Phil LaMarr

Phil LaMarr (born 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was one of the original featured cast members on the sketch comedy television series Mad TV, where he stayed for five seasons. His voice acting roles in animated series include the title character of Samurai Jack, both John Stewart / Green Lantern and Virgil Hawkins / Static in the DC Animated Universe (across the series Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited), Hermes Conrad in Futurama, Bolbi Stroganofsky in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Carver Descartes in The Weekenders, Ollie Williams and Judge Dignified Q. Blackman in Family Guy, and Wilt in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. LaMarr has also provided voices for video game franchises including Metal Gear, Jak and Daxter, Darksiders, Final Fantasy, Infamous, Dead Island, Kingdom Hearts, and Mortal Kombat. He also voiced Browntooth the Goblin Rogue in the Critical Role episode "The Goblins".

In film, he has appeared in Pulp Fiction (1994), Bio-Dome (1996), Speaking of Sex (2001), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Real Steel (2011).

LaMarr was born in Los Angeles, California. He decided to become an actor when he was in middle school performing in a play. When he was in high school, LaMarr landed a summer job on the animated series Mister T. He attended Yale University where he majored in English. LaMarr became a comedy writer. He decided to become a voice actor after joining MadTV.

LaMarr, unlike most of the other original nine cast members of Mad TV, had extensive television and film jobs experience when he joined the show (as did fellow cast member David Herman). Even before college, he had voiced a character on the Mister T cartoon show.

Some of the recurring characters LaMarr performed on Mad TV were Desperation Lee ("Funky Walker Dirty Talker"), Jaq the UBS Guy, "sexy player" Rick, talentless R&B singer Savante, and Rocket Revengers star Lieutenant Abraham Jefferson (a.k.a. Lincoln Willis).

LaMarr has done impressions of the following celebrities:

He has also done impressions of Moe Howard from The Three Stooges while playing an African-American version of the character.

LaMarr left Mad TV at the end of the fifth season (2000).