Richard Epcar

Richard Epcar
Epcar in 2017
Born	Richard Michael Epcar
Other names	Richard George[1]
Education	University of Arizona
Occupation(s)	Voice actor, film director, writer
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Ellyn Stern ​ (m. 1982)​ [1]
Children	2
Website	richardepcar.com

Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the Mortal Kombat franchise, The Joker in several projects (including Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11), Yhwach and Zangetsu in Bleach, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Etemon and Myotismon in Digimon, Batou in Ghost in the Shell, Xehanort/Ansem in Kingdom Hearts, Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Black Ghost/Skull in Cyborg 009, Akuma in Street Fighter V (replacing Dave Mallow), Daisuke Jigen in Lupin the Third and Andrall in Gormiti Nature Unleashed. He and fellow voice actress Ellyn Stern own and operate Epcar Entertainment, a voice-over production service company based in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1985	Robotech	Ben Dixon		[2][3]
1994	Macross Plus	Guld Goa Bowman		[1]
1999	Digimon Adventure	Etemon, Myotismon		[4]
2001	Digimon Adventure 02	Monochromon, Apemon, Triceramon, MaloMyotismon
	Digimon Tamers	Sinduramon		[5]
2002	Digimon Frontier	Snimon, Chamelemon, SuperStarmon		[6]
	Speed Racer X	Racer X		[1]
	Witch Hunter Robin	Kannosaki		[7]
	Zentrix		Voice director	[8]
2003	Lupin the Third Part II	Daisuke Jigen	TV series	[9]
2003–05	Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo	Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo		[10]
2004–10	Bleach	Zangetsu, Gō Koga, others
2004–06	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Batou		[11][12]
2006	Digimon Data Squad	Merukimon
	Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles	Vince Grant		[2]
2008	Lucky Star	Tadao Hiiragi, others		[13]
	Blue Dragon	Killer Bat
2009	Monster	Inspector Heinrich Lunge		[1]
2010	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn	Daguza Mackle		[14]
2013	Digimon Fusion	Etemon, Tuwarmon, others		[13]
2014	Blood Lad	Wolf Daddy		[15]
	Coppelion	Foreman Kurobe		[16]
2015	Lupin the Third Part IV: The Italian Adventure	Daisuke Jigen	TV series	[9]
	Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea	Tomoru Sakishima		[17]
2016	Hunter × Hunter	Bendot, Cherry (ep 5), others	2011 series	[18][19][20]
	The Asterisk War	Kouichiro Toudou		[21]
2017–18	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders	Joseph Joestar		[22][23]
2018	Lupin the Third Part V	Daisuke Jigen	TV series	[9]
2018–19	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable	Joseph Joestar		[24]
2018	Back Street Girls: Gokudolls	Kimanjiro Inugane		[25]
2019	Carole & Tuesday	Schwartz		[26]
2020–22	Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045	Batou		[13]
2022	Lupin the Third Part 6	Daisuke Jigen	TV series	[9]
	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon	Northern Demon Slayer leader
2022–present	Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War	Yhwach, Zangetsu		[13]
2023	Pluto	Hercules

Other Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
1997	X-Men	Gladiator		[13]
2008	The Mr. Men Show	Mr. Noisy
2009–12	Huntik: Secrets & Seekers	Grier
2012	The Legend of Korra	Captain Saikhan
2017	Stitch & Ai	Wombat, Mr. Ding, Sage, Elder	Chinese production originally produced in English	[27]

Film

List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[28]
1996	Ghost in the Shell	Batou		Press[12]
2003	Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo	Daisuke Jigen		[9]
2004	Muhammad: The Last Prophet	Abu Jahl, Tribal Leader 2, Counselor		[13]
2005	Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers	Tamashiro, Guillmon, Mephistomon
	The Avenging Apes of Africa	Morocco		[29]
2006	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Batou		[30]
2007	Shark Bait	Moe		[13]
2008	The Blue Elephant	King Naresuan, Officer, Ajan
2010	Space Dogs	Kazbek
2014	Bayonetta: Bloody Fate	Narrator		[31]
	Patema Inverted	Izamura		[32]
2015	Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts	Commissioner Gordon		[13]
	Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
2016	Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants
2018	Lupin the Third: Legend of the Gold of Babylon	Daisuke Jigen		[9]
2019	Jigen's Gravestone	Inspector Zenigata
	Goemon's Blood Spray
	Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid	Daisuke Jigen
2020	Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner
	Lupin III: The First			[33]
2023	Once Upon a Studio	Little John	Short film

