Now that Mike Henry has stepped down from the role, Wendell Pierce said he would like to take over performing the voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy.
Henry, who voiced the character for 20 years both on Fox'sFamily Guy and and four seasons on The Cleveland Show, announced last week he would no longer play the African American cartoon character amid a new push for characters of color to no longer be portrayed by white actors. "It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years," Henry wrote on Twitter. "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color.
Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role." Henry also voiced the Black child character, Rallo Tubbs, who is Cleveland's stepson.
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