Mad TV LaMarr, unlike most of the other original nine cast members of
Mad TV, had extensive television and film jobs experience when he joined the show. Even before college, he had voiced a character on the
Mister T cartoon show. Some of the recurring characters LaMarr performed on
Mad TV were Desperation Lee ("Funky Walker Dirty Talker"), Jaq the UBS Guy, "sexy player" Rick, talentless
R&B singer Savante, and Rocket Revengers star Lieutenant Abraham Jefferson (a.k.a. Lincoln Willis). LaMarr has done impressions of the following celebrities: •
Bobby Brown •
Ray Charles •
Johnnie Cochran •
Nat King Cole •
Billy Crystal (as Harry Burns from
When Harry Met Sally...) •
Diddy •
Tommy Davidson •
Sammy Davis Jr. •
Louis Farrakhan •
Morgan Freeman •
Sherman Hemsley (as
George Jefferson from
The Jeffersons) •
Ice-T •
Michael Jackson •
Rick James •
Vernon Jordan •
Don King •
LeBron James •
Will Smith •
Martin Lawrence •
Spike Lee •
Bill Maher •
Barack Obama •
Howard McNear (as
Floyd Lawson from
The Andy Griffith Show) •
Eddie Murphy •
Sidney Poitier •
Tiger Woods •
Colin Powell •
RuPaul •
Prince •
Chris Rock •
Bernard Shaw •
Sinbad •
Sammy Sosa •
Chris Tucker •
Ben Vereen •
Kanye West •
Dwayne Johnson •
Kevin Hart •
Barry White •
Michael Winslow •
Stevie Wonder He has also done impressions of
Moe Howard from
The Three Stooges while playing an African-American version of the character. LaMarr left
Mad TV at the end of the fifth season (2000).
Voice acting work LaMarr's voice over credits include a starring role on
Justice League and
Justice League Unlimited as John Stewart/Green Lantern, a major role as
Hermes Conrad and various other characters on
Futurama, and the title roles on
Samurai Jack and
Static Shock. He also voiced
Black Vulcan in
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and Hector Con Carne in Evil Con Carne. LaMarr reprised his role as Hermes Conrad in the
Futurama films ''
Bender's Big Score, The Beast with a Billion Backs, Bender's Game, Into the Wild Green Yonder, and upon the series return in 2010. He also voices Wilt and other recurring characters in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Carver Descartes on The Weekenders, Philly Phil in Class of 3000, and he portrayed the character Osmosis Jones in the television series Ozzy & Drix (replacing Chris Rock). He was also Gabe Wallace, and other characters in Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters. He additionally voices Jazz, Omega Supreme, Oil Slick, and Jetstorm on Transformers Animated. LaMarr portrayed Nautolan Jedi Master Kit Fisto in Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network; he also played Amit Noloff, a one time character, and a Tactical Droid. He voiced Aquaman and other characters in Young Justice, and Baxter Stockman in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also lent his voice to the character of Lucius Fox for DC Super Hero Girls. LaMarr also provided voice talent to J.A.R.V.I.S. throughout the series of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. He also portrayed Professor Thistlethorpe, a caterpillar, in BoJack Horseman. Through a tweet, Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best implied that LaMarr had done the voice work for his character on the animated show The Clone Wars
under the pseudonym BJ Hughes. LaMarr provided the voice of Alphabittle the unicorn in the Netflix animated film My Little Pony: A New Generation''. In July 2021, LaMarr provided the voice for
Orn Free Taa in
Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
Film and theatre projects in Anaheim, California LaMarr's stage credits include
The Tempest,
As You Like It,
Guys and Dolls,
Asylum,
South Coast Repertory's
Make the Break and the
Sacred Fools Theater Company's inaugural production of
The Fatty Arbuckle Spookhouse Revue. LaMarr's second film role was that of the ill-fated Marvin from
Pulp Fiction. He has appeared in
Kill the Man,
Free Enterprise,
Cherish, and
Manna from Heaven. He appeared in
Speaking of Sex starring
Bill Murray and
Catherine O'Hara, and
Back by Midnight with
Kirstie Alley,
Rodney Dangerfield, and
Randy Quaid. LaMarr's other film appearances include
Fronterz (2004) and
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman (2005). LaMarr also appeared in
Cook Off! as Thaddeus Briggs. LaMarr made a cameo appearance in the
Will Ferrell film
Step Brothers, viewing a house for sale with his wife. LaMarr also was in the Yum Corp Sexual Harassment training videos. LaMarr played Cowboy Curtis (originally portrayed by
Laurence Fishburne) in the Los Angeles and Broadway productions of
The Pee-wee Herman Show. The LA production ran from January 12 to February 7, 2010, at the Club Nokia @ LA Live. The New York show opened on November 11 and ended its limited engagement on January 2, 2011. The New York production was recorded for an HBO special that aired in March 2011. LaMarr also appeared in
Spider-Man 2 as a passenger standing behind
Spider-Man in the subway train.
