Kevin Conroy appeared in a variety of stage performances, television series, and television films, but earned worldwide fame for his voice portrayal of the DC Comics superhero Batman in various animated media, beginning with the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series in 1992.
28 Facts About Kevin Conroy
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Kevin Conroy was born on November 30,1955, in Westbury, New York, into an Irish Catholic family.
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Kevin Conroy moved to Westport, Connecticut, when he was about 11 years old.
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Kevin Conroy's father was an alcoholic and once attempted suicide while Kevin Conroy was in high school.
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Kevin Conroy was at both his mother and his father's side when they died.
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Kevin Conroy moved to New York City in 1973 when he earned a full scholarship to attend the Juilliard School's drama division, studying under actor John Houseman.
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In 1980, after playing the role of Jerry Grove in the New York-based daytime soap opera Another World, Kevin Conroy moved out to California to pursue further work in television.
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Kevin Conroy became associated with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, where he performed in productions of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Kevin Conroy told The New York Times that, as a gay man living in New York in the time of the AIDS epidemic, he "went to so many funerals that I felt such a sense of obligation" to portray the character of a TV producer secretly living with AIDS in Eastern Standard.
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Kevin Conroy returned to television in the 1985 TV movie Covenant and had a role on another daytime soap drama, Search for Tomorrow.
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Kevin Conroy played gay lawyer Bart Fallmont on Dynasty from 1985 to 1986.
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Kevin Conroy was a series regular on Ohara in 1987, and as the company commander on Tour of Duty from 1987 to 1988, before starring in a series of television movies.
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Kevin Conroy guest starred on shows such as Cheers, Search for Tomorrow, Matlock and Murphy Brown.
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Kevin Conroy was notably the first voice actor to alter his voice tone between portraying Batman and Bruce Wayne, which Michael Keaton had previously done in Tim Burton's live-action Batman films.
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However, Kevin Conroy based his dual-voice performance on Leslie Howard in the 1934 film The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Kevin Conroy continued to voice Batman in various animated spin-off productions, which collectively took place in what is known as the DC Animated Universe.
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Kevin Conroy voiced Batman for the character's guest appearances in the DCAU's Superman: The Animated Series, Static Shock and The Zeta Project.
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Kevin Conroy confessed to being humbled and deeply flattered by the reaction.
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Kevin Conroy voiced Batman for multiple video games, including the Batman: Arkham series.
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Kevin Conroy confirmed on Twitter in October 2013 that he had filmed a role on Tim Daly's web series The Daly Show, where Conroy parodied his role as Batman in a fight with Daly parodying Superman.
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Kevin Conroy portrayed Bruce Wayne of Earth-99 in live-action in the Batwoman episode of Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Infinite Earths".
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Kevin Conroy was married to Vaughn C Williams at the time of his death.
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Kevin Conroy made an effort to conceal his homosexuality throughout most of his career.
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Kevin Conroy spoke in "Finding Batman" about the discrimination he faced once potential collaborators and employers found out about his homosexuality.
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Kevin Conroy made frequent appearances at comic book conventions; his last convention was in Connecticut in July 2022.
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Kevin Conroy died at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City from colorectal cancer on November 10,2022, at age 66.
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Kevin Conroy did not publicly disclose that he was ill.
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Kevin Conroy's death was announced in a press release issued by parent company Warner Bros.