Kevin Michael Richardson

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Kevin Michael Richardson (2011)

Kevin Michael Richardson III (born October 25, 1964 in Bronx , New York City ) is an American actor and voice actor . He is currently best known to a larger audience as the spokesperson for Principal Lewis , a character from the animated series American Dad , which was also optically modeled on him.

Life

For the first time with acting came Kevin Michael Richardson in the early 1980s, when he for the program Arts '82 Foundation National Foundation for the Arts was selected as one of eight participants. As a result, he was not only allowed to appear on a PBS- produced spot by John Houseman , he also received a scholarship to Syracuse University . After graduating with a bachelor's degree in drama in 1998 , Richardson worked in the theater for a few years, sometimes doing up to 8 shows a week, before moving to Los Angeles in 1991 and found that his agency, CESD, also had a voice-over department. He was surprised that you could make money with dubbing and really wanted to work with it, so he asked his agency to refer him to such auditions. But despite the concerns of his agents, who made him understand the difficulties of the business at the time, Richardson got his first job with his first casting.

For the animated series The Batman , he was cast as the first African American voice actor for the role of Joker . In doing so, he took over the part from Mark Hamill , who previously spoke this over and over again for almost 20 years.

Since 2008, Richardson has spoken in the original cartoon series The Cleveland Show as the two characters Cleveland Brown Jr. and Lester Krinklesac, as well as US President Barack Obama in the second season . In order to get to the high voice range of Cleveland Brown Jr., Richardson prepares himself by singing particularly high songs like Special Lady from The Moments .

Filmography (selection)

actor

Voice actor

Video games
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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Whit Spurgeon: Not Comics: My Brother Whit Interviews Voice Actor Kevin Michael Richardson III on comicsreporter.com from August 15, 2010 (English), accessed November 29, 2011
  2. ↑ Actors, Alumni ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at vpa.syr.edu , accessed November 29, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vpa.syr.edu
  3. ↑ Michael Cavna: COMIC-CON 2010: 'Cleveland Show's' KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON voices his fandom of Macfarlane, McGruder and The Batman on washingtonpost.com on July 24, 2010, accessed November 29, 2011
  4. ^ Rob M. Worley: The Joker Strikes: An interview with Kevin Michael Richardson ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on mania.com on September 14, 2004, accessed November 29, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mania.com
  5. ↑ Kate Stanhope: The Cleveland Show's Kevin Michael Richardson on Kanye West's Return, Voicing the President on tvguide.com, September 26, 2010, accessed November 29, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Richardson, Kevin Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richardson, Kevin Michael III
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and voice actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City , United States