Gideon Emery
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| Born | September 12, 1972 (age 34) Windsor, Berkshire, England |
Gideon Emery (born on September 12, 1972 in Windsor, Berkshire, England) is an English-born actor and voice actor. He studied at St John's College and, briefly, at Reading Blue Coat School. After completing Drama School at the University of the Witwatersrand, he acted extensively in South Africa, working on stage, screen and radio. Emery became a familiar face through dozens of zany on-camera commercials. He performed standup comedy on television and was a series regular on the sketch comedy show Not Quite friday Night. He received the National Vita Award for Comedy for his role in the play Heel Against the Head.
Screen appearances include the TV movie Red Water, A Case of Murder, the award winning Cape of Good Hope and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. He also appears on screen in the upcoming features Greetings From the Shore and Touchstone Pictures' adventure thriller Primeval.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Greetings From the Shore | Sasha Mientkciewicz | Greetings From the Shore at IMDb |
| 2007 | 24 | Leon (Episode: "Day 6: 6:00pm - 7:00pm") | TV series - 24 at IMDb |
| 2007 | Primeval | Matt Collins | Primeval Official Site |
| 2005 | Commander In Chief | Jared Lyons (Episode: "First Disaster") | TV series - Commander in Chief at IMDb |
| 2004 | A Case of Murder | Eric Norkem | A Case of Murder at IMDb |
| 2004 | Cape Of Good Hope | Miles | Cape Of Good Hope Official Site |
| 2003 | Red Water | Gene Bradley | Red Water at IMDb |
| 2002 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Sly | The Sorcerer's Apprentice at IMDb |
| 2000 | Glory Glory | Sil | Glory Glory at IMDb |
| 1999 | Saints, Sinners and Settlers | Sgt. Williamson | TV series - Saints, Sinners and Settlers at IMDb |
| 1996 | Rhodes | Wilson | TV series - Rhodes at IMDb |
| 1995 | Not Quite Friday Night | Various | TV series - Not Quite Friday Night at IMDb |
Gideon has also enjoyed an extensive voice career, covering commercials, promos, video games and even voice matching other actors. He provided the voice of Bane in The Matrix: Path of Neo video game (gameplay segments only), and most recently the voice of Balthier in the English-language version of the RPG video game Final Fantasy XII. In 2003, he became the first recipient of a Gold Craft Award for voice-over at South Africa's Loerie Advertising Awards.
[edit] Selected voice acting
| Year | Title | Role | More information |
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| 2006 | Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption | Imperial HUD, General MOHC, Imperial Officer 1 | Video game - Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption at IMDb |
| 2006 | Final Fantasy XII | Balthier Bunansa | Video game - Final Fantasy XII at Square Enix |
| 2005 | The Matrix: Path of Neo | Bane | Video game - The Matrix: Path of Neo at ATARI |
| 2004 | GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | Number 1 (Ernst Stavro Blofeld) | Video game - Official Site of Electronic Arts |
| 2004 | Everquest II | Overseer Travagg, Lt. Darrius, Kazar, Vleko, Sentius Poisonleaf, Crispin Luvinius | Video game - Everquest II at SONY |
| 2000 | Filligoggin | Filigoggin, Bennie Baboon, Sniffbug | TV series - Filigoggin at IMDb |
| 1997 | The Legend of the Hidden City | Creature voices | TV series - The Legend of the Hidden City at IMDb |
