The CW’s The Flash is bringing back the villainous Gorilla Grodd for an upcoming two-episode arc, and has signed Keith David to provide the voice of frequent Flash ally and Grodd-nemesis Solovar, it was announced today by DC television universe executive producer Andrew Kreisberg during the CW’s TCA Please try again later. He also played Keith, the game coin collector in an episode where Rogers and a small child learn to play the arcade game Donkey Kong. In the parallel universe of Earth-One, Grodd is originally from the planet Calor, not earth. Grodd's plan successfully lure the Flash coming to Earth-2 where he challenges Solovar to a fight in the arena. He is a gorilla with a human-level intelligence, and telepathic abilities, just like Grodd. I believe in God and spirit. He replaced Paul Winfield as narrator for the A&E show City Confidential, taking over after Winfield's death in 2004. Contents Solovar is a fictional superhero character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. An upcoming Grodd story, stretching over Episodes 13 and 14, will feature Keith David as the voice of Solovar 5. Executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said, in season one "with the Reverse-Flash, we just modulated Tom Cavanagh's voice, and this year we wanted to do something a little bit different [for Zoom]. He provided the voice of the Arbiter for the video game Halo 2, released in 2004; later, he reprised that role in the Xbox 360 follow-up Halo 3. He is known for his work as Arbiter in the Halo series, King in Platoon and Childs in The Thing. Yet, it was doomed to fail. His most recent work includes the feature film "The Nice Guys," the television series "Community" and voice work on "Adventure Time." A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. Solovar is the wise and just ruler of Gorilla City in which he was well renowned and unchallenged until an evil genius gorilla by the name of Grodd tried to rule over Gorilla City using his mind control devices but Solovar and his soldiers stopped his plans but Grodd managed to escape and swore revenge. Actors who portrayed Flash Characters. David has also narrated several WWE documentaries including, The True Story of Wrestlemania and the 20 episodes of The Monday Night War, documenting the battle between WWE Raw and WCW Nitro. Number of Comparisons: 5 Franchise: Flash Solovar is one of the secondary protagonists of the Flash franchise in which he made his comic book debut in The Flash Volume 1 #106 in April-May of 1959. The Flash is heading back to Gorilla City. Directed by Phylicia Rashad, he played the part of innkeeper Seth Holly. According to Deadline, David's character Solovar will make his DC Television debut in episodes 13 and 14 of "The Flash" Season 3. David was the narrator of the MLB Network special "Mr. Padre", the video biography of San Diego Padres Hall-of-Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn. This feature is not available right now. In 1992, David received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his performance in Jelly's Last Jam. David appeared in the 2013 revival of August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone at the Mark Taper Theater in Los Angeles. Growing up, he lived in a beautiful city, unmatched by any other on the planet. David won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his work in The War and Unforgivable Blackness. Solovar is a Kobra-Venom enhanced silverback gorilla. David has done voice-over work for many other documentaries including several for National Geographic and the documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked for the History Channel. [13], David returned in the Saints Row series' newest title Saints Row IV and voices himself and Julius as well. Flash vd solovar. [citation needed]. During the ceremony, he announced the attendance of Frank W. Buckles, the last living veteran of World War I. Brokering a deal with Solovar, Barry offered to fight Solovar one-on-one, so long as he let all of them go if Barry won. The adult gorillas were surgically enhanced to increase their intelligence. He starred as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the NBC series Community. Solovar is voiced by Keith David. When asked in an interview on his narration work of The Bible if he was a religious man, he quoted: "I'm not a religious man. He did the voice of Despero in the two part episode "Hearts and Minds" of Justice League. The Flash casts Keith David as Gorilla City leader Solovar, who will appear in the two-episode Grodd-focused arc in season 3. David is a film and television veteran with a career spanning decades. Keith David also has a recurring role as the President of the United States in the adult animated show Rick and Morty. His Emmy-winning voice-over career includes work as the narrator of Ken Burns films such as The War. King Solovar is the benevolent simian monarch of Gorilla City, and an ally to the Flash Family. I've gone to Catholic, Baptist, Episcopal and Church of God in Christ. Barry Allen was a police scientist who was one day exposed to chemicals hit by a lightning bolt. He is a sentient gorilla and the leader of the gorilla enclave on Earth-2. He played the role of Mama in the English dub of 3x3 Eyes. David portrayed Detective Jim Crenshaw in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter. I believe in church. Solovar is a large silverback gorilla with several large red scars on his body.2 Solovar lead a troop of gorillas in Bwunda. David has also worked extensively as a voice actor, he was the voice of Goliath from Gargoyles, the title character in the Spawn animated series, and Lemuel Kane in Archer. He is also heard on the intro of several Ice Cube projects, including Westside Connection's 2003 release Terrorist Threats, Cube's 2008 solo album Raw Footage, Cube's 2010 solo album I Am the West, and he narrated the documentary Beef II, which also featured Ice Cube. Solovar is the ruler of Gorilla City. He has acted in mainstream films, such as Dead Presidents, Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop, and Men at Work. 10 images (& sounds) of the The Flash cast of characters. The result left Barry as one of the fastest beings in existence; … [1], In 2015, David was cast in the leading role alongside Lynn Whitfield in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf.