James C. Mathis III

For the member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, see James Wesley Mathis. For the American secretary of defense, see Jim Mattis.

James C. Mathis III is an American voice, film and television actor best known for voicing Black Panther in various media.

James C. Mathis III
Mathis at the Florida Supercon in 2018
Other names	James Mathis III James Mathis
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Notable work	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater as Sigint The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Avengers Assemble as Black Panther

Career

After nine years since Mathis starred in his first feature film Breakin' the Rules Mathis went on to make many guest appearances in television shows like ER, Guys Like Us, Pacific Blue and City of Angels.

His first main role was the character Bruce in the VH1 show I Hate My 30's.

Mathis started voice over providing the English voice of Sigint in the English version of the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He voiced Black Panther in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010–2012) and reprised the role in Avengers Assemble (2013–2019) and numerous video games.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Breakin' the Rules	Extra
2002	Undercover Brother	GFC Announcer (voice)	[1]
2005	The Golden Blaze	Additional Voices	Direct-to-DVD
	J.A.P.S	Dante	Short film
	We Are the World: Inside the World	Stevie Wonder
2006	Paved with Good Intentions	Winston
2013	Mega Spider	Street Cop
	Iron Man: Rise of Technovore	War Machine (voice)	English dub Direct-to-DVD[1]
2020	Poupelle of Chimney Town	Danny (voice)	English dub
2023	Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red	Black Panther (voice)	Disney+ special[1]
2024	Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition	Black Panther, Candy Suit Vendor (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Guys Like Us	Kyle	Episode: "Good Old Days"
	Pacific Blue	Dominic Bolivar	Episode: "Gaslight"
2000	City of Angels	Oliver	Episode: "Cry Me a Liver"
2001	ER	Darrel	Episode: "Witch Hunt"
2002	Flatland	D. Walker	1 episode
	Any Day Now	Jamal Turner	Episode: "Let the Games Being"
2003	Judging Amy	Gordon Parker	Episode: "Ye Olde Freedom Inn"
	The King of Queens	Tony	Episode: "Taste Buds"
2004	Monk	Rastafarian Cook	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail"
2005–06	Noah's Arc	Malik	2 episodes
2006	Ben 10	Enforcer Alien (voice)	Episode: "The Big Tick"[1]
2007	Celebrity Deathmatch	Master P (voice)	Episode: "King of the Lil' People"
	I Hate My 30's	Bruce	8 episodes
2008	Street Warrior	Zeke Washington	Television film
2009	WordGirl	Tiny Big (voice)	2 episodes
2009–10	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Captain Typho (voice)	4 episodes[1]
2010	Suitemates	Tom	2 episodes
	Gillian in Georgia	Cedric	4 episodes
2010–12	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Black Panther / T'Challa, Bulldozer, King Cobra, additional voices	24 episodes[1]
2011	The Pacellis	Petrov	5 episodes
2013	Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel	Decoy Octopus (voice)	OVA[1]
	Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel	Peter Stillman (voice)	OVA
2013–19	Avengers Assemble	Black Panther / T'Challa, Heimdall, Flint, young T'Chaka, additional voices	45 episodes[1]
2014–15	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Terrax, Malekith the Accursed, Ronan the Accuser, Dark Elves (voices)	8 episodes[1]
2015	Ultimate Spider-Man	Terrax (voice)	Episode: "Contest of Champions: Part 3"
2018	Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda	Black Panther (voice)	Television special[1]
2018–20	Baki	Biscuit Oliva, Mohammed Alai (voice)	Netflix ONA[1]
2020	Marvel Future Avengers	Black Panther (voice)	4 episodes[1]
2021	Godzilla Singular Point	Steven (voice)	Netflix dub[1]
	Beastars	Ibuki (voice)	Season 2; Netflix dub[1]
2024	Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures	Gripp Liskell (voice)	2 episodes[1]
	Star Trek: Prodigy	Ekthi (voice)	Episode: "The Fast and the Curious"
	Terminator Zero	Resistance Commander (voice)	English dub[1]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Sigint	English version[1]
	Ridge Racer DS	Male Announcer
2005	Shadow of Rome	Zedo, Gedo	[1]
	Fantastic Four	Puppet Master
	The Suffering: Ties That Bind	T-Rod	[1]
	Ultimate Spider-Man	Additional voices
	SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs	KILLJOY
	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Police, Security	[1]
	Metal Gear Acid 2	Vince	English version[1]
2006	Driver: Parallel Lines	Additional voices
	Dead Rising	Reginald Jenkins	English version[1]
	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault	KILLJOY
	Scarface: The World Is Yours	Donut King
	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Sigint	English version[1]
	Ridge Racer 7	Additional voices
2008	The Rise of the Argonauts
	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation	Patrick Lamd
	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Rolling Sevens Leader	[1]
2009	Prototype	Additional voices
2010	Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker	Soldiers	[1]
	Blur	No-1	Unused Cutscene
2011	Infamous 2	Male Pedestrians
	Shadows of the Damned	X, Beast, Demons	[1]
	Dead Island	Matutero
	Saints Row: The Third	Pedestrians
2012	Sleeping Dogs	King	[1]
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Additional voices
	Marvel Heroes	Black Panther, War Machine, Luke Cage	[1]
	Saints Row IV	Additional voices
2014	The Last of Us: Left Behind
	Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes	Ronan the Accuser, Black Panther
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0		[2]
	Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire	Additional voices	Credited as James Mathis III
2016	Mafia III
2017	Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite	Black Panther	[1]
2018	Marvel Powers United VR
2019	Marvel Dimension of Heroes	Black Panther, Ronan the Accuser	Credited as James Mathis III[1]
	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Black Panther, Luke Cage, Ronan the Accuser	[1]
2020	Yakuza: Like a Dragon	Additional voices	[3]
2022	God of War Ragnarök	Hildisvíni	[1]
	The Callisto Protocol	Duncan Cole
2023	The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak	Ashladd	English dub[1]
2024	Concord	Jabali	[1]
	Marvel Rivals	Black Panther
2025	The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak II	Ashladd, citizens, HoloCore	English dub[1]