Richard Yearwood

Richard Yearwood
Born	(1970-06-22) 22 June 1970 Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, television host, director, producer
Years active	1980–present

Richard Yearwood (born 22 June 1970) is a British-Canadian actor, television host, director and producer, who is best known for providing the voice of Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country.

Career

Richard Yearwood had provided the voice of Rick from the Dino Crisis, and is also known for playing T-Bear from Blood Brothers. He also did the sounds for Rick in the Dino coliseum unlockable mini-game, but was uncredited.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Snow	—	Short film
1986	Where's Pete	—	Short film
	Unnatural Causes	Vincent	Television film
1993	X-Rated	Wilson Carlisle	Television film
	Blood Brothers	T-Bear
	Survive the Night	Skinhead	Television film
1995	No Contest	Young Cop
	Street Law	Michelangelo
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Brother #1	Television film
1998	Blind Faith	Tough Kid Mercer
1998	Sanctuary	Ritter Wells
1998	Down in the Delta	Marco
1999	Freak City	Aise Jefferson	Television film
	Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story	Cpl. Lindsey Scott
2000	Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble	Habersham
	Songs in Ordinary Time	Earlie Jones
2001	Bojangles	Randy Benson
2002	Christmas Rush	Kid Blast
2003	Blizzard	Lucius
	Webs	Ray
	Detention	Leon
2005	Mayday	Ensign Kyle Eggers
2009	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan	Marine	Television film
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Ganymede
2014	River of Fundament	REN Sales Executive SInger

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980–1984	The Littlest Hobo	Danny McLean / Shawn Turner	Episodes: "License to Steal", "Finders Keepers", "Arrividerci Roma"
1981	Cagney and Lacey	Randy	Episode: "Pilot"
1987	Dinosaucers	Paul (voice)	18 episodes
1988	Chasing Rainbows	Shoeshine Pete	14 episodes
1989	Srating from Scratch	—	Episode: "Robbie and Friends"
1990	T. and T.	Buzz	Episode: "Halfway to Nowhere"
1990–1991	Swamp Thing	J.T. (voice)	TV Mini-series 5 episodes
1991	Shining Time Station	Customer	Episode: "A Dog's Life"
	Hammerman	Additional voices
1994	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Joshua	Episode: "Saturday at the Museum with George"
	Monster Force	Additional voices	13 episodes
1994–1999	Tales from the Cryptkeeper	Nathan / Dennis the Store Manager (voices)	2 episodes
1995	Ultraforce	Additional voices	Episode: "Prime Time"
1996	Due South	Special Agent Bush	Episode: "The Edge"
	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Additional voices
	Can I Get a Witness?	—
1997	The Magic School Bus	Jake's Owner (voice)	Episode: "In the City"
1997–2000	Donkey Kong Country	Donkey Kong (voice)	40 episodes
1998	Once a Thief	Mr. Smith	Episode: "Mama's Boys"
1999	The Outer Limits	Lawrence	Episode: "Small Friends"
2000	The City	Homestyle
	Relic Hunter	Jor	Episode: "Used Hearts"
	Twice in a Lifetime	Daddy	Episode: "Used Hearts"
2001	Shotgun Love Dolls	Bosworth Yardley	Television film
2001–2002	Tracker	Nestov	3 episodes
2002	Love by Design	Co-Host	Reality television series
2003	Alen Tracker	Nestove
	Date with Design	Host	Reality television series
	Platinum	Shorty Boy	4 episodes
2006–2008	Growing Up Creepie	Budge Bentley (voice)	10 episodes
2010	InSecurity	Benjamin N'Udu	23 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Dino Crisis	Rick
2000	Dino Crisis 2		English Dub Uncredited
2005	True Crime: New York City	President Hamilton
2006	Saints Row	Stilwater's Resident

Creative staff

• Restaurant Makeover (2005) - director
• Marriage Under Construction (2007) - director, associate producer
• Fashion File Host Hunt (2007) - director, producer
• Gods Of Accident (2010) - executive producer, producer
• Love It or List It (2016-) - director

External links

• Richard Yearwood at IMDb