Redd Pepper
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Redd Pepper | |
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Born | Richardson Green June 23, 1961 |
Education | Sedgehill School |
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Years active | 1996–present |
Richardson Green (born 23 June 1961), known professionally as Redd Pepper, is a Barbadian-British voice actor and former train driver.
Pepper is notable for his work providing theatrical trailers for movies such as Amistad, The Blair Witch Project, Men in Black, and Boogie Nights. His vocal style is similar to that of Don LaFontaine.
Early life and career[]
Born Richardson Green in Barbados,[1] Pepper moved to London when he was very young with his six sisters and three brothers.[1] He attended Sedgehill School in Lewisham, southeast London.
His first job was at a McDonald's restaurant, after which he spent six months as a fireman, and then became a train driver on the London Underground.[1] He claims to have got bored very easily, and used to stop the train between stations, turn off the lights, and start talking on the loudspeaker system. "I used to say stuff like: 'This is your driver speaking... or is it?' in a really spooky voice."[1]
It was in 1996 that a television executive passenger on one of his trains offered him his card, and asked him to call him.[1] After providing numerous voiceovers for TV channels and adverts, he began doing movie trailers, with his first being Space Jam in 1996.[2] He also voiced Mike LeRoi/Shadow Man in the video game Shadow Man.
He came to prominence following his voice-over work for Armageddon and Independence Day,[3] when he was mistaken for Hollywood voice artist Don LaFontaine. Asked if he missed being a Tube driver, he responded: "Listen, I make £3,000 to £4,000 per movie trailer. What do you think?"[1]
Pepper is also a stage actor, having appeared in an Edinburgh Festival production of Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries. On 24 December 2010, he was on a celebrity version of BBC's Eggheads television show.
Redd is a supporter of English football club Aston Villa.
In October 2015, Pepper replaced Peter Dickson as the voiceover of British reality show The X Factor. However, he was only present as a voiceover at Judges' Houses, as Dickson announced his return on 30 October 2015.
In April 2017, Pepper served as announcer during Bradley Walsh's week of hosting The Nightly Show.
Filmography[]
Film trailers[]
Year | Title | Notes |
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1996 | Independence Day | UK dub |
Space Jam | ||
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | |
Men in Black | ||
Boogie Nights | ||
1998 | Armageddon | |
1999 | The Blair Witch Project | |
2005 | Are We There Yet? | |
2007 | Are We Done Yet? | |
Mr. Bean's Holiday |
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Boo, Zino & the Snurks | Bramph (voice) | English dub |
2019 | Serenity | Plymouth DJ (voice) |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Deadline | Himself | 1 episode |
2008 | The Culture Show | Himself | 1 episode |
2010 | Celebrity Eggheads | Himself | |
2011 | The One Show | 1 episode | |
2013 | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 1 episode | |
Golden Joystick Awards: The Briefing | Narrator | ||
2014 | How to be epic at everything | Himself | 1 episode |
2014–2015 | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Himself | 2 episodes |
2015 | The X Factor | Announcer | |
2017 | The Nightly Show | Himself | 5 episodes |
2017–2019 | Pointless Celebrities | 2 episodes | |
2021 | Big Fat Quiz of Everything | Himself | 1 episode |
2021 | Harriet Bear | 1 episode | |
2021 | Hamilton | 28 episodes |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Shadow Man | Mike/Shadow Man | |
2000 | Imperium Galactica II: Alliances | Additional voices | |
Blade | Blade | [4] | |
Gothic | Drax | ||
2001 | Shadow Man: 2econd Coming | Mike/Shadow Man | |
2002 | Vietcong | Additional voices | |
2004 | Vietcong: Fist Alpha | Additional voices | |
Vietcong: Purple Haze | Additional voices | ||
2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Additional voices |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Dom Joly (2007). "Sound of the Underground" (PDF). Deadline. pp. 8 & 9. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4792011
- ^ https://www.shadowandact.com/amp/meet-redd-pepper-the-iconic-voiceover-artist-behind-hollywoods-biggest-trailers
- ^ "Redd Pepper - 2 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
External links[]
- Artist profile from the British Film Institute
- Redd Pepper at IMDb
- Artist profile from Harvey Voices
- 1961 births
- Living people
- 20th-century English male actors
- 21st-century English male actors
- Barbadian emigrants to England
- Black British people
- English male film actors
- English male radio actors
- English male stage actors
- English male television actors
- English male video game actors
- English male voice actors
- Male actors from London
- People from Lewisham