Julius Hibbert: Last News

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening has spoken out about the Fox show’s decision in 2020 to stop white actors voicing characters from other ethnic backgrounds.

"The Simpsons" has officially recast the voice actor behind one of its Black characters originally voiced by longtime cast member Harry Shearer. Springfield’s jovial physician Dr.

The Simpsons have a new doctor in town – and for the first time in 30 years a black actor will play the role.The change comes with the hit show keen to make a commitment to no longer having white actors voicing black characters.White actor Harry Shearer has played Dr Julius Hibbert and many other popular characters across three decades.Shearer, whose voice is synonymous with the hit animated sitcom, also does the voices for long-time characters Mr Burns, Principal Skinner, Smithers, Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders.But veteran voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson will be the new voice of Springfield’s doctor from Sunday.And Richardson is no stranger to the world of animated comedy having worked on a host of top shops including Family Guy,

Last June, The Simpsons announced that white actors would no longer be voicing Black characters on the show, and now Harry Shearer has been replaced by veteran voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson in the role of Dr. Julius Hibbert, Deadline has confirmed.

“The Simpsons” is correcting a longtime misstep.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Simpsons actor Harry Shearer, who gives voice to characters ranging from elderly miser Mr. Burns to the unflappable African-American physician Dr.

Harry Shearer, who has voiced multiple characters in "The Simpsons," criticized the show's decision to stop White actors from portraying non-White characters. The decades-long cartoon series announced in June that it would no longer have "white actors voice non-white characters" amid the Black Lives Matter movement.

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