Kevin Grevioux (; born September 9, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer. He is best known for his role as Raze in the Underworld film series, which he co-created, as well as his voice work as Black Beetle in Young Justice.
Education Grevioux graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1987 with a degree in microbiology with minors in both chemistry and psychology, afterwards attending graduate school working towards a master's degree in genetic engineering. Grevioux began taking screenwriting and cinematography classes as well, and after his first semester of grad school had finished, he moved to Los Angeles to begin to work as a writer in earnest. He has written several spec scripts in various genres. He also started a graphic novel company called Darkstorm Comic Studios in 2003.
Career As an actor, he has been seen in such films as The Mask, Steel, Congo, Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes remake, and the 2003 vampire vs. werewolf film, Underworld.
Underworld was Grevioux's first produced writing credit. He came up with the original concept/premise and wrote the original screenplay along with director Len Wiseman, launching the Underworld franchise. He appears in the film itself as a lycan, Raze, and returned as the character in the Underworld prequel Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, which he will also be adapting into a comic book mini-series. He expressed an interest in telling more Underworld stories in comic form if the film was successful.CCI: Grevioux returns to "Underworld", Comic Book Resources, August 1, 2008
Using Romeo and Juliet as an archetype, Grevioux based Underworld on his experiences with interracial dating and the tension that it often causes. He also brought a scientific element to the world of vampires and werewolves by basing vampirism and lycanthropy on a viral mutagen rather than the mysticism typically associated with these two mythic creatures.
Early 2006 saw Grevioux form two comic book imprints, Astounding Comics and Darkstorm Comics under his Darkstorm Comics and Media banner.Grevioux Gets Astounding, Newsarama, July 21, 2005Kevin Grevioux – From "Underworld" to the Comic World, Comic Book Resources, March 22, 2006 Grevioux's Astounding Studios imprint was to focus on all-ages titles such as Valkyries,Of Valkyries and Other Things: Talking to Kevin Grevioux , Newsarama, November 15, 2006 Guardian Heroes and The Hammer Kid. The Darkstorm Studios imprint was a more mature line, including the books Alivs Rex,Earth's First Astounding Invasion , Broken Frontier, May 17, 2006 Skull and Guns and Uzan, The Mighty.
Grevioux's voice is distinctively deep. In the commentary track of Underworld, he relates that during the promotion and launch of the film, many fans asked him if his voice had been altered by computer, and were surprised to learn that it had not been.Underworld special edition director commentary
Grevioux wrote the fourth volume of the Marvel Comics series The New Warriors.New Joe Fridays Week 26. Newsarama Grevioux also wrote Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel, introducing Blue Marvel, a character he created in his teens. The miniseries was drawn by Mat Broome and Roberto Castro.CCI: The 'Return' of "The Blue Marvel", Comic Book Resources, July 25, 2008 He is also in the process of writing a story featuring Lee Falk's characters The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, co-written with Mike Bullock. He also wrote ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction for Red 5 Comics.Kevin Grevioux: Werewolves, Vampires... and now Zombies , Comics Bulletin, May 15, 2008, Newsarama, July 22, 2008
On December 2, 2009, Grevioux hosted a pilot episode for a concept series, Monster Tracker, on Discovery Channel.Discovery Channel TV Special: Monster Tracker
He sold the original screenplay for the film adaptation of his Darkstorm Comics Studios graphic novel, I, Frankenstein,I, Frankenstein Franchise Coming At You From Lakeshore to Lakeshore Entertainment, which also produced the Underworld films.Lakeshore Eyes New Franchise With 'I, Frankenstein' The story follows the original monster of Victor Frankenstein who is the only force that stands between the human race and an uprising of supernatural creatures determined to overthrow the world. Filming began on February 27, 2012, and the film was released in January 2014.
Since November 6, 2017, Line Webtoon has been publishing Brothers Bond, an action webcomic collaboration with Ryan Benjamin. Benjamin and Grevioux were both nominated for the esteemed Eisner Award for Best Webcomic.
In 2019, Grevioux portrayed The Vault Keeper in "EC Comics Presents The Vault of Horror", a full-cast audio drama adapting the first 24 stories from the first six issues of the original EC comic series.
In 2022, Grevioux directed, wrote, and produced the action film King of Killers, starring Alain Moussi and Frank Grillo, through his production company Channel 56 Films. It was based on his Darkstorm graphic novel.
