Family Guy Casts Black Actor Arif Zahir to Voice Cleveland Brown Mike Henry to Remain Series Regular

Family Guy Casts Black Actor Arif Zahir to Voice Cleveland Brown, Mike Henry to Remain Series Regular

Arif Zahir has been cast as the new voice of Cleveland Brown on Fox’s Family Guy following Mike Henry stepping down from the role.

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Fox has cast Arif Zahir as the new voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy beginning with Season 19.

“Firstly, I’m eternally grateful to have received this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Zahir said. “When I heard that Mike Henry was stepping down from the role of Cleveland Brown — my favorite cartoon character of all time — I was shocked and saddened, assuming we’d never see him again. When I learned I would get to take over the role? Overabundant gratitude. To Mike, you created something truly special, and I promise I will do my absolute best to honor your legacy. To Rich Appel, Alec Sulkin and Seth MacFarlane, thank you for this incredible gift. And to the millions of fans who love this show, I promise not to let you down.”

In June, amid the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the globe, Mike Henry announced he was stepping down as Cleveland’s voice actor after portraying the character for 20 years, saying, “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color.”

Henry will remain a series regular on Family Guy, voicing such recurring characters as Bruce and Herbert.

“I welcome Arif to the Family Guy team,” Henry said. “Arif’s vocal talent is obvious, but his understanding of Cleveland and his respect for the character give me confidence that he is in the right hands. I look forward to getting to know Arif and working with him to make sure Cleveland stays every bit as awesome as he has always been.”

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This news follows fellow Fox animated series The Simpsons casting Black voice actor Alex Désert to replace Hank Azaria as the voice of Carl Carlson.

Family Guy stars Seth MacFarlane, Alex Bornstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Arif Zahir, Patrick Warburton and Mike Henry. Season 19 premieres Sunday, Sept. 27 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

Source: Deadline

Link Source : https://www.cbr.com/family-guy-cleveland-brown-arif-zahir/

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