Richard Ian Cox

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Richard Ian Cox
Born Richard Ian Cox
October 3, 1973 (1973-10-03) (age 38)
St Asaph, Wales
Other names Richard Cox
Occupation Voice actor, DJ, Comedian
Years active 1990-present
Spouse Becky Cox (2006-present)
Website
http://www.richardiancox.com/_/Home.html

Richard Ian Cox (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian voice actor and online radio host best known for his voice acting for English language dubs of anime. Cox gained prominence for playing the character of Henry Dailey's (played by Mickey Rooney) teenaged traveler and horse rider, Alec Ramsay, in The Family Channel's Adventures of the Black Stallion during the early 1990's. Currently, he hosts his own podcast called "The Show".

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[edit] Career

Born in St. Asaph, Wales, Cox began acting at the age of 9, and fell in love with it ever since. Since the children's community center didn't make enough money, he moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. At age 14, he became a professional actor upon his youthful aspirations. After graduating from Vancouver's Richmond Secondary School in 1991, he appeared in a wide variety of guest-starring roles. He is most commonly known for his voice work of Bit Cloud in Zoids: New Century Zero, Ranma Saotome (male) in the later seasons of Ranma ½, and as the title character of InuYasha, which are both series based on the original manga works of Rumiko Takahashi.

By the time he was 16, he won the co-starring role on Black Stallion, opposite Mickey Rooney, where he spent a lot of time working on the show, becoming friends, during his youth. Cox said in an interview, on internet radio, Rooney was [and still is] a big Hollywood influence who also could be very funny at times. The interview after this one, he also said though he was also a childhood movie hero of Rooney, involving all of his mentor's projects, he really wasn't a big Rooney fan.[1] Today, he's friends with Rooney. He has also voiced various characters in several other anime series, including Mobile Suit Gundam, Galaxy Angel, and Gundam SEED (Tolle Koenig and Shani Andras), as well as various American cartoon characters, such as Quicksilver in X-Men Evolution and BurnerMan in Megaman NT Warrior.

Cox, based in Vancouver, Canada, has made a few guest appearances in Stargate SG-1 and its spin-off Stargate Atlantis, as well as bit parts in series such as ER and Psych. He has also appeared on the Canadian television show The Outer Limits and voices Bedtime Bear in Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot.

For over a decade, Richard was a senior instructor of actors at Tarlington Training in Vancouver, helping develop the acting skills of hundreds of young people and currently teaches film acting at South Delta Secondary School.

Currently, he hosts The Show, an internet radio talk program where Cox talks about politics, sports, education, answering the listeners' questions which is called "Ask Richashazz!", while bringing up his own experiences, along with his co-host and fellow voice actor, Sharon Alexander.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.richardiancox.com/_/Podcast/Entries/2010/5/27_The_Show_on_ric.com_Ep._9.html
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UGyuI449w

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