Terrence C. Carson

Terrence C. Carson (born November 19, 1958) is an American actor, best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single and voicing Mace Windu in various Star Wars media. He is also known for his long-running voice role as Kratos in the God of War video game series from 2005 to 2013.

Terrence C. Carson
Born (1958-11-19) November 19, 1958
Other namesT. C. Carson
Terrence Carson
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1989–present

Life and career

Carson was born in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He grew up as an only child, raised by his mother, in the LeClaire Courts projects of the Chicago Housing Authority.[2] He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and in 1981 became a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity.[3]

Carson is best known for his role as Kyle Barker on the hit 1990s sitcom Living Single. His character was a series regular for the first four seasons and bumped to recurring status for the remainder of the series' run due to Carson's clash with the new writers. Years later, he would characterize this as a firing.[4] Carson provided the voices of Samuel and Mr. Carson in the PBS Kids animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog. As a voice actor, he voiced 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 portrayed Route 23 survivor and school teacher Eugene Dix in Final Destination 2. He has provided the male voice of Guillo in the GameCube RPG Baten Kaitos Origins and is the voice of Touchstone in the PlayStation Portable shooter Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror.

His first voicing of Kratos was for the original God of War for the PlayStation 2 and his final voicing of the character was in God of War: Ascension for the PlayStation 3, in which he also did the motion capture. Carson also provided Kratos's voice where Kratos was a downloadable character in Everybody's Golf 5 and a guest character in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Mortal Kombat (PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions, 2011 and 2012, respectively) and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Christopher Judge took over the role of Kratos in God of War for the PlayStation 4, the reason being Carson was not tall enough for the motion-capture and also because of Judge's chemistry with Sunny Suljic who plays Kratos' son Atreus.[5]

In 2002, Carson released a jazz/funk CD called Truth. In 2017, T.C was featured on the cover of STS Entertainment & Fashion magazine.[6]

Discography

Albums
  • Truth (2002)
  • Live in Beverly Hills (2014)

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Livin' LargeDexter Jackson[7]
1997Gang RelatedManny Ladrew
1998Relax...It's Just SexBuzz Wagner[8]
2000U-571Seaman Eddie Carson
2003Final Destination 2Eugene Dix
2016Justice League vs. Teen TitansRa's al GhulVoice, direct-to-video[9]
2022 A Wesley Christmas Marcus Elkins
2023 Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of SoulsMr. Duke

