animated series based on the movie "Clerks." He also voiced one of the minor villains in the cult animated series "Samurai Jack." Perhaps the most famous work of Kevin Michael Richardson in the voice acting is the role of the Joker, one of the most famous characters in popular culture, in an animated series based on Batman comics. For this work, he was twice nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award.
In 2005, the actor began voicing several characters in the TV series "American Dad." Currently working on several animated series based on comics. Voiced by the famous character Jabbu the Hutt in animated projects in the Star Wars universe. He participated in the creation of the popular project "Gravity Falls".
In 2002, the actor voiced the character of captain Gantu in the animated film "Lilo and Stitch", after which he returned to this role in the animated series-sequel. In the film based on the video game "Mortal Kombat" voiced the villain Goro. Gave his voice to one of the characters in the film "The Matrix: Revolution".
He is also actively working on voice acting for computer games, voiced several characters from the Kingdom of Hearts series and game heroes based on Star Wars and Star Trek.