who does cleveland's voice on family guy
Michael "Mike" Henry
title: Mike Henry (voice actor) text: Mike Henry (voice actor) Michael "Mike" Henry (born November 7, 1965) is an American voice actor, writer, producer, and comedian. He is known for his work on the animated TV series "Family Guy" (1999–present), where he writes and produces episodes along with voicing Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Bruce, and Consuela. Henry is also known for co-creating and starring in the spin-off, "The Cleveland Show" (2009–2013) and for his recurring role as Dann in the television series, "The Orville". Henry and his younger brother Patrick were born to artist parents and raised in Richmond, Virginia. His parents divorced when he was six title: The Cleveland Show text: May 9, 2011, just a few days before the second season concluded. Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry and Richard Appel served as executive producers on the series since the first season. Mike Henry voices two of the show's main characters: Cleveland Brown and Rallo Tubbs. The voice of Cleveland was developed originally for "Family Guy" by Henry after being influenced by one of his best friends who had a very distinct regional accent. For the voice of Rallo, Henry stated that he originally created the voice over twenty years before; he had used it while making prank phone calls. Sanaa Lathan title: The Cleveland Show text: her own voice to portray Roberta, and that she herself gets mistaken for a fifteen-year-old over the phone "all the time." Before Gomez was cast as Roberta, Nia Long (who co-starred with Lathan in "The Best Man" franchise) provided the character's voice during the first thirteen episodes. According to Long, she was replaced because producers decided they wanted an actress with a younger-sounding voice, given that the character is a teenager. Kevin Michael Richardson, a recurring guest voice on "Family Guy" and "American Dad", portrays Cleveland, Jr., as well as Cleveland's next door neighbor Lester Krinklesac. In portraying Cleveland, Jr., title: Cleveland Brown text: Cleveland Brown Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. is a fictional character from the animated television series "Family Guy", and its spin-off series "The Cleveland Show". He is voiced by Mike Henry. In the first seven seasons of "Family Guy", Cleveland is a recurring character. As one of Peter Griffin's neighbors and friends, Cleveland is also one of the few recurring African American characters on the show. He was conceived during the seventh-inning stretch of a Cleveland Indians game. His established profession was that of a deli owner. In the earlier seasons of "Family Guy", Cleveland frequently appeared alongside his wife Loretta title: Spies Reminiscent of Us text: the first being a brief appearance in "Road to the Multiverse", by former main cast member and writer Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown. The actor had previously left the role on "Family Guy" to star as the character in his own spin-off "The Cleveland Show", co-created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, and Richard Appel. In addition to the regular cast, actors Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and Gary Cole; voice actors Dimitri Diatchenko and Chris Parson; writer, actor, and television host James Lipton; actresses Henriette Mantel and Mae Whitman; and voice actress Nicole Sullivan guest starred in the