Richard Yearwood

Richard Yearwood
Born	(1970-06-22) 22 June 1970 Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, director, producer
Years active	1980–present

Richard Yearwood (born 22 June 1970) is a British-Canadian actor, voice actor, director and producer who is best known for providing the voice of Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country.

Career

Richard Yearwood had provided the voice of Rick from the Dino Crisis, and is also known for playing T-Bear from Blood Brothers. He also did the sounds for Rick in the Dino coliseum unlockable mini-game, but was uncredited.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Company	Platform
1986	Unnatural Causes	Vincent	Television film
1993	X-Rated	Wilson Carlisle	Television film
1995	No Contest	Young Cop
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Brother #1	Television film
1998	Blind Faith	Tough Kid Mercer
1998	Sanctuary	Ritter Wells
1998	Down in the Delta	Marco
1999	Freak City	Aise Jefferson	Television film
2000	Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble	Habersham
2000	Songs in Ordinary Time	Earlie Jones
2001	Bojangles	Randy Benson
2003	Blizzard	Lucius
	Webs	Ray	Television film
	Detention	Leon
2005	Mayday	Ensign Kyle Eggers
2009	Battlestar Galactica: The Plan	Marine	Television film
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Ganymede
2014	River of Fundament	REN Sales Executive SInger

Television

• The Littlest Hobo (1980) - Danny McLean / Shawn Turner in "Arrivederci Roma"
• Cagney and Lacey (1981) - Randy
• Snow (1983) -
• Where's Pete (1986) -
• Chasing Rainbows (1988) - Shoeshine Pete
• Starting from Scratch (1989) -
• Shining Time Station (1991) - Customer in "A Dog's Life"
• Survive the Night (1993) - Skinhead
• Blood Brothers (1993) - T-Bear
• Pumped! (1994) -
• Silent Witness: What a Child Saw (1994) - T-Bear
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1994) - Joshua in "Saturday at the Museum with George"
• Street Law (1995) - Michelangelo
• Due South (1996) - Special Agent Bush in "The Edge"
• Can I Get a Witness? (1996) -
• Sanctuary (1997) - Ritter Wells
• Once a Thief (1998) - Mr. Smith in "Mama's Boys"
• The City (2000) - Homestyle
• Relic Hunter (2000) - Jor in "Used Hearts"
• Twice in a Lifetime (2000) - Daddy in "Used Hearts"
• Shotgun Love Dolls (2001) - Bosworth Yardley
• Tracker (2001) - Nestov
• Christmas Rush (2002) - Kid Blast
• Love by Design (2002) - Co Host
• Alien Tracker (2003) - Nestov
• Date with Design (2003) - Host
• Platinum (2003) - Shorty Boy
• InSecurity (TV series- regular) (2010) - Benjamin N'Udu

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	ALF: The Animated Series	Several characters
	Dinosaucers	Paul	18 Episodes
1988	AlfTales	Several characters
1991	Swamp Thing	J.T.	5 Episodes
	Hammerman	Additional voices
1994	Monster Force		13 Episodes
	Tales from the Cryptkeeper	Nathan / Store Manager (Dennis)	2 Episodes
1995	Ultraforce	Additional voices	Episode: "Prime Time"
1996	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1997	The Magic School Bus		Episode: "In the City"
1997–2000	Donkey Kong Country	Donkey Kong	40 Episodes
1999	Rescue Heroes	Kenny Rides
2003	Funky Cops	Capt. Dobbs
2006–2008	Growing Up Creepie	Budge	10 Episodes
2007	Horrid Henry	Brainy Brian, Jolly Josh, Stuck-up Steve, Henry's Dad

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Dino Crisis	Rick
2000	Dino Crisis 2		English Dub Uncredited
2005	True Crime: New York City	President Hamilton
2006	Saints Row	Stilwater's Resident

Creative staff

• Restaurant Makeover (2005) - director
• Marriage Under Construction (2007) - director, associate producer
• Fashion File Host Hunt (2007) - director, producer
• Gods Of Accident (2010) - executive producer, producer
• Love It or List It (2016-) - director

External links

• Richard Yearwood at the Internet Movie Database