Loren Lester is an American screen, stage, and voice actor, best known for voicing Dick Grayson / Robin / Nightwing in the DC Animated Universe. He made his Broadway debut in the 2024 revival of Cabaret.
Career Film and television Animation
He is best known as the voice of DC Comics superhero Dick Grayson/Robin/Nightwing in the DC Animated Universe and Barbeque on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.
He later reprised the role of Nightwing in the 2017 direct-to-video, Batman and Harley Quinn.
Lester also voiced the superheroes Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Iron Fist in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes from Marvel Comics. TwitchTV (confirmation heard during 0:24:48 - 0:25:03)
His voice has been heard in numerous critically acclaimed audio books and in popular interactive games such as Halo 4 and Batman: Arkham Knight. He provides the voice of Kirk Langstrom / Man-Bat in Batman: Arkham Knight.
In 1990, he provided the voice for Jordan Knight in New Kids on the Block. In 1994, he was also the voice of Gringo in the Don Bluth film Thumbelina.
He also provided the voice for Rick Gordon, Flash Gordon's son, in the 1986 series Defenders of the Earth.
Live-action Lester has appeared in over 200 episodes of series including Curb Your Enthusiasm ("The Black Swan" episode) The Orville, Scorpion, I'm Dying Up Here, Parenthood, Bones, NCIS, Ringer, Good Luck Charlie, Awake, The Closer, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, Castle, Two and a Half Men, and many others.
He was the Irate passenger in the Wes Craven film Red Eye starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy, and he was in the comedies The Sweetest Thing and American Wedding
He began his career very young; one of his early recurring roles was "Roy" in The Facts of Life.
He also played one of the hall monitors, Fritz Hansel, in Rock 'n' Roll High School.
He recurred on all three seasons of the HBO hit comedy series Hung, and had recurring roles on Victorious (Nickelodeon), Gilmore Girls, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.
Lester also appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Quickening". In 2008, Lester played the role of an ER doctor on Heroes in the episode "The Second Coming".
He has appeared in over 100 radio and television commercials.
Stage Lester has starred in dozens of plays and musicals. Currently living in New York, he was seen frequently in the Los Angeles theatre scene at venues such as The Pasadena Playhouse in Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels. He is also a graduate of the Occidental College theatre department.
Podcast In March 2023, Lester was announced to have been cast as the superhero Michael Kern / No/One in the Massive-Verse, first playing the character in the podcast series Who Is NO/ONE?.
Personal life Lester and his wife, Kelly, also an actress and daughter of Peter Mark Richman, have three daughters: Jenny, Lily, and Julia.
Filmography Television Year Title Role Notes 1979 Young Love, First Love Pevney Television film1981–1987The Facts of LifeRoy7 episodes1982Gimme a Break!ArnieEpisode: "Julie's First Love"1985Charles in ChargeClarence NormanEpisode: "Charles 'R' Us"1987Falcon CrestAnesthesiologistEpisode: "Missed Connections"1995BonnieJoe the ToeEpisode: "The Phone Call"1996Star Trek: Deep Space NineAttendantEpisode: "The Quickening"2002BoomtownHomeownerEpisode: "All Hallow's Eve"2002–2004The PracticeDr. Marchant, Mitchell Gore2 episodes2003Good Morning, MiamiGroup LeaderEpisode: "Hi, My Name Is Jake"2004Without a TraceMr. RoscoeEpisode: "Wannabe"2004Las VegasLawyerEpisode: "Always Faithful"2004LAXImmigration AttorneyEpisode: "Unscheduled Arrivals"2004General HospitalMeyer8 episodes2005ScrubsVetEpisode: "My Quarantine"2005Gilmore GirlsAnson2 episodes2005JoeyProducerEpisode: "Joey and the Big Break"2005Desperate HousewivesDr. BakerEpisode: "You Could Drive A Person Crazy"2006Two and a Half MenEmceeEpisode: "The Unfortunate Little Schnauzer"2006The West WingJarinEpisode: "Welcome to Wherever You Are"2006Pepper DennisWEIE AttorneyEpisode: "True Love Is Dead"2006The Suite Life of Zack & CodyManEpisode: "A Midsummer's Nightmare"2006The GameDr. JoeEpisode: "How Tasha Got Her Groove Back"2006Help Me Help YouGabeEpisode: "Raging Bill"2006–2007The Bold and the BeautifulEli Donovan4 episodes20077th