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in various media in addition to Electro in the video game ''Marvel's Spider-Man'', Jack Darby in '' Transformers: Prime'' and the adolescent

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in ''

''. He was also the voice of Ryu Hayabusa in the console versions of ''

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'', and the voice of

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in '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. He is also the voice of King

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in the MMORPG ''

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''.

Early life

Keaton was born in

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, to a father from

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, and a mother from

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, Peru. He has three sisters:

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, Alitzah (Ali Navarro), and Sabrina. He is fluent in

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which he learned first as a child, and later English. As a child, he learned to speak some

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from his maternal grandparents. His father is

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and his mother is

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Career

His career has included television, video game and film work, with a mixture of live acting and voice work for animations. As an infant, he appeared in an

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commercial. He was in the 1990s boy band

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and was signed to MJJ Music and later

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as a solo artist. Keaton voiced

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in '' Back to the Future: The Animated Series'' during 1991–1992 and Major Ocelot during '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'' and '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops''. From 2008 to 2009, he voiced Peter Parker / Spider-Man in ''

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'' animated series on

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. He was originally supposed to voice the character in the 2002 ''

'' video game but his voice work was scrapped and reworked as Harry Osborn / Green Goblin when

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came on to voice the character. He also reprised the role of New Goblin in the 2007 video game '' Spider-Man: Friend or Foe'', and Spider-Man again in several video games ('' Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions'', ''

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'' and '' Spider-Man: Edge of Time''). From 2017 to 2020, Keaton provided the voice of several recurring characters in '' Marvel's Spider-Man'' on

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. He would also portray the villain Max Dillon / Electro in the 2018 ''Spider-Man'' video game developed by

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, providing both the physical

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and voice for the character. In 2011, Keaton was the voice for

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in the ''

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'' reboot of the franchise, Jack Darby and Tailgate on '' Transformers: Prime'', and Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series''. Since 2012, he is the voice for

in the video games ''

'', ''

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'' and ''

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. At ''

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'' 2016, it was announced that Keaton would play Shiro, one of the main characters of the ''

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'' animated series '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' that premiered on June 10, exclusively on

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Filmography

Voice acting

Films

Animation

Video games

AudioBooks

Live-action

Films

Television

References

External links

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