Nick Jameson

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Nick Jameson
Born	Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor musician producer
Years active	1968–present

Nick Jameson is an American actor, voice actor, musician and producer, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Russian president Yuri Suvarov over three seasons on the show 24. He currently resides in Iceland doing live comedy, live music entertainment and remote voice over work.

Early life[]

Jameson was born in Columbia, Missouri, and was raised primarily in Philadelphia.^[1] Prior to settling in Philadelphia, however, Jameson moved with his family to various places around Europe, which exposed him to a variety of the accents that inspired his approach to many of the characters that he plays and/or voices.

Career[]

He has appeared in the television series Mission Hill, The Critic, 24, Lost, The King of Queens and, vocally, in Star Wars: Clone Wars as Palpatine, Darts D'Nar in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the radio adaptation of Dark Empire, and several other productions of Star Wars. He has over 114 film credits. He has also voiced in Spider-Man: The Animated Series as Richard Fisk and Morbius, and provided the voice of Max and Agent/Coach Morceau Oleander in the video games Sam & Max Hit the Road and Psychonauts respectfully. He also voiced Lloyd in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits. In 2006, his voice was featured in the video game Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops as Colonel Skowronski. He voiced Jim Dear in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure. He also voiced as Aldar Beedo in the video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer. In 2012, he voiced the character Toxic Reapa from the miniseries Hero Factory. He voices Marshall Dune in the point-and-click adventure Broken Age.^[2]

Nick has also had a relatively lengthy career in music. Early on, he was a member of The American Dream, a Philadelphia band whose debut album was Todd Rundgren's first production credit. More prominent success soon followed when he briefly became the unofficial fourth member of the British blues-rock band Foghat, producing several of their albums as well, including Fool for the City, which spawned the band's biggest hit "Slow Ride." Nick's bass-playing is prominently featured on this track as well as the rest of the album. He has also released a couple of solo albums: and ,^[3] the latter of which featured the single "Weatherman," which cracked the Billboard Hot 100.^[4] The track has a breezy pop-rock feel that was fairly typical of the mid-'80s. It is somewhat similar in terms of both melody and tempo to Mr. Mister's big hit, "Kyrie," albeit with much lighter percussion. A year later, Jack Wagner recorded a cover version of the tune (under the title "Weatherman Says"). Another track from the A Crowd of One album, "Love's Closing In" was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 film, A Fine Mess.

Although an American native, Jameson has become very well known for his ability to perform in a variety of deceptively authentic accents, particularly British English^[5] and Australian.^[6]

Filmography[]

Animation film[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Thief and the Cobbler: The Princess and the Cobbler	Singers for the Brigands
1994	Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights	Kitchen Worker, Dress Worker	Television film
1995	The Thief and the Cobbler:Arabian Knight	Singers for the Brigands
1997	Dino: The Great Egg-Scape	Scientist, Guard Bird, Dinosaur	Short film
2000	The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus	Peter Knook / Andrew
2001	Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	Jim Dear	Direct-to-video
2004	Clifford's Really Big Movie	Sheriff Lewis
2006	Queer Duck: The Movie	Additional Voices	Direct-to-video
2008	Dragon Hunters	Lord Arnold	English version
2011	Batman: Year One	Officer Stanley "Stan" Merkel