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Key WestAbednigo 'JoJo' Nabuli13 episodes
1993–1998Living SingleKyle BarkerMain role; episodes 1–107, guest star in episode 118
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTreeVoice, episode: "Beauty and the Beast"
1995–1998Life with LouieNorton Jensen, GusVoice, 16 episodes[lower-alpha 1]
1999The Jamie Foxx ShowMaziEpisode: "Forever Your Girl"
1999RugratsOfficer DanVoice, episode: "Officer Chuckie"[lower-alpha 1]
2000–2002Clifford the Big Red DogFire Chief Campbell, Mr. Carson the Mailman, Charley's DadVoice, 2 episodes[10]
2005Half & HalfKyle BarkerEpisode: "The Big Performance Anxiety Episode"
2005Star Wars: Clone WarsMace Windu, Saesee Tin, General Oro DassyneVoice, 4 episodes
2007Afro SamuraiSwordsmaster,  Brother #4Voice, 3 episodes; English dub[10]
2008–2014,
2020
Star Wars: The Clone WarsMace Windu, Cultist,
Council Member, Tactical Droid
Voice, 45 episodes[10]
2008–2010The Life & Times of TimJazz MusicianVoice, 2 episodes
2011 The Mentalist Joe Reyes Episode: "Bloodsport"
2017GreenleafReggie3 episodes
2018Black LightningEldridgeEpisode: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light"
2022Star Wars: Tales of the JediMace WinduVoice, episode: "Choices"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Star Trek: Klingon AcademyAcademy Engineer, Gorkon Allied Command, Starbase 2
2002Pirates: The Legend of Black KatWitch Doctor, Voodoo Master[lower-alpha 1]
2002Star Wars: Galactic BattlegroundsMace Windu, Darth Vader[lower-alpha 2]
2002Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in ParadiseCobra Bubbles[10]
2002Lilo & Stitch: Hawaiian AdventureCobra Bubbles[10]
2002Star Wars: The Clone WarsMace Windu[lower-alpha 1][10]
2004EverQuest IIGrimgash the Black[lower-alpha 1]
2005God of WarKratos[10]
2005Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the SithMace Windu[lower-alpha 1][10]
2005Star Wars: Battlefront II
2005The OutfitJD Tyler
2006Baten Kaitos OriginsGuillo (male)English dub[lower-alpha 2][10]
2006Syphon Filter: Dark MirrorTouchstone[lower-alpha 1]
2006Saints RowAnthony Green[lower-alpha 1][10]
2006EragonAjijad
2007God of War IIKratos[lower-alpha 1][10]
2007Unreal Tournament 3Othello
2008God of War: Chains of OlympusKratos[lower-alpha 1][10]
2008Everybody's Golf 5DLC character
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi AllianceMace Windu
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels
2009Afro SamuraiSwordsmaster, Assassin[10]
2009Soulcalibur: Broken DestinyKratosGuest character[11]
2009Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic HeroesMace Windu[12]
2010God of War IIIKratos[lower-alpha 2][10]
2010God of War: Ghost of Sparta[lower-alpha 1][10]
2010Tron: EvolutionCalchasUncredited
2010Tron Evolution: Battle Grids
2011Mortal KombatKratosGuest character[lower-alpha 2]
2012Kinect Star WarsMace Windu[lower-alpha 2][10]
2012PlayStation All-Stars Battle RoyaleKratos[10]
2013God of War: Ascension[10]
2013BioShock InfiniteStreet Preacher Ray[lower-alpha 2]
2013Saints Row IVAnthony Green[lower-alpha 2][10]
2015Disney Infinity 3.0Mace Windu
2016Far Cry PrimalTensay[lower-alpha 2]
2017Agents of MayhemAgent Hardtack (Ishmael Funderburke), Vasquez
2022Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaMace Windu
2023Justice League: Cosmic ChaosJohn Stewart / Green Lantern[13]
  1. Credited as T.C. Carson
  2. Credited as TC Carson

References

  1. "T. C. Carson Biography (1958–)". filmreference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "TC Carson on 'Living Single', Voicing 'Kratos' in 'God of War', Working with 2Pac (Full Interview)". YouTube.
  3. Ross Jr., Lawrence C. (2001), The Divine Nine: The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities, Kensington, p. 315, ISBN 0-7582-0270-9
  4. "T.C. Carson Says He Was Fired from 'Living Single' After Calling Out Warner Bros". December 6, 2020.
  5. Paget, Mat (June 15, 2016). "New God of War Does Not Feature Original Kratos Voice Actor". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  6. "T. C. Carson: 'Living Single' to Loving Music". STS Entertainment & Fashion. May 3, 2017 via Pinterest.
  7. Steinmetz, Johanna (September 20, 1991). "Predictable 'Living'' Can't Raise a Hue and Cry". Chicago Tribune.
  8. Patrik (November 1, 1998). "Pulse". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  9. Justice League vs. Teen Titans (film). 2016.
  10. "TC CARSON". Behindthevoicesactors.com. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  11. Project Soul. Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny. Bandai Namco Games. Scene: Ending credits, 6:01 in, VOICE OVER ACTORS ENGLISH.
  12. Krome Studios (October 6, 2009). Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes. LucasArts. Scene: Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent.
  13. Legacy, Spencer (February 24, 2023). "Justice League: Cosmic Chaos Gameplay Trailer Spotlights Voice Cast". ComingSoon. Retrieved February 24, 2023.
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