Jon St. John

Last updated

Jon St. John
Jon St. John, 2014 (8uZXgU2tuOY).jpg
St. John in 2014
Occupation(s)Voice actor, radio personality
Years active1975–present
AgentSolid Talent

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.

Contents

Career

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. [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 3 .

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

Television

List of voice performances in television shows
YearTitleRole(s)NotesSource
2016New Kids on the RockCommercial AnnouncerEpisode: "Computer Fighters"
2019Liberty: Tales from the TowerTertulius JustusEpisode: "Happiness"

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRole(s)NotesSource
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 CatArchive footage [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
2009Vector TanksGunner St. John
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Big the CatDS version only; archive footage [6]
2010 Amnesia: The Dark Descent Victor, BasileJustine 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
TOME: Terrain of Magical ExpertiseExeckTV series
2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Commander
Guild Wars 2 PVP Narrator, Knut Whitebear
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation Daniel Garner
Team AwesomeNarrator
2013 Dota 2 Enigma, Bloodseeker, Axe, Kunkka
2016 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E-123 Omega3DS version only; archive footage [6]
This Is the Police Jack Boyd [6]
This Is the Police 2
Rad Rodgers: World OneDusty [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 HeskelIon Fury DLC

Related Research Articles

<i>Duke Nukem 3D</i> 1996 first-person shooter video game

Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms. It is a sequel to the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II, published by 3D Realms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonic the Hedgehog (character)</span> Video game character

Sonic the Hedgehog is a fictional character created by Naoto Ohshima and Yuji Naka. The title character of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise, Sonic is an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who can run at supersonic speeds and curl into a ball to attack enemies. He races through levels, collecting power-up rings and avoiding obstacles, as he seeks to defeat the mad scientist Doctor Eggman.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Running with Scissors (company)</span> American video game developer

Running with Scissors (RWS) is an American video game developer based in Tucson, Arizona. It was founded in 1996 by Vince Desi through a business decision of Riedel Software Productions, a maker of child-friendly games. RWS created and maintains the Postal franchise, which has often caused controversy for its use of violence. RWS' first game was Postal in 1997, which caused much controversy and a trademark lawsuit from the United States Postal Service that lasted until 2003. A potential second game, Flesh and Wire, was canceled in 1999. The company followed up Postal with Postal 2 in 2003. The third game in the series, Postal III, was co-developed by RWS and an internal team of publisher Akella, and RWS distanced itself from the game due to poor critical reception. RWS most recently worked on Postal 4: No Regerts, which was released in 2022, and the spin-off Postal: Brain Damaged.

<i>Postal</i> (video game) 1997 video game

Postal is a 1997 isometric top-down shooter video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Ripcord Games. A sequel to the game, Postal 2, was released in 2003. Two additional sequels, Postal III and Postal 4: No Regerts, were released in 2011 and 2022, respectively. Director Uwe Boll bought the movie rights for the series and produced a film of the same name. A March 2001 re-release of the game, called Postal Plus, included a "Special Delivery" add-on. A remake of the game, Postal Redux, was released for Microsoft Windows on May 20, 2016, and was later released for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch digital stores. At the end of 2016, the game's source code was released under the GNU GPL-2.0-only. At the end of 2019, Running With Scissors released the game as freeware.

<i>Postal 2</i> 2003 video game

Postal 2 is a 2003 first-person shooter video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Whiptail Interactive. It is the sequel to the 1997 game Postal and was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2003, macOS in April 2004 and Linux in April 2005. Postal 2, as well as its predecessor, has received notoriety for its high levels of violence, stereotyping, and black comedy. Unlike the first installment, Postal 2 is played from a first-person perspective, rather than an isometric perspective. The game is the first in the series to feature an open world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gearbox Software</span> American video game company

Gearbox Software is an American video game development company based in Frisco, Texas. It was established as a limited liability company in February 1999 by five developers formerly of Rebel Boat Rocker. Randy Pitchford, one of the founders, serves as president and chief executive officer. Gearbox initially created expansions for the Valve game Half-Life, then ported that game and others to console platforms. In 2005, Gearbox launched its first independent set of games, Brothers in Arms, on console and mobile devices. It became their flagship franchise and spun off a comic book series, television documentary, books, and action figures. Their second original game series, Borderlands, commenced in 2009, and by 2015 had sold over 26 million copies. The company also owns the intellectual property of Duke Nukem and Homeworld.

