Earl Baylon
Earl Baylon is an American actor. He is the voice actor for the Māori character Jonah Maiava in the Tomb Raider video game trilogy and the Netflix anime series Tomb Raider: [The Legend of Lara Croft]. He has also voiced characters in video games including Starfield, Rise of the Rōnin, and Batman: Arkham Shadow, and the animated series Arcane and Vinland Saga.
Early life and education
Baylon was born in East Hollywood, California, and raised in Long Beach, California. He is of Filipino descent. He was active in performing arts from a young age and appeared in school musicals and played piano and guitar. In middle school he formed an acapella R&B group with friends.During college Baylon was a biological sciences major on the pre-med track. However, his involvement in improv was the catalyst for him to turn his attention to acting as a profession.
Career
Baylon was offered representation by an agent who attended one of his sketch comedy shows. His breakout role as a voice actor was for the Tomb Raider video game trilogy as Lara Croft's best friend Jonah Maiava, beginning with Tomb Raider, followed by Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. He reprised the role for the Netflix anime series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, which was renewed for season two.Baylon also voiced Manaaki Almonte in the video game Starfield and Kaishu Katsu in the video game Rise of the Rōnin. He is the voice actor for the character Lyle Bolton in the VR video game Batman: Arkham Shadow, released in 2024.
He voiced the character Loris on season two of the Netflix animated series Arcane. He voiced Thorgil and Harald on Vinland Saga and Caparaz on the Apple TV+ series Curses!.
He acted in the independent films Lumpia with a Vengeance and This Time, and the television series St. Denis Medical and Welcome to Chippendales.
Baylon is the artistic director for Room to Improv, an AAPI comedy troupe in Los Angeles.