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source[28]
1997	Ghost in the Shell	Batou
2000	Galerians	Dr. Steiner, Dr. Lem, Gangster, Maintenance Man		[13]
	Persona 2: Eternal Punishment	Baofu		[34]
2001	Kessen II	Pang De	English dub
2002	Warcraft III Reign of Chaos (video game)	Priest		[13]
2003	Dynasty Warriors series	Dong Zhuo	English dub; 4 through 8	[27]
	Dynasty Tactics 2	Lu Bu, Zhang Lu	English dub
2004	Drakengard	Undine	English dub	[34]
	Samurai Warriors	Shingen Takeda	English dub	[27]
2005	Xenosaga Episode II	Ziggy	English dub	[13]
	Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance	Wallace	English dub	[34]
	Radiata Stories	Achilles	English dub
2006	Kingdom Hearts II	Ansem	English dub	[13]
	Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny	Theodore, Palaxius		[34]
	Xenosaga Episode III	Ziggy	English dub	[13]
2006–07	.hack//G.U. series	Taichiro Sugai, Arena Announcer
2007	Supreme Commander	Colonel Zachary Arnold
	Blue Dragon	Jeeala, Heat-Wave Sai, King Ghost
2008	Star Ocean: First Departure	Del Argosy (The Crimson Shield)
	Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe	Raiden, The Joker
	Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories	Ansem
2009	Star Ocean: Second Evolution	Gabriel
	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days	Ansem
	Tekken 6	Azazel	Scenario Campaign Cinematics	[27]
2010	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Skywarp		[13]
	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	Terra-Xehanort
	StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	Thor, Dark Templar
	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes	Kanbe Kuroda		[35]
2011	Mortal Kombat	Raiden		Tweet[36]
	Dead or Alive: Dimensions	Leon, Fame Douglas		[13]
	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Proventus Avenicci, additional voices
	Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy	Ulrich Olsen (AWACS Keynote)		[37]
2012	Tales of Graces f	Kurt Bessel		[28]
	Spec Ops: The Line	Interrogator		[13]
	Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance	Ansem
	Demons’ Score	Satan, Berith, Dr. Alister		[38]
	Mugen Souls	Shirogane/Sun Demon		[34]
2013	Fire Emblem Awakening	Walhart		[13]
	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3	Hanzo
	Injustice: Gods Among Us	The Joker		Tweet[39]
	Fuse	Raven Guard, Grigori		[13]
	Marvel Heroes	Madison Jeffries		[13]
	Saints Row IV	Terrorist Cyrus		[13]
	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Gaius van Baelsar, Ilberd Feare
	Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix	Ansem
	Bravely Default	Argent Heinkel
2014	Earth Defense Force 2025	HQ		[40]
	Smite	Poseidon		[13]
	D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die	August Oldmann		[13]
	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Ansem, Terra-Xehanort	Also 1.5 + 2.5
2015	Bladestorm: Nightmare	Narrator		[28]
	Infinite Crisis	The Joker		[41][42]
	Mortal Kombat X	Raiden		[43]
	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: First Assault Online	Batou		[44]
2016	Street Fighter V	Akuma		[45][46]
2017	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue	Ansem, Terra-Xehanort		[13]
	Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
	Fire Emblem Heroes	Oliver, Hardin		[13]
	Injustice 2	The Joker, Raiden (DLC)		Tweet[47][36]
	Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Jedah	English voice	[48]
	Persona 5	Principal Kobayakawa		[13]
2017	Tekken 7	Geese Howard	Added through DLC in the console versions and Round 2	Tweet[49]
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Ansem, Terra-Xehanort		[13]
2019–20	Mortal Kombat 11	Raiden, The Joker (DLC)	Also in Aftermath and Ultimate	Instagram[50][51]
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Sandman		[13]
	Catherine: Full Body	Morgan Cortez
	Daemon X Machina	Brigadier General	English Voice
2020	Teppen	Akuma		[52]
2020	Granblue Fantasy Versus	Eugen, Imperial Soldier		[13]
	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Additional voices		[53]
2021	Guilty Gear Strive	Gabriel		[54]
2022	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes	Count Bergliez		[13]
	Star Ocean: The Divine Force	Lombert Klemrath
2023	Octopath Traveler II	Additional voices		[55]
	Master Detective Archives: Rain Code	Former CEO		[56]
2024	Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth	Additional voices		[57]

