Jon St. John
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Jon St. John | |
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Occupation | Voice actor, radio personality |
Years active | 1975–present |
Agent | Solid Talent |
Jon St. John is an American voice actor and former radio personality. He is best known for his voice roles such as Duke Nukem in the Duke Nukem video game series and Big the Cat, E-102 Gamma and E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise.
Career[]
He started his career in voice work in 1975, when he was a Top 40 radio DJ in North Carolina. Because of his vocal talent and technical skills, he was hired as a production director for several US radio stations in cities including: New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, and Los Angeles. St. John was a radio personality for many years most recently on K-EARTH 101 in Los Angeles.[1]
He has provided the voice for numerous video game characters, such as the voice for the drill instructor Dwight T. Barnes as well as various other Marines in Half-Life: Opposing Force. He has done the voices for Big the Cat in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Heroes, Trash Man, General Warthog and other characters in Twisted Metal 4, E-102 Gamma in Sonic Battle, the announcer in Sonic Advance 3, E-123 Omega in Sonic Heroes, Bolt Logan in Chrome and Chrome: SpecForce and Agent Michael Ford in Conduit 2.
St. John is probably best known for being the voice of Duke Nukem in the Duke Nukem video game series from 1996 onwards, starting with Duke Nukem 3D with re-casting of Joe Siegler and Todd Replogle of Apogee Software. He stated in an interview that the voice of Duke Nukem was based upon Clint Eastwood's voice with a lower pitch.[citation needed]
He dubs the voice of professor Simon and Archibald in Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle. He provided the narrator's voice in Forsaken. He voiced "Jack Boyd" in the video games This Is The Police and its sequel. St. John voices characters for rides and attractions at the Legoland theme park in Carlsbad, CA. and at Dollywood theme park in Tennessee, he's the voice of Buzz the Buzzard, an audio animatronic character who introduces riders to the Mystery Mine ride.[1]
He was also the crew chief in NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, and NASCAR Racing 4. In 2011, he voiced for an exclusive Heroes of Newerth announcer pack[2] and also a special sound pack for the TeamSpeak voice communication software.[3] He is currently working on voicing for Dudebro II and Dota 2,[2] as well as providing PvP voiceovers for Guild Wars 2.[4]
In 2019, he took on the role of the Postal Dude for Postal 4: No Regerts, stepping in to replace Rick Hunter, the previous voice actor, due to unavailability.
Filmography[]
Television[]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Source |
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2016 | New Kids on the Rock | Commercial Announcer | Episode: "Computer Fighters" | |
2019 | Liberty: Tales from the Tower | Tertulius Justus | Episode: "Happiness" |
Video games[]
Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Source |
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1996 | Big Red Racing | Menu voice | ||
Starwinder | Barlow Lenz | |||
Duke Nukem 3D | Duke Nukem | [5] | ||
1997 | Balls of Steel | |||
1998 | Duke Nukem: Time to Kill | |||
NFL Xtreme | Football Players | |||
1999 | Duke Nukem: Zero Hour | Duke Nukem | [5] | |
Evil Zone | Sho Mikagami – Danzaiver | [5] | ||
Twisted Metal 4 | Trash Man, Gen. Warthog, Ralph Jones, Rob Zombie, Orbital, Sweet Tooth's Spokes-Clown | [5] | ||
Blue Stinger | Tim | [6] | ||
Half-Life: Opposing Force | Drill Instructor Dwight T. Barnes, Drill Instructor Sharpe, MPs, HECU Soldiers | |||
Revenant | Additional voices | |||
Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths | Clown | |||
Sonic Adventure | Big the Cat | [7] | ||
2000 | Sonic Shuffle | |||
Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes | Duke Nukem, Silverback, additional voices | |||
2001 | Clive Barker's Undying | Additional Voices | ||
Half-Life: Blue Shift | Dr. Rosenberg, Harold, HECU Soldier | |||
NASCAR Racing 4 | Crew Chief | |||
Runaway: A Road Adventure | Otto | |||
2002 | Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project | Duke Nukem | [5] | |
Duke Nukem Advance | ||||
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season | Crew Chief | [5] | ||
2003 | NASCAR Racing 2003 Season | |||
Chrome | Bolt Logan | [8] | ||
Rogue Ops | Additional voices | |||
Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut | Big the Cat | Archive footage | [7] | |
Spy Fiction | Lysander, Scarface/Dimitri Vedernikov | |||
2004 | Sonic Battle | E-102 Gamma | [7] | |
Sonic Heroes | Big the Cat, E-123 Omega | [7] | ||
Sonic Advance 3 | Menu voice | [7] | ||
Gangland | Black Priest, Chief of Police, FBI, Gunman, Jew Boss, Vincenzo, Romano | |||
2005 | Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth | Charles Gilman, Joe Sergeant, Sgt. Sam Carter, Chief Constable Andrew Martin, Cutter Urania Seaman, Capt. Stephen Hearst, FBI Agent | ||
Cold War | President, Spetsnaz | [9] | ||
High Seize | Wallace Stevenson | |||
2006 | Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle | Archibald, Otto, Professor Simon | ||
2007 | America's Army: True Soldiers | Sgt. Alan Smith | ||
Jack Keane | Agent Montgomery, Butcher, Eric | |||
Tabula Rasa | Various voices | |||
2008 | Drakensang: The Dark Eye | Yandrik, Nolddroken, Dwarves, Troll, Orc | ||
2009 | Vector Tanks | Gunner St. John | ||
2010 | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Victor, Basile | [5] | |
Heroes of Newerth | Bad Ass Pack Announcer | |||
Star Trek Online | Chancellor J'mpok, Ambassador B'Vat, Commander Ethan Burgess | |||
2011 | Conduit 2 | Michael Ford | ||
Duke Nukem Forever | Duke Nukem, Guy on Throne | [5] | ||
Rochard | John Rochard | |||
TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise | Execk | TV series | ||
2012 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | Commander | ||
Guild Wars 2 | PVP Narrator, Knut Whitebear | |||
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation | Daniel Garner | |||
Team Awesome | Narrator | |||
2013 | Dota 2 | Enigma, Bloodseeker, Axe, Kunkka | ||
2016 | This Is the Police | Jack Boyd | [5] | |
This Is the Police 2 | ||||
Rad Rodgers: World One | Dusty | [5] | ||
Bombshell | Professor Jadus Heskel | |||
2017 | Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition | Duke Nukem | Duke Nukem's Bulletstorm Tour DLC | [10] |
2019 | Postal 4: No Regerts | The Postal Dude | [11] | |
Ion Fury | Dr. Jadus Heskel | |||
Unreleased | Dudebro II | John Dudebro |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.jonstjohn.audio/bio.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Jon St. John – Duke Nukem, Dota 2 and HoN Voice Actor". Neutral Creeps. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ "Jon St. John Sound Pack for the TeamSpeak 3 Client". TeamSpeak. April 25, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Behind the Voice A Actors – Jon ST John". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "Jon St John – 48 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Video Games". Jon St. John. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Chrome, retrieved December 10, 2019
- ^ Cold War, retrieved December 10, 2019
- ^ "Bulletstorm Re-Master with Duke DLC". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "POSTAL 4: No Regerts on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
External links[]
- Official website
- Jon St. John at MobyGames
- Jon St. John at IMDb
- The VŌC Podcast // Jon St. John Interview (The voice of Duke Nukem, Postal Dude, Dr.Rosenberg)) on YouTube ((Date of Recording - January 21, 2021)
- Living people
- American male video game actors
- American male voice actors
- Male actors from Virginia
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors