Terrence C. Carson Explained

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.

Life and career

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]

Discography

Albums

Filmography

Film

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]
2022A Wesley ChristmasMarcus Elkins
2023Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls Mr. Duke

Television

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 #4Voice, 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
2011The MentalistJoe ReyesEpisode: "Bloodsport"
2017Greenleaf Reggie3 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"

Video games

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 IIGrimgash 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 WarsMace Windu
2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Kratos
2013
2013 BioShock InfiniteStreet 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

Notes and References

  1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: TC Carson on 'Living Single', Voicing 'Kratos' in 'God of War', Working with 2Pac (Full Interview) . YouTube.
  2. Web site: T.C. Carson Says He Was Fired from 'Living Single' After Calling Out Warner Bros . December 6, 2020 .
  3. Web site: New God of War Does Not Feature Original Kratos Voice Actor. June 15, 2016. Paget. Mat. CBS Interactive. GameSpot. June 15, 2016.
  4. Web site: T. C. Carson: 'Living Single' to Loving Music . STS Entertainment & Fashion . May 3, 2017 . Pinterest.
  5. Steinmetz, Johanna (September 20, 1991). "Predictable 'Living' Can't Raise a Hue and Cry". Chicago Tribune.
  6. Patrik (November 1, 1998). "Pulse". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. Closing credits . . 2016 . film.
  8. Web site: TC CARSON. Behindthevoicesactors.com. February 4, 2021.
  9. . Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny . . Ending credits, 6:01 in, VOICE OVER ACTORS ENGLISH . 2009.
  10. . . . Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent . October 6, 2009 .
  11. Web site: Justice League: Cosmic Chaos Gameplay Trailer Spotlights Voice Cast. ComingSoon. Spencer. Legacy. February 24, 2023. February 24, 2023.