Gary Anthony Williams

**Gary Anthony Williams** (born March 14, 1966)[1] is an American actor and voice actor. He provided the voice of Uncle Ruckus on *The Boondocks*, Yancy Westridge in the video game *Alpha Protocol*, and Horace Warfield in *StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty* and *StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm*. He appeared on the television series *Weeds*, *Boston Legal*, *Blue Collar TV* and as Abe Kenarban in *Malcolm in the Middle*. Williams co-founded and is Artistic Director of the L.A. Comedy Shorts film festival in Hollywood, California. He starred alongside Cedric the Entertainer on the TV Land sitcom *The Soul Man*, He has been a recurring guest on the improv comedy TV series *Whose Line is it Anyway*, and is a regular member of the live improv comedy show *The Black Version*.

## Early life and career

Born in Fayetteville, Georgia,[2] Williams was involved in theater, comedy and television in Atlanta, where his credits include acting with the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, performing and writing for Agatha's: A Taste of Mystery and being a longtime member of Atlanta's longest running improv troupe, Laughing Matters.[3][4][5] Williams had recurring roles in the television series *I'll Fly Away* and *In the Heat of the Night*, both filmed in the Atlanta area. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998.[6]

## Television

Williams' past roles include Abraham Kenarban (Stevie's dad) in the Fox TV sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle*[7] and as Judge Trudy's Bailiff on Nickelodeon's *The Amanda Show*.[8] Williams was a series regular on the WB Television Network sketch comedy series, *Blue Collar TV*.[9]

In 2003, Williams had a small role in an episode of *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, "Invisible Evidence." During season three and four of *Boston Legal*, Williams appeared as part-time lawyer Clarence Bell, a pathologically shy man who expresses himself through characters, including crossdressing as women (including a nun and celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey).[10] The role of Clarence/Clarice was originally to appear in one episode, but was expanded into a recurring role and then a regular role.[10]

Williams plays parts in five different shows on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim, one being a STRATA technician on *Saul of the Molemen*, another as the self-hating African American, Uncle Ruckus on *The Boondocks*,[2] Coroner Rick, a recurring character on *Stroker and Hoop*, he also played the role of Paul Revere on the television special, *The Young Person's Guide to History*, and served as the voice-over announcer for *The Eric Andre Show* until 2013. He also voiced Riff Tamson in the opening three episodes of season four of *Star Wars: The Clone Wars*. He is also the voice of Mr. Dos on *Special Agent Oso*. He appeared on an episode of *Hot in Cleveland* as a drama teacher and soccer coach.

In 2009 and 2010, Williams provided the voice of the supervillain Mongul for several episodes of the animated series, *Batman: The Brave and the Bold*. On one occasion, he voiced the character's sister, Mongal. He also voiced the supervillain Thunderball in *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes*.

Williams is currently working on a new Mike Judge animated series. He was part of a segment in the show *Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction*, and guest-starred on *How I Met Your Mother* and *Two and a Half Men*. Williams also guest stars as the halfway house director in the 7th season of the TV show *Weeds*. In 2011, he joined the cast of the animated series *China, IL* as the voice of Doctor Falgot. Williams was also in an episode of the show *Workaholics*. He was a series regular for the animated sketch comedy series *Mad* and is currently voicing Mr. McStuffins for the animated Disney Junior series, *Doc McStuffins*[11] and Dirty Dan and Dusty for the animated Disney Junior series *Sheriff Callie's Wild West*. He is also the narrator for the TV One series *UNSUNG*.[12] From 2012 to 2016, Williams appeared as the recurring character Lester on the TV Land original sitcom *The Soul Man*.

Since 2013, Williams has been a replacement performer on the CW revival of the television show *Whose Line Is It Anyway?*, where he improvises scenes and songs. He also provides the voice for Mufasa in *The Lion Guard*, and has provided voices for *Star Wars Rebels*. In 2017, he voiced Bark Knight and Baboo from the animated Disney Junior series *Puppy Dog Pals*.

## Film

Williams has appeared in films such as *Undercover Brother*, appearing as Smart Brother (having previously voiced the Undercover Brother character in the original internet animated series),[8] *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle*,[13] and *Soul Plane*. On the *Boondocks* second-season premiere, "...Or Die Trying", Riley Freeman and Robert Freeman are seen watching the *Soul Plane 2* trailer, when they distinctly hear Williams and voice of grandad, John Witherspoon(who also had an acting role in *Soul Plane*), having a conversation on the plane. He also voiced Sweet in *The Trumpet of the Swan*. Williams also appeared in the film *The Factory*, starring John Cusack. In 2011, Williams narrated the feature-length documentary *Ayn Rand and the Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged*.[*citation needed*] Perhaps his most recent role is as Melvin (a father) in *House Party: Tonight's the Night*. Williams played Anton Zeck/Bebop in *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows* (2016).[14] He voiced the demon in the horror film *Truth or Dare* (2018).