Richardson Green (born 23 June 1961), known professionally as Redd Pepper, is a Barbadian-British voice actor. With his unusually deep voice and vocal style similar to that of Don LaFontaine, he is known for his work on movie trailers, as well as his time voicing Michael LeRoi in the 1999 video game Shadow Man, and its sequel, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming.

Early life

Pepper was born Richardson Green in

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on 23 June 1961, and moved to

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as a child. He has six sisters and three brothers. He attended Sedgehill School in the

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area of London. His first job was at a

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, after which he spent six months as a firefighter. He then became a train driver on the

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. He later claimed to have become bored very easily during this job, and would prank passengers by stopping the train between stations, turning off the lights, and talking over the loudspeakers: "I used to say stuff like: 'This is your driver speaking... or is it?' in a really spooky voice."

Career

In 1996, a television executive was a passenger on a London Underground train being driven by Pepper; upon hearing his voice over the loudspeakers, the man gave Pepper his business card and asked Pepper to call him. This led to numerous jobs providing voiceovers for TV channels and adverts, and he began voicing film trailers soon after, with his first being '' Space Jam''. He also voiced Mike LeRoi/Shadow Man in the video game '' Shadow Man'', and its 2002 sequel, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming. Pepper came to prominence when he was mistaken for Hollywood voice artist Don LaFontaine following his voice work on the trailers for '' Armageddon'' and ''

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''. He has also appeared onstage as an actor, having acted in an

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production of '' Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries''. On 24 December 2010, he appeared on a celebrity edition of the

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quiz show '' Eggheads''. When asked if he missed being a train driver, he responded, "I make £3,000 to £4,000 per movie trailer. What do you think?" In October 2015, Pepper briefly replaced Peter Dickson as the voiceover of British reality show ''

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''. However, he was only present as a voiceover at Judges' Houses, as Dickson returned at the end of the month. In April 2017, he served as announcer during Bradley Walsh's week of hosting '' The Nightly Show''.

Personal life

Redd is a supporter of football club Aston Villa F.C.

Filmography

Film trailers

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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from the

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