Nolan North
| Nolan North | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nolan Ramsey North October 31, 1970 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Agent | CESD[1] |
| Notable work |
Uncharted as Nathan Drake Assassin's Creed as Desmond Miles Batman: Arkham as The Penguin Portal 2 as Corrupt Cores and Defective Turrets Spec Ops: The Line as Cpt. Martin Walker The Last of Us as David |
| Spouse(s) | Jill Murray (m. 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor who has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man."[2] His voice work includes characters such as Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series; Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed video game series; Penguin in Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Origins; Cpt. Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line; David in The Last of Us; Deadpool in several pieces of media, and himself in Saints Row IV.[3]
Life and career
North was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina with a baseball scholarship.[4][5] He worked as a reporter for almost a year in New Jersey before moving to New York City to pursue stand-up comedy and acting.[4] North eventually relocated to Hollywood and was cast in the General Hospital spin-off series Port Charles, playing Dr. Chris Ramsey during the show's run from 1997 to 2003.[5][6] He married fellow Port Charles actress Jill Murray in 1999[4] and has two children. During Port Charles' run, he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following Port Charles' cancellation.[5]
One of his most notable roles came in 2007 when he voiced and motion capped the character Nathan Drake for the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since then, he has continued to portray the character in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (released in 2009) and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (released in 2011). In an interview with The Guardian, North reflects on his time as Drake as requiring "a lot of imagination. Motion capture is basically theatre in Spandex; there's minimal props, and you need a willingness to make an ass of yourself."[2] North as Drake has been twice nominated at the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category. North will reprise his role as Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, to be released in 2016.[7]
North had a role in Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to 2009's live-action movie Star Trek. Director J. J. Abrams cited North's performance as Drake for the casting, he and his son being fans of the Uncharted series.[8]
He's a huge fan of gaming and he was telling me how people just don't understand [the medium] yet, but they're going to catch up. They don't understand how amazing this technology is and it doesn't get the respect it deserves, but if it keeps making the money it makes you're going to see more and more people converted. I mean, Gary Oldman, one of the greatest actors on the planet, did Call of Duty. He wouldn't have done it 10 years ago. It's a new age dawning, and I'm just really proud to be part of it.
Other notable video game voice work includes roles as the Prince in Prince of Persia, Shun in Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Eradan in Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Doctor Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Brawl in Transformers: War for Cybertron, Ghost Rider in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Shadow Demon, Lycan, Lone Druid, Brewmaster, Gyrocopter, Ogre Magi, Meepo, Earth Spirit, Troll Warlord and the Keeper of the Light in Dota 2, and Merasmus, Redmond Mann's Ghost, and the Bombinomicon in Team Fortress 2.
North is well-known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men, Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Raphael in TMNT, and both Superboy and Superman in Young Justice.
Filmography
Animation
Live action
| Film | Role |
|---|---|
| Broken | Rob McCardel |
| CSI: Miami | Ken Walker |
| General Hospital | ??? [12] (in a spinoff of this show) |
| Haven | Will Brady (One episode, December 7, 2012) |
| Invasion of the Christmas Lights | Narrator |
| JAG | ER Intern |
| The Last Stand | Scott Jacobs |
| Modern Family | Donald Flum |
| Muhammad | Abu Bakr |
| Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Art Teacher |
| NCIS | Officer Lou Giotti |
| On the Doll | Charlie |
| Port Charles | Chris Ramsey |
| Pretty Little Liars | Peter Hastings |
| Six Feet Under | Soap Actor |
| She Spies | Peter |
| The Spiderwick Chronicles | Various Goblins |
| Ugly Betty | Morning TV show host |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | USS Vengeance helmsman[12] |
Video games
| Game | Role |
|---|---|
| 50 Cent: Bulletproof | Spinoza |
| Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs | George Armstrong Custer |
| Alpha Protocol | Steven Heck |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Alistair Smythe, Various OSCORP Guards |
| And Then There Were None | Patrick Narracott, The Harbormaster |
| Ape Escape 3 | Dr. Tomoki |
| Area 51 | McCan |
| Armored Core 4 | Sherring, VIP |
| Army of Two: The 40th Day | Elliot Salem |
| Assassin's Creed | Desmond Miles, Abbas Sofian |
| Assassin's Creed II | Desmond Miles, Adam |
| Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood | Desmond Miles |
