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The Early Life of Kevin Conroy

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Kevin Conroy is an actor known by many as the voice of Batman, who has appeared in numerous animated series and video games based on the DC Comics superhero over the years, including Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond.
A native of the state of Michigan, Conroy currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and fellow actor Tara Strong, who he met while working on the show together and went on to marry in 2000.
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Kevin Conroy was born on November 30, 1955 in Westbury, New York

Kevin Conroy is a renowned American voice actor and well-renowned producer. He is best known for portraying Batman in the 1990s animated series Batman: The Animated Series, as well as its spin-off films, video games, and animated shorts.

He also voiced Batman in the follow-up series from WB! Kids called The New Adventures of Batman.

In addition to his iconic role as the Dark Knight, he has been voicing other characters for over 25 years such as Jason Todd/Robin, Nightwing/Dick Grayson, Superman in various animations and video games, and even Two-Face on a few occasions.

He is the middle child of three boys

Kevin Conroy is an American actor who is best known for his voice acting in various DC animated series, most notably as the voice of Batman. He grew up in rural Maine and was the middle child with two older brothers and one younger brother.
It was near impossible to make any noise as they were often hunting or fishing on their family farm. His father was a hunter and fisherman while his mother grew up on a farm too.
He didn’t have much formal education, but he learned how to read by reading comic books which instilled a love for literature that still persists today.

His father was an insurance salesman and his mother was a stay-at-home mom

He was born on September 25th, 1955 in Westbury, New York. His father was an insurance salesman and his mother was a stay-at-home mom. In 1975, he graduated from Siena College with a bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
He also received a Masters’s degree in Speech Communication from Adelphi University. While attending the theater school at SUNY Purchase, he played roles such as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol and the title role in Hamlet.
Upon graduating from SUNY Purchase, Kevin became a part-time teacher there. During this time, he took some acting jobs to help make ends meet. Some of those roles included parts in soap operas such as All My Children and Another World.

Kevin Conroy has two older brothers, Brian and John

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He is an American actor, best known for his voice-over work in animated shows such as Batman: The Animated Series and various other cartoons. He also voiced many video games, including the popular Batman: Arkham series. He was born on October 26th, 1955 in West Orange, New Jersey.
Kevin has two older brothers, Brian and John. His mother was a homemaker while his father owned a steel company.
They were divorced when he was five years old and he went to live with his maternal grandparents who raised him until he was 11 years old when they passed away from cancer and emphysema respectively. When he turned 12, he went back to live with his mother and brothers in Huntington Beach, California.

Kevin Conroy is of Irish descent

He is an American actor and voice actor, who has been the voice of Batman for over twenty years. Born on February 12th, 1955 in Waterbury, Connecticut to parents Jeanette and William, he grew up in a tight-knit Irish Catholic family.
His mother was a nurse and his father was a doctor. By the time he was 10 years old, he had started acting as part of a theatre group with Jeanette’s help.
In 1982, after graduating from Northeastern University with a degree in theatre arts, he moved to New York City where he began acting professionally and found success doing commercial work for Montgomery Ward and Foot Locker.

He attended public schools in Westbury

Kevin Conroy was born in Westbury, New York on October 25th, 1956. He attended public schools in Westbury, graduating from Immaculate Heart Academy in 1974. Growing up he loved sports and participated in baseball, football, basketball, and track and field at school.
 He also played the drums for most of his teenage years and took lessons from a professional drummer who had been one of the backup musicians for several rock bands including The Rolling Stones.
 At age 15 he decided to switch gears and switched to playing double bass with a local jazz band that performed at various clubs throughout the tri-state area.  One day while rehearsing with this group he was told by the bandleader to stop playing because they already had a bass player.

He graduated from high school in 1973

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Kevin Conroy, who is best known for playing Batman in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond, was born on September 25th, 1955. He graduated from high school in 1973. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Ithaca College where he majored in theater arts.
He attended the Juilliard School as a graduate student. While there, he played both comic and dramatic roles including Archie in a production of Michael Weller’s Loose Ends. Following his time at Juilliard, he landed his first professional stage role with New York’s Circle Repertory Company.

His other early work includes work with Circle Rep’s Off-Broadway sister company—the Theatre at St. Clements—as well as several guest appearances on the children’s TV show Wonderama.

In 1981, he moved to Hollywood to pursue television work and got his first big break voicing Pee-wee Herman’s pet turtle Buddy in Pee-wee’s Playhouse.

He then attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Kevin Conroy studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he earned a degree in theatre arts. He soon after won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. There he acted in school productions as well as radio plays and commercials.
In 1980, while still enrolled at RADA, he landed a leading role in the West End production of ‘Cabaret.’ Upon graduating from RADA with honors in 1983 (graduating alongside Helen Mirren), he then pursued theater work for about a decade before auditioning for Batman: The Animated Series.

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