Jon St. John

Jon St. John (born December 19, 1960) is an American voice actor and singer. 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. He has provided the voice for numerous video game characters, most notably Duke Nukem.

Jon St. John
St. John in 2011.
Born (1960-12-19) December 19, 1960
Merced, California, US
OccupationVoice actor, singer, producer
Years active1975–present
AgentSolid Talent
Known forDuke Nukem
Big the Cat
E-123 Omega
Postal Dude (Postal 4)
TitleVoice actor
Children3
Websitehttp://www.jonstjohn.audio

Video games

He has provided 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 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. 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[1] and also a special sound pack for the TeamSpeak voice communication software.[2] He is currently working on voicing for Dudebro II and Dota 2,[1] as well as providing PvP voiceovers for Guild Wars 2.[3] 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.

Duke Nukem

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.

Filmography

Voiceovers
List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
1996Duke Nukem 3DDuke Nukem[4]
1996 Big Red Racing Menu voice
1997 Balls of Steel Duke Nukem
1998 Duke Nukem: Time to Kill Duke Nukem
1999Evil ZoneSho Mikagami – Danzaiver[4]
1999Duke Nukem: Zero HourDuke Nukem[4]
1999Sonic AdventureBig the Cat[4]
1999Twisted Metal 4Trash Man, Gen. Warthog, Ralph Jones, Rob Zombie, Orbital, Sweet Tooth's Spokes-Clown[4]
1999 Blue Stinger Tim [5]
2000 Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes Duke Nukem, Silverback, additional voices
2001 Clive Barker's Undying Additional Voices
2002NASCAR Racing 2002 SeasonCrew Chief[4]
2002Duke Nukem: Manhattan ProjectDuke Nukem[4]
2002 Duke Nukem Advance Duke Nukem
2003 Chrome Bolt Logan [6]
2004 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
2005 Cold War President, Spetsnaz [7]
2006 Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle Archibald, Otto, Professor Simon
2007 America's Army: True Soldiers Sgt. Alan Smith
2008 Drakensang: The Dark Eye Yandrik, Nolddroken, Dwarves, Troll, Orc
2010Amnesia: The Dark DescentVictor, Basile[4]
2011 Conduit 2 Michael Ford
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Commander
2012 Guild Wars 2 PVP Narrator, Knut Whitebear
2013 Dota 2 Enigma, Bloodseeker, Axe, Kunkka
2016This Is the PoliceJack Boyd[4]
2016Rad Rodgers: World OneDusty[4]
2016 Bombshell Professor Jadus Heskel
2017 Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition Duke NukemDuke Nukem's Bulletstorm Tour DLC[8]
2019Postal 4: No RegertsThe Postal Dude[9]

References
  1. "Jon St. John – Duke Nukem, Dota 2 and HoN Voice Actor". Neutral Creeps. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  2. "Jon St. John Sound Pack for the TeamSpeak 3 Client". TeamSpeak. April 25, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Behind the Voice Actors – Jon ST John". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. "Jon St John – 48 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  6. Chrome, retrieved December 10, 2019
  7. Cold War, retrieved December 10, 2019
  8. "Bulletstorm Re-Master with Duke DLC". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  9. "POSTAL 4: No Regerts on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
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