Английская Википедия:Arif Zahir
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Arif Zahir Lopes-Thrower (born April 15, 1994) is an American actor, musician, and internet personality. His YouTube channel, Azerrz, has over 7 million subscribers[1] and features voice impressions of a plethora of celebrities and cartoon characters. Since 2021, Zahir has voiced Cleveland Brown on the television series Family Guy, succeeding Mike Henry.[2]
Early life and education
Zahir is of African-American and Cape Verdean descent and was born on April 15, 1994, in Berkeley, California. He was partially raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts where he attended Nativity Preparatory School and Keith Middle School before moving back to California in 2007.[3]
Zahir began doing voice impressions in middle school to impress his classmates. He originally made a YouTube channel in 2007 which focused on performing magic tricks.[4] After doing so and finding success he started attending Hussian College's campus in Los Angeles. He later dropped out to spend more time focusing on his YouTube career.[5]
Career
Zahir created his YouTube channel in 2012 but posted his first video in 2013.[1][6] He started out by posting comedic sketches, gaming videos, and videos of himself performing voice impressions of both cartoon characters and real celebrities.[2][7][8] Zahir garnered initial success through his voice impressions which he started doing in 2011.[9][10][11] One of the first voices Zahir did was of Cleveland Brown, whom he would go on to voice several years later.[12][13][14]
Zahir landed his first acting role playing a character named Arif in the short film No One But Lydia. Starting in 2018, he became a recurring cast member on How It Should Have Ended voicing Black Panther / T'Challa.[15] Through community challenges and his first viral hit with "Ted Plays Call of Duty" (which has over 20M+ views), Arif quickly grew his channel to over 6.5+ million subscribers and 650+ million views.[16]
He is also a rapper and singer and releases music under the moniker 4rif.[17] He released his debut album At Last Sight on August 30, 2019.[18] He followed it up with an EP called Go Gadget/Blues Clues which was released on April 29, 2020, in collaboration with rapper Dlngqnt.[19]
On June 26, 2020, Mike Henry, who had voiced Cleveland Brown since 1999, announced he was stepping down and believed a person of color should voice the role.[20] On September 25, 2020, it was announced that Zahir would be voicing Cleveland starting in Season 20 of Family Guy.[2]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | No One But Lydia | Arif | Short film; credited as Arif Lopes |
2016 | Eraser | Death | Short film; credited as Arif Lopes |
The Invisible Shadow | The Bagged Man | Short film; credited as Arif Lopes | |
2017 | Everyone But Me | Andre[21] | Short film |
Hues and Hidden Kings | A Hidden King | Short film | |
2019 | The Golden Realm: An American Larping Experience | Peter, Kalthor | Short film |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Cliffhanger | Ted | 3 episodes |
2018 | G.P.A. | Xander Holland[22] | 4 episodes[23][24][25][26] |
2018–present | How It Should Have Ended[15] | Black Panther / T'Challa | 3 episodes; voice role[27][28][29] |
2019 | Internet Rich | Himself | 1 episode |
2020 | Party Chat[30] | Arif[31] | Web series; also producer[32] |
2020 | VENN: Arcade Live[33] | Himself | Episode "Voice Impressions with Azerrz + WWE Superstar Zelina Vega Throw Down"[34] |
2021–present | Family Guy[35][36][37] | Cleveland Brown[38][39][40] | Voice role; replaced Mike Henry starting in season 20 after he stepped down[41][2][42] |
2021 | Rocky | Clubber[43] | Voice role |
2022 | American Dad! | Reginald | 1 episode; voice role |
Robot Chicken | Nelson Mandela | 1 episode; voice role |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | No Way Out – A Dead Realm Tale | Edgar, William Huxley, librarian, Clown | Voice roles |
Music videos
Year | Song | Artist | Role | Director |
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2018 | Down the Line[44] | Lokl Yokl | The Bartender | Ryan Rosenblum |
Drunk With You[45] | Joe Thomas Carter featuring 4rif | Himself | Zane Morrow | |
2019 | August[46] | 4rif | Fowluh | |
Gimme Ya Lovin'[47][48] | Joe Thomas Carter featuring 4rif | Christina Xing | ||
2020 | At Last Sight/Kids[49] | 4rif | ||
The Window[50] | Ryan Rosenblum |
Discography
Albums
Title | Details |
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At Last Sight |
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Extended plays
Title | EP details |
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Go Gadget/Blues Clues Шаблон:Small |
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Venture |
Singles
As lead artist
List of singles as lead artist
Title | Year | Album |
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"August"[54] | 2018 | At Last Sight |
"Summers End"[55] | 2019 | Шаблон:Non-album single |
"Wonderful Miracle"[56] | At Last Sight | |
"Channel Lovely"[57] | ||
"Go Gadget" Шаблон:Small[58] | 2020 | Go Gadget/Blues Clues[59] |
"Blues Clues" Шаблон:Small[58] | ||
"Favorite Girl"[60] | Шаблон:TBA | |
"Ignore Me"[61] | Шаблон:TBA | |
"Cafe in LA"[62] | 2021 | Шаблон:TBA |
"Leave Me (August II)"[63] | Шаблон:TBA | |
"Note to Me"[64] | 2022 | Шаблон:TBA |
As featured artist
List of singles as featured artist
Title | Year | Album |
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"Hope County" Шаблон:Small[65] | 2018 | Year 3 |
"Drunk With You" Шаблон:Small[66] | Шаблон:Non-album single | |
"Gimme Ya Lovin'" Шаблон:Small[47] | 2019 | Шаблон:Non-album single |
"G League"(DLNQNT featuring 4rif)[67] | DZJNTD Vol. 1 – DNT PLY |
References
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