” character Cleveland Brown on YouTube to starring as the character’s voice actor starting next season.
Executive producers Rich Appel and Alec Sulkin confirmed that everything was on the table, including both phasing out Cleveland or finding a new voice actor to take over the role. He launched a YouTube channel in the early 2010s, and started uploading his impressions — first, “Family Guy” characters like Cleveland, and then others like President Obama. His channel grew to the point where it covered the tuition to attend the arts-centric Relativity School in Downtown L.A. But when attending classes limited his time making videos — and his YouTube audience dipped — Zahir dropped out to focus on the channel.
Zahir said he studied Cleveland Brown both as a voice impressionist but also as an actor, and that may have been the edge that landed him the part. Added Appel: “I think a lot of the fans would have been really sorry to see Cleveland leave Quahog. He’s a great character, and great for Peter and Quagmire and Joe to interact with. When you have the luxury of having 20 seasons, it’s nice that you can rely on the shared history of those four characters. It was a flowchart with one box: Can we find the second most perfect Cleveland — and someone who could live up to Mike’s standards.
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Azerrz Congratulations! 👏👏👏
Azerrz that's awesome- been subbed to Az since 2013, he's earned this
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz Lol
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz Curious... are they planning to hire an elderly pervert to voice Herbert? How about a deaf person to voice Greased Up Deaf Guy
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz eliminating Cleveland....? yall are serious? thank god he stayed
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz I think Azerrz Cleveland voice is spot on, and I love Cleveland so its both Fortuitous and great a way was found to keep the character!
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz It seemed strange to me at first, one of the shows that pokes fun at everything on board with this. I know he’s been gone before, but glad Cleveland is still around. I can’t wait to see the change and got to wonder if it’s a dream come true for the new addition to the cast.
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz Im glad they didn’t eliminate him
FamilyGuyonFOX Azerrz He deserves it... guy's good
Azerrz Or they could've just kept Mike Henry
Azerrz They did eliminate him with his own spinoff, that failed.
Huge come up for Azzerz love to see it 🙌
He did an impression of a white guy doing a black guy voice on social media.