Khary Payton (born May 16, 1972 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American voice actor best known for his role as Cyborg in Teen Titans (2003). He would later reprise this role in Teen Titans Go! (and its film adaptation), Injustice: Gods Among Us (where he also voiced Doomsday) and its sequel, the series of Lego DC Superhero films, the Infinite Crisis game, and Justice League Action.
He's also known for a few live action roles such as Dr. Terrell Jackson in General Hospital, Josh in Emily's Reasons Why Not, and as King Ezekiel in AMC's The Walking Dead (2010).
Additional Roles:
- Young Justice (2010) - Aqualad, Black Manta, Black Lightning, Brick, Robot Man, Silas Stone
- G.I. Joe: Renegades - Ripcord
- Justice League - Ten of the Royal Flush Gangnote
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance:
- Dead or Alive - Zack
- Codename: Kids Next Door - Maurice/Numbuh 9
- Ben 10 - Hex
- Big Hero 6: The Series - Wasabi (replacing Damon Wayans Jr. in the TV series and in Kingdom Hearts III).
- Blood: The Last Vampire film adaptation - Creature Performer
- Starhawk and Playstation All Stars Battle Royale - Emmett Graves
- Deus Ex - Smuggler
- No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle- Nathan Copeland
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Drebin 893, an Expy of the smuggler in Deus Ex.
- Loonatics Unleashed - General Deuce
- Batman: Arkham Series:
- Batman: Arkham City: Azrael.
- Batman: Arkham Origins: Killer Croc, Warden Martin.
- Batman: Arkham Knight: Azrael.
- X-Men Legends II: Bishop, Nick Fury.
- Keeping Up With The Joneses 2004: John Q. Justice
- Kubo Punko: Corey, CC Daily, Markko
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015): Grimlock, Bisk
- Justice League: Throne of Atlantis: John Henry Irons
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters: John Henry Irons again and Granny Goodness
- République as Quinn Derringer
- The Walking Dead (2010) as King Ezekiel Sutton
- The Lion Guard - Rafiki (replacing Robert Guillaume)
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies - Rubberface Rudy
- Sofia the First- Basil, Turon, Elfelfa
- Elena of Avalor - Captain Chiloya
- Critical Role - Shakäste, Aloysius Fogg (Undeadwood)
- Justice League Action - Cyborg, again.
- Invincible (2021) - Black Samson
- The Legend of Vox Machina - Soverign Uriel
- Quake IV: Sgt. Marion Bidwell/Multiplayer Announcer
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Penguin King
- Marvel 1943 Rise Of Hydra: Black Panther / Azzuri
Tropes associated with Khary Payton:
- Casting Gag: In the two DC shows where he didn't voice Cyborg:
- In Justice League, he voices Ten in the first incarnation of the Royal Flush Gang, which Joker managed.
- In Young Justice (2010), he already voices series regular Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad/Aquaman and a half-dozen smaller roles like Black Manta, Black Lightning, and Brick. At the same time, the show had a lot of fun with the fact that Payton wasn't voicing Cyborg. He did voice the Doom Patrol member, Robotman, who was presented as a parody of Cyborg called alongside the other Teen Titans Go! actors. He also voiced Cyborg's father Silas Stone, and Cyborg's classmate who just happened to have the exact same voice as his classic Cyborg and yelled "BOOYAH!" a lot.
- Man of a Thousand Voices:
- He really does have a remarkable range, but doesn't see enough roles to show this off.
- Of course, in his tour through the DC Universe, he does show a remarkable amount of skill - listen to Cyborg, Kaldur'ahm, his roles in the Batman: Arkham Series, and his roles in Justice League: Gods and Monsters. It can get hard to believe they're all the same guy's voice.
- Role Reprise: Has voiced at least six different versions of Cyborg.
- Vocal Dissonance: He has a deep voice that usually fits with the characters he plays. The teaser for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, however, shows him using his baritone voice for the king of the small and adorable penguins. The character's voice is ironically as deep as his opponent Bowser's, the latter of whom more believably looks like he would have a deep voice.