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Years active | 1989–present [1] |
Spouse | Kim Barrett |
Children | 3 |
Wes Johnson (born June 6, 1961) is an American actor, cartoonist, comedian and voice artist, who has appeared in such films as A Dirty Shame , Head of State , The Invasion , For Richer or Poorer and Hearts in Atlantis . He has appeared on television in Homicide: Life on the Street , The Wire , and Veep . Wes is married to his childhood sweetheart Kim Barrett Johnson. They are the parents of three sons. [2]
In January 2025, Johnson was hospitalized in an Atlanta intensive care unit after being found unresponsive in his hotel room. He was in Georgia to host a benefit event for Alzheimer's. [3]
Johnson co-presented with the legendary Wolfman Jack for two years on his last nationally syndicated radio show, writing comedy sketches and performing them with the Wolfman live on a weekly basis. Johnson has written for and appeared in various comedy troupes including Fresh Victims, Gross National Product, and The Loyal Opposition. He also created the comic strips Martini 'N Clyde and Joe Fan, which have been published in The Washington Times and Sports Fan Magazine, respectively.
Johnson is the P.A. announcer for the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals. [4]
Johnson was the series announcer for America's Most Wanted on FOX until December 2009, replacing the late Don LaFontaine in September 2008. [4]
Johnson filmed the pilot "Bennie's" with Ed Asner in summer 2016. He portrayed a character named "Walter".
Johnson's voice has appeared in cartoons, commercials and video games.
He provided voice acting for three installments of The Elder Scrolls : Morrowind , Oblivion , and Skyrim . [4] He voiced Lucien Lachance, the Gray Fox, the Arena Announcer, Sheogorath, Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II and was the default voice for Imperial males in Oblivion. In 2014, Johnson reprised the role of Sheogorath for the YouTube series Elder Scrolls Lore by the channel ShoddyCast. Later in 2015 he voiced the super mutant King Ludd as well as Scribe Bigsley in ShoddyCast'sThe storyteller: A Fallout Lore Series. [5]
He also lent his voice to Star Trek: Legacy , which features the voices of all five original TV Captains, and the video game Star Trek: Conquest .
He appeared in Fallout 3 as the nefarious Mister Burke as well as the Super Mutants Fawkes and Uncle Leo, the Protectrons, Sentry Bots, and Scribe Bigsley. In Fallout 4 he reprised the Protectrons, as well as playing The Silver Shroud and Moe Cronin.
He plays Z'aanta in Square Enix's Octopath Traveller.
Johnson has appeared on The Shari Elliker Show on WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland, Broadminded on XM 155, and reviewed movies weekly for The Chip Franklin Show on KOGO in San Diego, California.
He appeared as a guest narrator for symphonic black metal band Epicland on the album Bound for Greatness.
He appeared in the short films Oblivion in Real Life and Oblivion in Real Life II on the LaFave Bros YouTube channel. Johnson declined payment for his appearances, instead asking viewers to consider donating to the Alzheimer's Association. [6]
He also has a YouTube channel.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | For Richer or Poorer | Tourist Man | |
1998 | The Yard | The Wood Guy | |
2001 | Hearts In Atlantis | Sports Announcer | |
2003 | Head of State | Teamster | |
2004 | A Dirty Shame | Fat Fuck Frank | |
2004 | Ted's 12 | Pete Palmer | |
2007 | The Invasion | News Stand Vendor | |
2015 | Sally Pacholok | Dr. Dubrowski | |
2020 | Volkov Origin | Father O'Malley | Post-production [7] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | Season 3, Episode 9: "Surprise" |
1996 | Unsolved Mysteries | Richard | Series 8, Episode 18 |
1998 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Victor Resnick | Episode: "Abduction" |
1998–2009 | America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back | Announcer / BTK Killer / Prescott Sigmund / Trevor Mitchell | 20 Episodes |
2001 | Sketch Pad | Announcer | |
2003 | The Wire | Security Supervisor | Episode: "Storm Warnings" |
2009 | Phineas and Ferb | Additional voices | Episode: "The Chronicles of Meap" |
2011 | Police P.O.V. | Announcer | |
2012 | Downunder Horsemanship | Narrator | 11 Episodes |
2013 | Veep | Peter | Episode "Signals" / TV short |
2016 | Bennie's | Walter | Episode: "Elevator" |
2016–2017 | The Grindhouse Radio | Himself | 3 Episodes |
2019– | Urgablob Audio Adventure | Urgablob | 1 Episode |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | Boethiah, Malacath, Molag Bal | |
2003 | Unreal II: The Awakening | Additional voices | |
2004 | World of Warcraft | ||
2005 | Hammer & Sickle | English Dub | |
2006 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Lucien Lachance, Sheogorath, Imperial Watch and other roles | |
Night Watch | Additional voices | ||
Star Trek: Legacy | Menvek, Klingon Captain, Borg | ||
2007 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles | Sheogorath, Bruscus Dannus, Dyus | |
Star Trek: Conquest | Cardassian Officer, Federation Officer, Klingon Admiral #1 | ||
AMF Bowling Pinbusters! | Big Money | ||
2008 | Fallout 3 | Mr. Burke, Fawkes, Protectrons, Sentry Bots, Super Mutants, Scribe Bigsley, Swampfolk, Various unnamed NPCs | [8] |
2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II, Sheogorath, Lucien Lachance, Dremora | [8] |
2015 | Fallout 4 | Moe Cronin, Protectron, The Silver Shroud, Super Mutants | |
2017 | The Elder Scrolls: Legends | Sheogorath, Arena Announcer | |
2018 | World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth | Maghar Orc (Male) | |
Fallout 76 | Protectrons, Mister Fluffy, Boomer | [8] | |
2020 | Fallout 76: Wastelanders | Professor-bot, Sunny, Boomer | |
2020–2023 | The Elder Scrolls Online | Ard Caddach, Hermaeus Mora | |
2023 | Starfield | Ron Hope |
Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | The Pitch | Pitcher |
2003 | 48 Hours to Romance | Buck Conway / Buddy Johnson |
2007 | Mr. Comedy | Pie Investigator No. 1 |
2008 | Last Call | Donald Pettiway |
2018 | Oblivion in Real Life | Voices |
2019 | Oblivion in Real Life II | |
65 Years of the Big Go! |
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