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 ''

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'' franchise,

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in several projects (including ''

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'', '' Injustice: Gods Among Us'', '' Injustice 2'' and ''

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''), Zangetsu in ''

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'', Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo in '' Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'',

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and Myotismon in ''

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'', Batou in '' Ghost in the Shell'', Xehanort/Ansem in ''

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'',

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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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'', Daisuke Jigen in '' Lupin the Third'' and Andrall in '' Gormiti Nature Unleashed''. 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 ...

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'' – 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) * '' 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'' – 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)

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