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Gary Anthony Williams (born March 14, 1966)[1] is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He voiced the character of Uncle Ruckus on The Boondocks, and a number of video game characters. He also appeared on the television series Weeds, Boston Legal, Blue Collar TV and Malcolm in the Middle. Williams co-founded and is Artistic Director of the L.A. Comedy Shorts film festival in Hollywood, California. He starred alongside Cedric the Entertainer on the TV Land sitcom The Soul Man. Since 2013, he became a recurring cast member on the improv comedy TV series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and is a regular member of the live improv comedy show The Black Version.

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Gary Anthony Williams
Williams performing with Laughing Matters at Manuel's in May 2007
Born	(1966-03-14) March 14, 1966 (age 56) Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor comedian filmmaker
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Leslie Williams
Children	1

Early life and career

Born in Fayetteville, Georgia,[2] Williams was involved in theater, comedy and television in Atlanta, where his credits include acting with the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, performing and writing for Agatha's: A Taste of Mystery and being a longtime member of Atlanta's longest running improv troupe, Laughing Matters.[3][4][5] Williams had recurring roles in the television series I'll Fly Away and In the Heat of the Night, both filmed in the Atlanta area. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998.[6]

Television

Williams' past roles include Abe Kenarban (Stevie's dad) in the Fox TV sitcom Malcolm in the Middle[7] and as Judge Trudy's Bailiff on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show.[8] Williams was a series regular on the WB Television Network sketch comedy series, Blue Collar TV.[9]

In 2003, Williams had a small role in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Invisible Evidence." During season three and four of Boston Legal, Williams appeared as part-time lawyer Clarence Bell, a pathologically shy man who expresses himself through characters, including crossdressing as women (including a nun and celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey).[10] The role of Clarence/Clarice was originally to appear in one episode, but was expanded into a recurring role and then a regular role.[10]

Williams plays parts in five different shows on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, one being a STRATA technician on Saul of the Molemen, another as the self-hating African American, Uncle Ruckus on The Boondocks,[2] Coroner Rick, a recurring character on Stroker and Hoop, he also played the role of Paul Revere on the television special, The Young Person's Guide to History, and served as the voice-over announcer for The Eric Andre Show until 2013. He also voiced Riff Tamson in the opening three episodes of season four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He is also the voice of Mr. Dos on Special Agent Oso. He appeared on an episode of Hot in Cleveland as a drama teacher and soccer coach.

In 2009 and 2010, Williams provided the voice of the supervillain Mongul for several episodes of the animated series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold. On one occasion, he voiced the character's sister, Mongal. He also voiced the supervillain Thunderball in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Williams is currently working on a new Mike Judge animated series. He was part of a segment in the show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, and guest-starred on How I Met Your Mother and Two and a Half Men. Williams also guest stars as the halfway house director in the 7th season of the TV show Weeds. In 2011, he joined the cast of the animated series China, IL as the voice of Doctor Falgot. Williams was also in an episode of the show Workaholics. He was a series regular for the animated sketch comedy series Mad and is currently voicing Mr. McStuffins for the animated Disney Junior series, Doc McStuffins[11] and Dirty Dan and Dusty for the animated Disney Junior series Sheriff Callie's Wild West. He is also the narrator for the TV One series UNSUNG.[12] From 2012 to 2016, Williams appeared as the recurring character Lester on the TV Land original sitcom The Soul Man.

Since 2013, Williams has been a replacement performer on the CW revival of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, where he improvises scenes and songs. He also provides the voice for Mufasa in The Lion Guard replacing James Earl Jones, and has provided voices for Star Wars Rebels. In 2017, he voiced Bark Knight and Baboo from the animated Disney Junior series Puppy Dog Pals.

