Background
Carson was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Carson was born in Chicago, Illinois.
He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and in 1981 became a member of the Iota Phi Theta fraternity.
He is best known for portraying Kyle Barker on the FOX sitcom Living Single and Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the voice double for Samuel L. Jackson. He is also known for voicing Kratos in the God of War video game series. He started performing in plays and musicals such as The Wiz, Dreamgirls, and Ain"t Misbehavin".
He starred in the films Livin" Large and Firehawk before landing the role of Kyle Barker on the sitcom Living Single.
Carson reprised his role of Kyle Barker, along with Living Single costar Erika Alexander, on show Half & Half. He provided the voice of Samuel (Charley"s father) in the Public Broadcasting Service Kids animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog.
As a voice actor, he portrayed Mace Windu in the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars. He reprised his role as Mace Windu in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series.
He appeared as Eddie Carson, a cook aboard a World World War II submarine in U-571, and Route 23 survivor & schoolteacher Eugene Dix in Final Destination 2 (2003).
He has provided the male voice of Guillo in the Gamecube RPG Baten Kaitos Origins and the voice of Kratos, the main character of the God of War video game series. He has also provided Kratos"s voice where Kratos is a downloadable character in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds and a guest character in Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, Mortal Kombat, and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. He is also the voice of Touchstone in the PSP shooter Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror.
His voice is featured on The Bible Experience.
In 2002, Carson released a jazz/funk Civil Defense called Truth. Video games Afro Samurai - Swordsmaster Baten Kaitos Origins - Guillo (male) BioShock Infinite - Street Preacher Ray Disney Infinity 3.0 - Mace Windu EverQuest II - Grimgash the Black God of War series - Kratos Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - Kratos (DLC character) Mortal Kombat - Kratos (guest character) PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - Kratos Saints Row - Anthony Green Saints Row IV - Anthony Green Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny - Kratos (guest character) Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron - Mace Windu Star Wars: Battlefront II - Mace Windu Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - Mace Windu, Darth Vader Star Trek: Klingon Academy - Academy Engineer, Gorkon Allied Command, Starbase 2 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes - Mace Windu Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror - Touchstone The Outfit - Juris Doctor Tyler Tron: Evolution - Calchas Unreal Tournament 3 - Othello.