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Richard Epcar
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Epcar in 2017
Other names Richard George
Education University of Arizona
Occupation Voice actor, film director, writer
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s)
Ellyn Stern
(m. 1982)
Children 2

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
1994 Macross Plus Guld Goa Bowman
1999 Digimon Adventure Etemon, Myotismon
Great Teacher Onizuka Hajime Fukuroda
2001 Digimon Adventure 02 Monochromon, Apemon, Triceramon, MaloMyotismon
Digimon Tamers Sinduramon
2002 Digimon Frontier Snimon, Chamelemon, SuperStarmon
Speed Racer X Racer X
Witch Hunter Robin Kannosaki
Zentrix Voice director
2003 Lupin the Third Part II Daisuke Jigen TV series
2003–05 Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
2004–10 Bleach Zangetsu, Gō Koga, others
2004–06 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Batou
2006 Digimon Data Squad Merukimon
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles Vince Grant
2008 Lucky Star Tadao Hiiragi, others
Blue Dragon Killer Bat
2009 Monster Inspector Heinrich Lunge
2010 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Daguza Mackle
2013 Digimon Fusion Etemon, Tuwarmon, others
2014 Blood Lad Wolf Daddy
Coppelion Foreman Kurobe
2015 Lupin the Third Part IV: The Italian Adventure Daisuke Jigen TV series
Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea Tomoru Sakishima
2016 Hunter × Hunter Bendot, Cherry (ep 5), others 2011 series
Asterisk War, TheThe Asterisk War Kouichiro Toudou
2017–18 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Joseph Joestar
2018 Lupin the Third Part V Daisuke Jigen TV series
2018–19 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Joseph Joestar
2018 Back Street Girls: Gokudolls Kimanjiro Inugane
2019 Carole & Tuesday Schwartz
2020–22 Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 Batou
2022 Lupin the Third Part 6 Daisuke Jigen TV series
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Northern Demon Slayer leader
2022–present Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Yhwach, Zangetsu
2023 Pluto Hercules

Other Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Crew role, notes Source
1997 X-Men Gladiator
2008 Mr. Men Show, TheThe Mr. Men Show Mr. Noisy
2009–12 Huntik: Secrets & Seekers Grier
2012 Legend of Korra, TheThe Legend of Korra Captain Saikhan
2017 Stitch & Ai Wombat, Mr. Ding, Sage, Elder Chinese production originally produced in English

Film

List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1996 Ghost in the Shell Batou Press
2003 Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo Daisuke Jigen
2004 Muhammad: The Last Prophet Abu Jahl, Tribal Leader 2, Counselor
2005 Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers Tamashiro, Guillmon, Mephistomon
The Avenging Apes of Africa Morocco
2006 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Batou
2007 Shark Bait Moe
2008 The Blue Elephant King Naresuan, Officer, Ajan
2010 Space Dogs Kazbek
2014 Bayonetta: Bloody Fate Narrator
Patema Inverted Izamura
2015 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts Commissioner Gordon
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem
2016 Batman Unlimited: Mech vs. Mutants
2018 Lupin the Third: Legend of the Gold of Babylon Daisuke Jigen
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
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
1997 Ghost in the Shell Batou  
2000 Galerians Dr. Steiner, Dr. Lem, Gangster, Maintenance Man
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment Baofu
2001 Kessen II Pang De English dub
2002 Warcraft III Reign of Chaos (video game) Priest
2003 Dynasty Warriors series Dong Zhuo English dub; 4 through 8
Dynasty Tactics 2 Lu Bu, Zhang Lu English dub
2004 Drakengard Undine
Samurai Warriors Shingen Takeda
2005 Xenosaga Episode II Ziggy
Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance Wallace
Radiata Stories Achilles
2006 Kingdom Hearts II Ansem
Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny Theodore, Palaxius
Xenosaga Episode III Ziggy English dub
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
2010 Transformers: War for Cybertron Skywarp
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Terra-Xehanort
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Thor, Dark Templar
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes Kanbe Kuroda
2011 Mortal Kombat Raiden Tweet
Dead or Alive: Dimensions Leon, Fame Douglas
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Proventus Avenicci, additional voices
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Ulrich Olsen (AWACS Keynote)
2012 Tales of Graces f Kurt Bessel
Spec Ops: The Line Interrogator
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance Ansem
Demons’ Score Satan, Berith, Dr. Alister
Mugen Souls Shirogane/Sun Demon
2013 Fire Emblem Awakening Walhart
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Hanzo
Injustice: Gods Among Us The Joker Tweet
Fuse Raven Guard, Grigori
Marvel Heroes Madison Jeffries
Saints Row IV Terrorist Cyrus
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
Smite Poseidon
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die August Oldmann
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Ansem, Terra-Xehanort Also 1.5 + 2.5
2015 Bladestorm: Nightmare Narrator
Infinite Crisis The Joker
Mortal Kombat X Raiden
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: First Assault Online Batou
2016 Street Fighter V Akuma
2017 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Ansem, Terra-Xehanort
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
Fire Emblem Heroes Oliver, Hardin
Injustice 2 The Joker, Raiden (DLC) Tweet
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Jedah English voice
Persona 5 Principal Kobayakawa, additional voices
2017 Tekken 7 Geese Howard Added through DLC in the console versions and Round 2 Tweet
2018–19 Monster Hunter: World, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Admiral English dub Instagram[1]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III Ansem, Terra-Xehanort
2019–20 Mortal Kombat 11 Raiden, The Joker (DLC) Also in Aftermath and Ultimate Instagram
2019 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Sandman
Catherine: Full Body Morgan Cortez
Daemon X Machina Brigadier General English Voice
2020 Teppen Akuma
2020 Granblue Fantasy Versus Eugen, Imperial Soldier
Yakuza: Like a Dragon Additional voices
2021 Guilty Gear Strive Gabriel
2022 Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Count Bergliez
Star Ocean: The Divine Force Lombert Klemrath
2023 Octopath Traveler II Additional voices
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Former CEO
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Eugen, Imperial Soldier
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voices
Granblue Fantasy: Relink Eugen
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
2000 Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue Cyclopter
2001 Power Rangers Time Force Vexicon
  • Adventures in Voice Acting – Himself
  • Big Bad Beetleborgs – Karato (as Richard George)
  • Beetleborgs Metallix – Lightningborg (as Richard George)
  • ER – Many Voices
  • Gilmore Girls – 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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