Richard Michael Epcar (born April 29, 1955 in Denver, Colorado, United States) is an American actor, voice actor and director who has done work for Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Studiopolis, Salami Studios and Magnitude 8 Post. He is best known for his roles as Inspector Heinrich Lunge in Monster, Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Daisuke Jigen in Lupin the Third: Part IV, Batou in Ghost in the Shell, Myotismon in Digimon: Digital Monsters and Helbram in The Seven Deadly Sins.
Epcar has also gone by Richard George, Richard Rahl, and Patrick Gilbert.
He is married to fellow voice actress Ellyn Stern and they both operate Epcar Entertainment, a voiceover production service company based in Los Angeles.
Anime Voice Work
Anime - Dubbing
- A Lull in the Sea - Tomoru Sakishima, Doctor
- Ajin: Demi-Human - Great Pharmaceutical President, Police Team 1 Leader (ep13), Reiji Akiyama (ep8), SAT Commander (ep12)
- Back Street Girls: Gokudols - Kimanjiro Inugane
- Battle B-Daman - Captain Fin (ep40)
- Berserk - Azan, Cultist (ep6), Knight (ep5)
- Bleach - Gō Koga, Mr. Kagine, Zangetsu
- Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - Yhwach, Zangetsu
- Blood Lad - Ramen Shop Owner (ep8), Wolf Daddy (ep9)
- Blue Dragon - Killer Bat
- Blue Exorcist - Gale, Old Exorcist Teacher, Teacher (ep3)
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- Brigadoon - Detective Wakai (ep23), President (eps12-23)
- Buso Renkin - Narrator
- Carole & Tuesday - Schwartz
- Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran - Additional Voices
- Coppelion - Foreman Kurobe
- Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier - Black Ghost, Alexandria Soldier D (ep 34), Black Ghost Suit B (ep 19), Commander (ep 10), Construction Worker B (ep 29), Cop A (ep 1), Emergency Voice (ep 2), Firefighter B (ep 19), Giants (ep 31), Land Builder C (ep 29), Monitor D (ep 17), Muamba Citizen E (ep 14), Patrol Officer (ep 3), Radio Announcer (ep 27), Soldier C (ep 17)
- Daigunder - Eaglearrow
- Digimon Adventure - Etemon, MetalEtemon, Myotismon (ep24-27, 29-37), VenomMyotismon, Monochromon (ep3)
- Digimon Adventure 02 - MaloMyotismon, Apemon (ep33), General (ep42), Monochromon (ep1), Rosa's Monochromon (ep42), Triceramon (ep39), Wild Mammothmon A (ep42), Wild Tyrannomon (ep40)
- Digimon Data Squad - Merukimon
- Digimon Frontier - Chamelemon, Snimon, SuperStarmon
- Digimon Tamers - Sinduramon
- DinoZaurs - Dino Styraco, Civilian D (ep25), NASA Commander (ep24), Supersaurus (ep22)
- Dorohedoro - Baku, Cross-Eyed Boss, Additional Voices
- Dragon Ball - Movie Monster (ep2), Pterodactyl (ep1) (1989 Harmony Gold dub)
- Durarara!!x2 Ketsu - Sloan, Detective (ep1)
- Durarara!!x2 Shō - Sloan, Thug (ep9)
- Durarara!!x2 Ten - Sloan
- Fighting Spirit - Kamogawa, Chairman Toho
- Fist of the North Star (1984) - Blackbird Army Pilot F (ep19), Dorado Gang Member A (ep3), Forging Slave (ep3), Gold Wolf Spotter (ep19), Gomu (ep34), Jina Villager E (ep19), Hypnotized Villager B (ep15), KING Commander B (ep21), Recruit C (ep7), Torturer (ep19), Train Cannon Operator F (ep20)
- Fortune Quest L - Mr. Boots (eps 1-2)
- Fushigi Yûgi - Mitsukake / Juan Myō (ep15-24, 28, 30, 33, 41, 44, 46-48, 52; voice double), Ashitare, Cloaked Assassin (ep9)
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Narrator
- Genma Wars - King Genma
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Batō
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Batō
- Ghost Slayers Ayashi - Tatsusuke Honjo, Bodyguard (ep17), Relative (ep20), Ronin (ep19), Samurai (ep20), Vagrant (ep1)
- Granblue Fantasy: The Animation - Eugen
- Great Teacher Onizuka - Hajime Fukuroda, Director (ep27), Director Shirosawa (ep22), Masked Man (ep33), Megumi's Manager (ep28), Shaman (ep23), Staff (ep22), Tohru Ohta (ep15), Toshiyuki Saejima (eps30-31), Waiter (ep18)
- Heat Guy J - Additional Voices
- Heroes: Legend of the Battle Disks - Additional Voices
- Hunter × Hunter - Bendot, Cherry (ep5), Bendot (eps8-11, 13), Goz (eps12, 15), Additional Voices
- Inazuma Eleven: Ares - Dean Rush, Ray Dark
