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Katie Crown (Harley) Pamela Adlon (Olsen Benner) |
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Ashley Nicole Black (Harley) Nicole Byer (Olsen Benner) |
The Bob's Burgers Movie | Harley Olsen Benner |
May 27, 2022 | Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard confirmed on Twitter that Katie Crown would no longer voice the black student, Harley in the series as the recast occurred later in The Bob's Burgers Movie feature film. Along with Nicole Byer replacing Pamela Adlon as News Reporter, Olsen Benner. | [1] [2] [3] |
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Jenny Slate | ![]() |
Ayo Edebiri | Big Mouth | Missy Foreman-Greenwald | Jun 24, 2020[a] | Slate, a white and Jewish actress, announced that she would no longer play the half-black character Missy Forman-Greenwald. The role went to Ayo Edebiri starting with the Season 4 episode, "Sorority House", with Edebiri first voicing Missy's "Mirror Self" in the same episode. Slate continued to perform in the series voicing Caitlin Grafton and other characters. | [4] [5] |
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David Herman (Marshmallow) Melissa Bardin Galsky (Ms. Jacobson) |
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Jari Jones (Marshmallow) Ashley Nicole Black (Ms. Jacobson) |
Bob's Burgers | Marshmallow Ms. Jacobson |
Jun 24, 2020 | Series creator Loren Bouchard announced on Twitter that David Herman will no longer play the black transgender sex worker Marshmallow in the future after replying to a tweet about recasting Marshmallow with "Yes. On it". Jari Jones has since taken over the role of Marshmallow. The role of Ms. Jacobson was later recast to Ashley Nicole Black from Melissa Bardin Galsky. | [6] [7] [8] |
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Kristen Bell | ![]() |
Emmy Raver-Lampman | Central Park | Molly Tillerman | Jun 24, 2020[b] | The series' producers announced that a biracial or black actress would play the biracial Molly in the future. Bell wrote, "This is a time to acknowledge our acts of complicity ... Casting a mixed race character w[ith] a white actress undermines the specificity of the mixed race & Black American experience." Bell would then later voice a new character, Abby Hunter starting with the Season 3 episode, "Paige's Next Chapter". | [9] [10] [11] [12] |
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Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown, Rallo Tubbs, Consuela, Fouad) Alex Borstein (Tricia Takanawa) |
Arif Zahir (Cleveland Brown) TBA (Rallo Tubbs) TBA (Consuela) TBA (Fouad) TBA (Tricia Takanawa) |
Family Guy | Cleveland Brown Montclair "Rallo" Tubbs Consuela Fouad Tricia Takanawa |
Jun 26, 2020[c] | After voicing Cleveland Brown for twenty-one years on both Family Guy and its spin-off series, The Cleveland Show from 2009 to 2013, Mike Henry announced his departure on social media when he posted a statement saying; "I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role." Arif Zahir began his role as Cleveland in season 20. Henry continues to work and perform on the series after stepping down from voicing Cleveland as Bruce Straight and John Herbert. Other characters such as Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa, Hispanic housemaid Consuela, Peter Griffin's Arab co-worker Fouad, and Cleveland's stepson, Rallo Tubbs are expected to be recast in the future. | [13] [14] | |
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Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Carl Carlson, Officer Lou, Bumblebee Man, Julio Franco, Drederick Tatum) Harry Shearer (Dr. Julius Hibbert, Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon, Judge Roy Snyder) Pamela Hayden (Lewis Clark, Janey Powell) Tress MacNeille (Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Kumiko Albertson, Bernice Hibbert, Opal, Hubert Wong, Cookie Kwan) |
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Alex Désert (Carl Carlson, Officer Lou) Eric Lopez (Bumblebee Man) Tony Rodríguez (Julio Franco) Jay Pharoah (Drederick Tatum) Kevin Michael Richardson (Dr. Julius Hibbert) Kimberly Brooks (Lewis Clark, Janey Powell) Jenny Yokobori (Kumiko Albertson) Dawnn Lewis (Bernice Hibbert, Opal) Rosalie Chiang (Hubert Wong) TBA (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon) TBA (Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon) TBA (Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon) TBA (Cookie Kwan) TBA (Judge Roy Snyder) |
The Simpsons | All non-white originated roles | Jun 26, 2020 | Starting with Season 32, series producers stated that white actors would no longer voice non-white characters. These included recurring characters that were originally voiced by Azaria, Shearer, Hayden, and MacNeille. Azaria had previously stepped down from voicing Apu Nahasapeemapetilon in January 2020 due to controversy surrounding the character since the 2017 documentary The Problem with Apu from Indian-American comedian Hari Kondabolu. | [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] |
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Rob Paulsen | Sérgio Stern | Mickey Mouse universe | José Carioca | Jun 30, 2020 | During an interview with The A.V. Club, Rob Paulsen says he will no longer voice characters of color including the Brazilian José Carioca, who he first voiced since Mickey Mouse Works in 1999. Sérgio Stern voiced José in the theme parks and the Brazilian Portuguese dubs since 2013 and later voiced him in the English-speaking regions starting with the Mickey Mouse Funhouse episode, "Día de los Muertos". | [25] | |
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Stuart Daniel Baker | ![]() |
Tracy Morgan | Squidbillies | Early Cuyler | Aug 16, 2020[d] | Stuart "Unknown Hinson" Baker was fired from the series for controversial comments towards the Black Lives Matter movement and country singer Dolly Parton. A response posted on Facebook by Baker claimed that being fired from Squidbillies ruined his life. The response was later deleted. The thirteenth and final season of Squidbillies premiered on November 7, 2021, with Baker being replaced by Tracy Morgan. | [26][27][28][29][30] |
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Heather Bambrick | Sabryn Rock | Wild Kratts | Koki | Aug 15, 2021 | Episodes from the seventh season onward replace Koki's voice actress Heather Bambrick with Sabryn Rock. | [31] [32] [33] |