Richard Yearwood is an English-Canadian voice-over artist, director, producer, and character actor

Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...

, who performs the voice of Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country (TV series)

Donkey Kong Country is a French/Canadian computer-generated animated television series. It is based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong as portrayed in the Donkey Kong Country video game series by Rare. Created by France 2 and Nelvana, it was originally titled La Planète de Donkey Kong...

, and other roles.

Richard Yearwood was born in Wellingborough

Wellingborough

Wellingborough is a market town and borough in Northamptonshire, England, situated some from the county town of Northampton. The town is situated on the north side of the River Nene, most of the older town is sited on the flanks of the hills above the river's current flood plain...

, Northhampton, England. He provided the voice of Rick from the Dino Crisis

Dino Crisis

is a survival horror video game by Capcom, originally released in 1999 for the PlayStation and later ported to Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast in 2000...

, 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 that was uncredited.

TV & Movies

• Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
  Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
  Kirby: of the stars, known in Japan Kirby right back at ya!', is an anime series based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise. The series was produced by Warpstar Inc., a company formed between a joint investment between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, Inc.The series, which takes place in a village called...
  
  – (voice) King Dedede
• The Littlest Hobo
  The Littlest Hobo
  The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series based upon a 1958 American film of the same name directed by Charles R. Rondeau. The series first aired from 1963 to 1965 in syndication, and was revived for a popular second run on CTV from October 11, 1979 to March 7, 1985.All three productions...
  
  (1980) -Danny McLean / Shawn Turner in "Arrivederci Roma"
• Cagney and Lacey (1981) -Randy
• Snow (1983) –
• Where's Pete (1986) –
• Unnatural Causes
  Unnatural Causes
  You may be looking for UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, a documentary series broadcast on PBS in 2008.Unnatural Causes is a detective novel by English crime writer P. D. James.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1986) -Vincent
• Dinosaucers
  Dinosaucers
  Dinosaucers Dinosaucers Dinosaucers (known in Japan as: is an animated television series co-produced in the United States, Canada and Japan. It was created by DIC Entertainment and Madhouse which has done the overseas animation and in association with Ellipse Programmé and Nelvana. This animated...
  
  (1987) -Paul
• ALF: The Animated Series
  Alf: The Animated Series
  ALF: The Animated Series was an animated cartoon spin-off based on the live-action Sitcom series ALF. It premiered on September 26, 1987 and ran for 26 episodes.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1987) -Several characters
• AlfTales
  AlfTales
  ALF Tales is an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show was a spinoff from the series ALF: The Animated Series. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales...
  
  (1988) -Several characters
• Chasing Rainbows (1988) -Shoeshine Pete
• Starting from Scratch (1989) –
• Swamp Thing
  Swamp Thing (1991 TV series)
  Swamp Thing was an American animated television series based on the DC Comics character Swamp Thing. The series was short-lived, with the pilot episode airing on October 31, 1990 followed by four additional episodes airing weekly from April 20 to May 11, 1991...
  
  (1991) -J.T.
• Hammerman
  Hammerman
  Hammerman is a Saturday morning cartoon, produced by DIC Entertainment and starring pop rapper MC Hammer, which aired for thirteen episodes on ABC.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1991) –
• Shining Time Station
  Shining Time Station
  Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York and then in Toronto...
  
  (1991) -Customer in "A Dog's Life"
• X-Rated
  X-rated
  In some countries, X is or has been a motion picture rating reserved for the most explicit films. Films rated X are intended only for viewing by adults, usually legally defined as people over the age of 17.-United Kingdom:...
  
  (1993) -Wilson Carlisle
• Survive the Night (1993) -Skinhead
• Blood Brothers (1993) -T-Bear
• No Contest
  No contest
  No contest may refer to:*Nolo contendere, a plea in a criminal court case *No contest , a decision at a sporting event *No Contest a film starring Shannon Tweed...
  
  (1994) -Young Cop
• Pumped! (1994) –
• Monster Force
  Monster Force
  Monster Force was a 13-episode animated television series created in 1994 by Universal Cartoon Studios and Canadian studio Lacewood Productions. The story is set in approx. 2020 and centers on a group of teenagers who, with help of high tech weaponry, fight off against classic Universal Monsters...
  
