But not John Leguizamo
Ever since Antony Starr revealed he wouldn’t be reprising his Homelander role in Mortal Kombat 1, fans have been extremely curious who did take up that mantle.
For quite some time, Chris Cox was rumored / presumed to be the voice behind The Boys’ monstrous analogue of Superman, but it turns out that’s not actually the case.
Now that Homelander is available to purchase for everyone in MK1, the official actor has finally stepped forward to claim his spot.
That would go to Jake Green who recently posted “Supe proud to have worked with @NetherRealm and @WBGames to voice Homelander in #MK1” online with NetherRealm Studios’ Story and Voiceover Director Dominic Cianciolo providing further confirmation.
Supe proud to have worked with @NetherRealm and @WBGames to voice Homelander in #MK1 https://t.co/VLNJ3JjLwt
— Jake Green (@iamjakegreen) June 11, 2024
As the headline suggests, Green has also previously voiced Sid the Sloth in Ice Age though obviously not the original since that was John Leguizamo.
Instead, the fighting voice of Homelander came in to take over as Sid in 2022’s The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild where many of the other original actors were recast as well.
For other projects, Jake Green has appeared as Shuji Ikutsuki in Persona 3 Reload, Vasco in Starfield, Eddie Brock plus Morbius in Marvel’s Midnight Suns, and plenty of other movies, TV shows, anime and video games for the past decade or so.
Had a great time working with @iamjakegreen, who voiced Homelander in #MortalKombat1! https://t.co/IKFOAhTgTM
— Dominic Cianciolo (@domcianciolo) June 11, 2024
Although fans seemed quite skeptical at first, the general consensus we’ve been seeing since Homelander launched is that Green has done a pretty faithful job of bringing Starr’s stark portrayal of his character to the fighting game.
They’ve of course even worked in plenty of references to The Boys too including a special Brutality Easter egg against Kenshi.
That still leaves the question, however, of who Chris Cox is playing in MK1 because he’s been in the credits since the game came out.
Previously, Cox stepped in to play The Terminator in Mortal Kombat 11 in place of Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is part of the reason people believed he’d be Homelander too.
Perhaps he’ll end up being Ghostface from Scream, whose voice lines seemed to leak online previously, or maybe he played a smaller role in the story mode that wasn’t fully credited.
It’s never been confirmed why Starr was not Homelander in MK1, but the most likely explanation is the timing of the actor’s guild strike last year didn’t allow him to do so when the time came.
Either way we have one mystery solved though we’re still waiting on NRS to fix Homelander’s infinite blockstring in MK1 too.