| Terrence C. Carson | |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other Names: | T.C. Carson Terrence Carson |
| Years Active: | 1989–present |
Terrence C. Carson (born November 19, 1958) is an American actor, best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single, and as the first actor to portray Kratos in the God of War video game series, playing the role from 2005 to 2013. He has also been the voice of Mace Windu in various Star Wars media.
Carson was born in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up as an only child, raised by his mother, in the LeClaire Courts projects of the Chicago Housing Authority.[1] 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 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.[2] 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 .
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 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 , 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.[3]
In 2002, Carson released a jazz/funk CD called Truth. In 2017, Carson was featured on the cover of STS Entertainment & Fashion magazine.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Livin' Large | Dexter Jackson | [5] | |
| 1997 | Gang Related | Manny Ladrew | ||
| 1998 | Relax...It's Just Sex | Buzz Wagner | [6] | |
| 2000 | U-571 | Seaman Eddie Carson | ||
| 2003 | Final Destination 2 | Eugene Dix | ||
| 2016 | Justice League vs. Teen Titans | Voice, direct-to-video[7] | ||
| 2022 | A Wesley Christmas | Marcus Elkins | ||
| 2023 | Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls | Mr. Duke |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Key West | Abednigo 'JoJo' Nabuli | 13 episodes | |
| 1993–1998 | Living Single | Kyle Barker | Main role; episodes 1–107, guest star in episode 118 | |
| 1995 | Tree | Voice, episode: "Beauty and the Beast" | ||
| 1995–1998 | Life with Louie | Norton Jensen, Gus | Voice, 16 episodes | |
| 1999 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Mazi | Episode: "Forever Your Girl" | |
| 1999 | Rugrats | Officer Dan | Voice, episode: "Officer Chuckie" | |
| 2000–2002 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Fire Chief Campbell, Mr. Carson the Mailman, Charley's Dad | Voice, 2 episodes[8] | |
| 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 | |
| 2008–2014, 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu, Cultist, Council Member, Tactical Droid | Voice, 45 episodes | |
| 2008–2010 | The Life & Times of Tim | Jazz Musician | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Mentalist | Joe Reyes | Episode: "Bloodsport" | |
| 2017 | Greenleaf | Reggie | 3 episodes | |
| 2018 | Black Lightning | Eldridge | Episode: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light" | |
| 2022 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Mace Windu | Voice, episode: "Choices" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Academy Engineer, Gorkon Allied Command, Starbase 2 | |||
| 2002 | Witch Doctor, Voodoo Master | |||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2002 | Cobra Bubbles | |||
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch: Hawaiian Adventure | Cobra Bubbles | ||
| 2002 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | ||
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Grimgash the Black | ||
| 2005 | God of War | |||
| 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 | Touchstone | |||
| 2006 | Saints Row | Anthony Green | ||
| 2006 | Eragon | Ajijad | ||
| 2007 | God of War II | Kratos | ||
| 2007 | Unreal Tournament 3 | |||
| 2008 | Kratos | |||
| 2008 | Everybody's Golf 5 | DLC character | ||
| 2008 | Mace Windu | |||
| 2008 | ||||
| 2009 | Afro Samurai | Swordsmaster, Assassin | ||
| 2009 | Kratos | Guest character[9] | ||
| 2009 | Mace Windu | [10] | ||
| 2010 | God of War III | Kratos | ||
| 2010 | ||||
| 2010 | Calchas | Uncredited | ||
| 2010 | ||||
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat | Kratos | Guest character | |
| 2012 | Kinect Star Wars | Mace Windu | ||
| 2012 | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Kratos | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 2022 | Mace Windu | |||
| 2023 | [11] | |||
| 2024 | Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection | Mace Windu |