Richard Steven Horvitz (born July 29, 1966) is an American actor, comedian and voice director. He is best known for his voice work in animation and video games. His voice credits include the original Alpha 5 on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo, Razputin Aquato in Psychonauts, Kaos in Skylanders, Billy and his father Harold in Grim & Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Grey Matter in Ben 10, Rodney in Squirrel Boy, Daggett in The Angry Beavers, Zim in Invader Zim, Orthopox in Destroy All Humans!, the Zoni in Ratchet & Clank, Bumble in Kinectimals, the Space Weaver in Broken Age, Kanchomé in Zatch Bell!, and Moxxie in Helluva Boss.
Early life
Horvitz was born in Los Angeles, California. His father Louie, a planning engineer for Rocketdyne for over 35 years, was Jewish. His maternal grandfather was born in Cuba, and his mother's family is from Mérida, Mexico. His older brother, Louis J. Horvitz, is a television director and producer. As a child, Horvitz was inspired by Flip Wilson, Tom Jones, and Don Adams, doing impressions of them.
Career
Acting
thumb|Horvitz with an autographed [[Invader Zim picture in May 2009]]
Horvitz first appeared in a 1976 Freshen Up gum commercial, which led to other commercial appearances and several hand modeling jobs. After a brief stint in an off-Broadway production of Oliver! he went on to make appearances on television series such as Kids Incorporated and Safe at Home, and films such as Summer School, How I Got into College, and Deadly Weapon. From 1988 to 1991, he starred as Howie for two seasons in the syndicated television sitcom The Munsters Today.
Voice acting
thumb|Horvitz in 2020
Starting in 1993, Horvitz changed the focus of his career to voice acting, starting with the voices of Alpha 5 and Alpha 4 in the live-action series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. From there, he had several other voice roles in such animated series as The Angry Beavers (as Daggett), Invader Zim (as Zim), Kim Possible, Dave the Barbarian (as Ned Frischman), Zatch Bell! (as Kanchomé), The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (as Billy and his father Harold), Ben 10 (as Grey Matter), Squirrel Boy (as Rodney), and Shorty McShorts' Shorts (as Dudley). He also co-wrote the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode "Keeper of the Reaper" alongside his wife Kristen Lazarian.
After his stint as Alpha 5 ended, Horvitz went on to voice a few monsters in other Power Rangers series and was also the voice of Alpha 7 in the Power Rangers Wild Force episode "Forever Red". He voiced the main characters of Raz in the Psychonauts series and Orthopox in the Destroy All Humans! series. He has also voiced various NPCs in EverQuest II, the Berserker Darklings in The Darkness, Bumble in Kinectimals, and Kaos in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.
Horvitz voiced "Green Grapes" in the Fruit of the Loom commercials and has acted on stage, including in Jeffrey Hatcher's Mrs. Mannerly.
Horvitz also voices Moxxie and serves as a voice director in the adult animated web series Helluva Boss. He also played the roles of Alpha 8 and Alpha 9 in the Netflix special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise.
He speaks fluent Spanish, though he has stated he does not perform Spanish-language voice work.
Comedy
In 2001, Horvitz was in the sketch comedy group The MoHos with Fred Willard, created by Fred's wife Mary Lovell.
Personal life
Horvitz married playwright and screenwriter Kristen Lazarian on February 9, 1996. They currently live in Los Angeles and have three sons.
Filmography
Film
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1987
| Summer School
| Alan Eakian
|
|-
| 1989
| Deadly Weapon
| Lester
|
|-
| 1989
| How I Got into College
| Young Enterpriser
|
|-
| 1995
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
| Alpha 5 (voice)
| Credited as "Richard Wood"
|-
| 1996
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame
| Claude Frollo's Guard (voice)
|
|-
| 1997
| Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
| Alpha 5 (voice)
| Theatrical film
|-
| 1998
| Sabrina Goes to Rome
| Stonehenge (voice)
| Television film
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1988
| Head of the Class
| Oswald Bletch
| Episode: "Don't Play with Matches"
|-
| 1989
| The Munsters Today
| Howie Buchanan
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1993–1999
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
| rowspan="3" | Alpha 5 (voice)
| 156 episodes
|-
| 1996
| Power Rangers Zeo
| 50 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1997
| Power Rangers Turbo
| Episode: "Shift Into Turbo"
|-
| Babylon 5
| Mark
| Episode: "Conflicts of Interest"
|-
| I Am Weasel
| Beaver, Owl (voice)
| Episode: "I Am Ambassador"
|-
| 2024
| Love on the Spectrum
| Himself
| Episode: "2.5"
|-
| 2025
| Jellystone!
| Billy, Harold, Rodney (voice)
| Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Mirths"
|-
| 2025–present
| Hazbin Hotel
| Minor character
| also voice director
|-
| 2024
| Class Acts
| Interviewer from Hell
| Episode: "The Ending Could Ruin Everything"
|}
Video games
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1998
| Popeye & The Sunken Treasure
| Sea Hag
|English Version, Credited as Richard Horvitz
|-
| Ape Escape: On the Loose
| Spike
|
|-
| 2010
| Kinectimals
| Bumble
|Grouped under "Featuring the Voice Talents Of"
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
| Stuart Zurgo
- The Twilight Zone Tower Of Terror (Walt Disney Studios) – Shaft Creatures
Awards and nominations
- Nominated – Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production for Invader Zim – 2001
- Nominated – Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus – 2020