In November 2021, it was announced that Williams would be voicing the character, Beta, in the animated comedy-adventure series, Hailey’s On It!, which is slated to premiere in 2023.[13]

Film

Williams has appeared in films such as Undercover Brother, appearing as Smart Brother (having previously voiced the Undercover Brother character in the original internet animated series),[8] Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,[14] and Soul Plane. On the Boondocks second-season premiere, "...Or Die Trying", Riley Freeman and Robert Freeman are seen watching the Soul Plane 2 trailer, when they distinctly hear Williams and voice of grandad, John Witherspoon (who also had an acting role in Soul Plane), having a conversation on the plane. He also voiced Sweet in The Trumpet of the Swan. Williams also appeared in the film The Factory, starring John Cusack (with whom he also appeared in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)). In 2011, Williams narrated the feature-length documentary Ayn Rand and the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged.^{[citation needed]} Perhaps his most well known role is as Melvin (a father) in House Party: Tonight's the Night. Williams played Anton Zeck/Bebop in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).[15] He voiced the demon in the horror film Truth or Dare (2018).

Improvisational comedy

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Williams is a regular performer with the Flying Fannoli Brothers, an improv comedy band.[16] He performs in the improvisational shows Cookin' With Gas and The Black Version at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. Williams also returns to Atlanta to perform with Laughing Matters once or twice a year. Since 2013 he has been a recurring performer on The CW's revival of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Video games

Williams provided the voice for the character of Yancy Westridge in the video game Alpha Protocol, and Horace Warfield in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm.

