Personal life

Born in Westbury, New York, Conroy moved to Westport, Connecticut when he was about 11 years old. He moved to New York in 1973 when he earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. While there, he almost ended up living with future Superman actor Christopher Reeve, but instead roomed with Robin Williams who was in the same group as both Conroy and Kelsey Grammer. After graduating from Juilliard in 1978, he toured with Houseman's acting group The Acting Company, and the following year he went on the national tour of Ira Levin's Deathtrap.

He is currently married and has one child.

Career

In 1980, Conroy decided to try his hand in television and moved out to California. He landed a role in the daytime soap opera Another World. He became associated with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, where he performed in productions of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. From 1980 to 1985, he acted in a variety of contemporary and classic theatre pieces, including the Broadway productions of Eastern Standard and Edward Albee's adaptation of Lolita. In 1984, he played the title role in Hamlet at the New York Shakespeare Festival. He returned to television in the 1985 TV movie Covenant and had a role on another daytime soap drama, Search for Tomorrow. He was a series regular on Ohara in 1987, and as the company commander on Tour of Duty from 1987 to 1988, before starring in a series of television movies. Though initially cast as one of the show's main characters, his role on the show was reduced while it filmed in Hawaii and he ended up spending much of his time doing portraits of tourists on the Honolulu boardwalk. He has also guest starred on shows such as Cheers, Dynasty, Search for Tomorrow, Matlock and Murphy Brown.

He has a small recurring role on The Venture Bros. as the voice of Captain Sunshine, a caricature of Batman and Superman.

As Batman

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) and Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014).

After the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, Conroy participated in relief efforts by volunteering to cook for officers and firefighters. During an audio commentary on Batman: Gotham Knight, Conroy expressed his surprise at the reaction of the emergency service workers to his presence. At the behest of another cook, Conroy called out from the kitchen to the dining area in his "Batman voice", reciting the iconic line, "I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!" (from the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Nothing to Fear") This was greeted by cheers and applause from emergency service personnel, many of whom had been fans of Batman: The Animated Series during its airing in the 1990s. Conroy confessed to being humbled and deeply flattered by the reaction.

In preparation for the theatrical release of the 2012 live-action film The Dark Knight Rises, Conroy re-dubbed Christian Bale's Batman lines for an animated version of one of the film's trailers.

Conroy stated at the 2013 Dallas Comic Con that he had been working on "the next Arkham", leading to rampant speculation that he would reprise his role as Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins. In June 2013, however, it was confirmed that Conroy would not be involved in Arkham Origins, meaning Conroy may have been referring to an yet-unannounced game from the Rocksteady Arkham series. In March 4, 2014, a new Arkham game titled Batman: Arkham Knight was announced with Conroy reprising his role.

He confirmed on Twitter that he filmed a role on Tim Daly's web series The Daly Show, where Conroy parodied his role as Batman in a fight with Daly parodying Superman (whom Daly previously voiced in Superman: The Animated Series).

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	How to Pick Up Girls!	Bartender	TV movie
1980	Another World	Jerry Grove	(2 episodes)
1982	Born Beautiful	Stan	TV movie
1982	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	TV movie
1983	A Fine Romance	Phil	TV movie
1983	Kennedy	Ted Kennedy	TV mini-series
1984	George Washington	John Laurens	TV mini-series; 1 episode
1984-85	Search for Tomorrow	Chase Kendall	(4 episodes); "Episode 8556", "Episode 8574", "Episode 8669", "Episode 8670"
1985	Covenant	Stephen	TV movie
1985-86	Dynasty	Bart Fallmont	Recurring role; 8 episodes
1986	Matlock	Clark Harrison	(1 episode); "The Affair"
1986	Kay O'Brien	David	(1 episode); "Princess of the City"
1986	Spenser: For Hire	Gallagher	(1 episode); "Shadowsight"
1987	Ohara	Captain Lloyd Hamilton	Recurring role; 11 episodes
1987-88	Tour of Duty	Captain Rusty Wallace	Recurring role; 12 episodes
1988	Killer Instinct	Dr. Steven Nelson	TV movie
1990	So Proudly We Hail	Francis Crosby	TV movie
1989-90	Cheers	Darryl Mead	(2 episodes); "The Ghost & Mrs. LeBec", "Death Takes a Holiday on Ice"
1990	The Face of Fear	Frank Dwight Bollinger	TV movie
1990	WIOU	Lenny Lubinsky	(1 episode); "Pilot"
1991	Murphy Brown	Roger Harris	(1 episode); "Terror on the 17th Floor"
1991	Hi Honey - I'm Dead	Brad Stadler	TV movie
1992	Rachel Gunn, R.N.	Dr. David Dunkle	Main role; 13 episodes
1992	The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton	Hunter Roy Evans	TV movie
1992	Battle in the Erogenous Zone	Mondo Ray	TV short movie
1994	Island City	Colonel Tom Valdoon	TV movie
1995	The Office	Steve Gilman	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2015	Island of the Mega Shark	Narrator	(1 episode)

