Doug Cockle

Last updated

Doug Cockle
Born (1970-09-16) September 16, 1970 (age 53)
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active2001–present
Website DougCockle.com

Doug Cockle is an American actor and director. He is currently working as a freelance actor. [1]

Contents

Cockle is known for his voice-over roles in video games, most notably of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series. [2] He was nominated for a Game Award for Best Performance and won Golden Joystick Award Best Gaming Performance for his portrayal of Geralt in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt . [3] [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 The Tailor of Panama Pentagon Aide
2002 Reign of Fire Goosh
2004 London Voodoo Lincoln Mathers
The Calcium Kid News Reporter
2005Dot.KillFinancial news anchor man
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Young Doctor
2014Dark NoirVincent Black (voice)Short film
2015 Survivor Burly Worker #1
2016 Criminal Extraction Team Leader
2024 The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Geralt of Rivia Animated film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Band of Brothers Father John Maloney2 episodes
2003 The Second Coming American NewsreaderEpisode: "Episode #1.1"
2004 Murphy's Law QuirrellEpisode: "Convent"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos Cal
2002 TimeSplitters 2 Additional voices
Twin CaliberSheriff Fortman
Archangel Michael Travinsky / Ghost of the MonkEnglish dub
2003 The Great Escape Additional voices
Chaser Additional voices
AquaNox 2: Revelation Hank Bellows
Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad US Bradley
2004 Urban Freestyle Soccer Low Riders [5]
Second Sight Director Hanson
Yager Magnus Tide
2005 Perfect Dark Zero Additional voices
2007 The Witcher Geralt of Rivia English dub
2010 Dead Nation Jack McReady
2011 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Geralt of RiviaEnglish dub
Driver: San Francisco Police Dispatcher
The Book of Unwritten Tales Nathaniel BonnetEnglish dub
2013 Dark Eric Bane
2015 Randal's Monday Mel / Bob
The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Nathaniel BonnetEnglish dub
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Geralt of RiviaEnglish dub
Victor Vran Victor VranEnglish dub
Blues and Bullets Eliot Ness / Stranger
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone Geralt of RiviaEnglish dub
2016 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine Geralt of RiviaEnglish dub
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Additional voices
SpellForce 3 Sentenza NoriaEnglish dub
2018 SMITE Chernobog
State of Mind Richard NolanEnglish dub
RuneScape Solak, the Grove Guardian
Soulcalibur VI Geralt of RiviaEnglish dub [6]
2019 Monster Hunter: World Geralt of RiviaEnglish dub
2019 Euro Truck Simulator 2 Optional GPS VoiceEnglish dub
2019 Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure The Butcher
2019 Terminator: Resistance Colin
2020 SMITE Totem Caller Hou Yi
Desperados III The Baron
2021 King's Bounty II Aivar
Empires in RuinsSgt. Hans Heimer
2021 Tails of Iron Narrator [7]
2022 Arcade Paradise Ashley's Father
2022God SoulsChaos
2023 Hunt: Showdown John VictorEnglish Dub
2023 Baldur's Gate 3 Bhaal
2023 Payday 3 Bile
2023 Alan Wake II Robert Nightingale

Related Research Articles

"Family Matters", more commonly called "The Bloody Baron", is a quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It was designed by Paweł Sasko and written by Karolina Stachyra. The quest follows Geralt, the protagonist of the series, as he helps the eponymous Baron find his family in the war-torn region of Velen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Cavill</span> British actor (born 1983)

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill is a British actor. He is known for his portrayal of Charles Brandon in Showtime's The Tudors (2007–2010), Superman in the DC Extended Universe (2013–2023), Geralt of Rivia in the Netflix fantasy series The Witcher (2019–2023), and Sherlock Holmes in the Netflix film Enola Holmes (2020) and its 2022 sequel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nolan North</span> American actor (born 1970)

Nolan North is an American actor best known for his voice acting roles.

<i>The Witcher</i> (video game) 2007 video game

The Witcher is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red for Microsoft Windows and CD Projekt on OS X. It was based on the fantasy novel series The Witcher by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The game's story takes place after the events of the main saga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Golden Joystick Awards</span> Annual video game award ceremony

The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted online via GamesRadar+. As of 2023, the ceremony was in its 41st year. It is the longest-running video game award ceremony, launched in 1983, and the second-oldest video game award ceremony after the Arcade Awards, launched in 1981.

