Who Is Kevin Conroy? ‘Batman’ Voice Actor Passes Away At Age 66 – Hollywood Life

Kevin Conroy is useless. The actor who first started voicing Batman and Bruce Wayne in 1992’s Batman: The Animated Collection and numerous motion pictures and video video games within the many years since handed away, in accordance with a press release given to TV Line by his rep. “It’s with profound disappointment that I ship this to you in the present day: Kevin Conroy, the quintessential voice of Batman, and a pricey buddy to so many people, has handed away,” the rep mentioned. No reason for dying was given on the time.

Whereas B:TAS is thought for giving Mark Hamill’s profession a jolt together with his now-iconic tackle The Joker, the collection flourished with the nuance and gravitas that got here with Kevin’s portrayal of the DC comics’ character. “Kevin was perfection,” mentioned Mark in a press release launched from Warner Bros., per Gizmodo. “He was one among my favourite folks on the planet, and I liked him like a brother. He really cared for the folks round him —his decency shone by means of every part he did. Each time I noticed him or spoke with him, my spirits have been elevated.”

Along with the primary collection, Kevin performed Batman on Batman Past, Justice League, Superman: The Animated Collection, and Justice League Limitless. He would additionally voice the character in motion pictures like Batman: Masks of the Illusion. He additionally returned to the cape and cowl for the hit Batman: Arkham video games (Arkham Asylum, Arkham Metropolis) in addition to the Injustice combating video games.

His solely live-action look as Bruce Wayne got here in 2019, through the Batwoman portion of The Arrowverse’s “Disaster on Infinite Earths” crossover.

Whereas Kevin was a really personal man, his experiences as a homosexual man through the AIDS disaster got here into focus lately – particularly in the way it influenced his portrayal of his character. Kevin contributed a narrative DC Comics’ Delight Month in 2022, and in 2016, he spoke in regards to the impression of the AIDS pandemic with The New York Instances. “I went to so many funerals that I felt such a way of obligation to do it proper,” he mentioned. “Each night time I’d simply wail, feeling all of the ache. I couldn’t not really feel it. It was a scream of, ‘Look what’s taking place to us! Assist!’”

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