Bumper Robinson

Bumper Robinson
Bumper Robinson
Born	Larry C. Robinson II; June 19, 1974; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, voice artist
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	Katherine Penton
Children	1

Larry C. "Bumper" Robinson II (born June 19, 1974) is an American actor and voice artist.[1] He is known for his roles as Bumblebee and Blitzwing in Transformers: Animated, Falcon in Avengers Assemble and Cyborg in Justice League: Doom. He also appeared in the sitcom Night Court on NBC which ran from 1984 to 1992.

Career

Robinson's first theatrical break came as the son of O. J. Simpson's character in Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983), a CBS television movie. Years later, he would be cast in the role of the young O. J. Simpson in The O. J. Simpson Story (1995).

In the 1980s, Robinson played Zammis in Enemy Mine, Clarence on Amen, Jonah Carver on Days of Our Lives and a recurring role as Leon on NBC's Night Court. He has made appearances on The Jeffersons, Gimme a Break!, Hill Street Blues, Matt Houston, Cagney & Lacey, Webster, Punky Brewster, The Facts of Life and Family Matters. He began his voice-over career on The Flintstone Kids as Philo Quartz, followed by work on Scooby-Doo, among others.

Robinson's career continued into the 1990s, with work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the FOX television movie Generation X, and shows like Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, The Client, Touched by an Angel, The Steve Harvey Show, Sister, Sister and The John Larroquette Show. He earned rave reviews for his performance as Jackie Jackson in ABC's miniseries, The Jacksons: An American Dream, after which he joined the cast of A Different World as Dorian Heywood. He also played Jared Harris on Guys Like Us, Marcus Miller on The WB's Three, a recurring role as Ivan Ennis on Living Single and Marcus Wentworth on UPN's Grown Ups.

In 2001, Robinson starred alongside Phylicia Rashad in the PBS film The Old Settler. Not long after, he starred in an American-Chinese produced action series called Flatland, with Dennis Hopper which was filmed in Shanghai. He joined the cast of Sabrina The Teenage Witch in 2003, after which he headed to New Mexico to star in Death Valley.

He has appeared in CSI: NY, Bones, Jane Doe: Yes I Remember It Well, Roommates, Alcatraz and BET's The Game.

In addition, Robinson is also a prominent voice actor, with roles in animated films and television shows such as Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Pinky and the Brain, Futurama, Brother Bear and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also provided the voices of Bumblebee, Blitzwing, Porter C. Powell and Blackout on Transformers: Animated.

Filmography

Live-action

Films

Year	Title	Role
1985	Enemy Mine	Zammis
1995	White Man's Burden	Martin
2001	Behind Enemy Lines	SCIF Technician
2004	Death Valley	Anthony

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Cocaine and Blue Eyes	Brennen's Son	Television film
1983	The Jeffersons	Artis	Episode: "And the Winner Is..."
1983–84	Hill Street Blues	Jimmy, Kid	2 episodes
1983–84	Webster	Curtis	3 episodes
1984	Matt Houston	Nathaniel	2 episodes
1984	Gimme a Break!	Boomer	Episode: "Breakdance"
1985	Cagney & Lacey	Kevin Taggart	2 episodes
1985–86	Night Court	Leon	5 episodes
1986	North and South	Michael	Miniseries
1987	The Facts of Life	Todd	Episode: "Sweet Charity"
1987	Punky Brewster	Donald Sotta	Episode: "Best Friends"
1987–89	Days of Our Lives	Jonah Carver	Recurring role
1988	Day by Day	Warren	Episode: "Girl Wars"
1990	Molloy	Louis Duncan Jackson	7 episodes
1990–91	Amen	Clarence	11 episodes
1990–92	Family Matters	Daniel Wallace, Kyle	4 episodes
1992	The Royal Family	Joe Correy	2 episodes
1992	The Jacksons: An American Dream	Jackie Jackson (ages 12–16)	Miniseries
1992–93	A Different World	Dorian Heywood	23 episodes
1993	The John Larroquette Show	Extortionist	Episode: "Jumping Off the Wagon"
1994	Thea	Cliff Clover	Episode: "Danesha Project"
1994	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Doug Parker	Episode: "Bayside Story"
1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Jem'Hadar	Episode: "The Abandoned"
1994–96	Sister, Sister	Bellboy, Mike, Jesse	3 episodes
1995	The O. J. Simpson Story	Young O. J. Simpson	Television film
1995	Touched by an Angel	Matthew Mackey	Episode: "The Hero"
1995	On Our Own	Nat	2 episodes
1995	The Client	Jimmy Roland	Episode: "Them That Has..."
1995–97	Living Single	Ivan Ennis	8 episodes
1996	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Eddie	Episode: "Increase the Peace"
1996	Generation X	Mondo	Television film
1996	The Steve Harvey Show	Lawrence	Episode: "The Play's Not the Thing"
1997–2003	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	James, Clifford Weaver	11 episodes
1998	Three	Marcus Miller	13 episodes
1998–99	Guys Like Us	Jared Harris	13 episodes
1999–2000	Grown Ups	Marcus Wentworth	7 episodes
2000	Linc's	Benjamin	Episode: "People Like Us"
2000	Son of the Beach	Prince Vidor	Episode: "Day of the Jackass"
2000	The Parkers	Bradley	Episode: "The Oddest Couple"
2001	The Old Settler	Husband	Television film
2002	Flatland	JT Dunnit	22 episodes
2004	Eve	Mark	Episode: "Dateless in Miami"
2005	CSI: NY	Mike Prineman	Episode: "Hush"
2006	Jane Doe: Yes I Remember It Well	Jackson	Television film
2007–15	The Game	Juvon Glenn	21 episodes
2009	Bones	Micah Strutt	Episode: "The Girl in the Mask"
2009	Roommates	Russell	Episode: "The Trash 'N Treasures"
2012	Alcatraz	Bobby	Episode: "Pilot"
2015–16	Black-ish	Marcus Montgomery	2 episodes