| "Assassin's Creed X" | Desmond Miles |
| Assassin's Creed III | Desmond Miles |
| Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Desmond Miles |
| Batman: Arkham City | Penguin, Black Mask, various prisoners/characters[13] |
| Batman: Arkham Knight | Penguin |
| Batman: Arkham Origins | Penguin |
| Call of Duty 2 | Sergeant Randall |
| Call of Duty: World at War | Dr. Edward Richtofen |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | Dr. Edward Richtofen |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | Dr. Edward Richtofen, T.E.D.D., Brutus |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops – Declassified | Alex Mason |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Hendricks |
| Cars | |
| The Cat in the Hat | Fish |
| Crash: Mind over Mutant | Doctor N. Gin |
| Crash of the Titans | Doctor N. Gin, Tiny Tiger (Nintendo DS version), Dingodile (Nintendo DS version), Additional Voices |
| Crash Tag Team Racing | Doctor N. Gin |
| Dark Sector | Soldiers, Civilians |
| Dark Void | Will Grey |
| Deadpool | Deadpool, Himself as a phone Easter egg |
| Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed | Trahn, Ratpoo, Corn Cob King |
| Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon | Emperor Meningitis |
| Dota 2 | Brewmaster, Earth Spirit, Gyrocopter, Keeper of the Light, Lone Druid, Lycan, Meepo, Ogre Magi, Shadow Demon, Troll Warlord |
| Dragon Age: Origins | Additional Voices |
| Driver: Parallel Lines | The Mexican |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard | |
| Dying Light: Cuisine & Cargo | Bernard |
| Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon | Archangel, Kicker |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Portal 2 Space Core (Official Valve mod) |
| EverQuest II | Assistant Draek, Lieutenant Daro, Rion Rolana, Medic Brendan, Grayl Turfstrider, Jorgie Icearmor, Royal Guard Novice #2, qeynosian infiltrator, Agent Vylo, a Dervish Kingpin, Dranok Bileblood, freeport mole, Voltari il'Ferceri, Volarr, Mikul, Sandon Breezebender, Tamera Brinebringer, Arconius, Maliz T'Raan |
| EverQuest II: Desert of Flames | |
| Evil Dead: Regeneration | Deadites #2, #3, and #4 |
| Final Fantasy XII | Vossler York Azelas |
| Final Fantasy XIII | Additional Voices |
| Final Fantasy XIV | Cast[14] |
| God of War | Hades, Greek Soldier, Fisherman |
| Guild Wars | Mhenlo, Olaf, Gron, Mamp |
| Guild Wars 2 | Human Male Player |
| Gun | Additional Voices |
| Halo 3 | Marine |
| Halo 3: ODST | Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu |
| Halo Wars | Sergeant John Forge |
| Hellraid | Aiden, The Cursed Kin |
| The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction | Guard #1 |
| Infamous | Civilian |
| Infinite Crisis | Atomic Green Lantern, Atomic Joker[15][16] |
| Injustice: Gods Among Us | General Zod |
| Interstate '82 | Hinkley |
| Keepsake | Zak, Mustavio |
| The Last of Us | David |
| Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes | Scarecrow, Captain Boomerang, Hush |
| Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | Beast Boy, Firestorm, Hush, Mad Hatter, Orion, Toyman, Condiment King, Jor-El, Bizzaro |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Ant Man, Cyclops, Deadpool, Green Goblin, Magneto, Pyro, Vulture |
| Lego The Lord of the Rings | |
| Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII | Additional voices[17] |
| LittleBigPlanet 3 | Marlon Random |
| The Lord of the Rings: War in the North | Eradan |
| Lost Odyssey | Dark Acolyte |
| Lost Planet: Colonies | Joe, Narrator |
| Lost Planet: Extreme Condition | Joe, Narrator |
| MadWorld | Operator B, Master Father (Francis), Yokozuna Daisangen |
| Mafia II | Alberto Clemente, Citizen |
| Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds | Deadpool |
| Marvel Heroes | Deadpool |
| Marvel Pinball | Deadpool |
| Marvel Super Hero Squad | War Machine |
| Marvel: Ultimate Alliance | Ghost Rider, Hawkeye |
| Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | War Machine, Sentry, Officer Swanson |
| Maximo vs. Army of Zin | Baron, Baron's Guard, Bandit |
| Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Various Voices[18][19] |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Black Hand |
| Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 | Madara Uchiha |
| Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots | Factorybots |
| Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island | Crab Soldier #1, Crab Soldier #2, Crab Refugee #2 |
| The Outfit | Allied Soldier, Resistance Fighter |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow | Don Carrera De La Vega, Captured Pirate #3, Redcoat |
| PlayStation Move Heroes | Death Bot |
| PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Nathan Drake |
| Portal 2 | Corrupt Cores, Defective Turrets |
| Power Rangers: Super Legends | Goldar, Operation Overdrive Red Ranger |
| Predator: Concrete Jungle | Additional Voices |
| Prince of Persia | The Prince |
| Prototype | Miscellaneous Voices |
| Red Faction: Guerrilla | Various Voices |
| Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time | Sigmund, Various Voices |
| Resistance: Retribution | Roland Mallery |
| Resonance of Fate | Vashyron[20] |
| Quantum of Solace | Various Voices |
| Saints Row | Various Voices |
| Saints Row 2 | Various Voices |
| Saints Row IV | The Boss ("Nolan North" voice) |
