Jon St. John is an American voice actor, former radio personality and ordained minister. He is best known for his voice roles such as Duke Nukem in the Duke Nukem video game series and Big the Cat and E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise.
Jon St. John | |
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.jpg) St. John in 2014 | |
| Born | December 19, 1960 |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, radio personality |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Agent | Solid Talent |
Career
editHe 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[when?] 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. He also voiced the "Postal Dude“ in Postal 4: No Regerts.
St. John is 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.
In August 2019, St. John announced he was now an Ordained Minister.[5]
Filmography
editTelevision
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–2015 | TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise | Execk | 5 episodes | |
| 2016 | New Kids on the Rock | Commercial Announcer | Episode: "Computer Fighters" | |
| 2019 | Liberty: Tales from the Tower | Tertulius Justus | Episode: "Happiness" |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Big Red Racing | Menu voice | ||
| Avengers in Galactic Storm | Captain America, Thunderstrike, Announcer, Korath, Black Knight, Supremor, Shatterax | |||
| Starwinder | Barlow Lenz | |||
| 1997 | Duke Nukem 3D | Duke Nukem | [6] | |
| Balls of Steel | ||||
| 1998 | Duke Nukem: Time to Kill | |||
| NFL Xtreme | Football Players | |||
| 1999 | Duke Nukem: Zero Hour | Duke Nukem | [6] | |
| Evil Zone | Sho Mikagami – Danzaiver | [6] | ||
| Twisted Metal 4 | Trash Man, Gen. Warthog, Ralph Jones, Rob Zombie, Orbital, Sweet Tooth's Spokes-Clown | [6] | ||
| Blue Stinger | Tim | [7] | ||
| 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 | [8] | ||
| 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 | [6] | |
| Duke Nukem Advance | ||||
| NASCAR Racing 2002 Season | Crew Chief | [6] | ||
| 2003 | NASCAR Racing 2003 Season | |||
| Chrome | Bolt Logan | [9] | ||
| Rogue Ops | Additional voices | |||
| Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut | Big the Cat | Archive recordings | [8] | |
| Spy Fiction | Lysander, Scarface/Dimitri Vedernikov | |||
| 2004 | Sonic Battle | Chaos Gamma | [8] | |
| Sonic Heroes | Big the Cat, E-123 Omega | [8] | ||
| Sonic Advance 3 | Menu voice | [8] | ||
| 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 | [10] | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | Big the Cat | DS version only; archive footage | [6] | |
| 2010 | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Victor, Basile | Justine DLC | [6] |
| 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 | [6] | ||
| Rochard | John Rochard | |||
| 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 | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games | E-123 Omega | 3DS version only; archive footage | [6] |
| This Is the Police | Jack Boyd | [6] | ||
| This Is the Police 2 | ||||
| Rad Rodgers: World One | Dusty | [6] | ||
| Bombshell | Professor Jadus Heskel | |||
| 2017 | Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition | Duke Nukem | Duke Nukem's Bulletstorm Tour DLC | [11] |
| 2019 | Ion Fury | Dr. Jadus Heskel | ||
| 2022 | Postal 4: No Regerts | The Postal Dude | [12] | |
| Unreleased | Dudebro II | John Dudebro | ||
| 2023 | Ion Fury - Aftershock | Dr. Jadus Heskel, General Rocco "The Rock" Rockford | Ion Fury DLC |
References
edit- ^ a b "Jon St. John | Bio".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Making the Battle of Kyhlo – ArenaNet Blog". Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
- ^ "Duke Nukem Actor Now an Ordained Minister, Willing to Wed Fans in Character". Playstation Lifestyle. August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "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.
- ^ a b c d e "Video Games". Jon St. John. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Chrome, October 28, 2003, retrieved December 10, 2019
- ^ Cold War, September 27, 2005, 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
edit- 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)