Loren Lester

Loren Lester is an American screen, stage, and voice actor, best known for voicing Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing in the DC Animated Universe. He made his Broadway debut in the 2024 revival of Cabaret.

Career Film and television Animation

He is best known as the voice of DC Comics superhero Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing in the DC Animated Universe and Barbeque on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.

He later reprised the role of Nightwing in the 2017 direct-to-video, Batman and Harley Quinn.

Lester also voiced the superheroes Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Iron Fist in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes from Marvel Comics.

His voice has been heard in numerous critically acclaimed audio books and in popular interactive games such as Halo 4 and Batman: Arkham Knight. He provides the voice of Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat in Batman: Arkham Knight.

In 1990, he provided the voice for Jordan Knight in New Kids on the Block. In 1994, he was also the voice of Gringo in the Don Bluth film Thumbelina.

He also provided the voice for Rick Gordon, Flash Gordon's son, in the 1986 series Defenders of the Earth.

Live-action Lester has appeared in over 200 episodes of series including Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The Black Swan" episode) The Orville, Scorpion, I'm Dying Up Here, Parenthood, Bones, NCIS, Ringer, Good Luck Charlie, Awake, The Closer, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Castle, Two and a Half Men, and many others.

He was the Irate passenger in the Wes Craven film Red Eye starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy, and he was in the comedies The Sweetest Thing and American Wedding

He began his career very young; one of his early recurring roles was "Roy" in The Facts of Life.

He also played one of the hall monitors, Fritz Hansel, in Rock 'n' Roll High School.

He recurred on all three seasons of the HBO hit comedy series Hung, and had recurring roles on Victorious (Nickelodeon), Gilmore Girls, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.

Lester also appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Quickening". In 2008, Lester played the role of an ER doctor on Heroes in the episode "The Second Coming".

He has appeared in over 100 radio and television commercials.

Stage Lester has starred in dozens of plays and musicals. Currently living in New York, he was seen frequently in the Los Angeles theatre scene at venues such as The Pasadena Playhouse in Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels. He is also a graduate of the Occidental College theatre department.

Podcast In March 2023, Lester was announced to have been cast as the superhero Michael Kern / No/One in the Massive-Verse, first playing the character in the podcast series Who Is NO/ONE?.

Personal life Lester and his wife, Kelly, also an actress and daughter of Peter Mark Richman, have three daughters: Jenny, Lily, and Julia.

Filmography Television

Television (animated) Year Title Role Notes 1985 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Barbecue 8 episodes 1986–1987 Defenders of the Earth Rick Gordon, Young Kurt Walker 65 episodes 1990 New Kids on the Block Jordan Knight 15 episodes 1991 The Legend of Prince Valiant Messenger, Survivor Episode: "The Gift" 1992–1995 Batman: The Animated Series Dick Grayson / Robin 27 episodes 1994 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Various voices 2 episodes

Film (animated) Year Title Role Notes 1994 Thumbelina Gringo 1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Dick Grayson / Robin Direct-to-video 2017 Batman and Harley Quinn Dick Grayson / Nightwing Direct-to-video

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Adventures of Batman & Robin Dick Grayson / Robin Sega CD version 2002 Earth & Beyond 2003 Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Dick Grayson / Nightwing 2004 Spider-Man 2 Richard Parker, Additional Voices 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man Richard Parker 2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame Hal Jordan / Green Lantern 2011 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Danny Rand / Iron Fist 2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures 2012 Halo 4 Additional voices 2015 Batman: Arkham Knight Kirk Langstorm / Man-Bat 2016 View-Master Batman Animated VR Dick Grayson / Robin

Podcast Year Title Role Notes 2023–2024 Who Is No/One? Michael Kern / No/One 10 episodes

Shorts The Old Man and the Studio Cross-Eyed Dinner Theater Presents! - Alan The One Who Got Away Going Home Down, Up, Out Peter at the End Red The Interrogation The Uncivil War Up the Valley and Beyond A Family of Clowns Max Terrorists Anonymous