Grevioux is an avid NFL fan. His favorite team is the Minnesota Vikings.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1994 Naked Gun 33: The Final Insult Prison Guard Uncredited 1994 Speed Bombsquad SWAT officer 1994 The Mask Henchman #7 1994 Stargate Fossil Guard Uncredited 1995 Congo Roadblock Officer 1995 Showgirls Andrew Carver's Bodyguard 1995 Batman Forever Two-Face's Thug 1996 The Great White Hype Security Guard Uncredited 1997 Steel Singer 1997 Don King: Only in America Leon Spinks Television film 1999 Bowfinger Kit's Bodyguard 2000 Charlie's Angels Bouncer #2 2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Associate Goon 2001 Planet of the Apes Limbo's first Handler, Ape Commander, second Ape Soldier 2002 Men in Black II Pineal Eye 2003 Cradle 2 the Grave Inmate Guard Uncredited 2003 Hulk Mitchell Uncredited 2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Emmanuel Lewis's Entourage 2003 Underworld Raze Also first produced writing credit 2005 Dirty Daddy 2006 Slayer Grieves 2009 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Raze Also graphic novel writer 2014 I, Frankenstein Dekar Also screen story, graphic novel 2017 Animal Crackers SamsonVoice 2022 The Prey: The Legend of Karnoctus Reid 2022 King of Killers Dyson Chord Also director, executive producer, screenplay, graphic novel writer
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1993–1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Starfleet Security Officer 12 episodes, uncredited 1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon Sam Television film 1997 Quicksilver Highway Police Sergeant Television film 1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy Miller Television film2000Malcolm in The MiddlePolice AgentTemporada 2, capitulo 1 2005 The Batman Solomon Grundy Voice, episode: "Grundy's Night" 2010 Spartacus: Blood and Sand – Motion Comic Doctore, Numidian Voice, episode: "The Shadow of Death" 2012–2013 Young Justice Black Beetle Voice, recurring role 2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Terrax Voice, episode: "Avengers Assemble!" 2013 Payday 2: The Web Series The Haitian 2 episodes 2014 Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Super-Skrull Voice, 2 episodes 2019 Cannon Busters Black Claw Voice, English dub
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes 2008 Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath 2018 Marvel Powers United VR Groot
Bibliography Astounding Heroes, starring The Vindicators (Astounding Comics, 2006) Guardian Heroes (Astounding Comics, 2006) Valkyries (Astounding Comics, 2006) Toy Box (Astounding Comics, 2006) Alius Rex (Darkstorm Comics & Media, 2006) The Hammer Kid (Astounding Comics, 2006) New Warriors (Marvel Comics) What If? Civil War (Marvel Comics, 2007) Spider-Man Family #5, Guest Starring Dr. Strange (Marvel Comics, 2007) Spider-Man Family #8, Guest Starring Iron Man (Marvel Comics, 2007) Monstroids (Astounding Comics, Original graphic novel, 2008) Sista Samurai (Darkstorm Comics & Media, 2008) The Phantom Annual #2 (Moonstone, 2008) What If? Secret Invasion (Marvel Comics, 2008) Young Avengers Presents #5, featuring Stature (Marvel Comics, 2008) ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (Red 5 Comics, forthcoming) Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel (with Mat Broome, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, November 2008–May 2009) Spider-Man vs. Vampires (Marvel Comics, One-shot, 2010) Justice Society of America 80-Page Giant #1 (DC Comics, 2010) Holiday Special 2010 (DC Comics, One-shot, 2010) Age of Heroes #3 (Marvel Comics, 4-issue limited series, 2010) Wetworks Mutations (Wildstorm, 2010) Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way #2 (Marvel Comics, 2010) Batman 80-Page Giant #1 (DC Comics, 2020) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (with Andrew Huerta, 2-issue mini-series, IDW Publishing, forthcoming) I, Frankenstein Genesis (Darkstorm Comics & Media, Movie tie-in, 2013) Amazing Spider-Man #700.5 (Marvel Comics, 2014) Brothers Bond (Rocketship Entertainment, Original graphic novel, 2016) Odyssey of the Amazons (DC Comics, 6-issue limited series, 2017) Underworld: Blood Wars (Darkstorm Comics & Media, Movie Adaptation, 2017) Cyborg #19-20 (DC Comics, 2018) Bloodshot: Rising Spirit (Valiant Entertainment, limited series, 2018) Noble #15-19 (Lion Forge, 2019) Bass Reeves (Allegiance Arts & Entertainment, Original graphic novel, 2019) Psycho List (Black Box Comics, 6-issue limited series, 2019) Darkstorm, the Conqueror (Darkstorm Comics & Media, 4-issue limited series, 2020) DJINNTARA: Rise of the Djinn (Zenescope Entertainment and Darkstorm Comics, 2023) Winter Ember (Blowfish Studios, 6-issue limited series, 2022)
References
External links Official website
Kevin Grevioux at ComicSpace Astounding Comics Darkstorm Studios Darkstorm Comics