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Doctor (ep2), Old Joseph (ep26)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable - Joseph Joestar, Director A (ep29), Ichirō Morishita (ep19), Old FIsherman (ep9)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders - Joseph Joestar
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress - Bushi, Crazed Bushi (ep6), Kabane, Shojin
- KING'S RAID: Successors of the Will - Kaulah
- Kurokami: The Animation - Colonel
- Kyo Kara Maoh! - Baxter (ep53), Gorda
- LBX Girls - Jounouchi (eps10, 12)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision - Sandle Alarcon (ep12)
- Lucky☆Star - AD (ep21), Anchor Man (ep19), Announcer (ep8), Annoying Customer (ep12), Asian Indian (ep21), Baseball Broadcaster (ep19), Big Guy (ep5), Boy A (ep24), Boy B (ep24), Boy C (ep24), Boy D (ep24), Boy E (ep24), Cameraman (ep21), Chairman (ep3), Clerk 1 (ep13), Comic Market Staff A (ep12), Cop (ep5), Dentist (ep23), Director (eps19, 22), Goal Official (ep8), Host (ep5), MC (ep23), Man (ep11), Man A (ep2), Official (ep8), Ordinary Person A (ep6), Ordinary Person B (ep6), PTA (ep8), Participant A (ep12), Passerby (Male; ep8), President Takahashi (ep12), Producer (ep22), Professor (ep6), Recorder (ep8), Seiichi Hachiya (ep21), Spiritual Counselor (ep20), TV Voice B (ep11), TV Voice C (ep11), Tadao Hiiragi, Teacher (ep2), Teacher (ep7), Teacher (ep24), Voice of Game Character (ep3)
- Lupin III - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin III: Part II - Daisuke Jigen (ep1-79), Ancient Officer Walla (ep54), Anti-Earthquake Security Guard B (ep6), Philip Archer (ep15), Cat Caller Walla (ep30), Daimangan (ep39), Deliveryman A (ep35), DX (ep46), Ferryman (ep34), Gorilla (ep35), Hangman (ep45), Horse Track Announcer (ep48), Hutler Fanatic Walla (ep20), Inmate Walla (ep25), L.A. Cop C (ep72), Fantômas Mark III (voice double; ep53), Dr. Marukido (ep34), Moroccan Walla (ep30), New York Driver B (ep48), Old Doctor (ep34), Radical Soldier A (ep17), Research Chief (ep40), Tiny Elvis (ep34)
- Lupin the Third: Part IV - Daisuke Jigen, Major Yoshiaki Hongo (eps5-6), Additional Voices
- Lupin the Third: Part V - Daisuke Jigen, Nexus (ep23)
- Lupin the 3rd: Part VI - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine - Inspector Zenigata
- Magi: The Kingdom of Magic - Shambal Ramal
- MÄR: Marchen Awakens Romance - Halloween, Ruga Rogelu
- March comes in like a lion - Takanori Jinguuji
- Marmalade Boy - Kei's Father (ep64), Meiko's Father, Principal, Reiji Tsuchiya
- Mega Man Star Force - Cancer, Libra (ep7)
- Megalo Box - Commentator, Executive (ep8), Old Man (ep9), Spectator, Trainer (ep12)
- Metal Fighter Miku - Additional Voices
- Michiko & Hatchin - Additional Voices
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Haeda Gunnel, Orcus
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - President Joseph Copeland
- Mon Colle Knights - Additional Voices
- Monster - Inspector Heinrich Lunge
- Naruto - Manda (ep96)
- Naruto: Shippūden - Hanzō, Lightning Daimyō (ep217), Manda
- Naruto spin off! Rock Lee & his ninja pals - Danzō Shimura (ep32), Rogue Ninja (ep11)
- Noein: to your other self - Kyoji Kooriyama, Committee Chairman (ep10), Noein (eps12-15)
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital - Tsuchi-Gumo
- One Piece - Additional Voices
- One Punch Man - Amahare (ep19), Council Members (ep14), Rhino-Wrestler (ep17), Zeimett
- Outlaw Star - Duuz Delax Rex (ep19)
- Overman King Gainer - Enge, Additional Voices
- Persona 5: The Animation - Principal Kobayakawa
- Phoenix - Karakuni, Mokudan
- Rave Master - Haja
- Record of Grancrest War - Braniss (ep6)
- Rurouni Kenshin - Raijuta Isurugi, Seijuro Hiko
- Samurai Champloo - Additional Voices
- Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement - Kuroda Kanbei
- Serial Experiments Lain - Additional Voices
- Shinzo - Grasshopper Bounty Hunter (ep1)
- Sirius the Jaeger - Mamoru Akasaka, Minister of War (ep7)
- Skip Beat! - Lory Takarada
- Street Fighter II V - Additional Voices
- Sword Art Online II - Thor (ep17)