  (1994) –
• Silent Witness: What a Child Saw (1994) -T-Bear
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
  Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
  Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is a spin-off of the 1972-1975 television series Kung Fu. David Carradine and Chris Potter starred as a father and son trained in kung fu - Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. This series aired in syndication for four seasons, from January 27,...
  
  (1994) -Joshua in "Saturday at the Museum with George"
• Street Law (1995) -Michelangelo
• Ultraforce
  Ultraforce (comics)
  The Ultraforce is a fictional superhero group that appears in comic books published by Malibu, and later Marvel, as well as an animated series produced by DIC. Their purpose was to protect the public and keep other Ultras from getting out of line...
  
  (1995) –
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series)
  Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is an animated television series based on the film of the same name. The series was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and Nelvana for Warner Bros. Studios. It aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1997 on CBS...
  
  (1996) –
• Due South
  Due South
  Due South is a Canadian crime drama series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano, and latterly Callum Keith Rennie...
  
  (1996) -Special Agent Bush in "The Edge"
• Can I Get a Witness? (1996) –
• Elvis Meets Nixon
  Elvis Meets Nixon
  Elvis Meets Nixon is a 1997 film purporting to tell the true story of Elvis Presley meeting then President Richard Nixon on December 21, 1970.- Plot :...
  
  (1997) -Brother 1
• Sanctuary
  Sanctuary
  A sanctuary is any place of safety. They may be categorized into human and non-human .- Religious sanctuary :A religious sanctuary can be a sacred place , or a consecrated area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.- Sanctuary as a sacred place :#Sanctuary as a sacred place:#:In...
  
  (1997) -Ritter Wells
• Donkey Kong Country
  Donkey Kong Country (TV series)
  Donkey Kong Country is a French/Canadian computer-generated animated television series. It is based on the Nintendo franchise Donkey Kong as portrayed in the Donkey Kong Country video game series by Rare. Created by France 2 and Nelvana, it was originally titled La Planète de Donkey Kong...
  
  (1998) -Donkey Kong
• Once a Thief
  Once a Thief
  Once a Thief may refer to:* Once a Thief , starring Ronald Shiner* Once a Thief * Once a Thief , a Ralph Nelson film starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret and Jack Palance...
  
  (1998) -Mr. Smith in "Mama's Boys"
• Blind Faith
  Blind Faith
  Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech. The band, which was one of the first "super-groups", released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969...
  
  (1998) -Tough Kid Mercer
• Down in the Delta
  Down in the Delta
  Down in the Delta is a 1998 drama film directed by Maya Angelou. The film stars Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle, Loretta Devine, and Wesley Snipes.-Cast:* Alfre Woodard ... Loretta Sinclair* Al Freeman Jr. ... Earl Sinclair...
  
  (1998) -Marco
• Freak City
  Freak City
  Freak City was a Public-access television cable TV show syndicated across America that featured electronic music from raves and clubs. The show was created by the now-defunct Arcade America recording label, which also put out the popular Trance Global Nation series as well as plenty of other...
  
  (1999) -Aise Jefferson
• Songs in Ordinary Time
  Songs in Ordinary Time
  Songs in Ordinary Time is the 1995 novel by Mary McGarry Morris, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in June 1997.-Plot introduction:...
  
  (2000) -Earlie Jones
• Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000) – Habersham
• The City (2000) -Homestyle
• Relic Hunter
  Relic Hunter
  Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third...
  
  (2000) -Jor in "Used Hearts"
• Twice in a Lifetime
  Twice in a Lifetime (TV series)
  Twice in a Lifetime is a Canadian mystery/drama series that originally aired from 1999 to 2001. Created by Steve Sohmer, the series aired on CTV in Canada and PAX in the United States.-Synopsis:...
  
