- Born
- Birth nameRichard Michael Epcar
- Height1.98 m
- Richard Epcar is an actor/voice actor-director who has voiced over 1,200 characters in Video games, Animation and Anime. Best known as the voice of Batou in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, The Joker in several Batman games, including Injustice: Gods Among Us and Injustice 2, Raiden in Mortal Kombat, and Ansem in Kingdom Hearts. Starting out in Robotech, you've heard him in Korra, Lupin, Monster, Transformers, Star Wars, Bleach, Gundam, Babylon 5, and Power Rangers to name a few. He's also in many games, including: Final Fantasy, Saints Row, Arkham Origins, Skyrim, MK vs. DC, Call of Duty, X-Com, Command & Conquer, Dead or Alive, Dead Space, World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Splinter Cell, Guilty Gears, and Resident Evil. Richard has voice directed many games including: Arkham Origins, Dead Island, Blue Dragon, Star Ocean, Unreal Tournament, Smackdown vs. Raw, and many shows including: GitS 2, The Reef, Robotech Shadow Chronicles, Lupin the Third, etc. Richard has also appeared on-camera, including: Warehouse 13, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Matlock, Cheers, Days of our Lives, and General Hospital.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Richard Epcar
- SpouseEllyn Stern(August 15, 1982 - present) (2 children)
- Children
- Deep distinct voice.
- Voice of Raiden in Mortal Kombat and Injustice 2.
- Voice of the Joker in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and the Injustice games.
- Best known for his voice work as Batou in the English-language dubs of Kôkaku kidôtai (1995) and Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex (2002), as well as the video-game versions of the English-language dubbed Ghost in the Shell series.
- Is one of the only English-speaking voice actors and to voice the same character of all of the Xenosaga video game series. Richard was the only voice actor to provide the English voice of Ziggy in the series.
- Now owns and operates the Los Angeles based voice production company, "Epcar Entertainment, Inc." along with his wife Ellyn Stern.
- In 2018, Mark Hamill gave his seal of approval on Twitter for Richard Epcar's portrayal of the Joker in the Injustice games.
- Inspired by the works of Sean Connery and Marlon Brando.
- I came to Los Angeles to be the new Clint Eastwood and I became the new Mel Blanc, somehow.
- You don't compete. You just do your own thing.
- I tried to do the Joker. But when he came up, this voice just came out of me. I had no idea where it came from.
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