Video game voice-over work promoting
Futurama LaMarr performed the
English voice-over work for
Vamp, a villain of
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Additionally, LaMarr voiced the characters Reddas from
Square Enix's
Final Fantasy XII as well as Ramza in the
PSP version of
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. He also did several voices for
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. He also did the English voice acting for the parts of Sig and Count Veger in the
Jak and Daxter video game series as well as voicing several characters in the game
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, as well as the voice of Gadon Thek in
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. As well as a featuring in the Sega CD game
Make My Video C+C Music Factory, he also was the voice of Chris Jacobs in both
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and its sequel,
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. He plays the character John White/The Beast in the PS3 titles
Infamous and
Infamous 2. Also, he plays the character Dr. Bradley Ragland in the game
Prototype. He also was the voice of the grumpy Kane in the game
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, and Marty in the video game tie-in of
Madagascar. LaMarr also voiced the merchant "Vulgrim" in the action/adventure hybrid
Darksiders. He played the role of "Mr. Sunshine" in the 2008 crime game
Saints Row 2, and reprised his role in
Saints Row IV in 2013. He reprised his role as Kit Fisto for the video game:
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes. LaMarr voiced
Rick Grimes and various other characters in the motion comic adaptation of
The Walking Dead. He also voiced Sam B, one of the playable characters in
Dead Island, and appeared in
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance as
Phoebus, a character originally from
The Hunchback of Notre Dame and voiced by
Kevin Kline. LaMarr returned to the
Metal Gear franchise as the voice of Kevin Washington in
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. He also provided the voice for multiple roles in
Hunt the Truth, a marketing campaign audio-drama for
Halo 5: Guardians. LaMarr provided the voices of
Aquaman and John Stewart (Green Lantern) in the 2013 superhero fighting video game
Injustice: Gods Among Us and its 2017 sequel,
Injustice 2. LaMarr, in addition, provided his voice for a number of audio logs in 2016 puzzle game,
The Witness. He also voiced Kotal Kahn in
Mortal Kombat X (2015) and
Mortal Kombat 11 (2019). He voiced Pangolier in
Dota 2.
Webisode project LaMarr had been announced to appear as a regular character in a webisode series,
Naught for Hire produced by Jeffrey Berman and
Ben Browder (
Farscape), that has been in development since 2010. His character Mark One was described to be that of an elevator with mood swings.
Kickstarter LaMarr worked on co-creating and voice-acting in a project titled
Goblins Animated. The Kickstarter launched on October 23, 2017, and finished on November 22, 2017. LaMarr worked with Ellipsis Stephens, Danielle Stephens, and Matt King to produce the series. Voice actors on board were
Billy West,
Maurice LaMarche,
Jim Cummings,
Matthew Mercer, and
Steve Blum. == Filmography ==