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Happy Birthday Kevin Conroy – BEST BATMAN EVER!

Kevin Conroy has over a hundred acting roles. Approximately a third of them are for voicing Batman in assorted animated films, TV shows, and videogames. Kevin Conroy was born November 30, 1955, in Westbury, New York. That makes him 66 years old as of November 30, 2021.

In addition to playing Batman in Batman: the Animated Series in the Nineties, Justice League Unlimited, and Justice League Action, and The Zeta Project, this Juilliard-trained actor has also played Lysander in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (982).

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.

Coincidences

They say everyone in Hollywood is only six fegrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. I can’t determine how close or far Kevin Bacon is from Kevin Conroy, beyond having the same first name, but Conroy has several coincidental connections to other people:

Conroy shared a birthday with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr (1819-2014), who voiced his Alfred Pennyworth.
His aunt was Broadway actress Susan Conroy.
Kevin Conroy, best known for voicing Batman, went to school with Christopher Reeve, best known for playing Superman.
Conroy auditioned for the part of Joe Hackett on the NBC sitcom Wings (1990). The producers spent two weeks deciding between him and Tim Daly. The two eventually worked together on Superman: the Animated Series (1996).
As of 2014, he is the only actor to play Batman/Bruce Wayne, Dr Thomas Wayne (Bruce’s father) & Joe Chill (the gunman who murdered Bruce’s parents). He got to play Joe Chill in Justice League Unlimited: For the Man Who Has Everything (2004) (albeit in a dream sequence).
In Batman: The Animated Series: Perchance to Dream (1992), he read the voice of Batman, Bruce Wayne, Bruce’s father, and the evil Batman in real time, alternating between all four characters without having to pause recording.
Has played the voice of Batman for more than 20 years, spanning at least 9 different television series, 12 animated movies and 7 video games. No other actor has played Batman for so long.

In *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm,* we get a rare view of Bruce Wayne as a person.

Video Games

Multiversus
DC Super Villains
Justice 2
View-Master Batman Animated VR
Arkham VR
Batman: Arkham VR
Batman: Arkham Underworld
Batman Arkham Knight
Infinite Crisis
DC Universe Online: Origin Crisis
Injustice: Gods Among Us
DC Universe Inline: Home Turf
Batman Arkham City: Harley Quinn’s Eevenge
DC Universe Online: The Battle for Earth
Justice League: Doom
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown
Batman: Arkham City
DC Universe Online
Batman: Gotham Knight
Gotham City Racer
Adventures of Batman and Robin Activity Center
Adventures of Batman and Robin

Do you have a favorite Batman adventure with Kevin Conroy as the Batman? If so, which video game, movie, or TV show? We want to hear from you. Share your opinion in the comments section below.

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Susan Macdonald

Susan Macdonald is the author of the children’s book “R is for Renaissance Faire”, as well as 26 short stories, mostly fantasy in “Alternative Truths”, “Swords and Sorceress #30”, Swords &Sorceries Vols. 1, 2, & 5, “Cat Tails” “Under Western Stars”, and “Knee-High Drummond and the Durango Kid”. Her articles have appeared on SCIFI.radio’s web site, in The Inquisitr, and in The Millington Star. She enjoys Renaissance Faires (see book above), science fiction conventions, Highland Games, and Native American pow-wows.

Susan Macdonald

Susan Macdonald is the author of the children's book "R is for Renaissance Faire", as well as 26 short stories, mostly fantasy in "Alternative Truths", "Swords and Sorceress #30", Swords &Sorceries Vols. 1, 2, & 5, "Cat Tails" "Under Western Stars", and "Knee-High Drummond and the Durango Kid". Her articles have appeared on SCIFI.radio's web site, in The Inquisitr, and in The Millington Star. She enjoys Renaissance Faires (see book above), science fiction conventions, Highland Games, and Native American pow-wows.