Introduction
Terrence Connor Carson (born November 19, 1958)is an American singer and stage, voice, and television actor. He is best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single and voicing Mace Windu on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He is also known for his long-running voice role as Kratos in the God of War video game series from 2005 until 2013.
Life and career
Carson was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and in 1981 became a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity.
Carson is best known for his role as Kyle Barker on the hit 90's 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. Carson provided the voice of Samuel 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 yes 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.
In 2002, Carson released a jazz/funk CD called Truth. In 2016, T.C was featured on the cover of STS Entertainment and Fashion Magazine.
Discography
- Albums
- Truth (2002)
- Live in Beverly Hills (2014)
Roles
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–98 | Living Single | Kyle Barker | Main role; episodes 1-107, guest star in episode 118 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Tree (voice) | Episode: "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 1995–98 | Life with Louie | Norton Jensen, Gus (voice) | 16 episodes |
| 1999 | Rugrats | Officer Dan (voice) | Episode: "Officer Chuckie/Auctioning Grandpa" |
| 2000–02 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Fire Chief Campbell, Charley's Dad (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Half & Half | Kyle Barker | Episode: "The Big Performance Anxiety Episode" |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Mace Windu, Saesee Tin, General Oro Dassyne (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Afro Samurai | Swordsmaster, Brother #4 (voice) | 3 episodes; English dub |
| 2008–14, 2020 |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu, Cultist, Council Member, Tactical Droid (voice) |
45 episodes |
| 2008–10 | The Life & Times of Tim | Jazz Musician (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Greenleaf | Reggie | 3 episodes |
| 2018 | Black Lightning | Eldridge | Episode: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light" |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Livin' Large | Dexter Jackson | |
| 1998 | Relax...It's Just Sex | Buzz Wagner | |
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | Eugene Dix | |
| 2016 | Justice League vs. Teen Titans | Ra's al Ghul | Direct-to-video |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Star Trek: Klingon Academy | Academy Engineer, Gorkon Allied Command, Starbase 2 | |
| 2002 | Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat | Witch Doctor, Voodoo Master | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds | Mace Windu, Darth Vader | |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise | Cobra Bubbles | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | |
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Grimgash the Black | |
| 2005 | God of War | Kratos | |
| 2005 | Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | ||
| 2005 | The Outfit | JD Tyler | |
| 2006 | Baten Kaitos Origins | Guillo (male) | English dub |
| 2006 | Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror | Touchstone | |
| 2006 | Saints Row | Anthony Green | |
| 2006 | Eragon | Ajijad | |
| 2007 | God of War II | Kratos | |
| 2007 | Unreal Tournament 3 | Othello | |
| 2008 | God of War: Chains of Olympus | Kratos | |
| 2008 | Everybody's Golf 5 | DLC character | |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance | Mace Windu | |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels | ||
| 2009 | Afro Samurai | Swordsmaster, Assassin | |
| 2009 | Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny | Kratos | Guest character |
| 2009 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes | Mace Windu | |
| 2010 | God of War III | Kratos | |
| 2010 | God of War: Ghost of Sparta | ||
| 2010 | Tron: Evolution | Calchas | Uncredited |
| 2010 | Tron Evolution: Battle Grids | ||
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat | Kratos | Guest character |
| 2012 | Kinect Star Wars | Mace Windu | |
| 2012 | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Kratos | |
| 2013 | God of War: Ascension | ||
| 2013 | BioShock Infinite | Street Preacher Ray | |
| 2013 | Saints Row IV | Anthony Green | |
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Mace Windu | |
| 2016 | Far Cry Primal | Tensay | |
| 2017 | Agents of Mayhem | Agent Hardtack (Ishmael Funderburke), Vasquez |