Television (animated)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-95	Batman: The Animated Series	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Additional Voices	Main role; 85 episodes
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Hardman	(1 episode); "Manhattan Maneater"
1997-99	The New Batman Adventures	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Henchman	Main role; 24 episodes
1997-99	Superman: The Animated Series	Bruce Wayne / Batman	(5 episodes); "World's Finest" (Part 1-3) "Knight Time" "The Demon Reborn"
1999-01	Batman Beyond	Bruce Wayne	Main role; 48 episodes
2001	The Zeta Project	Bruce Wayne	(1 episode); "Shadows"
2001-04	Justice League	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Technician / Cop / Civilian / Lord Batman / High Council Thanagarian	Main role; 37 episodes
2002-04	Static Shock	Bruce Wayne / Batman	(5 episodes); "The Big Leagues" "Hard as Nails" "A League of Their Own" (Part 1-2) "Future Shock"
2004-06	Justice League Unlimited	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Joe Chill / Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis) / Pilot/Sky Patrol Officer	Main role; 18 episodes; also performed, though uncredited, the song "Am I Blue?" in the episode "This Little Piggy"
2006	The Batman	John Grayson	(1 episode); "A Matter of Family"
2008	Ben 10: Alien Force	Bellicus/Warrior #2	(1 episode); "X Equals Ben Plus 2"
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Batman of Zur-En-Arrh / Phantom Stranger	(2 episodes) "The Super-Batman of Planet X!" "Chill of the Night!"
2009-13	The Venture Bros.	Captain Sunshine	(2 episodes); "Handsome Ransome" "Bot Seeks Bot"
2013	Tales of Metropolis	Bruce Wayne / Batman	(1 episode); "Lois Lane"
2014	Batman Beyond	Bruce Wayne	TV short
2014	Batman: Strange Days	Bruce Wayne / Batman	TV short
2015	Turbo FAST	Stinger	(1 episode); "The Sting of Injustice"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Chain of Desire	Joe
2013	Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics	Himself
2013	I Know That Voice	Himself
2014	Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives	The Narrator	Documentary film
2016	Yoga Hosers	TBA

Film (animated)

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Bruce Wayne / Batman
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2000	Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2003	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2005	The Complete Robin Storyboard Sequence	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video Short film
2008	Batman: Gotham Knight	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2009	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2010	Superman/Batman: Apocalypse	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2012	Justice League: Doom	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2013	Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie	The Mayor of Red Bank
2013	Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2014	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video
2015	Batman vs. Robin	Thomas Wayne	Direct-to-video
2016	Batman: The Killing Joke	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Direct-to-video Post-production

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Bruce Wayne / Batman	Sega CD version
1999	Crusaders of Might and Magic	Drake
2001	Batman: Vengeance	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2001	Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy	Ollie the Fisherman	Did recording again for the remastered version for the PS3 version download and disc due to problems with audio.
2003	Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne	Lord Jack / Cleaner / Commando
2003	Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2003	Lords of EverQuest	Lord Palasa
2009	Batman: Arkham Asylum	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Thomas Wayne
2011	DC Universe Online	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2011	Batman: Arkham City	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Hush
2011	Batman: Arkham City Lockdown	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2012	Harley Quinn's Revenge	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2015	Infinite Crisis	Bruce Wayne / Batman
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Bruce Wayne / Batman / Hush

Stage plays

Stage Play	Character played	Location performed	Year
Accounts	?	Hudson Guild	?
Come Back Little Sheba	?	Roundabout Theatre	?
Deathtrap	Clifford Anderson	(on Broadway)	1979
Eastern Standard	Peter Kidde	Golden Theatre (Broadway)	1989
The Greeks	Achilles	Hartford Stage	1984
Hamlet	Laertes	New York Shakespeare Festival	1984
Hamlet	Laertes	Old Globe Theatre, San Diego	?
King Lear	Edgar	San Diego Shakespeare Festival	?
The Last Yankee	Lenny Hamilton	Signature Theatre	12/30/97 - 2/8/98
Lolita	?	(on Broadway)	?
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	New York Shakespeare Festival	1984
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander	Old Globe Theater, San Diego	1982
Mother Courage	?	?	?
Much Ado About Nothing	?	San Diego Shakespeare Festival	?

[ Source: Wikipedia ]