'Family Guy' Casts New Voice for Cleveland Brown for Season 19

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeArif Zahir knows he’s living a bit of a Cinderella story: The aspiring young actor has gone from impersonating the “Family Guy” character Cleveland Brown on YouTube to starring as the character’s voice actor starting next season.“It doesn’t seem real,” said Zahir, who officially landed the gig last month, as “Family Guy” was renewed for its 19th and 20th seasons.

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replace Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown on the long-running animated series, in its 18th season on Fox (Sundays at 9:30 p.m.) He makes his debut as Cleveland next season.“This is my first big role,” Zahir says. “It’ overwhelming and I’m really excited.”Henry, who is white, has voiced Cleveland, an African-American, since Seth MacFarlane’s series premiered in 1999.

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Family Guy have announced that YouTuber Arif Zahir will voice the role of Cleveland Brown on the show going forward.Original voice actor Mike Henry stepped-down from the role back in June, saying that while it had been an “honor” to play the character since the show’s inception, “persons of color should play characters of color”.Zahir, who has done a number of impressions of Cleveland on his YouTube channel, will take on the role from season 19 of the Fox series.

“Family Guy” has a new voice for its beloved Cleveland Brown. YouTube star Arif Zahir, known as Azerrz in the YouTube space, is revered for his many voice impersonations as well as his “Cleveland Brown Plays ‘Call of Duty’” series which incapacitates online gamers with uncontrollable bouts of laughter as they listen to phrases queued up by Zahir in real-time.

Family Guy has found its new Cleveland Brown. Voice actor Arif Zahir, also known as Azerrz, who does impressions of Cleveland on YouTube, has been tapped to replace Mike Henry, Cleveland's original portrayer.

“Family Guy” has found the new voice of Cleveland Brown.

he announced that he was stepping down from the role. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color,” he said.Henry is not departing the show, as he will continue to voice side characters such as Bruce the Performance Artist and Herbert the Pedophile.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVFox’s Family Guy has recast the role of Cleveland Brown with YouTube star Arif Zahir.Mike Henry, who had voiced Brown since the show’s inception in 1999, announced in June that he was stepping down from the role.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeArif Zahir has gone from impersonating “Family Guy’s” Cleveland Brown on YouTube… to being cast as the new voice of the character on the actual show.Zahir will take over as Cleveland in Season 19, as the show has just been picked up for two more seasons (its 19th and 20th) and episodes are now going into production.

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