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Meet Arif Zahir, the new Cleveland on ‘Family Guy’

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replace Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown on the long-running animated series, in its 18th season on Fox (Sundays at 9:30 p.m.) He makes his debut as Cleveland next season.“This is my first big role,” Zahir says. “It’ overwhelming and I’m really excited.”Henry, who is white, has voiced Cleveland, an African-American, since Seth MacFarlane’s series premiered in 1999.

In June, he announced his departure from the role amidst a cultural reckoning following the killing of George Floyd and subsequent worldwide Black Lives Matter protests.“I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color,” Henry said at the time.

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