Terrence C. Carson (born November 19, 1958) is an American actor best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the

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'' and voicing

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in various ''

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'' media. He is also known for his long-running voice role as Kratos in the ''

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'' video game series from 2005 until 2013.

Life and career

Carson was born in

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. He grew up as an only child, raised by his mother, in the LeClaire Courts projects of the

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. He attended the

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and in 1981 became a member of the

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fraternity. Carson is best known for his role as Kyle Barker on the hit 1990s sitcom ''

''. His character was a series regular for the first four seasons and bumped to recurring status for the remainder of the series' run due to Carson's clash with the new writers. Years later, he would characterize this as a firing. Carson provided the voice of Samuel in the

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''. As a voice actor, he voiced

in the animated series '' Star Wars: Clone Wars''; he reprised his role as Mace Windu in the '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' series. He portrayed Route 23 survivor and school teacher Eugene Dix in ''

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''. He has provided the male voice of Guillo in the

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RPG ''

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'' and is the voice of Touchstone in the

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shooter '' Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror''. His first voicing of Kratos was for the original ''

'' for the

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and his final voicing of the character was in '' God of War: Ascension'' for the

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, in which he also did the

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. Carson also provided Kratos's voice where Kratos was a downloadable character in ''

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'' and a guest character in '' Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny'', ''

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'' (PlayStation 3 and

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versions, 2011 and 2012, respectively) and ''

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''.

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took over the role of Kratos in ''

'' for the

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, the reason being Carson was not tall enough for the motion-capture and also because of Judge's chemistry with

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who plays Kratos' son Atreus. In 2002, Carson released a

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CD called ''Truth''. In 2017, T.C was featured on the cover of ''STS Entertainment & Fashion'' magazine.

Discography

;Albums * ''Truth'' (2002) * ''Live in Beverly Hills'' (2014)

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carson, Terrence C. Living people African-American male actors 20th-century African-American male singers American jazz singers American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Male actors from Chicago University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni 21st-century African-American male singers 1958 births