[9]. From April 21, 2015, to May 10, 2015, Keith David starred as "Dolomite" in the off-Broadway play ToasT. David voiced the superhero gorilla Solovar in the two-part Gorilla City episode of The Flash. Grodd heads back to his cit… He followed this up with roles in other films such as Volcano, a breakout turn in Armageddon, There's Something About Mary, Pitch Black, Barbershop, Agent Cody Banks, Head of State, Hollywood Homicide, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, The Chronicles of Riddick, Crash, ATL, Delta Farce and First Sunday. I've been baptized. He provided the voice for the character Decker in the role-playing video game Fallout and the voice for the character Vhailor in Planescape: Torment. David voiced the superhero gorilla Solovar in the two-part Gorilla City episode of The Flash. Keith David will provide the voice of Solovar in the Gorilla Grodd-centric two-parter. animated series, G.I. David did voice work in the multi console title Saints Row playing gang leader of the 3rd Street Saints Julius. Characters that he has voiced include the Arbiter in the Halo series, Goliath on Gargoyles, Al Simmons / Spawn on Todd McFarlane's Spawn, a role he reprised in the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, David Anderson in the Mass Effect series, Julius Little and himself in the Saints Row series, Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, Chaos in Dissidia Final Fantasy and 012, the Flame King in Adventure Time, Solovar in The Flash, the Cat in Coraline, and the President and reverse giraffe in Rick and Morty. The 52-year-old is also an old hand in the superhero game, as he also voices Drax in the Marvel animated universe, Stone in Daredevil , Lobo in Young Justice , Cron on Teen Titans and Lord Tyger in Spider-Man Unlimited . He portrayed "Father" in the romantic comedy action film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. David Sobolov confirmed his return as the voice of Grodd. If you are not familiar with the actor’s name, then you may know is work. Then on one fateful occasion, Grodd witnesses the Green Lantern fight the Dryg. All logos, images, video and audio clips pertaining to actors, characters and related indicia belong to their respective © and ™ owners. Keith David Williams (born June 4, 1956) is an American actor, voice actor, and producer. He has also appeared extensively in television productions since the 1980s and as a regular character Lieutenant Williams on the short-lived television series The Job. [6], In 2010, David was cast as Max Malini for the NBC television series The Cape. Franchise: DC Universe. [8] Later in 2014, David was cast as Elroy Patashnik in the sixth season of the sitcom Community. Agreeing to this, they fought in the city's arena. Actors who portrayed Solovar Number of Comparisons: 5Franchise: Flash
I Don't Have A Reason / I'll Add One Later. His performance in Ebony Repertory Theatre's 2014 Paul Robeson by Phillip Hayes Dean[16] previewed Wednesday, March 12, 2014,[17] and opened on Friday, March 21, 2014. At the same time, he has appeared in numerous independent films including the critically acclaimed Requiem for a Dream, playing the role of Big Tim. He voiced Apollo the Sun God in Hercules, Council Member in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the Black Cat in Coraline, Sergeant Foley in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Dr. Facilier in The Princess and the Frog, and the Big Man for The Spectacular Spider-Man episode "Survival of the Fittest". That’s why he played Spawn in HBO’s animated series and narrated The Bible. Photos of the The Flash (Show) voice actors. Solovar is the anti-villain in the third season of The Flash. Solovar. David was born in Harlem, New York, and raised in Corona, Queens. "[21], During a live Twitter Q&A in 2017, David listed Spawn, Goliath, and Dr. Facilier as three of his favorite voice roles. Actor Keith David is the man who will bring Solovar to life on The Flash. Posted on August 10, 2020 by . In 1980–81, David toured the country with John Houseman's The Acting Company in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. This rivalry was so great that, after Solovar was captured by humans (playing dumb to keep his identity and origin secret), Grodd followed him to Central Cityto learn the secrets of Solovar's force-of-mind powers. In the midst of a hostile environment they created a virtual paradise. In 2013, David appeared in the controversial drama Boiling Pot which is based on true events of racism. 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He was the voice of Frederick Douglass in the third episode of the PBS documentary God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America in 2010. (L.G.73) quickly became less interesting as both on-camera and behind-the-microphone roles started taking up more ... voice of Solovar. Images of the Solovar voice actors from the Flash franchise. [10], He has worked with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns several times, narrating Burns' Jazz, Mark Twain, The War, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, and Jackie Robinson. Other voice roles include Bebe Proud Clone from The Proud Family Movie, Atlas from Teen Titans, the lone renegade male gorilla Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan, and the Decepticon Barricade in Transformers: The Game. This version is an albino gorilla who is gruff but wise, benevolent, valiant and honorable as Gorilla City's king. By Molly Freeman Jan 08, 2017. 