| Saints Row: Gat out of Hell | The Boss (default voice) |
| Secret Service | Agent Peirce |
| The Saboteur | Crochet, Various Voices |
| Shadow Complex | Jason Fleming |
| Shrek SuperSlam | Quasimodo |
| Singularity | Cpt. James Devlin |
| Skylanders: Giants | Additional Voices |
| Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time | Cyril LeParadox, El Jefe |
| Sniper: Ghost Warrior | O'Neil |
| SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault | Vandal |
| SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation | Commando 2, Pilot 2 |
| SOCOM 4 | Gorman |
| Spec Ops: The Line | Captain Martin Walker |
| Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions | Ultimate Deadpool |
| SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Various Atlantean Guards |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! | Gill Hammerstein |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic | Jedi Consular Male[21] |
| Supreme Commander 2 | Dominic Maddox |
| SWAT 4 | SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard |
| SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate | SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard |
| Tales from the Borderlands | August |
| Team Fortress 2 | Merasmus, Bombinomicon, Redmond, Blutarch, Zepheniah, Soldier (Expiration Date short only; shared role),[22] Engineer (Expiration Date short only) |
| Terminator Salvation | Dobkin |
| TMNT | Raphael |
| Transformers: War for Cybertron | Brawl, Additional Voices |
| Transformers: Fall of Cybertron | Cliffjumper, Bruticus, Brawl, Additional Voices |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Sideswipe, Additional Voices |
| Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark | Bruticus, Cliffjumper |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Major Reynolds, Additional Voices |
| Trauma Team | CR-S01 |
| Tron: Evolution | Behemoth, Sentries, Blaze[23] |
| Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue | Karlos, Duncan, Snappy |
| Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | Deadpool |
| Uncharted: Drake's Fortune | Nathan Drake |
| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Nathan Drake |
| Uncharted: Eye of Indra | Nathan Drake |
| Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Nathan Drake |
| Uncharted: Golden Abyss | Nathan Drake |
| Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | Nathan Drake |
| Unreal Tournament 3 | Bishop |
| Valkyria Chronicles | Musaad Mayfield |
| White Knight Chronicles (International Edition) | Cyrus |
| White Knight Chronicles II | Cyrus |
| World in Conflict | Lt. Parker |
| World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor | Lunarfall Footman |
| Yakuza | Credited, Additional voices |
| Young Justice: Legacy | Superboy, Superman |
| X-Men: Destiny | Cyclops, Adrian's father |
References
- ↑ http://www.cesdtalent.com/talent/voice-over-animation/nolan-north--01/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Quirk, Justin (November 5, 2011). "Nathan Drake: unmasked". The Guardian. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/05/nolan-north-the-man-in-every-video-game-ever-made-is-now-in-star-trek/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Soap Central bio". Soap Central. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Blake Snow (14 January 2010). "The man behind Nathan Drake". Gamepro. Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ↑ "IMDb filmography". IMDb. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ↑ "PSX 2014: Uncharted 4 Gameplay Shows Off New Mechanics - IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dutton, Fred (2012-05-21). "Nolan North wins part in Star Trek 2 off the back of Uncharted". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ↑ Jenna Busch (2010-02-08). "AVENGERS Animated Assembling w/ Phil Lamarr". Newsarama. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ↑ "Lego Batman: Be-Leaguered". Lego Batman. October 27, 2014. Closing credits.
- ↑ Gross, Edward (19 August 2010). "YOUNG JUSTICE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Producers Greg Weisman & Brandon Vietti". Comic Book Movie. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://whatculture.com/tv/10-voice-actors-you-probably-didnt-notice-in-live-action-roles.php/11
- ↑ http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112122-Arkham-Citys-Penguin-Shares-a-Voice-With-Nathan-Drake
- ↑ Square Enix. "Final Fantasy XIV". Square Enix. Scene: Closing credits, 4:50 in, Cast.
- ↑ Turbine, Inc.. "Infinite Crisis". Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, Voice Over Talent.
- ↑ "Infinite Crisis Credits".
- ↑ Square Enix. "Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII". Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- ↑ Nolan North at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ↑ Ryan Payton's podcast Kojima Productions Report. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ↑ "SEGA Announces Nolan North in Resonance of Fate". RPGFan.
- ↑ BioWare (2011-12-20). "Star Wars: The Old Republic". Electronic Arts, LucasArts. Scene: closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/nolan_north/status/479147050417029121
- ↑ "TRON Evolution voice cast announced, no Bridges". Fragland.
External links
- Nolan North at the Internet Movie Database
- Nolan North at Behind The Voice Actors
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