![]() ![]() This Scottish actor made his video game debut in 2003 with the prestigious role of "Reborn #1 / Cultist #2 / Imperial Office #1" in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and his career has since gone on to even bigger things with multiple roles in all three Mass Effect games, plus credits in The Legacy of Kain: Defiance, Killer7, Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Anniversary, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Uncharted 3, and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Because, much like Troy Baker, a game without Nolan North isn't a proper game. Some of North's 140-something credits include multiple characters in Dota 2 (the Brewmaster, Earth Spirit, Gyrocopter, Keeper of the Light, Lone Druid, Lycan, Meepo, Ogre Magi, Shadow Demon, and Troll Warlord) and Everquest 2 (Assistant Draek, Lieutenant Daro, Rion Rolana, Medic Brendan, Grayl Turfstrider, Jorgie Icearmor, Agent Vylo, Dranok Bileblood, Voltari il'Ferceri, Volarr, Mikul, Sandon Breezebender, Tamera Brinebringer, Arconius, and Maliz T'Raan), and one as himself - the now almost obligatory "Nolan North" option in Saints Row IV. You already know him as Nathan Drake, the star of the Uncharted series, and maybe even Assassin's Creed's Desmond Miles, but did you know that North also voiced the defective turrets in Portal 2? He's just over there on the left. In fact, the list of games that don't feature Troy Baker is probably shorter than the list of games that do. More recently, he's turned up as Delsin Rowe in Infamous: First Light, and will soon also be heard as Pagan Min in Far Cry 4 and Two-Face in Batman: Arkham Knight. Probably most quickly recognised as the man behind the voice of Joel in The Last of Us and Booker DeWitt in BioShock: Infinite, Baker's video game biography spans more than 100 titles and every conceivable genre, including Darksiders, Mass Effect 3, Guild Wars 2, several Call of Duty iterations, and Diablo 3. ![]() Although you might not know their faces if they were standing right in front of you, some of the game industry's biggest names are featured in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor's voice credit list. ![]()
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