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, he is known for his work on movie trailers.

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

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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 gotten 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 ''

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''. He also voiced Mike LeRoi/Shadow Man in the video game '' Shadow Man''. Pepper came to prominence when he was mistaken for Hollywood voice artist

following his voice work on the trailers for ''

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'' 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 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

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's week of hosting '' The Nightly Show''.

Personal life

Redd is a supporter of football club

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Filmography

Film trailers

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Artist profile
from the

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Artist profile
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