Branscombe Richmond

Branscombe Richmond’s Path From Stunts to the Recording Booth

Long before a microphone ever captured his deep, easygoing rumble, this Los Angeles performer was throwing himself off ledges and trading punches on camera. The son of actor and stuntman Leo C. Richmond, he grew up in Encino surrounded by the working machinery of film, and he stepped onto a set as a child in Marlon Brando’s Mutiny on the Bounty. That early footing in physical performance would later give his voice work something many trained narrators lack: the lived-in confidence of someone who has actually done the dangerous thing on screen.

Apex Legends and the Voice of Gibraltar

When Respawn Entertainment built its battle royale roster in 2019, the studio needed a South Pacific shield-bearer whose presence felt protective rather than menacing. Gibraltar, the team’s gentle giant, found his match. Richmond’s reading gave the character a warmth that fans latched onto almost immediately, turning a defensive tank into one of the most affectionate personalities in the game. His own Native Hawaiian and Tahitian background lent the performance a cultural grounding that casting alone could not fake. For a generation of players who never watched 1990s syndicated television, Gibraltar became their first and most lasting introduction to his work, and he has leaned into the role publicly, streaming the game and meeting the community that adopted him.

A Screen Career That Built the Voice

The vocal instrument heard in Apex Legends was forged across more than two hundred credits. He carried syndicated action television as Bobby Sixkiller alongside Lorenzo Lamas on Renegade through the mid-1990s, after earlier leading roles on Hawaiian Heat and Heart of the City. Big-screen audiences know him as Jesup in The Scorpion King and as the muscle in films like Commando, Hard to Kill, and Licence to Kill, often performing his own stunts. Decades of embodying both heavies and good-natured allies taught him exactly how a character’s intent rides on tone, a skill that translated cleanly when the camera was replaced by a vocal booth.

Most Known Roles of Branscombe Richmond

• • Gibraltar – Apex Legends
• • Bobby Sixkiller – Renegade
• • Jesup – The Scorpion King
• • Harker – Hawaiian Heat
• • Sergeant Luke Halui – Heart of the City
• • Max Quentero – Hard to Kill