1...And So Is The Flash Voice Actor The second half of Grodd (and the one who gets the official credit) is voice actor David Sobolov. David has had memorable roles in numerous cult favorites, including Frank in They Live, Abu "Imam" al-Walid in Pitch Black and its sequel The Chronicles of Riddick, General Kimsey in Armageddon, and Big Tim in Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream. Nick Jameson is the voice of Solovar in Justice League Heroes. Article from tvline.com. 4. After Solovar explained the situation to the two Justice Leaguers, the three of them joined forces and tried to apprehend Grodd at a top secret lab, which he had converted into a shield generator of the same kind that protected Gorilla City. The Flash has introduced a number of DC Comics characters throughout its, so far, two and a half season run. Solovar got a number of strikes in, even striking the ground to shake it, but Barry ultimately won, knocking Solovar down with a single hit to … He is the narrator of the History Channel series The Bible which premiered on March 3, 2013.[14]. It is mentioned repeatedly during SR4, however, that he and Julius share more than a passing resemblance, much to the chagrin of Keith (the character). He has done voice work for early Adult Swim commercials for Inuyasha. David Kaye Actor | Fido David Kaye's voiceover career began with 'The Great American Hero', General Hawk in the D.I.C. One of his chieftains, Grodd, plots against him in order to usurp his throne and to lead the gorilla's against Earth-1. He portrayed the character again in Halo: The Master Chief Collection and also in Halo 5: Guardians, released in 2014 and 2015 respectively. David is known for his work on projects like At a moment a massive volcano could erupt and destroy the city. The Flash is heading back to Gorilla City. He performs the narration duties in the BBC documentary, World War II: Behind Closed Doors. Comment. The Flash Adds Keith David as Solovar for Two-Part Grodd Episode. Solovar commandeered a car to escape, but was stopped by the Flash and Green Lantern. I'm a man of spirit. Keith David (b. June4,1956) is a voice actor known for his roles as the voice of Despero on the Justice League and the voice of Solovar on the CW series The Flash. [10] In "Attack on Central City", Sean Poague appears as Accelerated Man, a speedster and Earth-19's version of the Flash, [11] and Paul Jarrett was General McNally; [12] both received co-starring credit. Solovar appears in the live-action series The Flash, voiced by Keith David. In May 2006, he appeared in the musical Hot Feet on Broadway in New York. David Ogden Stiers is the voice of Solovar in Justice League. voice of Kid Flash. Voiced most times by David Ogden Stiers. Video Game: Justice League Heroes Franchise: DC Universe He went on to appear in films such as Oliver Stone's Platoon, The Quick and the Dead, They Live (reuniting with The Thing director John Carpenter), Men at Work, Marked for Death, and Stars and Bars. This is an unofficial site. [1] In 2016, he began starring as Bishop James Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama Greenleaf. [18], He has married twice. David provided the voice of police detective Alex Cross for the audiobook versions of three novels by James Patterson: Cat and Mouse (1997), Pop Goes the Weasel (1999), and Roses are Red (2000). He played the role of Captain David Anderson in BioWare's Mass Effect series. Solovar Comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of Solovar with sound clips and images. Solovar is one of the secondary protagonists of the Flash franchise in which he made his comic book debut in The Flash Volume 1 #106 in April-May of 1959. The play (produced by Lemon Andersen and co-starred Hill Harper) was set in the Attica Prison around the time of its 1971 prison riot and told of the lives of its prisoners using poetic prose. [2][3], He initially intended to become an actor after playing the Cowardly Lion in a school production of The Wizard of Oz and went on to study at Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts. For many years, Solovar was the leader of Gorilla City, a hidden city of hyper-intelligent gorillas. In the English dub of Princess Mononoke, David played the narrator and Okkoto. He is voiced by Keith David. the flash solovar voice. [15] Keith David also has a recurring role as the President of the United States in the adult animated show Rick and Morty. Solovar initially had an alliance with the Flash (in which he has worked with both Barry and Wally) but he has also worked with the Justice League before especially if the villain of the story is Grodd. Flash / Barry Allen Comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of Flash / Barry Allen with sound clips and images. He has one son from his first marriage[19] and two daughters from his second marriage. Comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of Flash / Barry Allen with sound clips and images. TV Show: Justice League. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (1975–1979, Group 8)[4] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1979.[5]. Share Share Tweet Email. Solovar came to see them, hitting Groddfor having not told him of their capture. [citation needed], He provides the voice for the UPS "What Can Brown Do for You" commercials. Less than two years later, he went on to star as Childs, opposite Kurt Russell in John Carpenter's The Thing, and his lengthy on-screen career had begun. He is the leader to a race of super-intelligent gorillas, and also an expert combatant. Working as an on-air talent for radio station C.K.L.G. 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