Richard Steven Horvitz

Richard Steven Horvitz (born July 29, 1966),[1] sometimes credited as Richard Wood, is an American film, stage, television and voice actor. His voice credits include the original Alpha 5 on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo, Raz in Psychonauts, Kaos in Skylanders,[2] Billy in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy,[3] Grey Matter in Ben 10, Daggett in The Angry Beavers, the titular character in Invader Zim,[4] Orthopox in Destroy All Humans!, the Zoni in Ratchet & Clank, Bumble in Kinectimals, the Space Weaver in Broken Age, and Moxxie in the recent pilot Helluva Boss by Vivziepop.

Richard Steven Horvitz
Horvitz at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2020
Born (1966-07-29) July 29, 1966
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesRichard Horvitz
Richard Wood
Rico Bonet
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
Spouse(s)Kristen Lazarian
Children3
Websitewww.richardhorvitz.com

Early life

Horvitz was born, grew up, resides and currently works in Los Angeles. He was born to a Jewish family. He has taught voice acting and theater at the California State University, Northridge.

Career
Horvitz with autographed Invader Zim picture at JACON 2009 in Orlando, Florida

Horvitz first appeared in a 1976 Freshen Up Gum commercial, which led to other commercial appearances and several hand modeling jobs. After a brief stint in an off-Broadway production of Oliver!, he went on to make appearances on television series such as Kids Incorporated and Safe at Home and films, such as Summer School, How I Got Into College and Deadly Weapon.[5] He also starred as Howie for two seasons on the 1988 syndicated television sitcom The Munsters Today which lasted three years until 1991. Howie was best friend of Marilyn Munster (played by actress Hilary Van Dyke). Starting in 1993, Horvitz changed the focus of his career to voice acting, starting with the voice of Alpha 5 on the live-action series Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. From there, he expanded into several other particular voice roles on such animated shows as The Angry Beavers (Daggett), Invader Zim (Zim), Kim Possible, Dave the Barbarian (Ned Frischman), Zatch Bell! (Kanchomé), The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Billy and his father Harold), Ben 10 (Grey Matter), Squirrel Boy (Rodney) and Shorty McShorts' Shorts as Dudley. After his stint as Alpha 5 ended, Horvitz went on to voice a few monsters in other Power Rangers series, and was also the voice of Alpha 7 in the Power Rangers: Wild Force episode "Forever Red". He also played the main character Raz in Psychonauts and Orthopox in Destroy All Humans!, Destroy All Humans! 2 and Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon in a voice that closely resembles that of Zim (in an English accent). He has voiced various NPCs in EverQuest 2. He voiced the Berserker Darklings in The Darkness, Bumble in Kinectimals and Kaos in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. Horvitz also voiced "Green Grapes" in the Fruit of the Loom commercials. He has also acted on stage, including in Jeffrey Hatcher's "Mrs. Mannerly" in Boston.[6]

Personal life

Horvitz lives with his wife, playwright and screenwriter Kristen Lazarian, and their three sons.[7] The couple's oldest was mentioned at an event promoting The Angry Beavers. He and Lazarian wrote an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy with the episode's storyboard artist C. H. Greenblatt, entitled "Keeper of the Reaper".

Filmography

Live-action

Animation

Film

Video games

Audiobooks
  • Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant – Skipper Matthews

Awards and nominations
  • Nominated – Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production for Invader Zim – 2001
  • Nominated – Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus - 2020[12]
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gollark: And watch as it can't do anywhere near as much as your *actual computer*.
gollark: If you don't want that... make your own computer out of a microcontroller and simple-to-interface-with display, I guess?
gollark: Computers are very general-purpose now and do a lot of abstraction.
gollark: I don't think there's much which can be done about that.

References
  1. MobileReference (2007). Calendar of Historical Events, Births, Holidays and Observances. MobileReference.
  2. Williams, Katie (4 September 2013). "Double Fine shows off Broken Age's voice-acting lineup". PC Gamer. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. Hackett, Keisha (July 3, 2013). "Richard Horvitz to join Rikki Simons at Invader Zim Q&A". Teen Link/Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. Bogos, Steven (2 September 2013). "Jack Black Heads Broken Age's Voice Acting Cast". Escapist magazine. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. "Richard S Horvitz Filmography". Baseline/All Media Guide. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  6. Regan, Tatum (Nov 20, 2012). "Mrs. Mannerly (Theater Review)". Edge Boston. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  7. http://www.kristenlazarian.com/bio
  8. Haas, Pete (1 September 2013). "Double Fine's Broken Age Cast Includes Jack Black, Jennifer Hale". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  9. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
  10. Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in.
  11. Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast.
  12. THR Staff (25 January 2020). "'Klaus' Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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