<i>Balls of Steel</i> (video game) 1997 video game

Balls of Steel is a pinball computer game developed by Wildfire Studios and released on December 12, 1997. It is the only game to be published under the Pinball Wizards label, a division of Apogee Software.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Torus Games</span>

Torus Games is an Australian video game developer founded in 1994 by Bill McIntosh. The company is located in Bayswater, Victoria. Its managing director is Bill McIntosh. The company being a family business.

Lani Jean Minella is an American voice actress, voice director, and producer mostly working in the games industry. She is also the founder and owner of the voice-acting agency AudioGodz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Patrick Lowrie</span> American voice actor

John Patrick Lowrie is an American voice actor best known for voicing the Sniper in Team Fortress 2 and various characters in Dota 2. He has played Sherlock Holmes in the radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes since 2001.

Duke Nukem is a media franchise named for its main character, Duke Nukem. Created by the company Apogee Software Ltd. as a series of video games for personal computers, the series expanded to games released for various consoles by third-party developers. The first two games in the main series were 2D platformers, while the later games have been a mix of first-person and third-person shooters.

Dudebro — My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time, commonly shortened as Dudebro II, was an unreleased 2D sidescrolling shooting/slicing action game that is under development by members of the NeoGAF community. Release of the game has been pushed back from the originally intended 2010 to 2011, but after development was rebooted no further release dates were ever announced by the developers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Duke Nukem (character)</span> Video game character

Duke Nukem is a fictional character and protagonist of the Duke Nukem series of video games. The character first appeared in the 1991 video game Duke Nukem, developed by Apogee Software. He has since appeared in multiple sequels developed by 3D Realms. Most recently, he starred in Duke Nukem Forever, released by Gearbox Software, which now owns the rights and intellectual property.

Postal is a series of shooter video games created by Running with Scissors known for its high-speed gameplay, violence and off-color humor. The series' mainline games span several shooter sub-genres, including top-down shooters, first-person shooters, and a third-person shooter. The series has spawned several spin-off games and other media, including an eponymous film adaptation by Uwe Boll.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lee Jackson (composer)</span> American composer (born 1963)

Lee Jackson is an American composer. He was the music and sound director for the video game developer 3D Realms from 1994 through 2002.

<i>Duke Nukem: Critical Mass</i> 2011 video game

Duke Nukem: Critical Mass is a shooter game developed by Frontline Studios and published by Deep Silver and Apogee Software, LLC for the Nintendo DS. A version for the PlayStation Portable began development, but it was never released.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Slipgate Ironworks</span> Danish video game developer

Slipgate Ironworks ApS is a Danish video game developer based in Aalborg, founded in 2010 by Frederik Schreiber.

Bombshell is a multidirectional shooter developed by Interceptor Entertainment and published by 3D Realms. The game was released on January 29, 2016, for Microsoft Windows. The game runs on Unreal Engine 3.

<i>Ion Fury</i> 2019 first-person shooter video game

Ion Fury is a 2019 cyberpunk first-person shooter video game developed by Finnish studio Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms. It is a prequel to the 2016 video game Bombshell. Ion Fury runs on a modified version of Ken Silverman's Build engine and is the first original commercial game to utilize the engine in 20 years, the previous being World War II GI. An expansion, Ion Fury: Aftershock, was released in October 2023.

<i>Postal 4: No Regerts</i> 2022 video game

Postal 4: No Regerts is a 2022 first-person shooter game developed and published by Running with Scissors. It was released on October 14, 2019, for Windows through Steam's Early Access program, a decision which was made to acquire public funding for the project and to involve the Postal community in the game's development process. Running with Scissors described the game as the "true sequel" to Postal 2, contrasting it with Postal 2's unsuccessful 2011 sequel Postal III, which was strongly panned by critics and players. Postal 4 was released on April 20, 2022 to largely negative reception, with multiple reviewers criticising the game's performance, poor gameplay, and dated humor. The game was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on March 21, 2023.

References

  1. 1 2 "Jon St. John | Bio".
  2. 1 2 "Jon St. John – Duke Nukem, Dota 2 and HoN Voice Actor". Neutral Creeps. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  3. "Jon St. John Sound Pack for the TeamSpeak 3 Client". TeamSpeak. April 25, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  4. "Making the Battle of Kyhlo – ArenaNet Blog". Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  5. "Duke Nukem Actor Now an Ordained Minister, Willing to Wed Fans in Character". Playstation Lifestyle. August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Behind the Voice A Actors – Jon ST John". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  7. "Jon St John – 48 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Video Games". Jon St. John. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  9. Chrome, October 28, 2003, retrieved December 10, 2019
  10. Cold War, September 27, 2005, retrieved December 10, 2019
  11. "Bulletstorm Re-Master with Duke DLC". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  12. "POSTAL 4: No Regerts on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.