Voice acting

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Brother Bear	Chipmunks
2010	Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Cool Cat, Dog Killa, Slim, Cat Spy Analyst
2012	Justice League: Doom	Victor Stone / Cyborg	Direct-to-video
2014	Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery	Ruben	Direct-to-video
2018	MFKZ	Espirit, Octavius, Additional Voices	English dub

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986–88	The Flintstone Kids	Philo Quartz
1988	Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School	Jamal Williams	Television film
1995–96	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Carter
1998	The New Batman Adventures	Teen Cop, Henchman	Ep. "Mean Seasons"
1998	Pinky and the Brain	Tyrone Spellbinder	Ep. "Dangerous Brains"
1998	Godzilla: The Series	Looter #2	Ep. "Hive"
2000	Batman Beyond	Zack	Ep. "Payback"
2000–04	Static Shock	Derek Barnett / D-Struct, Heavy C / Slipstream Royce Axelrod, Chainlink, Troy, Tech #2
2001–02	What's with Andy?	Danny Pickett	Season 1
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Cap N' Robbie, Native Bearer	Ep. "Safari, So Goodi!"
2002–03	Futurama	Dwight Conrad	Replaced in later episodes by Phil LaMarr
2005	Teen Titans	Hot Spot
2006	The Batman	Man at the Bank	Ep. "Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind"
2007	All Grown Up!	Buster Carmichael, Ty	Ep. "In the Family's Way"
2007–08	Legion of Super Heroes	Star Boy, Ontir
2007–09	Transformers: Animated	Bumblebee, Blitzwing, Porter C. Powell, Blackout
2009–10	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Black Lightning
2010–12	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine
2012–14	Ben 10: Omniverse	Rook Blonko, Bloxx, Terraspin, Jury Rigg, Corvo, Ball Weevil, Doc Saturday, Punchinello, Crujo, Alan Albright, Parallelogram Vreedle
2012	Motorcity	Rayon	Ep. "Julie and the Amazons"
2013–19	Avengers Assemble	Falcon, Human Cannonball
2013	Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload	Falcon, S.H.I.E.L.D. Sentry	Television special
2014	Ultimate Spider-Man	Falcon
2014	Mixels	Footi, Glurt, Wizwuz	Ep. "Mixed Up Special"
2015	Curious George	Mr. Berg
2015	Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled	Falcon	Television special
2017	Lost In Oz	Smith, Tinker, Fauxquat
2017	Marvel Future Avengers	Falcon	English dub
2018	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Ryan Kinkade
2020	The Owl House	Principal Bump

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2003	Command & Conquer: Generals	Additional Voices
2005	Teen Titans	Hot Spot
2006	Armored Core 4	Sus
2008	Transformers Animated: The Game	Bumblebee, Blitzwing
2008	Aion: Upheaval	Additional Voices
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Bolivar Trask
2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Tunnel Rat
2009	James Cameron's Avatar: The Game	Batista, RDA
2010	Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	Soldiers
2010	Crackdown 2	Additional Voices
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame	Black Lightning
2011	Marvel Super Hero Squad Online	War Machine
2011	Resistance 3	Ellis Turner
2011	Ace Combat: Assault Horizon	Warwolf 4
2011	Kinect: Disneyland Adventures	Additional Voices
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Captain Nelex, Mavrix Varad, Agent Soganti, Agent Weller, Battlelord Kreshan, Corporal Garrum, Kodai Burkan, Private Sakal, Ralon Nys, Sergeant Herron, Tempest Squad Commando, Vorr
2012	Resistance: Burning Skies	Fireman Lawson, Civilian, Minuteman
2012–15	Skylanders series	Bouncer
2012	Ben 10: Omniverse	Rook Blonko, Bloxx
2013	Marvel Heroes	Falcon
2013	Batman: Arkham Origins	S.W.A.T. Officers
2013	Ben 10: Omniverse 2	Rook Blonko, Bloxx, Incursean Assault Toad, Incursean Ice Infantry
2014	Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes	Falcon
2014	Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham	Cyborg
2015	Infinite Crisis	Cyborg
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Falcon
2015	Lego Dimensions	Cyborg
2015	Fallout 4	Additional Voices
2016	Doom	UAC Spokesperson, Additional Voices
2016	Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Additional Voices
2018	Star Trek Online: Victory is Life	Dukan'Rex
2018	Spider-Man	Additional Voices
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains	Cyborg, Grid
2019	Rage 2	Goon Rocketeer, Dreadwood Civilian, Dizzy De Lux, Mo Rummy
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Falcon

Theme parks

Year	Attraction	Park	Role
2015	Justice League: Battle for Metropolis	Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags St. Louis Six Flags Mexico Six Flags Great America Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Magic Mountain	Cyborg
2019	Cyborg: Hyper Drive	Six Flags New England	Cyborg, Grid

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References

"Bumper Robinson". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

Preceded by Mark Ryan	Voice of Bumblebee 2007–2010	Succeeded by Mark Ryan
Preceded by Ed Gilbert	Voice of Blitzwing 2007–2009	Succeeded by incumbent

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[1] "Bumper Robinson". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 August 2016.