Ray Porter | |
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Born | Ray Porter |
Nationality | American |
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Years active | 1990–present |
Ray Porter is an American actor and audiobook narrator who is most widely known for portraying the DC Comics villain Darkseid in Zack Snyder's Justice League .
After appearing in many television series, he gained attention when he was cast as Darkseid in the 2017 film Justice League , becoming the first actor to have been cast as the character in a live-action feature film. [1] However, Darkseid did not appear in the theatrical cut, [2] meaning Zack Snyder's Justice League marked the character's first appearance in a live-action film. [3] Porter played Darkseid through the use of motion capture [4] and "went through a few different vocal gymnastics trying to figure out the voice". [5] In February 2022, he was cast in Snyder's film Rebel Moon . [6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Almost Famous | Roadie Mick [7] | |
The Scarecrow | Count Grisham (voice) | Voice, direct-to-video | |
2003 | Sin | Jeff | |
2009 | The Path of Atticus: Gods and Monsters | Typhon | Voice, direct-to-video |
2010 | The Runaways | Band Member [8] | |
2011 | The Little Engine That Could | Nightmare Train | Voice, direct-to-video |
2012 | Argo | First A.D. [7] | |
2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Darkseid [9] [10] [11] [12] | Voice and motion capture |
2023 | Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire | Hickman | [13] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Murphy Brown | Young Man | Episode: "The Last Temptation of Murphy" |
1999–2001 | ER | Sam Broder | 3 episodes |
2001 | Frasier | Dwayne | Episode: "The Show Must Go Off" |
2002 | Will & Grace | Dad | Episode: "He Shoots, They Snore" |
2003 | In-Laws | Jeff | Episode: "Two Rooms" |
2003 | Dragnet | Episode: "Well Endowed" | |
2003–2004 | Teen Titans | Additional characters | Voice, 16 episodes |
2005 | The Suite Life of Zack and Cody | Derrick | Episode: "Dad's Back" |
2005 | Bible Battles | Abraham | Documentary |
2006 | Medium | Putt Putt Golf Man | Episode: "Four Dreams" |
2007 | Last Stand of the 300 | Priest of the Oracle | Documentary |
2008 | Monk | Dale "the Whale" Biederbeck | Episode: "Mr. Monk Is on the Run" |
2009 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Gerry | Episode: "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis" |
2009 | Southland | Roy | Episode: "Two Gangs" |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Carl Van Goe | Episode: "The Gone Dead" [14] |
2009 | The Closer | Adrian Beck | Episode: "Strike Three" |
2010 | Justified | Hestler Jones | 3 episodes [7] |
2010 | Sons of Anarchy | Head Red | Episode: "Home" [9] |
2012 | Curious George | Howlin' Hal | Voice, episode: "DJ George/Curious George Paints the Town" |
2014 | Shameless | Lip's Boss | Episodes: "Like Father, Like Daughter" and "Hope Springs Paternal" [9] |
2014 | The Mentalist | Wick Ammon | Episode: "Nothing But Blue Skies" [14] |
2018 | Modern Family | Lazlo | Episode: "In Your Head" |
2019 | The Kids Are Alright | Ernie | Episode: "Nine Birthdays" |
2022 | Naomi | Brutus | Episode: "Who Am I?" |
2022 | Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas | TBA | Voice [15] |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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1996 | Clandestiny | Magnus Og / Vicar / Jester / Doll | |
1998 | Tender Loving Care | Radio Voice #1 | |
2010 | BioShock 2 | Mark Meltzer | |
Medal of Honor | Gunfighter 06 | ||
2021 | The Elder Scrolls Online | Rynkyus |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2008 | And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks | All characters | |
2008 | Hell House | All characters | |
2009 | The Amityville Horror | All characters | |
2010 | Patient Zero | All characters | Joe Ledger, Book 1 |
2014 | Half-Off Ragnarok | All characters (except Verity Price) | InCryptid, Book 3 |
2015 | Pocket Apocalypse | All characters | InCryptid, Book 4 |
2016 | We are Legion (We are Bob) | All characters | Bobiverse, Book 1 |
2017 | For We Are Many | All characters | Bobiverse, Book 2 |
2017 | All These Worlds | All characters | Bobiverse, Book 3 |
2018 | The Terminal List | All characters | The Terminal List Series, Book 1 |
2019 | True Believer | All characters | The Terminal List Series, Book 2 |
2020 | Savage Son | All characters | The Terminal List Series, Book 3 |
2020 | The Sandman | Gilbert / Martin Tenbones / Wesley Dodds / Hector Hall / Beelzebub / Security Guard / Richard Burbage / Griffin / Mark / Mulligan | |
2020 | Heaven's River | All characters | Bobiverse, Book 4 |
2021 | The Devil's Hand | All characters | The Terminal List Series, Book 4 |
2021 | Project Hail Mary | All characters | |
2021 | The Bridge Sequence Lost Contact | All characters | |
2021 | The Apollo Murders | All characters | Apollo Murders, Book 1 |
2021 | The Bridge Sequence Lost Time | All characters | |
2022 | Roadkill | All characters | |
2022 | In The Blood | All characters | The Terminal List Series, Book 5 |
2023 | Only the Dead | All characters | The Terminal List Series, Book 6 |
2023 | The Defector | All characters | Apollo Murders, Book 2 |
Year | Award | Work | Result |
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2011 | Audie Award for Business and Personal Development | The 4-Hour Workweek | Nominated |
2013 | Audie Award for Science Fiction | 24 | Nominated |
2014 | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Extinction Machine | Nominated |
2015 | Audible Narrator of the Year [16] | N/A | Won |
2017 | Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections | The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke | Nominated |
2018 | Audie Award for Paranormal | Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology | Nominated |
2019 | Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense | The Terminal List | Nominated |
2021 | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Heaven's River | Nominated |
2021 | Audie Award for Business and Personal Development | Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers | Nominated |
2022 | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Project Hail Mary | Won |
2022 | Audie Audiobook of the Year [17] | Project Hail Mary | Won |
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