Personal life

Williams is married to Leslie.[17] Together they have a son, Ethan.[18]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Radioland Murders	Dr. Ashton-Reeves
1997	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Bus Driver
1998	Ride	Tiny
1999	When Actors Attack	Amok Actor
	End of Days	Utility Worker #2
2001	All You Need	Brian
	The Trumpet of the Swan	Sweets (voice)	[19]
2002	Undercover Brother	Smart Brother
2004	Soul Plane	Flame
	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Tarik Jackson
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	Randall Bookerton
2006	The Adventures of Brer Rabbit	Brer Bear (voice)	Direct-to-video[19]
2010	Firebreather	Principal Dave, Troy's Dad (voices)	Television film[19]
2012	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	Mutant Leader, Anchor Bill (voices)	Direct-to-video[19]
	The Factory	Darryl
2013	House Party: Tonight's the Night	Melvin Johnson	Direct-to-video
	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary film
	Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow	Mayor Husk (voice)	Direct-to-DVD[19]
	The Internship	Bob Williams
2014	Muffin Top: A Love Story	Gregory David Gregory
	Achmed Saves America	Mayor McKuen (voice)
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Anton Zeck / Bebop
2017	Cook Off!
	I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	William Bendix
	Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown	Cook (voice)	Direct-to-video[19]
2018	Truth or Dare	Demon (voice)
	An Accidental Zombie (Named Ted)	Bradley
2021	Christmas...Again?!	Santa
	Witness Infection	Anthony	Independent film
	Spirit Untamed	Wrangler, ADR Loop Group (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	In the Heat of the Night	Ramsey Morgan	Episode: "Heart of Gold"
1991	I'll Fly Away	Dayton	Episode: "Coming Home"
1995	The Client	Sonny	Episode: "Pilot"
1996	Chasing the Dragon		Television film
1997	First Time Felon	Wallace
1998	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Playground Bully	2 episodes
	Brimstone	Fanaro's Neighbor	Episode: "Executioner"
1999	Any Day Now		Episode: "I Wish You Could Understand"
1999–2000	The Amanda Show	Bailiff ("Judge Trudy" segment)	Recurring role
2000	City of Angels	Nurse Elliot	Episode: "Oscar de la Boya"
	Men in Black: The Series	Additional voices	Episode: "The Back to School Syndrome"
2000–2006	Malcolm in the Middle	Abraham "Abe" Kenarban	18 episodes
2001	NYPD Blue	Charles	Episode: "Dying to Testify"
	The Wild Thornberrys	Forest Hog, Bushbuck (voices)	Episode: "The Trouble with Darwin"[19]
	Unreal TV	The Insecurity Guard, Clarence the Christian Pimp	Television film
	Off Limits	Cast	Unknown episodes
2002	The Parkers	Randall	Episode: "And the Winner Is..."
2003	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Auto Detail Guy	Episode: "Invisible Evidence"
2005	Stroker and Hoop	Coroner Rick, Jermane Washington, Ghost of Christmas Present, Various voices	6 episodes[19]
2005–2014	The Boondocks	Uncle Ruckus (voice)	Main role
2006	Lovespring International	Wally Smither	2 episodes
2006–2008	Boston Legal	Clarence / Clarice Bell	36 episodes
2007	Andy Barker, P.I.	Ron	Episode: "Pilot"
2007–2009	Curious George	The Coach, Businessman (voices)	2 episodes
2008	Young Person's Guide to History	Paul Revere	Television special
	Chowder	Tofu, Rat #2, Egg #2 (voices)	Episode: "Shnitzel Quits"
	The Xtacles	Additional voices	2 episodes
2008–2009	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Mongul, Mongal, Fun Haus (voices)	3 episodes[19]
2009	Desperate Housewives	Reggie	2 episodes
	The Goode Family	Ray Johnson, DMV Person, Ted, Various voices	13 episodes
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Snowman, Raisin #2 (voices)	Episode: "A Very Sunny Christmas"
2009–present	Unsung	Narrator / Himself	138 episodes
2009	Spang Ho!: Something Fishy	Whatnot	Pilot
2009–2012	Special Agent Oso	Mr. Dos (voice)	23 episodes[19]
2010	Hot in Cleveland	Coach Taylor	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
	How I Met Your Mother	Inspector	Episode: "Home Wreckers"
	Fred: The Movie	Laundromat Manager	Television film
	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Thunderball (voice)	Episode: "Thor the Mighty"[19]
2010–2013	Mad	Optimus Prime, Lex Luthor, War Machine, Donkey Kong, Flutterguy, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Kilowog, Black Lightning, Count Dooku, Additional voices	Main role
2011	Weeds	Ed Watson	3 episodes
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Dr. Cavanaugh (voice)	Episode: "The Siren's Song"
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Riff Tamson (voice)	3 episodes
2011–2015	China, IL	Dr. Jack Falgot, Golden Bowl, Additional voices	Main role
2012	The Eric Andre Show	Announcer	Season 1, 10 episodes
	Motorcity	Mr. Gordy (voice)	Episode: "Reunion"[19]
2012–2016	The Soul Man	Lester	12 episodes
2012–2014	Black Dynamite	Halloween Party Radio DJ, George Washington Carver III, News Reporter (voices)	3 episodes
2012–2016	Doc McStuffins	Marcus McStuffins (voice)	Recurring role[19]
2013	Beware the Batman	Michael Holt (voices)	Episode: "Hunted"[19]
2013–2015	Rick and Morty	Various roles	4 episodes
2013–present	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Himself	Recurring 27 episodes
2014	Mike & Molly	Emcee	Episode: "Open Mike Night"
	Benched	Geoffrey	3 episodes
	Sofia the First	Hobwing (voice)	Episode: "The Curse of Princess Ivy"[19]
2014–2016	TripTank	Wizard, Reneger, Dream Wizard, Additional voices	10 episodes[19]
2014–2017	Sheriff Callie's Wild West	Dirty Dan, Dusty, Sidekick Rustler (voices)	31 episodes
2015	Key and Peele	Brunswick Smith	Episode: "Key and Peele's Super Bowl Special"
	The Awesomes	Additional voices	3 episodes
	Two and a Half Men	Leo	Episode: "For Whom the Booty Calls"
	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	S. Ward Smith (voice)	2 Episodes Replacing John Witherspoon
2016	Star Wars Rebels	Gron, Stormtrooper #2, Stormtrooper Commander #1 (voices)	Episode: "Legends of Lasat"
	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Slicedice (voice)	2 episodes[19]
	The Loud House	Super Mart Manager (voice)	Episode: "Cereal Offender"[19]
2016–2018	Spontaneanation	Himself	13 episodes
2016–2019	The Lion Guard	Mufasa (voice)	Recurring role[19]
2017	Superior Donuts	Howard	Episode: "Flour Power"
	Man with a Plan	Bob	Episode: "What About Bob?"
	Bob's Burgers	Judge Conklin (voice)	Episode: "A Few 'Gurt Men"
	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Agent Conductor (voice)	Episode: "Mysteries on the Disorient Express"
2017–present	I'm Sorry	Brian	Recurring Unknown episodes
2018	Miles from Tomorrowland	Fortis, Hemeran (voices)	Episode: "Grendel's Moving Castle/The Great Gadfly"
	Hanazuki: Full of Treasures	Axo (voice)	Episode: "Dance on the Dark Side"
	Star Wars Resistance	Kragan Gorr (voice)	Episode: "The Triple Dark"
2018–20	The Neighborhood	Ernie	3 episodes
2019	Mom	Warren	Episode: "A Dark Closet and Therapy with Horses"
	Epic Rap Battles of History	Bill Cosby	Web series Episode: "George Carlin vs. Richard Pryor"
	Just Roll with It	Smiley Waterman	Episode: "Family Squabbles"
	Love, Death & Robots	XBOT 4000 (voice)	Episode: "Three Robots"
	Robot Chicken	Thanos, Scruffy, Chef (voices)	Episode: "Boogie Bardstown in: No Need, I Have Coupons"
	Tigtone	Memory Gnome, Barteener (voices)	Recurring role
2019–21	Bless the Harts	Leonard (voice)	Recurring role
	SpongeBob SquarePants	Goofy Manager, DJ 2 Scoopz, various characters (voices)	2 episodes
2020–present	Central Park	Various voices
2020	The Owl House	Peter Porter, Additional voices	Recurring role
2021	The Crew	Chuck Stubbs	Main role[20]
2021–present	The Patrick Star Show	Manager, Various voices	4 episodes
2022	Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Pops (voice)
2022	Oddballs	Mr. McFly	[21]
2023	Hailey's On It!	Beta (voice)

