Kevin P. Conroy

Kevin Conroy is best known for his voice role as the DC Comics character Batman on the 1990s Warner Bros. television show Batman: The Animated Series, as well as various other TV series and feature films in the DC animated universe. Due to the popularity of his performance as Batman, Conroy went on to voice the character for multiple films under the DC Universe Animated Original Movies banner; along with the acclaimed video games Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), Batman: Arkham City (2011) and Batman: Arkham Knight (2015).

As a voice actor, Kevin Conroy is best known for his starring role in the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995). He continued to voice-play Batman in the subsequent spin-off series: The New Batman Adventures (1997-1999), Batman Beyond (1999-2001), Justice League (2001-2004) and Justice League Unlimited (2004-2006), all of which take place in what is commonly referred to as the DC animated universe (DCAU). His tenure in the role also includes the theatrical film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), and the direct-to-video films Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003). He also voiced Batman for the character's guest appearances in the DCAU's Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock and The Zeta Project.

Conroy is well remembered by fans for being the first person in animation to use two distinct voices to portray Bruce Wayne and Batman, which Michael Keaton had previously done in Tim Burton's live-action Batman films. In a tally of performances that include every episode, movie and guest appearance made as Batman, Conroy has portrayed the character longer than any other actor in either live-action or animation. The previous record-holder was Olan Soule, who voiced Batman in various animated works between the late 1960s and early 1980s; including Super Friends. Apart from the DCAU, Conroy has also portrayed Batman in the direct-to-video DC Universe Animated Original Movies: Batman: Gotham Knight (2008), Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010), Justice League: Doom (2012), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013), Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014) and Batman: The Killing Joke(2016).
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Pedro Borges

References

• “Kevin Conroy, Iconic Batman Voice Actor, Dies at 66.” By Zack Sharf. (Nov 11, 2022). Variety.com < link >
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Conroy
• Kevin P Conroy in the New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 < AncestrySharing >
• “Kevin Conroy, Who Gave Voice to Batman for 3 Decades, Dies at 66.” < NYTimes.com > “… The youngest of four children, he grew up in a strict Irish Catholic family that splintered when he was 15 after the alcoholism of his father, a Pan Am executive, drove his mother away.“
• Read "Finding Batman" by Kevin Conroy, J. Bone and Aditya Bidikar. By DC Publicity. Friday, November 11th, 2022. < link >; < link >