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Kevin Grevioux (/ˈɡrɛvjuː/; born September 9, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer. He is best known for his role as Raze in the Underworld film series, which he co-created, as well as his voicework in the cartoon Young Justice as the villain Black Beetle.

Kevin Grevioux
Grevioux directing on the set of King of Killers
Born	(1962-09-09) September 9, 1962 (age 60) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, director, comic book writer, and actor
Years active	1993–present

Education

Grevioux graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1987 with a degree in microbiology with minors in both chemistry and psychology, afterwards attending graduate school working towards a master's degree in genetic engineering.[1][2] Grevioux also began taking screenwriting and cinematography classes as well, and after his first semester of grad school had finished, he moved to Los Angeles to begin to work as a writer in earnest. He has written several spec scripts in various genres. He also started a graphic novel company called Darkstorm Comic Studios in 2003.

Career

As an actor, he has been seen in such films as The Mask, Steel, Congo, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake, and the 2003 vampire vs. werewolf film, Underworld.

Underworld was Grevioux's first produced writing credit. He came up with the original concept/premise and wrote the original screenplay along with director Len Wiseman, launching the Underworld franchise. He appears in the film itself as a lycan, Raze, and returned as the character in the Underworld prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which he will also be adapting into a comic book mini-series. He has also expressed an interest in telling more Underworld stories in comic form if this proves successful.[3]

Using Romeo and Juliet as an archetype, Grevioux based Underworld on his experiences with interracial dating and the tension that it often causes. He also brought a scientific element to the world of vampires and werewolves by basing vampirism and lycanthropy on a viral mutagen rather than the mysticism typically associated with these two mythic creatures.

Early 2006 saw Grevioux form two comic book imprints, Astounding Studios and Darkstorm Comic Studios.[4][5] Grevioux's Astounding Studios imprint was to focus on all-ages titles such as Valkyries,[6] Guardian Heroes and The Hammer Kid. The Darkstorm Studios imprint was a more mature line, including the books Alivs Rex,[7] Skull and Guns and Uzan, The Mighty.[8]

Grevioux's voice is distinctively deep. In the commentary track of Underworld, he relates that during the promotion and launch of the film, many fans asked him if his voice had been altered by computer, and were surprised to learn that it had not been.[9]

Grevioux wrote Marvel Comics' New Warriors volume 4.[10] Grevioux also wrote Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel, introducing Blue Marvel, a character he'd created in his teens. The miniseries was drawn by Mat Broome and Roberto Castro.[11] He is also in the process of writing a story featuring Lee Falk's characters The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, co-written with Mike Bullock. He also wrote ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction for Red 5 Comics.[12][13]

On December 2, 2009, Grevioux hosted a pilot episode for a concept series, Monster Tracker, on Discovery Channel.[14]

He sold the original screenplay for the film adaptation of his Darkstorm Comics Studios graphic novel, I, Frankenstein,[15] to Lakeshore Entertainment, which also produced the Underworld films.[16] The story follows the original monster of Victor Frankenstein who is the only force that stands between the human race and an uprising of supernatural creatures determined to overthrow the world. Filming began on February 27, 2012, and the film was released in January 2014.[17][18]

Since November 6, 2017, Line Webtoon has been publishing Brothers Bond, an action webcomic collaboration with Ryan Benjamin in which they were both nominated for the esteemed Eisner Award for Best Webcomic.

In 2019, Grevioux portrayed The Vault Keeper in "EC Comics Presents The Vault of Horror", a full-cast audio drama adapting the first 24 stories from the first six issues of the original EC comic series.

In 2022, Grevioux directed, wrote, and produced the action film King of Killers, starring Alain Moussi and Frank Grillo, through his production company Channel 56 Films. It was based on his Darkstorm graphic novel.

Grevioux is an avid NFL fan. His favorite team is the Minnesota Vikings.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Naked Gun 331⁄3: The Final Insult	Prison Guard	Uncredited
1994	Speed	Bombsquad SWAT officer
1994	The Mask	Henchman #7
1994	Stargate	Fossil Guard	Uncredited
1995	Congo	Roadblock Officer
1995	Showgirls	Andrew Carver's Bodyguard
1995	Batman Forever	Two-Face's Thug
1996	The Great White Hype	Security Guard	Uncredited
1997	Steel	Singer
1997	Don King: Only in America	Leon Spinks	Television film
2000	Charlie's Angels	Bouncer #2
2000	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas	Associate Goon
2001	Planet of the Apes	Limbo's first Handler, Ape Commander, second Ape Soldier
2002	Men in Black II	Pineal Eye
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Inmate Guard	Uncredited
2003	Hulk	Mitchell	Uncredited
2003	Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star	Emmanuel Lewis's Entourage
2003	Underworld	Raze	Also first produced writing credit
2005	Dirty	Daddy
2006	Slayer	Grieves
2009	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Raze	Also graphic novel writer
2014	I, Frankenstein	Dekar	Also screen story, graphic novel
2017	Animal Crackers	Samson the Strong Man (voice)
2022	King of Killers	Dyson Chord	Also director, executive producer, screenplay, graphic novel writer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1994	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Starfleet Security Officer	12 episodes Uncredited
1994	Alien Nation: Dark Horizon	Sam	Television film
1997	Quicksilver Highway	Police Sergeant	Television film
1997	Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy	Miller	Television film
2005	The Batman	Solomon Grundy (voice)[19]	Ep. "Grundy's Night"
2010	Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Motion Comic	Doctore / Numidian (voice)	Episode: "The Shadow of Death"
2012–2013	Young Justice: Invasion	Black Beetle (voice)[19]	Recurring role
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Terrax (voice)[19]	Episode: "Avengers Assemble!"
2013	Payday 2: The Web Series	The Haitian	2 episodes
2014	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Super-Skrull (voice)[19]	2 episodes
2019	Cannon Busters	Black Claw (voice: English dub)	Recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
2018	Marvel Powers United VR	Groot[19]

Bibliography

• New Warriors (Marvel Comics)
• ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (Red 5 Comics, forthcoming)
• Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel (with Mat Broome, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, January–May 2009)
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (with Andrew Huerta, 2-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, forthcoming)
• Odyssey of the Amazons (DC Comics, 6-issue limited series, 2017)
• Rise of the Djinn (Zenescope Entertainment and Darkstorm Comics, 3-issue limited series, 2021)

References

External links

• Official website
• Kevin Grevioux at IMDb
• Kevin Grevioux at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Kevin Grevioux at ComicSpace
• Astounding Comics
• Darkstorm Studios
• Darkstorm Comics

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[de] Kevin Grevioux

Kevin B. Grevioux (* 9. September 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor und Comicautor.

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- [en] Kevin Grevioux

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[ru] Гревье, Кевин

Кевин Гревье (англ. Kevin Grevioux; род. 9 сентября 1962, Чикаго) — американский актёр сериалов, кино и озвучивания, автор комиксов, один из сценаристов и продюсеров серии фильмов «Другой мир», а также фильма «Я, Франкенштейн»[1][2][3][4][5].

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