Christopher Randolph Explained

Christopher Randolph
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Christopher Randolph (born 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor known for providing the English voice for Hal "Otacon" Emmerich and Dr. "Huey" Emmerich in the Metal Gear Solid series. Prior to landing his role as Otacon, he auditioned for multiple parts, including Solid Snake.[1] After David Hayter was recast from playing Snake in , Randolph became the longest serving English voice actor in the franchise, having a role in all but one main Metal Gear Solid series game since 1998 (the exception being ). He also writes, directs, and teaches acting.[1] He received an MFA from the graduate acting program at UCSD.[2]

His on-screen guest appearances include TV shows such as Will & Grace, Doogie Howser, M.D., Mad About You, American Masters and NewsRadio. He's appeared on several soap operas, including Days of Our Lives, As the World Turns, and Guiding Light, where he continues to recur as ER Doctor Tompkins, and he has leading roles in the short films Convention, directed by Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson), and Pumpkin Hell, directed by Max Finneran. His numerous stage credits include King Lear on Broadway with Christopher Plummer, and many Off-Broadway and regional productions around the country. He is the brother of actress Tod Randolph, and singer/songwriter Nick Randolph of the group Stonehoney.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 The Fifth Step Jared Short film
2006 Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel Video
2007 Pumpkin Hell Jeffrey Short film
2009 Dream Date Mr. Short film
2013 Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel Hal Emmerich / Otacon Video
2015 The Shells Old Sleepwalker
2017 The SoundingCarter James

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Doogie Howser, M.D. Reporter Episode: "Love Means Constantly Having to Say You're Sorry"
1998 NewsRadio Paramedic Episode: "Copy Machine"
1998 Mad About You Office Worker Episode: "The Finale"
2000 Will & Grace Man Episode: "Husbands and Trophy Wives"
2005 As the World Turns Dr. Hendricks 2 episodes
2007 American Masters Episode: "Novel Reflections: The American Dream"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Metal Gear Solid Credited as Christopher Fritz
2001 Hal Emmerich / Otacon
2004 Hal Emmerich / Otacon
2008 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Hal Emmerich / Otacon
2008 Hal Emmerich / Otacon
2008 Metal Gear Online Hal Emmerich / Otacon
2010
2014 Huey Emmerich
2015 Huey Emmerich
2016 Mafia III Additional Voices
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Additional Motion Capture Motion capture
2018 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Hal Emmerich / Otacon

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview: Christopher Randolph.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-10-09 . 2019-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191009051752/http://theatre.ucsd.edu/events/news/newsletters/1718/pdfs/Fall2017_Wk7.pdf . dead .