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1 Early life  





2 Career  



2.1  Live-action work  





2.2  Voice work  







3 Personal life  





4 Filmography  



4.1  Voice over roles  



4.1.1  Television  





4.1.2  Film  





4.1.3  Video games  







4.2  Live action roles  



4.2.1  Television  





4.2.2  Film  









5 Awards and nominations  





6 References  





7 External links  














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Khary Payton
Payton in 2020

Born

(1972-05-16) May 16, 1972 (age 52)

Occupation

Actor

Years active

1986–present

Spouses

Linda Braddock

(m. 2001; div. 2009)

Stacy Reed

(m. 2010; div. 2019)

Children

3

Khary Payton (born May 16, 1972) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as King Ezekiel on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead and Dr. Terrell Jackson on the soap opera General Hospital, as well as voicing Cyborg across various DC media and Kaldur'ahm / Aqualad in the animated series Young Justice.

Early life[edit]

Payton was born on May 16, 1972, in Augusta, Georgia. At the age of 14, he won Showtime's first annual Kid Talent Quest, and a recording exists of him introducing an animated film called Sherlock Holmes in the Baskerville Curse broadcast on Showtime in September 1986.[1]

Career[edit]

Live-action work[edit]

Payton appeared on a recurring basis as Dr. Terrell Jackson on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital.[2] He portrayed King Ezekiel on AMC's The Walking Dead.[3][4][5]

Voice work[edit]

Payton has portrayed Cyborg in both Teen Titans[6] animated series and AqualadinYoung Justice, reprising his role in Teen Titans Go!.[7] In the cartoon series Justice League, Payton provided the voice of the villain Ten from the Royal Flush Gang. He also provided the voice of Drebin in the game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, RipcordinG.I. Joe: Renegades, BladeinMarvel: Ultimate Alliance, GrimlockinTransformers: Robots in Disguise, Quinn Derringer in République and Killer Croc in Batman: Arkham Underworld[8] and voiced Wasabi on the Disney XD original series Big Hero 6: The Series based on the Marvel ComicsbyMan of Action and the film of the same name.[9]

Personal life[edit]

Payton has three children. He married Linda Braddock in 2001, and they divorced in 2009. He married Stacey Reed in 2010 and they filed for divorce in 2019.[10] He has two children with Reed.[10]

Filmography[edit]

Voice over roles[edit]

Television[edit]

Year

Title

Role

Notes

Ref

2002

The Proud Family

Slapmaster

Episode: "The Altos"

2003–2007

Teen Titans

Cyborg, Herald

[11]

2003

Justice League

Ten

Episode: "Wild Cards" (Pt. I and II)

[11]

2003

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

Mitch

Episode: "E-Scream"

2004

The Shield

Lil Psych

Episode: Cracking Ice

2004–2007

Codename: Kids Next Door

Maurice / Numbuh 9, additional voices

3 episodes

2006–2007

Ben 10

Hex, additional voices

7 episodes

[11]

2006–2007

Loonatics Unleashed

General Deuce

3 episodes

[11]

2007

Friday: The Animated Series

Craig Jones

2007

Legion of Super-Heroes

Tyr, Hunter

2 episodes

2008–2010

Ben 10: Alien Force

Manny, Hex

6 episodes

[11]

2010

Generator Rex

Beasly, Gang Punk, Male Providence Cadet #2, Pilot

3 episodes

[11]

2010–2011

G.I. Joe: Renegades

Ripcord, Wallace Weems, Guard #1, Lead Trooper

7 episodes

[11]

2010–2013, 2019–2022

Young Justice

Aqualad, Brick, Black Manta, Black Lightning, Robotman, additional voices

[11][12]

2012

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Hex

Episode: "The Enemy of My Frenemy"

2013–present

Teen Titans Go!

Cyborg, Zan, Couch, Universe Tree, Halloween Spirit, Young Justice Aqualad, Himself, various voices

[11]

2014

Ben 10: Omniverse

Manny, Hex, Student

4 episodes

[11]

2014

Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered

Cyborg

TV special

[11][13]

2015–2017

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Grimlock, Bisk, Divebomb, additional voices

[14]

2015

Fresh Beat Band of Spies

Rubberface Rudy, Teller #1

Episode: "Fake Fresh Beats"

[11]

2015

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

Tony, Stan, Axel

Episode: "Screama Donna", "Junkyard Dogs"

[11][15]

2015–2019

The Lion Guard

Rafiki, Muhangus

12 episodes

[11][16]

2016

Sofia the First

Barley

Episode: "Bunny Swap"

2016–2017

DC Super Hero Girls

Cyborg, Lion-Mane

5 episodes

2016–2017

Justice League Action

Cyborg, Kanjar Ro

6 episodes

[11]

2017–2021

Big Hero 6: The Series

Wasabi, others

2017

Guardians of the Galaxy

Jukka, Ship Crasher #2

2 episodes

[11]

2017

Elena of Avalor

Captain Chiloya

Episode: "Party of a Lifetime"

