<Li> LeVar `` Freight Train '' Brown ( voiced by Craig Robinson ) -- LeVar is Cleveland 's father . His name is a reference to LaVar Ball . He is abusive towards Cleveland who he has never forgiven for humiliating him by losing a game show and a trip to Orlando for him and causing him to hide out at home in shame so long that he lost both his job and his chance to try out for the Washington Redskins , and has a history of leaving and then reuniting with his wife , Cookie , who is unaware he has more than a dozen other sons of various ages and races as seen in the episode `` You 're the Best Man , Cleveland Brown . '' LeVar seems to be close to the Griffin family , where he calls Rallo Tubbs `` Black Stewie . '' He seems to resemble Jim Brown . In `` Who Done Did It '' it is revealed that LeVar writes mystery novels under the pseudonym of Jocelyn Elderwood . In `` Who Done Did It ? '' while teaching Rallo and Cleveland Jr. about writing mystery novels , he leads them into proving Cleveland 's innocence when he ends up in jail upon Lydia Waterman dying from what appeared to be from an egg to the head only for it to be from a peanut allergy induced by Lloyd Waterman and the Coroner . </Li>
<Li> LeVar `` Freight Train '' Brown ( voiced by Craig Robinson ) -- LeVar is Cleveland 's father . His name is a reference to LaVar Ball . He is abusive towards Cleveland who he has never forgiven for humiliating him by losing a game show and a trip to Orlando for him and causing him to hide out at home in shame so long that he lost both his job and his chance to try out for the Washington Redskins , and has a history of leaving and then reuniting with his wife , Cookie , who is unaware he has more than a dozen other sons of various ages and races as seen in the episode `` You 're the Best Man , Cleveland Brown . '' LeVar seems to be close to the Griffin family , where he calls Rallo Tubbs `` Black Stewie . '' He seems to resemble Jim Brown . In `` Who Done Did It '' it is revealed that LeVar writes mystery novels under the pseudonym of Jocelyn Elderwood . In `` Who Done Did It ? '' while teaching Rallo and Cleveland Jr. about writing mystery novels , he leads them into proving Cleveland 's innocence when he ends up in jail upon Lydia Waterman dying from what appeared to be from an egg to the head only for it to be from a peanut allergy induced by Lloyd Waterman and the Coroner . </Li>
who does the voice of freight train on cleveland show
who does the voice of freight train on cleveland show
Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson