Terrence C. Carson

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Terrence C. Carson
Born (1958-11-19) November 19, 1958 (age 65)
Other namesT.C. Carson
Terrence Carson
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active1989–present
Website www.officialtccarson.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Terrence C. Carson (born November 19, 1958) [1] 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.

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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. [2] He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and in 1981 became a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity. [3]

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. [4] 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 Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror .

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 God of War: Ascension 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 Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny , 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. [5]

In 2002, Carson released a jazz/funk CD called Truth. In 2017, Carson was featured on the cover of STS Entertainment & Fashion magazine. [6]

Discography

Albums

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Livin' Large Dexter Jackson [7]
1997 Gang Related Manny Ladrew
1998 Relax...It's Just Sex Buzz Wagner [8]
2000 U-571 Seaman Eddie Carson
2003 Final Destination 2 Eugene Dix
2016 Justice League vs. Teen Titans Ra's al Ghul Voice, direct-to-video [9]
2022A Wesley ChristmasMarcus Elkins
2023Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of SoulsMr. Duke

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Key West Abednigo 'JoJo' Nabuli13 episodes
1993–1998 Living Single Kyle BarkerMain role; episodes 1–107, guest star in episode 118
1995 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child TreeVoice, episode: "Beauty and the Beast"
1995–1998 Life with Louie Norton Jensen, GusVoice, 16 episodes [lower-alpha 1]
1999 The Jamie Foxx Show MaziEpisode: "Forever Your Girl"
1999 Rugrats Officer DanVoice, episode: "Officer Chuckie" [lower-alpha 1]
2000–2002 Clifford the Big Red Dog Fire Chief Campbell, Mr. Carson the Mailman, Charley's DadVoice, 2 episodes [10]
2005 Half & Half Kyle BarkerEpisode: "The Big Performance Anxiety Episode"
2005 Star Wars: Clone Wars Mace Windu, Saesee Tin, General Oro DassyneVoice, 4 episodes
2007 Afro Samurai Swordsmaster, Brother #4Voice, 3 episodes; English dub [10]
2008–2014,
2020
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Mace Windu, Cultist,
Council Member, Tactical Droid
Voice, 45 episodes [10]
2008–2010 The Life & Times of Tim Jazz MusicianVoice, 2 episodes
2011 The Mentalist Joe ReyesEpisode: "Bloodsport"
2017 Greenleaf Reggie3 episodes
2018 Black Lightning EldridgeEpisode: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light"
2022 Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Mace WinduVoice, episode: "Choices"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Star Trek: Klingon Academy Academy Engineer, Gorkon Allied Command, Starbase 2
2002 Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat Witch Doctor, Voodoo Master [lower-alpha 1]
2002 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Mace Windu, Darth Vader [lower-alpha 2]
2002 Lilo & Stitch: Trouble in Paradise Cobra Bubbles [10]
2002Lilo & Stitch: Hawaiian AdventureCobra Bubbles [10]
2002 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Mace Windu [lower-alpha 1] [10]
2004 EverQuest II Grimgash the Black [lower-alpha 1]
2005 God of War Kratos [10]
2005 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Mace Windu [lower-alpha 1] [10]
2005 Star Wars: Battlefront II
2005 The Outfit JD Tyler
2006 Baten Kaitos Origins Guillo (male)English dub [lower-alpha 2] [10]
2006 Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror Touchstone [lower-alpha 1]
2006 Saints Row Anthony Green [lower-alpha 1] [10]
2006 Eragon Ajijad
2007 God of War II Kratos [lower-alpha 1] [10]
2007 Unreal Tournament 3 Othello
2008 God of War: Chains of Olympus Kratos [lower-alpha 1] [10]
2008 Everybody's Golf 5 DLC character
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance Mace Windu
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels
2009 Afro Samurai Swordsmaster, Assassin [10]
2009 Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny KratosGuest character [11]
2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Mace Windu [12]
2010 God of War III Kratos [lower-alpha 2] [10]
2010 God of War: Ghost of Sparta [lower-alpha 1] [10]
2010 Tron: Evolution CalchasUncredited
2010 Tron Evolution: Battle Grids
2011 Mortal Kombat KratosGuest character [lower-alpha 2]
2012 Kinect Star Wars Mace Windu [lower-alpha 2] [10]
2012 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Kratos [10]
2013 God of War: Ascension [10]
2013 BioShock Infinite Street Preacher Ray [lower-alpha 2]
2013 Saints Row IV Anthony Green [lower-alpha 2] [10]
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Mace Windu
2016 Far Cry Primal Tensay [lower-alpha 2]
2017 Agents of Mayhem Agent Hardtack (Ishmael Funderburke), Vasquez
2022 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Mace Windu
2023 Justice League: Cosmic Chaos John Stewart / Green Lantern [13]
2024Star Wars: Battlefront Classic CollectionMace Windu
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Credited as T.C. Carson
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Credited as TC Carson

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  1. Terrence C. Carson [@officialtccarson] (November 19, 2023). "65&THANKFUL What can I say Fam?! 🙏🏾 🎁🍾 I'm thankful for 65 years of living!!! 🗣️#notyogranddaddys65 So much has happened for me over the years. ❤️☀️🌧️❤️‍🩹 Maya Angelou was right, "I wouldn't take nothing for my journey". 🌄🛣️🏞️ I've honed my craft and deepened my skills as an actor and a singer. 🎭🎤🎬 I've had some challenges and setbacks. 😞🙅🏾‍♂️📉 Through it all, I've grown and evolved, I've built a tight circle of family and friends, and I've made my mother, Miss Annie, proud.🤶🏾 Thank you for loving me especially on my birthday day—and help me wish an amazing "Happy Birthday" to my Scorpio Twin, Erika Alexander! 🎂🎉" via Instagram.
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