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Kevin Conroy was born on November 30, 1955 in Westbury, New York. At age 17, Kevin earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. In 1978, after graduating from Juilliard, he toured with "The Acting Company", Houseman's acting group, and in 1979, he went on the national tour of "Deathtrap". In 1980, he was cast in the daytime soap opera Another World (1964). However, he soon missed the theatre, and so he became associated with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, where he performed in "Hamlet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". From 1980 to 1985, he acted in a variety of contemporary and classic theatre pieces, including the Broadway production of "Eastern Standard" and "Lolita". He is very respected in theatre circles for his interpretation of Shakespearean characters, and in 1984, he played the title role in "Hamlet" in the New York Shakespeare Festival. Kevin returned to television in the television movie Covenant (1985). He was a series regular on Ohara (1987) in 1987, and on Nam - Dienst in Vietnam (1987) from 1987 to 1988, before starring in a series of television movies. He is best known for providing the title role in the animated Batman (1992) series.

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Kevin Conroy is best known for his voice role as the DC Comics character Batman on the 1990s Warner Bros. television show Batman: The Animated Series, as well as various other TV series and feature films in the DC animated universe. Due to the popularity of his performance as Batman, Conroy went on to voice the character for multiple films under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies banner; along with the acclaimed video games Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), Batman: Arkham City (2011) and Batman: Arkham Knight (2015).



As a voice actor, Kevin Conroy is best known for his starring role in the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995). He continued to voice-play Batman in the subsequent spin-off series: The New Batman Adventures (1997-1999), Batman Beyond (1999-2001), Justice League (2001-2004) and Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006), all of which take place in what is commonly referred to as the DC animated universe (DCAU). His tenure in the role also includes the theatrical film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), and the direct-to-video films Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003). He also voiced Batman for the character's guest appearances in the DCAU's Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock and The Zeta Project.



Conroy is well remembered by fans for being the first person in animation to use two distinct voices to portray Bruce Wayne and Batman, which Michael Keaton had previously done in Tim Burton's live-action Batman films. In a tally of performances that include every episode, movie and guest appearance made as Batman, Conroy has portrayed the character longer than any other actor in either live-action or animation. The previous record-holder was Olan Soule, who voiced Batman in various animated works between the late 1960s and early 1980s; including Super Friends. Apart from the DCAU, Conroy has also portrayed Batman in the direct-to-video DC Universe Animated Original Movies: Batman: Gotham Knight (2008), Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010), Justice League: Doom (2012), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013), Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) and Batman: The Killing Joke(2016).

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Deeply charming, yet virile voice



The voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman



Trivia (19)



Went to school with Christopher Reeve

Was raised in Westport, Connecticut.



His aunt was famed Broadway star Susan Conroy.



Attended the University College of Dublin.





In Batman: Perchance to Dream (1992), he read the voice of Batman, Bruce Wayne, Bruce's father, and the evil Batman in real time, alternating between all four characters without having to pause recording.



Auditioned for the part of Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Überflieger (1990). The producers spent two weeks deciding between him and Tim Daly . The two eventually worked together on Superman (1996).



Shares the same birthday (November 30) as Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , who voices Alfred Pennyworth in Batman (1992).

Has played the voice of Batman for more than 20 years, spanning at least 9 different television series, 12 animated movies and 7 video games. No other actor has played Batman for so long.





After providing the voice of Batman/Bruce Wayne for over ten years, he did a guest appearance for The Batman (2004) where he provided the voice of John Grayson, father of Dick Grayson (the first Robin).

After the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Conroy participated in relief efforts by volunteering to do cooking duties for officers and firefighters.



Irish-American.



He was the first actor to portray Batman as having two distinctive vocal styles: charming and virile as Bruce Wayne and gravelly and rasping as Batman.



Gave a speech at the the 1995 Screen Actors Guild Award ceremony during a tribue to voice actors.





As of 2014, he is the only actor to play Batman/Bruce Wayne, Dr Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father) & Joe Chill (the gunman who murdered Bruce's parents). He got to play Joe Chill in Die Liga der Gerechten: For the Man Who Has Everything (2004) (albeit in a dream sequence).

He originally auditioned to play Detective Harvey Bullock in Batman: The Animated Series (1992). He believed that playing Batman would be boring and read for Batman only at the behest of the crew.



He has dual U.S. and Irish citizenship.





After playing the character in animation for close to 30 years, he made his live-action debut as Bruce Wayne on Batwoman (2019) in its leg of the Arrow (2012)verse crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths".

He is the only actor to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in both animation and live-action adaptations.



Personal Quotes (12)

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique.



People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized--not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience. Inwardly, Bruce Wayne is still an adolescent watching his parents being murdered. That will never leave him. And people really relate to that.



I love doing the voice of Batman because of the quality of the animation. The music is particularly incredible. Another bonus is getting the opportunity to work with some very respected actors who do not usually do voice work.



To me, Batman is definitely Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong.





[on Michael Keaton ] He [Bruce Wayne] is Batman. He became Batman the instant his parents were murdered. Batman needs Bruce, however hollow that identity feels to him from time to time. Bruce keeps Batman human.



[on Val Kilmer in Batman Forever (1995)] To be fair, I must give credit where credit is due. Although Kilmer is clearly no Michael Keaton - except for a few corny lines, which are mainly the writers' fault, and a slight lacking when it comes to the portrayal of a dark side - he did a much better job than I expected.



[on seeing the animation for Batman (1992) for the first time]: "I was really blown away. I turned to Mark [Hamill] and I was like 'Did you have any idea we were working on something like this?!'"

Everyone has a private self and a public self.



Bruce Wayne is Batman. He became Batman the instant his parents were murdered. Batman needs Bruce, however hollow that identity feels to him from time to time. Bruce keeps Batman human.



I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.



People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized - not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience.



I guess the biggest challenge to doing any kind of animation voice work is that you only have your voice to tell the story.

