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The white actor who played Dr. Hibbert in The Simpsons has been replaced

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

10:43 23 Feb 2021


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The white actor who plays Dr Hibbert in the Simpsons is being replaced by a black performer.

Fox - which makes the show - said last summer it would no longer feature white people voicing non-white characters, following a surge in support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Harry Shearer first portrayed the doctor back in 1990.


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