Mike Henry

Michael Robert Henry (born: ), https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/television/30itzk.html is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
==History==
Henry was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on November 7, 1965, to artist parents and raised in Richmond, Virginia, with his younger brother Patrick. Their parents divorced when Henry was eight years old and the boys were primarily raised by their mother. https://www.mikehenry.co/
At 24, Henry moved to California to pursue acting. There he began taking classes at the Groundlings Theater and performing stand-up comedy. https://www.backstage.com/interview/playing-in-cleveland/ After three years in Los Angeles, Henry returned to Virginia to shoot short comedy films that he wrote and acted in. https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/welcome-back-cleveland/Content?oid=1377329 During that time, Henry often acted in his brother Patrick's student films at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was introduced to his brother's college roommate, Seth MacFarlane. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/arts/television/30itzk.html 
In 1998, MacFarlane contacted Henry about being part of a new show called Family Guy. Mike agreed and joined the project as a writer and voice actor. Henry has stated that the inspiration for Cleveland's voice was based on "this guy that [he] had once played basketball with." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRBOx3f_ZRs 
On June 26, 2020, after twenty-one years of voicing Cleveland Brown, Henry announced on Twitter that he was stepping down from voicing Cleveland, stating "persons of color should play characters of color." https://deadline.com/2020/06/family-guy-voice-actor-mike-henry-stepping-down-from-cleveland-role-1202971407/ On September 25, 2020, it was announced that YouTube personality Arif Zahir, would replace Henry as Cleveland, but some episodes produced before Henry's departure from the role will still see Henry voicing the character. https://tvline.com/2020/09/25/family-guy-cleveland-voice-recast-arif-zahir-mike-henry/ 
==Filmography==
===Films===
*Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
*Ted (2012)
*A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
===Television===
*Family Guy (1999-Present)
*Kicked in the Nuts! (2003)
*Gilmore Girls (2006)
*Robot Chicken (2005-2010)
*American Dad! (2005-Present)
*Scrubs (2007)
*Blue Harvest (2007)
*The Cleveland Show (2009-2013)
*Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (2010)
*Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (2010)
*It's a Trap! (2011)
*Night of the Hurricane (2011)
*The Orville (2017-Present)
*Ted (2024)
===Web===
*Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy (2008-2009)
===Video Games===
*Family Guy Video Game! (2006)
*Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (2012)
*Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff (2014)
==References==
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