Richard Epcar

Richard Epcar
Epcar in 2017
Other namesRichard George[1]
EducationUniversity of Arizona
Occupation(s)Voice actor, film director, writer
Years active1980–present
Spouse
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(m. 1982)​
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Children2
Websiterichardepcar.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, Andrall in Gormiti Nature Unleashed, and Hercules in Pluto. 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]
Great Teacher Onizuka Hajime Fukuroda
2001 Digimon Adventure 02 Monochromon, Apemon, Triceramon, MaloMyotismon [4]
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 [34]
Samurai Warriors Shingen Takeda [27]
2005 Xenosaga Episode II Ziggy [13]
Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance Wallace [34]
Radiata Stories Achilles
2006 Kingdom Hearts II Ansem [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, additional voices [13]
2017 Tekken 7 Geese Howard Added through DLC in the console versions and Round 2 Tweet[49]
2018–19 Monster Hunter: World, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Admiral English dub Instagram[1]
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]
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Eugen, Imperial Soldier [13]
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voices [57]
Granblue Fantasy: Relink Eugen [13]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak Victor, Samuel Rocksmith

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

References

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Preceded by
Mark Hamill (1992-present)
 Actor to voice the Joker
2008–present 		Succeeded by
Troy Baker (2013-present)