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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'',
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in ''
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'', Etemon and Myotismon in '' Digimon'', Batou in ''
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'', Xehanort/Ansem in '' Kingdom Hearts'',
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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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'',
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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 * ''
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'' – 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 * ''
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'' – Many Voices * ''
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'' – 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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