Chris Parson

Christopher L. Parson is an American voice actor and a 2001 graduate of the USC School of Cinema Television (now USC School of Cinematic Arts). Parson began his career working primarily as an assistant in talent management while still a student, and worked briefly in digital artist management for Sony Pictures Imageworks.

It was after being laid-off from Sony that Parson decided to pursue a career in voiceover, one he entered after responding to a classified ad on the popular website Craigslist.

He subsequently appeared as the narrator in several documentaries, appearing on The Fifth Element special edition DVD and The Pursuit of Happyness DVD, as well as VH1's mini-series Fabulous Life: Really Rich Real Estate. Parson also served as the narrator for the Fox series Nashville.

Parson had voiced the title role (as well as many others) on Comedy Central's animated series Lil' Bush, and has lent his voice to episodes of Fox's popular shows Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, and Disney's Handy Manny.

Currently, he is the on-air promotions voice for the popular cable network, Syfy. He became the voice of Syfy after its rebranding in July, 2009.

Parson's voice is also featured in Gore Verbinski's animated feature, Rango, starring Johnny Depp.

Parson has also provided voice overs for several video games; he voiced the character Yusuf Tazim in Assassin's Creed: Revelations and has provided additional voiceover work for Red Faction: Guerrilla, Infamous 2, Mafia III, Grand Theft Auto V, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Prototype 2, and Overwatch. Recently, he voiced the character Gladiolus Amicitia in Final Fantasy XV, Final Fantasy XV: Comrades, Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus, Final Fantasy XV: Monster of the Deep and Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis.

Parson resides in Los Angeles, California and is represented by Abrams Artists Agency.

Filmography Film + List of voice performances in film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Southpaw, Or: What I Learned About Being Left-Handed Short film; also producer, director, writer, editor and cinematographer 2007 Jesus & George Khalil, Miller Short film 2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Hep Cat, Cat Spy Analyst 2011 Rango Hazel Moats, Kinski, Stump, Clinker, Lenny, Boseefus, Dirt Kid 2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham Stout Guard Direct-to-video 2014 Yellowbird Additional Voices English dub 2016 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Gladiolus Amicitia English dub 2017 The Son of Bigfoot Bigfoot/Dr. Harrison, Guard at Desk English dub

Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes 2007 My Gym Partner's a Monkey Jiminy Japoopy Episode: "Flesh Fur Fantasy/Substitute Sweetheart" 2007–2008 Lil' Bush Lil' George, Lil' Al Gore, Lil' John Kerry, Lil' Bill Clinton, Additional Voices 16 episodes 2007 Revisioned: Tomb Raider 2 episodes 2007 The 1/2 Hour News Hour Guy White 5 episodes 2007 Nashville Narrator 2 episodes 2008 Mind of Mencia George W. Bush Episode: "Episode #4.8" 2009 Family Guy Charlie Sheen, B.B. King 2 episodes 2009 Chowder Fan, Dog Ball Rider, Head Coach Episode: "Big Ball" 2010 The Cleveland Show Michael Cera Episode: "How Cleveland Got His Groove Back" 2011–2012 Handy Manny Totts 2 episodes 2012 Extreme RVs Narrator 3 episodes 2019 Love, Death & Robots Bill Episode: "Helping Hand"

Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes 2006 Kids Trivia The Host 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Goblin 2008 Jumper: Griffin's Story Italian Policeman 2008 007: Quantum of Solace Rivera, Additional Voices 2008 Legendary Additional Voices 2009 Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Rasto, Southern Prisoners 2009 Red Faction: Guerrilla 2011 Rango Lars 2011 Might & Magic Heroes VI Krill 2011 L.A. Noire Lt. Driscoll Uncredited 2011 Infamous 2 Male Pedestrians 2011 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Wham-Shell 2011 Infamous: Festival of Blood Male Pedestrians 2011 Assassin's Creed: Revelations Yusuf Tazim 2012 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Additional Voices English dub 2012 Gotham City Imposters 2012 Prototype 2 Additional Voices 2012 Skylanders: Giants Wham-Shell 2013 The Croods: Prehistoric Party! Grug 2013 Metro: Last Light Artyom 2013 Grand Theft Auto V The Local Population 2013 Skylanders: Swap Force Wham-Shell 2014 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Additional Voices English dub 2014 Skylanders: Trap Team Wham-Shell 2014 Project Spark Haakon 2014 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Exarch Akama 2015 Rise of the Tomb Raider Additional Voices 2015 Skylanders: SuperChargers Wham-Shell 2016 Overwatch Junkrat 2016 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Additional Voices 2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Akama 2016 Mafia III Additional Voices 2016 Final Fantasy XV Gladiolus Amicitia English dub 2017 Heroes of the Storm Junkrat 2017 Final Fantasy XV: Comrades Gladiolus Amicitia English dub 2017 Final Fantasy XV: Episode Gladiolus Gladiolus Amicitia English dub 2017 Final Fantasy XV: Monster of the Deep Gladiolus Amicitia English dub 2017 Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis Gladiolus Amicitia English dub 2018 Far Cry 5 2018 God of War Additional Voices 2018 Prey: Mooncrash Ramon Delgado, Benjamin Wheeler, Kerry Stafford 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population 2019 Metro Exodus Artyom 2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Bryce Fairchild 2025 Dune Awakening Einar Maia