Khary Payton

Khary Payton played King Ezekiel on The Walking Dead across Seasons 7 to 11, moving from a recurring guest role to the main cast.

Born May 16, 1972, in Augusta, Georgia, Khary won Showtime’s inaugural Kid Talent Quest at age 14, launching a career that has now spanned nearly four decades. He is one of the most recognizable voices in animation, as Cyborg in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Kaldur’ahm on Young Justice and Rafiki on The Lion Guard, and he also voices Killer Croc in the Batman: Arkham games. He appeared as Michael Forrest in Astronaut: The Last Push.