Redd Pepper

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Richardson Green (born 23 June 1961), known professionally as Redd Pepper, is a Barbadian-British voice actor. With his unusually deep voice and vocal style similar to that of Don LaFontaine, he is known for his work on movie trailers.

Early life

Pepper was born Richardson Green in Barbados on 23 June 1961,^[1] and moved to London as a child. He has six sisters and three brothers.^[1] He attended Sedgehill School in the Lewisham area of London. His first job was at a McDonald's, after which he spent six months as a firefighter. He then became a train driver on the London Underground.^[1] He later claimed to have become bored very easily during this job, and would prank passengers by stopping the train between stations, turning off the lights, and talking over the loudspeakers: "I used to say stuff like: 'This is your driver speaking... or is it?' in a really spooky voice."^[1]

Career

In 1996, a television executive was a passenger on a London Underground train being driven by Pepper; upon hearing his voice over the loudspeakers, the man gave Pepper his business card and asked Pepper to call him.^[1] This led to numerous jobs providing voiceovers for TV channels and adverts, and he began voicing film trailers soon after, with his first being Space Jam.^[2] He also voiced Mike LeRoi/Shadow Man in the video game Shadow Man.

Pepper came to prominence when he was mistaken for Hollywood voice artist

Redd is a supporter of football club Aston Villa F.C.^[4]

Filmography

Film trailers

Film

Television

Video games

See also

• Don LaFontaine
• Art Gilmore

References

External links

• Artist profile from the British Film Institute
• Redd Pepper at
  IMDb
• Artist profile from Harvey Voices