Live action

List of voice performances in live action series

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
1999	Power Rangers Lost Galaxy	Barbarax, Fishface		[13]
2000	Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue	Cyclopter
2001	Power Rangers Time Force	Vexicon

• Adventures in Voice Acting – Himself
• Big Bad Beetleborgs – Karato (as Richard George)
• Beetleborgs Metallix – Lightningborg (as Richard George)
• ER – Many Voices
• Gilmore Girls – Many Voices
• Glory Daze^{[citation needed]} – Announcer
• Hercules^{[citation needed]} – Many Voices
• JAG – Many Voices
• Masked Rider – Beetletron, Masked Rider Z-Cross/Masked Rider V-3 (as Richard George)
• Mighty Med- Mr. Terror (Voice only)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – 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^{[citation needed]} – Many Voices
• VR Troopers – 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)

References

1. "Eirtakon Guests of Honour are Richard Epcar and Ellyn Stern". Anime News Nnetwork.com. April 5, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
2. "The Return of Robotech". Anime News Network. July 22, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
3. "Saboten Con to Feature "Robotech" 30th Anniversary Celebration". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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7. "Voice Of Kannosaki". Retrieved December 27, 2017.
8. "Zentrix licensed?". Anime News Network. July 25, 2003. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
9. "Richard EPCAR Roles". Anime News Network. July 3, 2020.
10. "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
11. "Pasadena Event Next Weekend". Anime News Network. May 7, 2004. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
12. "Otakon 2004 - Opening Ceremonies". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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14. "Dubbed Gundam UC #2, Zakuro, Hidan no Aria Promos Streamed (Update 2)". Anime News Network. August 25, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
15. "Viz Media Announces Blood Lad's English Dub Cast". Anime News Network. May 16, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
16. "Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley". Anime News Network. November 24, 2014.
17. "A Lull in the Sea – Staff – NIS America". NIS America.com. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
18. "Solution × Is × Majority Rules?". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 8. Viz Media. June 11, 2016. Adult Swim.
19. "Hisoka × is × Sneaky". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 5. Viz Media. May 14, 2016. Adult Swim.
20. "A × Surprising × Challenge". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 6. Viz Media. May 21, 2016. Adult Swim.
21. "Aniplex Offers The Asterisk War Season 1 on English-Dubbed Blu-ray". Anime News Network. June 4, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
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    • Chard, Brian [@bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "Huge thanks to the stellar MKX voice actors: Troy @TroyBakerVA (Shinnok/EBlack/Fujin), Ronald M. Banks (Quan Chi); Ashly Burch (Cassie)..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
    • Chard, Brian [@bcharred] (April 14, 2015). "... Vic Chao (Kenshi/Sektor/Goro); Tom Choi (Liu Kang); Richard @RichardEpcar (Raiden); Jennifer Hale (Tanya); Tricia Helfer (Sonya)..." (Tweet). Retrieved April 21, 2015 – via Twitter.
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46. Epcar, Richard [@RichardEpcar] (December 18, 2016). "Yes, I'm also the voice of Akuma in Street Fighter 5!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 10, 2017 – via Twitter.
47. Epcar, Richard [@RichardEpcar] (May 16, 2017). "Well I guess the Bat is out of the cave. I'm back voicing THE JOKER in INJUSTICE 2! Very happy to return!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 5, 2017 – via Twitter.
48. "Here are the Voice Actors of Fire Emblem Echoes' Cast". Twinfinite. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
49. Epcar, Richard [@RichardEpcar] (July 2, 2018). "I did indeed. No such footage exists as far as I know" (Tweet). Retrieved August 4, 2018 – via Twitter.
50. "Richard Epcar on Instagram: "Guess who's back voicing RAIDEN in MORTAL KOMBAT 11? @richardepcar @mortalkombat @wbpictures @nether_realm_studios"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
51. Cianciolo, Dominic [@domcianciolo] (December 13, 2019). "Joker! #mk11 @RichardEpcar @ericalindbeck" (Tweet). Retrieved April 29, 2021 – via Twitter.
52. "CREDIT | TEPPEN -Official Site-". teppenthegame.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
53. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:45.
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55. "Octopath Traveler II (2023 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
56. "Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (2023 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
57. "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Richard Epcar convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Richard Epcar at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Richard Epcar at IMDb

Preceded by Mark Hamill (1992-present)

Actor to voice the Joker 2008–present

Succeeded by Troy Baker (2013-present)