Terrence C. Carson
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| Terrence C. Carson | |
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| Born | Terrence Connor Carson November 19, 1958 Chicago, Illinois |
| Other names | T. C. Carson |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
Terrence C. Carson (born November 19, 1958) is an American singer and stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single and Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the voice double for Samuel L. Jackson. He is also well known for voicing Kratos in the God of War series. He has most recently starred as one of the mall carolers in a Marshalls/T.J. Maxx commercial.
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[edit] Life and career
Carson was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and in 1981 became a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity.[2]
He started performing in plays and musicals such as The Wiz, Dreamgirls, and Ain't Misbehavin'. He starred in the films Livin' Large and Firehawk before landing the role of Kyle Barker on the sitcom Living Single. Carson reprised his role of Kyle Barker, along with Living Single costar Erika Alexander, on show Half & Half. He provided the voice of Samuel (Charlie's father) in the PBS Kids animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog. As a voice actor, he portrayed Mace Windu in the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars; he reprised his role as Mace Windu in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series. He appeared as Eddie Carson, a cook aboard a World War II submarine in U-571, and Route 23 survivor & schoolteacher Eugene Dix in Final Destination 2 (2003). He has provided the male voice of Guillo in the Gamecube RPG Baten Kaitos Origins and the voice of Kratos, the main character of the God of War video game series. He has also provided Kratos's voice where Kratos is a downloadable character in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds and a guest character in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny and Mortal Kombat. He is also the voice of Touchstone in the PSP shooter Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror.
His voice is featured on The Bible Experience. In 2002, Carson released a Jazz/Funk CD called "Truth".
[edit] Roles
[edit] Television
- Afro Samurai - Swordsmaster (voice)
- Clifford the Big Red Dog - Fire Chief Campbell (voice)
- Key West - Abednigo "JoJo" Nabuli
- Living Single - Kyle Barker
- Nature Boy - Nat King Cole
- Polly and Marie - Bartholomew
- Star Wars Clone Wars - Mace Windu
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Mace Windu
- Half & Half - Kyle Barker (guest star/reprised role from Living Single)
[edit] Video Games
- Baten Kaitos II - Guillo (male)
- EverQuest II - Grimgash the Black
- Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - Kratos (DLC character)
- God of War - Kratos
- God of War II - Kratos
- God of War III - Kratos
- God of War IV - Kratos
- God of War: Chains of Olympus - Kratos
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta - Kratos
- Mortal Kombat - Kratos (Guest character)
- Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat - Voodoo Master
- Saints Row - Anthony Green
- Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny - Kratos (Guest character)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Mace Windu
- Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron - Mace Windu
- Star Wars: Battlefront II - Mace Windu
- Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Mace Windu, Darth Vader
- Star Trek: Klingon Academy - Academy Engineer, Gorkon Allied Command, Starbase 2
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Mace Windu
- Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror - Touchstone
- The Outfit - JD Tyler
- Tron: Evolution - Calchas
- Unreal Tournament 3 - Othello
[edit] References
- ^ T. C. Carson Biography (1958-)
- ^ Ross, Jr., Lawrence C. (2001), The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities, Kensington, p. 315, ISBN 0758202709
