Kevin Grevioux (; born September 9, 1962) is an American actor,

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, and

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. He is best known for his role as Raze in the ''

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'' film series, which he co-created, as well as his voicework in the cartoon ''

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'' as the villain Black Beetle.

Education

Grevioux graduated from

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in 1987 with a degree in microbiology with minors in both chemistry and psychology, afterwards attending graduate school working towards a master's degree in genetic engineering. Grevioux began taking screenwriting and cinematography classes as well, and after his first semester of grad school had finished, he moved to Los Angeles to begin to work as a writer in earnest. He has written several spec scripts in various genres. He also started a graphic novel company called Darkstorm Comic Studios in 2003.

Career

As an actor, he has been seen in such films as '' The Mask'', ''Steel'', ''Congo'',

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's ''Planet of the Apes'' remake, and the 2003

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vs.

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film, ''Underworld''. ''Underworld'' was Grevioux's first produced writing credit. He came up with the original concept/premise and wrote the original screenplay along with director

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, launching the ''Underworld'' franchise. He appears in the film itself as a lycan,

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, and returned as the character in the Underworld prequel '' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'', which he will also be adapting into a comic book mini-series. He has also expressed an interest in telling more ''Underworld'' stories in comic form if this proves successful. Using ''

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'' as an

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, Grevioux based ''Underworld'' on his experiences with

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and the tension that it often causes. He also brought a scientific element to the world of vampires and werewolves by basing

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and

lycanthropy In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek ), is an individual who can shapeshifting, shapeshift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a Shapeshifting, therianthropic Hybrid beasts in folklore, hybrid wol ...

on a

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rather than the

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typically associated with these two

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ic creatures. Early 2006 saw Grevioux form two

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imprints, Astounding Comics and Darkstorm Comics under his Darkstorm Comics and Media banner. Grevioux's Astounding Studios imprint was to focus on all-ages titles such as ''Valkyries'', ''Guardian Heroes'' and ''The Hammer Kid''. The Darkstorm Studios imprint was a more mature line, including the books ''Alivs Rex'', ''Skull and Guns'' and ''Uzan, The Mighty''. Grevioux's voice is distinctively deep. In the commentary track of ''Underworld'', he relates that during the promotion and launch of the film, many fans asked him if his voice had been altered by computer, and were surprised to learn that it had not been. Grevioux wrote

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volume 4. Grevioux also wrote '' Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel'', introducing

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, a character he'd created in his teens. The miniseries was drawn by Mat Broome and Roberto Castro. He is also in the process of writing a story featuring

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's characters ''

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'' and ''

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'', co-written with

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. He also wrote '' ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction'' for

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. On December 2, 2009, Grevioux hosted a pilot episode for a concept series, ''Monster Tracker'', on

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. He sold the original screenplay for the film adaptation of his Darkstorm Comics Studios graphic novel, ''

I, Frankenstein ''I, Frankenstein'' is a 2014 American science fantasy action film written and directed by Stuart Beattie, based on the digital-only graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux. An international co-production between the United States and Australia, the fi ...

'', to

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, which also produced the ''Underworld'' films.Lakeshore Eyes New Franchise With 'I, Frankenstein'
/ref> The story follows the original monster of

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who is the only force that stands between the human race and an uprising of supernatural creatures determined to overthrow the world. Filming began on February 27, 2012, and the film was released in January 2014. Since November 6, 2017, Line Webtoon has been publishing Brothers Bond, an action webcomic collaboration with Ryan Benjamin in which they were both nominated for the esteemed

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for Best Webcomic. In 2019, Grevioux portrayed The Vault Keeper in "

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Presents '' The Vault of Horror''", a full-cast audio drama adapting the first 24 stories from the first six issues of the original EC comic series. In 2022, Grevioux directed, wrote, and produced the action film ''King of Killers'', starring

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and

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, through his production company Channel 56 Films. It was based on his Darkstorm graphic novel. Grevioux is an avid

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fan. His favorite team is the

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Bibliography

* ''Astounding Heroes, starring The Vindicators'' ( Astounding Comics, 2006) * ''Guardian Heroes'' ( Astounding Comics, 2006) * ''Valkyries'' ( Astounding Comics, 2006) * ''Toy Box'' ( Astounding Comics, 2006) * ''Alius Rex'' ( Darkstorm Comics & Media, 2006) * ''The Hammer Kid'' ( Astounding Comics, 2006) * ''

'' (

) * ''What If? Civil War'' (

, 2007) * ''Spider-Man Family #5, Guest Starring Dr. Strange'' (

, 2007) * ''Spider-Man Family #8, Guest Starring Iron Man'' (

, 2007) * ''Monstroids'' ( Astounding Comics, Original graphic novel, 2008) * ''Sista Samurai' ( Darkstorm Comics & Media, 2008) * ''The Phantom Annual #2'' ( Moonstone, 2008) * ''What If? Secret Invasion'' (

, 2008) * ''Young Avengers Presents #5, featuring Stature'' (

, 2008) * '' ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction'' (

, forthcoming) * '' Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel'' (with

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, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, November 2008–May 2009) * ''Spider-Man vs. Vampires'' (

, One-shot, 2010) * ''Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant #1'' (

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, 2010) * ''Holiday Special 2010'' (

, One-shot, 2010) * ''Age of Heroes #3'' (

, 4-issue limited series, 2010) * ''Wetworks Mutations'' (

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...

, 2010) * ''Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way #2'' (

, 2010) * ''Batman 80-Page Giant #1'' (

, 2020) * ''Underworld: Rise of the Lycans'' (with Andrew Huerta, 2-issue mini-series,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

, forthcoming) * ''I, Frankenstein Genesis'' ( Darkstorm Comics & Media, Movie tie-in, 2013) * ''Amazing Spider-Man #700.5'' (

, 2014) * ''Brothers Bond'' ( Rocketship Entertainment, Original graphic novel, 2016) * ''Odyssey of the Amazons'' (

, 6-issue limited series, 2017) * ''Underworld: Blood Wars'' ( Darkstorm Comics & Media, Movie Adaptation, 2017) * ''Cyborg #19-20'' (

, 2018) * ''Bloodshot: Rising Spirit'' (

Valiant Entertainment Valiant Comics is an American comic book publisher, the first incarnation of which was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acc ...

, limited series, 2018) * ''Noble #15-19'' ( Lion Forge, 2019) * ''Bass Reeves'' ( Allegiance Arts & Entertainment, Original graphic novel, 2019) * ''Psycho List'' ( Black Box Comics, 6-issue limited series, 2019) * ''Darkstorm, the Conqueror'' ( Darkstorm Comics & Media, 4-issue limited series, 2020) * ''DJINNTARA: Rise of the Djinn'' (

Zenescope Entertainment Zenescope Entertainment is a comic book and graphic novel publisher headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States, cofounded by Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco in 2005. Zenescope publishes full-color action, fantasy and horror titles. Under ...

and Darkstorm Comics, 2023) * ''Winter Ember'' ( Blowfish Studios, 6-issue limited series, 2022)

References

External links

Official website
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Kevin Grevioux
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