  (2000) -Daddy in "Used Hearts"
• Shotgun Love Dolls (2001) -Bosworth Yardley
• Bojangles
  Bojangles
  Bojangles or Mr. Bojangles may refer to:* Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, a famous African-American tap dance and movie performer* "Bojangles of Harlem", a 1936 song form the Fred Astaire movie Swing Time, a tribute to Bill Robinson and other African-american tap dancers* Bojangles, a jazz play by Ben...
  
  (2001) –
• Tracker
  Tracker (TV series)
  Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw...
  
  (2001) -Nestov
• Christmas Rush (2002) -Kid Blast
• Love by Design (2002) -Co Host
• Alien Tracker (2003) –
• Funky Cops
  Funky Cops
  Funky Cops is a French animated series about two cops in San Francisco during the 1970s. In the US it was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment and aired on the Fox Box but was canceled quickly due to dismal ratings and is now an online exclusive in the US. The rest of the series was later seen online...
  
  (2003) -Capt. Dobbs
• Detention
  Detention (2003 film)
  Detention is a 2003 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Dolph Lundgren as a soon to be retired high school teacher Sam Decker who has one last detention to proctor and Alex Karzis as Chester Lamb. Unfortunately, drug runners have chosen to attack the school...
  
  (2003) -Leon
• Date with Design (2003) -Host
• Platinum
  Platinum (TV series)
  Platinum is an American television series which aired on UPN in 2003.-Synopsis:Platinum is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company called "Sweatback Entertainment" in the competitive world of rap and hip-hop...
  
  (2003) -Shorty Boy
• Blizzard
  Blizzard (film)
  Blizzard is a 2003 Christmas family film directed by LeVar Burton, and stars Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Plummer, Kevin Pollack, and Whoopi Goldberg.-Plot:When ten-year-old Jess's very best friend Bobby moves away, she is inconsolable in her grief...
  
  (2003) -Lucius

Webs (film) 2003 – Ray
Mayday (film) 2005 – Ensign Kyle Eggers

• Growing Up Creepie
  Growing Up Creepie
  Growing Up Creepie was an animated television series made in the USA by Mike Young Productions and produced by Discovery Kids. In other countries the series was simply titled Creepie.- Premise :...
  
  (2006–2007) -Budge
• The Plan (BSG video) 2009 – Marine
• InSecurity
  InSecurity
  InSecurity is a Canadian action comedy television series. The series focuses on a team of spycatchers set at the fictional Canadian National Intelligence and Security Agency . The series is set in Ottawa but filmed primarily in Regina...
  
  (TV series- regular) 2010 – Benjamin N'Udu

Video games

• Dino Crisis
  Dino Crisis
  is a survival horror video game by Capcom, originally released in 1999 for the PlayStation and later ported to Microsoft Windows and Dreamcast in 2000...
  
  (VG) (1999) -Rick (voice)
• Dino Crisis 2
  Dino Crisis 2
  is a Action-adventure video game for the Sony PlayStation, published by Capcom in North America, released on September 13, 2000 and publish by Virgin Interactive in Europe, release on November 4, 2000. It was developed by Capcom Production Studio 4...
  
  (VG) (2000) -Rick (voice)
• True Crime: New York City
  True Crime: New York City
  True Crime: New York City is an urban sandbox-style action-adventure videogame published by Activision and developed by Luxoflux for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube consoles and Windows based computers. It is the second game of the True Crime series, released after True Crime: Streets of LA...
  
  (VG) (2005) -President Hamilton
• Saints Row
  Saints Row
  Saints Row is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It is the first title in the Saints Row series and is succeeded by Saints Row 2. A PlayStation 3 port was cancelled after protracted development time...
  
  (VG) (2006) – Stilwater Residents

Staff work

• Restaurant Makeover
  Restaurant Makeover
  Restaurant Makeover is a closed television series which airs as reruns on the Food Network Canada and HGTV Canada, as well as the Fine Living channel and Food Network in the United States, TVtropolis and in over 16 other countries worldwide. The pilot episode starred designer Robin De Groot and...
  
  (2005) -Director
• Marriage Under Construction (2007) -Director / Associate Producer

Fashion File Host Hunt (2007) -Director/Producer
Gods Of Accident (2010) Feature film -Executive Producer, Producer

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