Richard Epcar
Richard Epcar-one of the hardest working men in show business- has voiced over 300 characters and is well known to Animation, Game and Anime fans starting with Robotech (as Ben Dixon, Lunk, Grel and Capt. Grant). He is Batou in Ghost in the Shell and he’s in a new series from Nickelodeon, The Legend of Korra (as Chief Saikhan).
Some games you’ve heard him in:
Kingdom Hearts (as Ansem/TerraXehanort), Transformers (as Skywarp), Skyrim: Elder Scrolls V (Game of the Year), Star Wars, Mortal Kombat (as Raiden-Fighting Game of the Year), Bayonetta (nominated by NAVGTR for Best Supporting Performance), Catherine, Modnation Racers, Mortal Kombat vs. D.C. Universe (as Raiden and The Joker), Call of Duty-Black Ops, Dead Space 2 (as Hatchins/Announcer) , Star Craft 2 (as Dark Templar), Red Faction Guerilla, Command & Conquer 4 (as Mammoth Tank), Xeosaga (as Ziggy), Guilty Gears 2, Ghost Recon 3, .Hack, Dynasty Warriors (as Dong Zhuo), League of Legends (as Xin Zhao) and World of Warcraft to name a few.
Some of you know him from Bleach (as Zangetsu and Go Koga), Bobobo, X-Men (as Gladiator), Naruto, Monster (as Inspector Lunge), Outlaw Star, Macross Plus, The New Speed Racer (as Racer X), Rurouni Kenshin (as Hiko), Lupin the Third (as Jigen), Digimon (as Myotismon/Etemon), Samurai Champloo, GTO, Cyber Soldier 009, Ninja Scroll, and Power Rangers.
He is also a sought after game, animation and ADR director-directing such games as Star Ocean, Blue Dragon, Unreal Tournament, Smackdown vs. Raw, and Jackass and such live action films as Oldboy, Azumi, Fearless and Iron Monkey.
Some shows he’s directed are, Lupin the Third, Ghost in the Shell 2, Noein, Fighting Spirit, Robotech: Shadow Chronicles, to name a few.
On camera Richard has appeared in many films and television shows including: John Carpenter’s Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Columbo, Diagnosis Murder, Guns of Paradise, Beverly Hills 90210, Matlock, Cheers, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and soon to be seen as a lead in the feature film Broken Spirits. You can hear him as Buck the big gorilla in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
He’s very excited about his new audio book-White Eyes-a Doc Savage novel in which he plays 40 characters and the narrator for this fantastic book and his new book series Operator 5.
