Rahul Kohli, who plays Ravi Chakrabarti on The CW’s ‘iZombie’, which is heading into its final season in 2019, will remain in the realm of DC Comics. He will lend his voice to the upcoming ‘Harley Quinn’ animated series which is expected to arrive on the DC Universe streaming service in October of next year. Kohli will provide the voice of Jonathan Crane, The Scarecrow, a villain best known for appearing in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dark Knight’ movies, as portrayed by Cillian Murphy.
Kohli made the announcement via Twitter:
Well I’ve been given the go ahead to let you guys know one of the new projects I’ve been working on! Mans is the voice of SCARECROW! #HarleyQuinn pic.twitter.com/LHpURZrbnl
— Rahul Kohli (@RahulKohli13) October 11, 2018
Kohli previously made another DC appearance on a 2017 episode of ‘Supergirl’, as Jack Spheer.
‘The Big Bang Theory”s Kaley Cuoco will voice Harley, herself, with Lake Bell (‘BoJack Horseman’) voicing Poison Ivy. Diedrich Bader, who voiced Batman on ‘Batman: The Brave and the Bold’ reprises that role here. Although their roles haven’t been revealed, the voice cast of ‘Harley Quinn’ also includes Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Ron Funches, Tony Hale, Christopher Meloni, Natalie Morales, Jim Rash, J. B. Smoove, Wanda Sykes, and Alan Tudyk.
Esposito provided the voice of Black Spider in the movie ‘Batman: Assault on Arkham’ and Ra’s al-Ghul in ‘Son of Batman’.
Funches and Tudyk previously starred on the DC-based live-action sitcom ‘Powerless’. Tudyk also provided the voices of Green Arrow/Oliver Queen and the villain Psimon on ‘Young Justice’, which is getting a revival starting in January on DC Nation. He has also voiced Green Arrow in various video games and has the live action role as Mr. Nobody in DC Universe’s upcoming series ‘Doom Patrol’.
Hale voiced The Joker in the anime-style movie ‘Batman: Ninja’. Meloni voiced Green Lantern/Hal Jordan in the movie ‘Green Lantern: First Flight’ and appeared in the flesh as Colonel Nathan Hardy in ‘Man of Steel’.
This series was created by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, and Dean Lorey.