| Richard McGonagle | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 22, 1946 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, Voice actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Richard Francis McGonagle (born October 22, 1946) is an American actor and voice actor.
McGonagle was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Hildagard Virginia (née Hiller) and William Francis McGonagle.[1]
As a voice actor he has done many roles such as Fourarms and Exo-Skull on Ben 10, several voices on the show Samurai Jack, as Bato, a secondary character from the Nickelodeon show Avatar: The Last Airbender, various people in Zatch Bell, Dr. I.Q. Hi in Duck Dodgers, Apocalypse in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, the second voice of General Grievous in Star Wars: Clone Wars, Ed Machine in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Abin Sur in Green Lantern: First Flight, and various teachers in Recess. He also provided the voice of the Oracles in Jak 3 and voiced Dr. Peace in No More Heroes, Eight-Armed Willy in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, and Shockwave in Transformers: Prime.
He has also voiced in video games such as Baten Kaitos Origins, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, and The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. In film, he appeared in The Bucket List for Warner Bros. Pictures. He narrated the acclaimed indie film (500) Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. And he has also narrated a number of audiobooks, including the New York Times bestseller The Dark Side, by New Yorker journalist Jane Mayer.
In television, he has appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager.[2] He played the recurring character Judge Lathrop on the crime drama Close to Home and provided the voice of Sanders on the sitcom Community, in the second-season episode "Basic Rocket Science".