HeavenBob MeyersEpisode: "Deacon Blues"2007The RichesEd KlineEpisode: "Pilot"2007In Case of EmergencyDr. GreenEpisode: "The Good, the Bad and the Mob"2007Notes from the UnderbellyManEpisode: "Million Dollar Baby"2007State of MindCrisis CounselorEpisode: "Pilot"2007Side Order of LifeDoug StackEpisode: "Coming Out"2007Zoey 101Pierre LaMangeEpisode: "Zoey's Ribs"2007–2008Criminal MindsDr. Shore, Surgeon2 episodes2008UnhitchedTherapistEpisode: "Woman Marries Horse"2008GreekHarvard DeanEpisode: "Barely Legal"2008The CloserDan FryeEpisode: "Split Ends"2008HeroesER DoctorEpisode: "The Second Coming"2009CastleMr. SimmonsEpisode: "Always Buy Retail"2009FlashForwardNeurologistEpisode: "No More Good Days"2009Cold CaseA.J. PritchardEpisode: "The Crossing"2009Curb Your EnthusiasmTurnerEpisode: "The Black Swan"2009–2011HungHoward Koontz5 episodes2010The Young and the RestlessDr. Jasper3 episodes2010UndercoversHansEpisode: "Devices"2010–2011VictoriousDr. Levinson2 episodes2011Dating in the Middle AgesJames BrownhillEpisode: "Dr. Poo"2011RingerAubrey ZimmermanEpisode: "If You Ever Want a French Lesson..."2012AwakeMurrayEpisode: "Ricky's Tacos"2012NCISEdgar CromwellEpisode: "Up in Smoke"2012Final WitnessHans ReiserEpisode: "What the Boy Saw"2012Good Luck CharlieRandyEpisode: "Team Mom"2012Help for the HolidaysDanielTelevision film2013BonesWilliam WisemanEpisode: "The Dude in the Dam"2014Reinventing CassieMelTelevision film2014ParenthoodDistrict RepresentativeEpisode: "You've Got Mold"
Television (animated) Year Title Role Notes 1985 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Barbecue 8 episodes 1986–1987 Defenders of the Earth Rick Gordon, Young Kurt Walker 65 episodes 1990 New Kids on the Block Jordan Knight 15 episodes 1991 The Legend of Prince Valiant Messenger, Survivor Episode: "The Gift" 1992–1995 Batman: The Animated Series Dick Grayson / Robin 27 episodes A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 1994 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Various voices 2 episodes 1994 SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron Guard Episode: "The Dark Side of the Swat Kats" 1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Episode: "True Face of a Monster" 1997–1998 The New Batman Adventures Dick Grayson / Nightwing, Mo 10 episodes1998The Sylvester & Tweety MysteriesEarl PinkEpisode: "The San Francisco Beat" 2001 Men in Black: The Series 2 episodes 2005–2006 W.I.T.C.H. Julian, Announcer, Aketon, Tynar 8 episodes 2009–2011 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Hal Jordan / Green Lantern 2 episodes 2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Danny Rand / Iron Fist, Newscaster 2 episodes
Film Year Title Role Notes 1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School Fritz Hansel 1981EvilspeakCharlie Boy1990Prayer of the RollerboysAnchorman2002The Sweetest ThingMr. Mooney2003American WeddingCelebrant2005Red EyeDoctor200917 AgainMike's Lawyer2011After the WizardDr. Edwards2011The Hit ListBilly Joe Philbin2012A Green StoryErnest York2013A Leading ManBruce Dodes2019Senior Love TriangleDavid
Film (animated) Year Title Role Notes 1994 Thumbelina Gringo 1998 Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Dick Grayson / Robin Direct-to-video 2017 Batman and Harley Quinn Dick Grayson / Nightwing Direct-to-video
Video games Year Title Role Notes 1994 The Adventures of Batman & Robin Dick Grayson / Robin Sega CD version 2002 Earth & Beyond 2003 Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Dick Grayson / Nightwing 2004 Spider-Man 2 Richard Parker, Additional Voices 2005 Ultimate Spider-Man Richard Parker 2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame Hal Jordan / Green Lantern 2011 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Danny Rand / Iron Fist 2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures 2012 Halo 4 Additional voices 2015 Batman: Arkham Knight Kirk Langstorm / Man-Bat 2016 View-Master Batman Animated VR Dick Grayson / Robin
Podcast Year Title Role Notes 2023–2024 Who Is No/One? Michael Kern / No/One 10 episodes
Shorts The Old Man and the Studio Cross-Eyed Dinner Theater Presents! - Alan The One Who Got Away Going Home Down, Up, Out Peter at the End Red The Interrogation The Uncivil War Up the Valley and Beyond A Family of Clowns Max Terrorists Anonymous
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