Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and

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. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the '' Mortal Kombat'' franchise,

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in several projects (including ''

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'', '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', ''

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'' and ''

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''), Zangetsu in '' Bleach'',

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yoshio Sawai. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2001 to November 2005, with its chapters collected in twenty-one ' ...

in ''

'', Etemon and Myotismon in '' Digimon'', Batou in ''

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'', Xehanort/Ansem in '' Kingdom Hearts'',

Joseph Joestar is a fictional character in the Japanese manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Joseph is the main protagonist of the series' second story arc, ''Battle Tendency'', and the grandson of the first arc ...

in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders'' and '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable'', Black Ghost/Skull in ''

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'', Akuma in ''

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'',

Daisuke Jigen is a fictional character created by Monkey Punch for his manga series ''Lupin III'', which debuted in '' Weekly Manga Action'' on August 10, 1967. Jigen is the marksman, aide-de-camp and best friend of Arsène Lupin III. Along with colleague Goe ...

in ''

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'' and Andrall in ''

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''. He and fellow voice actress

Ellyn Stern Ellyn Stern is an American voice actress and voice director. The wife of fellow voice actor Richard Epcar, she has worked on various shows, including '' Genma Wars'', ''Noein'', and ''MÄR''. She also voiced Masaki Kurosaki in the hit anime se ...

own and operate Epcar Entertainment, a voice-over production service company based in

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Filmography

Anime

Other Animation

Film

Video games

Live action

* '' Adventures in Voice Acting'' – Himself * ''

Big Bad Beetleborgs ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'' (later ''Beetleborgs Metallix'') is an American live-action superhero television series by Saban Entertainment and was co-produced with Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company and Bugboy Productions. Two seasons aired ...

'' – Karato (as Richard George) * ''Beetleborgs Metallix'' – Lightningborg (as Richard George) * ''ER'' – Many Voices * ''

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'' – Many Voices * ''Glory Daze'' – Announcer * ''Hercules'' – Many Voices * ''JAG'' – Many Voices * ''Masked Rider'' – Beetletron, Masked Rider Z-Cross/Masked Rider V-3 (as Richard George) * ''

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''- Mr. Terror (Voice only) * ''

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'' – Shellshock, Mutitus, Babe Ruthless, Cyclops, Samurai Fan Man, Goatan (Lion voice), Primator (Zedd's Monster Mash), Invenusable Flytrap (Rangers Back in Time and The Wedding), Rhinoblaster (Football Season, The Wedding and Master Vile and the Metallic Armor), Miss Chief (2nd voice), Brick Bully (all uncredited roles) * '' Power Rangers: Zeo'' – Bucket of Bolts, Defoliator, Autochthon, Protectron (all uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: Turbo'' – Blazinator (uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: In Space'' – Vacsacker (uncredited) * '' Power Rangers: Wild Force'' – Bowling Org * ''

Xena Xena is a fictional character from Robert Tapert's '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' franchise. Co-created by Tapert and John Schulian, she first appeared in the 1995–1999 television series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', before going on to ...

'' – Many Voices * ''

VR Troopers ''VR Troopers'' is a syndicated live action superhero-adventure television series produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment from 1994 to 1996. The show tried to profit from the fascination with virtual reality in the mid-1990s as well as th ...

'' – Col. Icebot, Slashbot, Dice Swordbot (2nd voice), Slice Swordbot (3rd voice), Frogbot, Cannonbot, Dark Heart, Chrome Dome, Graybot (with Zelton as him) (as Richard George)

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