Richardson Green (born 23 June 1961), known professionally as Redd Pepper, is a Barbadian-British voice actor. With his unusually deep voice and vocal style similar to that of Don LaFontaine, he is known for his work on movie trailers, as well as for voicing Michael LeRoi in the 1999 video game Shadow Man, and its sequel, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming.
Early life Pepper was born Richardson Green in Barbados on 23 June 1961, and moved to London as a child. He has six sisters and three brothers. He attended Sedgehill School in the Lewisham area of London. His first job was at a McDonald's, after which he spent six months as a firefighter. He then became a train driver on the London Underground. He later claimed to have become bored very easily during this job, and would prank passengers by stopping the train between stations, turning off the lights, and talking over the loudspeakers: "I used to say stuff like: 'This is your driver speaking... or is it?' in a really spooky voice."
Career In 1996, a television executive was a passenger on a London Underground train being driven by Pepper; upon hearing his voice over the loudspeakers, the man gave Pepper his business card and asked Pepper to call him. This led to numerous jobs providing voiceovers for TV channels and adverts, and he began voicing film trailers soon after, with his first being Space Jam. He also voiced Mike LeRoi/Shadow Man in the video game Shadow Man, and its 2002 sequel, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming.
Pepper came to prominence when he was mistaken for Hollywood voice artist Don LaFontaine following his voice work on the trailers for Armageddon and Independence Day. He has also appeared onstage as an actor, having acted in an Edinburgh Festival production of Jeffrey Archer's Prison Diaries. On 24 December 2010, he appeared on a celebrity edition of the BBC quiz show Eggheads. When asked if he missed being a train driver, he responded, "I make £3,000 to £4,000 per movie trailer. What do you think?"
In October 2015, Pepper briefly replaced Peter Dickson as the voiceover of British reality show The X Factor. However, he was only present as a voiceover at Judges' Houses, as Dickson returned at the end of the month. In April 2017, he served as announcer during Bradley Walsh's week of hosting The Nightly Show.
Personal life Redd is a supporter of football club Aston Villa.
Filmography Film trailers YearTitleNotes 1996 Independence Day UK dub Space Jam 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic ParkMen in Black Boogie Nights 1998 Armageddon 1999 The Blair Witch Project 2005 Are We There Yet?2007Are We Done Yet? Mr. Bean's Holiday
Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2004Boo, Zino & the Snurks Bramph (voice) English dub 2019Serenity Plymouth DJ (voice)
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2007 DeadlineHimself 1 episode 2008 The Culture Show 1 episode 2010 Celebrity Eggheads 2011 The One Show 1 episode 2013Never Mind the Buzzcocks 1 episode Golden Joystick Awards: The Briefing Narrator 2014How to be epic at everythingHimself 1 episode 2014–2015 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 2 episodes 2015 The X Factor Announcer 2017 The Nightly ShowHimself 5 episodes 2017–2019 Pointless Celebrities 2 episodes 2021 Big Fat Quiz of EverythingHimself 1 episode 2021 Life of a Teddy BearHarriet Bear 1 episode 2021 Flamingo FantasiesHamilton 28 episodes 2022 Virgin Atlantic TV advert "I Am What I Am"Passenger reading newspaper 1 advert
Video games YearTitleRoleRef 1999 Shadow Man Mike/Shadow Man 2000 Imperium Galactica II: Alliances Additional voicesBlade Blade Gothic Drax 2001 Shadow Man: 2econd Coming Mike/Shadow Man 2002 Vietcong Additional voices 2004 Vietcong: Fist Alpha Additional voices Vietcong: Purple Haze Additional voices 2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Additional voices 2023 Baldur's Gate 3 Sarevok Anchev2025Blood West - Dead man's promise DLC The Shaman
See also Don LaFontaine Art Gilmore
References
External links Artist profile from the British Film Institute
Artist profile from Harvey Voices