<i>The Last Wish</i> Short story collection by Andrzej Sapkowski

The Last Wish is the third published short story collection in Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series. Published by SuperNowa in 1993, it was preceded by 1992's Sword of Destiny, but is officially considered the first entry in the series and Sword of Destiny the second. The collection contains seven short stories interspersed with a continuing frame story: Geralt of Rivia, after having been injured in battle, rests in a temple. During that time he has flashbacks to recent events in his life, with each flashback forming a short story.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geralt of Rivia</span> Protagonist of The Witcher series

Geralt of Rivia is a fictional character and the protagonist of The Witcher series of short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. He is a magically enhanced monster-hunter known as a "witcher", who possesses supernatural abilities due to his mutations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neil Newbon</span> English actor

Neil Newbon is an English actor known for playing Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in Detroit: Become Human, Karl Heisenberg in Resident Evil Village, and Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3.

<i>The Witcher</i> (TV series) Fantasy drama television series

The Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series of the same name by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired landmass known as the Continent, The Witcher explores the legend of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg and Princess Ciri. It stars Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, and Freya Allan.

<i>The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings</i> 2011 video game

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a 2011 action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red, based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is the sequel to the 2007 game The Witcher and the second main installment in The Witcher's video game series. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, OS X, and Linux.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ashly Burch</span> American voice actress and television writer (born 1990)

Ashly Burch is an American voice actress, singer, and television writer. She is known for her roles as Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, Chloe Price in the Life Is Strange series, Ray in Fortnite, Mel in The Last of Us Part II, Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2, Tiny Tina in the Borderlands series, the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, Enid from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Molly from The Ghost and Molly McGee, Ash Graven from Final Space, Cassie Rose from Minecraft: Story Mode and the Rutile Twins from Steven Universe.

<i>The Witcher</i> Fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski and its franchise

The Witcher is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. "Witchers" are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the purpose of killing dangerous creatures. The Witcher began with a titular 1986 short story that Sapkowski entered into a competition held by Fantastyka magazine, marking his debut as an author. Due to reader demand, Sapkowski wrote 14 more stories before starting a series of novels in 1994. Known as The Witcher Saga, he wrote one book a year until the fifth and final installment in 1999. A standalone prequel novel, Season of Storms, was published in 2013.

<i>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt</i> 2015 video game

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a 2015 action role-playing game developed and published by CD Projekt. It is the sequel to the 2011 game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and the third game in The Witcher video game series, played in an open world with a third-person perspective. The games follow the Witcher series of fantasy novels written by Andrzej Sapkowski.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viva Seifert</span> Musical artist

Viva Seifert is a British musician and former gymnast. She began her career as a competitive rhythmic gymnast, and competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Following a number of television appearances, which include performing with the WeatherGens, she made her musical debut as a member of the band Bikini Atoll—active from 1999 to 2006—where she performed as a keyboardist.

The Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year is an award presented annually at the Golden Joystick Awards ceremony, which has its winners voted in by the British general public. The award is given in honor to the best video game released in a particular year. The first Golden Joystick Awards were held in 1983, with the Ultimate Play the Game–developed shooter Jetpac winning Game of the Year.

<i>State of Mind</i> (video game) 2018 graphic adventure game

State of Mind is a 2018 graphic adventure game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment. A cyberpunk story set in the near future, the game explores transhumanist themes. The game was released for Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One in August 2018. It received mixed reviews upon release.

The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep is an upcoming animated fantasy drama film set in The Witcher universe. It was directed by Kang Hei Chul and written by Mike Ostrowski and Rae Benjamin.

Ozioma Akagha is an American actress. She voices Alyx Vance in the video game Half-Life: Alyx (2020) and Julianna in the video game Deathloop (2021). She also plays the role of Harper Omereoha in the television show Delilah.

References

  1. Purchese, Robert (January 27, 2017). "The voice behind The Witcher". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. "Doug Cockle". Giant Bomb. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  3. "Nominees | The Game Awards 2015". The Game Awards . Ola Balola. November 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  4. Sheridan, Connor (November 18, 2016). "Overwatch scoops five awards, Firewatch wins Best Indie Game: Here are all the Golden Joystick 2016 winners". GamesRadar . Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  5. Gusto Games. Urban Freestyle Soccer. Acclaim Entertainment. Scene: Main menu credits, 2:22:42 in, Voice Talent.
  6. "Spotlight: Doug Cockle". spotlight.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  7. Beckhelling, Imogen (August 20, 2021). "Tails Of Iron's villains are frogs because they have an "innate evil-ness"". Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved July 8, 2023.