Animation Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Capitol Critters	Additional Voices
1993	Droopy, Master Detective	Additional Voices
1993	A Flintstone Family Christmas	Additional Voices	Television Special
1994–2001	The Critic	Vlada Veramirovich, Various	Unknown Episodes
1995–1996	The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats	Additional Voices	Unknown Episodes
1995–1997	Spider-Man: The Animated Series	Michael Morbius, Richard Fisk	17 Episodes
1996–1998	The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor	Additional Voices	Unknown Episodes
1999	The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
1999	The Wild Thornberrys	Hunters	Ep. "Show Me the Bunny"
1999	Godzilla: The Series	Dr. Jonathan Insley	Ep. "Future Shock"
1999	King of the Hill	Director	Ep. "Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta"
1999–2002	Mission Hill	Gus Duncz, Ron, Stogie
2000-2003	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Sheriff Lewis
2001	A Kitty Bobo Show	Monkey Carl	Pilot
2003–2007	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Various	8 Episodes
2003–2005	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious	6 Episodes
2005–2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Colonel Shinu / Additional Voices	2 Episodes
2011	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Darts D'Nar	Ep. "Kidnapped"
2012	Hero Factory	Toxic Reapa	Ep. "Breakout"
2014	Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars	Uncle Owen
2014	How Murray Saved Christmas	Various	Television Special

Live-Action Film[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Look Who's Talking Now	Additional Dog / Wolf Voices
1998	Rusty: A Dog's Tale	Ratchet the Raccoon	Voice
1999	King Cobra	Jurgen Werner
2009	Immortally Yours	Dr. George Henderson	Direct-to-video
2011	Jerusalem Countdown	Matthew Dean

Live-Action Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994–1995	The Bold and the Beautiful	Luc Kooning	3 Episodes
1995	Seinfeld	Horst	Ep. "The Doorman"
2001	Days of Our Lives	Tristan	3 Episodes
2004–2006	Lost	Richard Malkin	2 Episodes
2006	Criminal Minds	Edward Hill	Ep. "Poison"
2006–2010	24	Russian President Yuri Suvarov	15 Episodes
2008	Ghost Whisperer	Sean	Ep. "Pater Familias

Videogames[]

Year	Title	Role
1992	Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis	Dr. Hans Ubermann
1993	Star Wars: X-Wing	Grand Moff Tarkin
1993	Sam & Max Hit the Road	Max
1993	Day of the Tentacle	Doctor Fred Edison / Doctor Red Edison / Zed Edison /Dwayne / John Hancock / Man in Ski Mask
1995	Star Wars: Dark Forces	Kyle Katarn
1997	G-NOME	Maj. Jack Sheridan
1998	A Bug's Life	Francis
1999	Star Wars: Episode I Racer	Aldar Beedo
2003	Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits	Lloyd
2003	True Crime: Streets of LA	Additional voices[7]
2004	Star Wars: Battlefront	Alliance Officer, Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine
2004	EverQuest II
2005	Shadow of Rome	Additional voices[8]
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, Ben Kenobi, Neimodian Aide, Neimodian Sniper
2005	Psychonauts	Agent/Coach Morceau Oleander, Doctor Loboto, Mr. Pokeylope
2005	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Alliance Officer No. 2, Emperor Palpatine
2006	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Colonel Skowronski
2006	Justice League Heroes	Solovar
2008	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Obi-Wan Kenobi
2013	Marvel Heroes	Vincent "Doctor" Strange, MODOK
2015	Broken Age	Marshall Dune
2017	Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin	Agent/Coach Morceau Oleander, Doctor Loboto

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

• Already Free (1977)
• A Crowd of One (1986)

with The American Dream[]

• The American Dream (1970)

with Paul Butterfield[]

• Paul Butterfield's Better Days – It All Comes Back (1973) (producer only)^[9]
• Put it in Your Ear (1976)^[10]

with Tim Moore[]

• Tim Moore (1974)
• Behind the Eyes (1975) (producer only)

with Foghat[]

• Rock and Roll Outlaws (1974) (producer only)
• Fool for the City (1975)

References[]

External links[]

• Nick Jameson at IMDb
• Promotional photograph of Nick for his Warner Bros. album "Already Free."
• http://dfki.de/~jameson/mhj/memorial-service/mhj-memorial-service.html#nick-jameson (Nick delivers the "Family Remembrance" part, which includes some biographical info)
• Nick Jameson of Foghat Interview Part 1 (interview with Bass Frontiers) on YouTube