2019

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

Kai

2021–present

Invincible

Black Samson, Kyle, additional voices

[17]

2022–2023

The Legend of Vox Machina

Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei

6 episodes

[18]

2022–present

The Loud House

Harold McBride, additional voices

3 episodes

2024–present

Hot Wheels Let's Race

Speedy Getaway

Film[edit]

Year

Title

Role

Notes

Source

2006

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

Cyborg

TV movie

[11]

2011

The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

King Erotic

Comedy Film

[11]

2012

Strange Frame: Love & Sax

Atem

[11]

2013

Khumba

Dassies, Wild Dog

English dub

[11]

2014

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Inmates, Henchmen

Direct-to-video

2015

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

John Henry Irons

[11][19]

2015

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League

Cyborg, Cyzarro

[11]

2015

Justice League: Gods and Monsters

John Henry Irons, Granny Goodness, Mugger

[11][20]

2015

Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem

Cyborg

[11][21]

2015

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom

Cyborg, Cy-Bot

[11]

2015

The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar

Rafiki

[11]

2016

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash

Cyborg

Direct-to-video

[11]

2016

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout

[11]

2016

DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year

[11]

2017

DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games

Cyborg, Lead

2017

The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar

Rafiki

2018

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash

Cyborg

Direct-to-video

[11]

2018

Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High

Cyborg, Wizard Shazam

2018

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Cyborg

[11]

2018

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Aquaman – Rage of Atlantis

Direct-to-video

[11]

2018

DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis

[11]

2019

Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

[11]

2020

Bobbleheads: The Movie

Deuce

2021

Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam

Cyborg

TV movie

[11]

2022

Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse

Cyborg, Narrator

Direct-to-video

[11]

2023

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Penguin King

[22]

2024

No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie

Harold McBride

Video games[edit]

Year

Title

Role

Notes

Source

2000

Deus Ex

Smuggler, JoJo Fine

2004

Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain

Lawrence Mujari

2004

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

Rael, Michaels

2004

Men of Valor

Greaser, Random Marines

2005

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

Bishop, Nick Fury

[11]

2005

Quake 4

Bidwell

2005

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

Additional voices

2006

Teen Titans

Cyborg

[11]

2006

Reservoir Dogs

Mr. Blue

2006

Saints Row

Additional voices

2006

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Blade, Paibok

[11]

2006

SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2

WRAITH

2006

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2

Zack

2007

God of War II

Rhodes Soldiers, Spartan Soldiers

2007

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe

Blade

[11]

2008

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Drebin 893

English dub

[11]

2008

SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation

Commando 3

2008

Resistance 2

Warner

2008

Tom Clancy's EndWar

Additional voices

2009

FusionFall

Hex

2009

Ninja Blade

Andy Walker

2009

The Sims 3

Sim

2009

Prototype

Additional voices

2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Earl Deveraux

[11]

2009

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Luke Cage, Blade

2010

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

Nathan Copeland

[11]

2010

SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3

WRAITH

2010

Dead or Alive Paradise

Zack

[23]

2010

Ben 10 Alien Force: The Rise of Hex

Hex

2010

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Soldiers, Extras

English dub

[11]

2010

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Additional voices

2011

Killzone 3

Additional ISA voices

[11]

2011

Dead or Alive: Dimensions

Zack

[11]

2011

Infamous 2

Male Pedestrians

2011

Spider-Man: Edge of Time

Additional voices

2011

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

Razor Co-Pilot

2011

Batman: Arkham City

Azrael, Inmates

2011

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Additional voices

2012

Starhawk

Emmett Graves

[11]

2012

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

2013

SimCity BuildIt

Additional voices

2013

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Marine

[11]

2013

Tomb Raider

Islanders

2013

God of War: Ascension

Soldier, Slave

2013

Injustice: Gods Among Us

Cyborg, Doomsday

[24]

2013

Metro: Last Light

Additional voices

2013

Fuse

Jacob Kimble

[11]

2013

Marvel Heroes

Blade, War Machine

2013

Batman: Arkham Origins

Killer Croc, Warden Joseph

2013

Young Justice: Legacy

Aqualad, Black Manta

[11]

2013

République

Quinn Derringer

[11]

2014

Infamous Second Son

Additional voices

[25]

2014

Infamous First Light

[26]

2014

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Knox, additional voices

2015

Infinite Crisis

Cyborg

2015

Lego Dimensions

Cyborg (Teen Titans Go!)

2015

Batman: Arkham Knight

Azrael

2016

Mafia III

Additional voices

2017

Injustice 2

Cyborg

[11]

2019

Kingdom Hearts III

Wasabi No-Ginger

English dub

2020

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

Henry Garrick

2023

Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

Pan

[27]

2025

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra

Azzuri / Black Panther

[28]

Live action roles[edit]

Television[edit]

Year

Title

Role

Notes

Source

2001

Walker, Texas Ranger

Gillis

Episode: "Justice for All"

2002

Imagine That

Demetrius

Episode: "The Married Balladeer"

2003

JAG

Seaman James Westin

Episode: "Touchdown"

2004

The Shield

Kaliel "Lil' Psych" Wilkes

Episode: "Cracking Ice"

2006–2008

Emily's Reasons Why Not

Josh

6 episodes

2006

Hannah Montana

Roger the Director

Episode: "More Than a Zombie to Me"

2008

How I Met Your Mother

Guy #3 in Booth

Episode: "The Fight"

2009

Medium

Mr. Bronson

Episode: "Baby Fever"

2009

Criminal Minds

Det. Landon Kaminski

Episode: "Slave of Duty"

2010

I'm in the Band

Director Kaz Ridley

Episode: "Spiders, Snakes and Clowns"

2010

Lie to Me

Cpt. Stan Renshaw

Episode: "React to Contact"

2010

CSI: Miami

Aaron Taber

Episode: "Manhunt"

2011

General Hospital

Dr. Terrell Jackson

24 episodes

2012

Fairly Legal

Tom Finnerman

Episode: "Kiss Me, Kate"

2012

Go On

Don

Episode: "Pilot"

2013

Body of Proof

Brad Carter

Episode: "Breakout"

2016-2022

The Walking Dead

Ezekiel Sutton

  • Recurring (Season 7)
  • Also Starring (Season 8)
  • Main Role (Season 9-11)
  • 49 episodes
  • 2017

    Hand of God

    Major Tom

    2 episodes

    2018

    Critical Role

    Shakäste

    2 episodes

    2019

    UnDeadwood

    Aloysius Fogg

    4 episodes

    Film[edit]

    Year

    Title

    Role

    Notes

    Source

    2003

    Dracula II: Ascension

    Kenny

    2004

    Latter Days

    Andrew

    2005

    Hellraiser: Hellworld

    Derrick

    2008

    Ping Pong Playa

    JP Money

    2009

    Blood: The Last Vampire

    Creature

    2011

    The Legend of Awesomest Maximus

    King Erotic

    2012

    Astronaut: The Last Push

    Michael Forrest

    Also producer

    Awards and nominations[edit]

    Year

    Award

    Category

    Work

    Result

    2014

    BTVA Voice Acting Awards

    Best Male Vocal Performance in a TV Series in a Guest Role - Action/Drama[29]

    Ben 10: Omniverse

    Nominated

    2015

    Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a TV Series[30]

    Transformers: Robots In Disguise

    Nominated

    2018

    Saturn Awards

    Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series[31]

    The Walking Dead

    Nominated

    2019

    Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series[32]

    Nominated

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on August 21, 2018.
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  • ^ Muir, John Kenneth (May 1, 2007). TV Year, Volume 1: The Prime Time 2005-2006 Season. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-1-55783-684-7. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  • ^ "Comic-Con: 'Walking Dead' Casts Kingdom Leader Ezekiel". The Hollywood Reporter. July 22, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  • ^ "'The Walking Dead': Ezekiel speaks! Khary Payton gives first interview about landing coveted role". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  • ^ "Khary Payton Talks "Teen Titans Go!" And "Justice League's" Live-Action Cyborg". CBR.com. July 19, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  • ^ "Young Justice's Aqualad Voice Actor Has A Good Feeling About A Third Season". Comicbook.com. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  • ^ "Killer Croc Voice Actor Talks Arkham Underworld". Arkhamverse.com. May 23, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  • ^ "'Big Hero 6': Maya Rudolph & More Reprise Roles for Disney XD Animated Series". Deadline. November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  • ^ a b "'Walking Dead' Ezekiel's Wife Files for Divorce". August 30, 2019.
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  • ^ "Endgame". Young Justice: Invasion. Season 2. Episode 20. March 16, 2013. Cartoon Network.
  • ^ "Lego Batman: Be-Leaguered". Lego Batman. October 27, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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  • ^ Moreau, Jordan (January 20, 2022). "Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' Adds Stephanie Beatriz, David Tennant, Tony Hale and More as Guest Stars". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
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  • ^ "EXCLUSIVE TRAILER DEBUT: Joker Rules in "Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem"". Comic Book Resources. June 2, 2015. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  • ^ Brian (October 6, 2022). "Khary Payton revealed as the voice of the penguin king in The Super Mario Bros. Movie". Nintendo Everything. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  • ^ Dead or Alive Paradise (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  • ^ "Twitter / kharypayton: @tomkambur @InjusticeGame We". Twitter.com. April 20, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
  • ^ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous: Second Son. Sony Computer Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 3:43 in, Additional Voice Talent.
  • ^ Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
  • ^ Jackson, Zach (April 13, 2023). "Aussie-Made Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical Is Hitting The Stage In August".
  • ^ "'Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra' Unveils Cast and Composer". www.marvel.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  • ^ "2014 BTVA Voice Acting Awards". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  • ^ "2015 BTVA Voice Acting Awards". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  • ^ McNary, Dave (March 15, 2018). "'Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  • ^ Mancuso, Vinnie (July 16, 2019). "'Avengers: Endgame', 'Game of Thrones' Lead the 2019 Saturn Awards Nominations". Collider. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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