Kevin Michael Richardson

CTL-E-5837 · Person · other · 1964–present

VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07093 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5837.

Kevin Michael Richardson, born 25 October 1964 in the Bronx, New York City, is an American voice actor classically trained at Syracuse University, from which he graduated in 1988. His deep, resonant voice has made him one of the most prolific performers in modern animation, frequently cast as villains and authority figures. Signature roles include Captain Gantu in Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise (from 2002), the Joker in The Batman (2004–2008), a performance that brought him two Daytime Emmy nominations, and Cleveland Brown Jr. and Lester Krinklesac on The Cleveland Show (2009–2013). His credits run from The Simpsons and Family Guy to the Shredder in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and the Mauler Twins and Monster Girl in Invincible (2021–present).

The record

• Also known as: Kevin M. Richardson

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 2 — 747 Program, Wave 8; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Kevin Michael Richardson entity in the live graph at 3,523 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5837 free. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 948 (Voice Actors list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Black American voice actor; Bronx-born, Syracuse-trained. Vital status: LIVING — voicing roles in Invincible season 4, premiered March 2026 (TV Insider cast coverage, accessed 2026-10-16). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Two Daytime Emmy nominations for voicing the Joker in The Batman (2004–2008); Captain Gantu in the Lilo & Stitch franchise from 2002 — TV Insider/Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-16. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons convention photography of this subject exists; no file page was read at file-page level in this pass, so no image is cleared — CTL-PHOTO-001; a CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5837-kevin-michael-richardson.svg); video HELD (the Shorts Link Map catalog was checked by name and variants — no matching-entity CTL Short exists for this subject); audio HELD (no CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/performances are)

Sources

• TV Insider, "Kevin Michael Richardson" biography — born 25 October 1964, the Bronx; Syracuse University, class of 1988; Cleveland Brown Jr. and Lester Krinklesac on The Cleveland Show (2009–2013); Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch (2002); two Daytime Emmy nominations as the Joker in The Batman (2004–2008) — https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kevin-michael-richardson/ (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Kevin Michael Richardson" — career overview: Goro, Captain Gantu, the Joker (two Daytime Emmy nominations), Trigon, the Shredder (2012), and the Mauler Twins and Monster Girl in Invincible — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Michael_Richardson (build store)

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