- Teknoman - Mac Mackelroy
- Tenchi Muyo! GXP - Additional Voices
- The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water - Koichiro Todo
- The Seven Deadly Sins - Helbram, Barbarian (ep9)
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods - Helbram
- The Twelve Kingdoms - Rou (ep35)
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Additional Voices
- Vandread: The Second Stage - Kokoperi (ep9)
- Witch Hunter Robin - Kannosaki (ep19)
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon - The Second Act - Elder Leader (ep30), Additional Voices
- Zenki - Kagura
- Zetman - Man in Black B, Chameleon EVOL, Mamoru Kabe
- Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead - Masaru Kumano (eps9, 12)
Anime Shorts - Dubbing
- .hack//G.U. The Terminal Disc: The End of the World - Jun Bansyoya
- Ninku: The Movie - Narrator
- YuYu Hakusho: The Movie - Jaki Goblin Leader (1998 Animaze dub)
Anime Specials - Dubbing
- Lupin III - Episode 0: First Contact - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin III: Prison of the Past - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin the III: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid - Daisuke Jigen, Additional Voices
- Lupin the 3rd: Goodbye Partner - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan - Daisuke Jigen
Movies - Dubbing
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie - Miwa
- Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - Narrator
- Bleach The Movie 2: The DiamondDust Rebellion - Zangetsu
- Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer - Hyoe Kuroda
- Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers - Tameshiro/Mephistomon/Gulfmon
- Fighting Spirit: Champion Road TV Special - Kamogawa
- Ghost in the Shell - Batō
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 - Sustainable War - Batō
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society - Batō
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Batō
- Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms - Additional Voices
- Lupin III THE FIRST - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon - Daisuke Jigen, Additional Voices
- Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie - Daisuke Jigen
- Lupin the 3rd: The Secret of Mamo - Daisuke Jigen (2003 Pioneer Entertainment dub)
- Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray - Inspector Zenigata
- Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone - Inspector Zenigata
- Miss Hokusai - Tetsuzo/Katsushika Hokusai, Additional Voices
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie II - Soldiers of Sorrow - Flanagan Boone, Desert Bartender, Mining Base Operator
- Ninja Scroll - Genma Himuro
- Patema Inverted - Izamura
- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise - Tchalli
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie - Honda
- WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3 - Additional Voices
OVA - Dubbing
- Bastard!! - Abigail
- DNA Sights 999.9 - Trader Pilot
- éX-Driver - Kei Munakata
- éX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone - Kei Munakata
- Fushigi Yûgi (OVA 2) - Mitsukake / Juan Myō
- Fushigi Yûgi Eikoden - Mitsukake / Juan Myō (ep2, 4)
- Gatchaman - Rocky
- Ghost Slayer Ayashi: Ayashi Divine Comedy - Tatsusuke Honjo, Teizan's Father (ep1)
- Macross Plus - Additional Voices
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory - Additional Voices
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - Daguza Mackle
- New Getter Robo - Additional Voices
- Samurai: Hunt for the Sword - Tesshusai
Web Anime - Dubbing
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 - Batou
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre - Soya (ep8), Additional Voices
- Kengan Ashura - Elder, Jerry Tyson (Season 1), Juzo Magatani, Katsumasa Hayami, Male Passenger A, Mokichi's Father, Takashi Hashida
- Pluto - Hercules
- Pokémon Generations - Detective (ep2), Giovanni, Matt (ep8)
- Sword Gai: The Animation - Kazuma Matoba
- Thermae Romae Novae - Emperor Hadrian
Trivia
- Number of VA titles on this wiki: (157)