Khary Payton Bio, Age, Height, Family, Wife, Education, Career, Net Worth

Khary Payton Biography

Khary Payton is an American voice actor and actor. He is best known for appearing on the drama series The Walking Dead as King Ezekiel. In addition, on the soap opera General Hospital, he portrayed the role of Dr. Terrell Jackson. He has also voiced Cyborg in various animated films and video games.

Khary Payton Age|Birthday

Payton was born on May 16, 1972. Therefore, he is 49 years old as o 2021 and celebrates his birthday on 16th May every year.

Khary Payton Height|Weight

Payton’s height is 5 feet 10 inches (approximately 178 centimeters). Moreover, he weighs 70 kilograms.

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Khary Payton Family

Payton was born in Augusta, Georgia, the USA to his parents Victor (father) and Gwendolyn Middleton (mother). Moreover, he has one sibling, a younger sister.

Khary Payton Wife

Payton married Linda Braddock in 2001. However, the couple divorced in 2009. Later, he married Stacey Reed in 2010 and the two separated in 2020. In addition, he has two children with his ex-wife Stacy, a son named Karter, and a daughter named Maya. In an interview, the actor revealed his son was born female but has always identified as a boy.

Khary Payton Education

Payton graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University.

Khary Payton Career

As Dr. Terrell Jackson on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital, Payton appeared on a recurring basis. In addition, on AMC’s The Walking Dead, he portrays King Ezekiel.

Voice Work

In both Teen Titans animated series and Aqualad in Young Justice, Payton has portrayed Cyborg. He provided the voice of the villain Ten from the Royal Flush Gang in the cartoon series Justice League. In the game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, as well as Ripcord in G.I. Joe: Renegades, he provided the voice of Debrin. The other games he voiced as Debrin include, Blade in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Killer Croc in Batman: Arkham Underworld, and Grimlock in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

Moreover, on the Disney XD original series Big Hero 6 based on Marvel Comics, he is voicing Wasabi.

Filmography

Voice-over roles

Television

2002-2011

2002 – The Proud Family as Slapmaster
2003-2007 – Teen Titans as Cyborg, Herald
2003 – Justice League as Ten, What’s New, Scooby-Doo? as Mitch
2004-2007 – Codename: Kids Next Door as Maurice
2006-2007 – Ben 10 as Hex, additional voices, Loonaticas Unleashed as General Deuce
2007 – Friday: The Animated Series as Craig Jones, Legion of Super-Heroes as Tyr, Hunter
2008-2010 – Ben 10: Alien Force as Manny, Hex
2010 – Generator Rex a Beasly, Gang Punk
2010-2011 – G.I. Joe Renegades as Ripcord

2010-2016

2010-2013, 2019 – Young Justice as Aqualad, Brick, Black Manta
2012 – Ben 10: Ultimate Allien as Hex
2013 to present – Teen Titans Go! as Cyborg, Zan
2014 – Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered as Cyborg, Ben 10: Omniverse as Manny, Hex
2015-2017 – Transformers: Robots in Disguise as Grimlock, Bisk
2015 – Fresh Beat Band od Spies as Rubberface Rudy, Be Cool Scooby-Doo! as Tony, Stan
2015-2019 – The Lion Guard as Rafiki, Muhangus
2016 – Sofia the First as Barley

2016-2021

2016-2017 – DC Super Hero Girls a Cyborg, Lion-Mane, Justice League Action as Cyborg
2017 – Guardians of the Galaxy a Jukka, Elena of Avalor as Captain Chiloya
2019 – Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure as Kai
2021 – Invincible as Black Samson

Film

2006 – Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
2011 – The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2012 – Strange Frame
2013 – Khumba
2014 – Batman
2015 – Justice League, Lego DC Comics Heroes, Batman Unlimited
2016 – Lego DC Comics Super Heroes
2017 – The Lion Guard
2018 – Teen Titans Go!
2019 – Teen Titans Go!
2020 – Bobbleheads
2021 – Teen Titans

Video Games

2000-2010

2000 – Deus EX
2004 – The Chronicles of Riddick, Men of Valor
2005 – X-Men Legends II, Quake 4, Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
2006 – Teen Titans, Marvel, SOCOM U.S, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
2007 – God of War II, Spider-Man
2008 – Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance 2, Tom Clancy’s EndWar
2009 – FusionFall, Ninja Blade, Prototype, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Marvel
2010 – No More Heroes 2, Dead or Alive, Metal Gear Solid, StarCraft II

2011-2019

2011 – Killzone 3, Infamous 2, Dead or Alive
2012 – Starhawk, PlayStation All-tars Battle Royale
2013 – Aliens, Tomb Raider, SimCity Buildlt, Fuse
2014 – Call of Duty, Infamous First Light
2015 – Infinite Crisis, Batman
2016 – Mafia III
2017 – Injustice 2
2019 – Kingdom Hearts III

Live-action roles

Television

2001 – Walker, Texas Ranger
2002 – Imagine That
2003 – JAG
2004 – The Shield
2006-2008 – Emily’s Reasons Why Not
2006 – Hannah Montana
2008 – How I Met Your Mother
2009 – Medium, Criminal Minds
2010 – I’m in the Band, Lie to Me
2011 – General Hospital
2012 – Go On, Fairly Legal
2013 – Body of Proof
2016 to present – The Walking Dead
2017 – Hand of God
2018 – Critical Role
2019 – UnDeadwood

Film

2003 – Dracula II
2004 – Latter Days
2005 – Hellraiser
2008 – Blood
2011 – The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
2012 – Astronaut

Awards and nominations

2014 and 2015 (Nominated)

BTVA Voice Acting Awards under the category of Best Male Vocal Performance in a TV Series.

2018 and 2019 (Nominated)

Saturn Awards under the category of Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series

Khary Payton Net Worth

Payton’s net worth is $4 million.