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2002	Star Trek: Starfleet Command III	Additional voices
2003	Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
2006	Yakuza
2007	Mass Effect	Charles Saracino, Elanos Haliat, Citadel Control, Turian Diplomat
2009	Halo Wars	Additional voices
	Infamous	Male Pedestrian
2010	Alpha Protocol	Yancy Westridge
	StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty	General Warfield, Tal'darim Executor, Void Ray
	Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame	Mongul
2013	StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm	General Warfield
2016	XCOM 2	Tygan
2017	XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
	Horizon Zero Dawn	Burgrend

Production credits

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1982	The Toy	No	No	Yes
1982–1998	Saturday Night Live	No	No	Yes	Writer (1982-1992) Co-Head Writer (1992-1998)
2002	Undercover Brother	No	No	Yes
2008	I Own You	No	No	Yes
2010	Bun in the Oven	No	No	Yes
2011	Sometimes Pretty Girls	Yes	No	Yes
2012	Small Hand	No	Yes	Yes
2013	Just Kidding	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Bun in the Oven 2: The Rebirth	No	Yes	Yes	Executive producer
2014	Life Hacks for Kids	Yes	No	Yes
2014–2015	Bye Felicia	Yes	No	Yes	8 episodes
2015	$100 Pet Challenge	Yes	Yes	Yes	TV Mini-series, Executive producer; 1 episode
2015	Oh My Gosh	Yes	No	No	TV Mini-series
2015–present	Food Hack for Kids	Yes	No	No
2016	It's a Snackdown!	Yes	No	No	TV Mini-series; 8 episodes
2016	Hollywood or Hollywouldn't	Yes	No	No	Short film
2018	Life Hack for Kids: On the Road	Yes	No	No	TV Mini-series; 10 episodes

References

External links

• Gary Anthony Williams at IMDb
• Ex-Fayetteville Resident Goes Legal by Rodney Ho for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 16, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007
• Comic Makes Time for a Pal in Need by Richard L. Eldredge for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 3, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007
• Gary Anthony Williams Causes a 'Ruckus' by Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn for the Associated Press, November 11, 2007. Retrieved on November 11, 2007.

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Gary Anthony Williams (Atlanta, 14 de marzo de 1966) es un actor estadounidense. Recientemente ha aparecido en la serie televisiva Boston Legal. Adicionalmente, es conocido por su papel recurrente en Malcolm in the Middle, de la cadena Fox, como "Abe" Kenarban. Ha hecho voces para series animadas de Adult Swim, incluyendo Uncle Ruckus para «The Boondocks» y Coroner Rick en «Stroker and Hoop». Williams aparece en el primer show en vivo de Adult Swim, «Saul of the Mole Men». Williams es uno de los cofundadores y director artístico del festival L. A. Comedy Shorts en Hollywood (California).

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