John Patrick Lowrie | |
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 Lowrie at the 2017 Game On Expo | |
| Born | June 28, 1952 |
| Education | Indiana University, Bloomington (PhD; dropped out) |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | |
John Patrick Lowrie (born June 28, 1952) 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.
Lowrie was a musician in his 20s, touring the United States as a part of The Keith-Lowrie Duet, which opened for acts like Buddy Rich. At the age of 31, he played the banjo in the pit orchestra on the European tour of the musical Show Boat . After noticing the actors made more money than him, Lowrie auditioned to understudy for the role of Captain Andy, and debuted on stage in Palermo, Italy, which became his first paid acting gig. [1] After returning to the United States and moving in with his wife Ellen McLain in New York City, he turned down a role in a European tour of West Side Story to stay with McLain. He then studied for a Ph.D. in Music Composition at the Indiana University School of Music for two years before dropping out to pursue acting in Seattle with McLain. [1]
Lowrie began voice acting for video games in the early 1990s, [1] and has performed roles in games such as The Suffering and The Suffering: Ties That Bind , Total Annihilation and its expansions, The Operative: No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way . Lowrie is mostly recognized for his voice acting in Valve games such as Team Fortress 2 , Half-Life 2 , Half-Life 2: Episode One , Half-Life 2: Episode Two , Left 4 Dead , Dota 2 , and Artifact . [2]
He is noted for playing the roles of the Sniper in the online first-person shooter game Team Fortress 2, Agent Gray in the MMORPG The Matrix Online , as well as Odessa Cubbage and the male citizens in Half-Life 2.
Lowrie has played Sherlock Holmes in the radio drama series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on the program Imagination Theatre since 2001. He also voiced Holmes in the program's related radio series The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . He and Lawrence Albert, who voices Dr. Watson on the program, are the longest-running audio Holmes and Watson team in American radio history. [3]
In 2011, he published a science fiction novel titled Dancing with Eternity. An audiobook version narrated by Lowrie and his wife Ellen McLain was released in April 2014. [4]
His adolescence was spent in Boulder, Colorado, where he attended various high schools briefly before joining the United States Navy.
He first met his wife Ellen McLain in 1984 in Arnhem, Netherlands, during the European tour of Show Boat, which McLain starred in. They returned to the United States, where they married and moved in together, initially in New York City. They then spent two years in Indiana, before they finally settled in Seattle to pursue acting. [1] Lowrie has since voiced characters alongside MacLain in Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, and Dota 2. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Betrayal in Antara | Tyre, Enkudi, Mackey [6] | |
| Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" | Artimice J. Bigpig [7] | First video game role [8] | |
| Total Annihilation | Narrator | ||
| 1998 | Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency | ||
| Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics | |||
| Police Quest: SWAT 2 | Tammany, Officer, Security Guard, Hostage [9] | ||
| 2000 | The Operative: No One Lives Forever | Bruno Lawrie | |
| 2002 | No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | ||
| 2004 | The Suffering | Guard | |
| Half-Life 2 | Odessa Cubbage, Male citizens [7] | ||
| 2005 | The Matrix Online | Agent Gray | |
| FATE | Narrator | ||
| The Suffering: Ties That Bind | The Man [7] | ||
| 2006 | Half-Life 2: Episode One | Male citizens [7] | |
| 2007 | Half-Life 2: Episode Two | Griggs / Male citizens [7] | |
| Team Fortress 2 | Sniper [7] | ||
| 2008 | Left 4 Dead | John Slater | |
| 2009 | F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin | Harold Keegan | |
| inFamous | Warden Harms | ||
| Halo 3: ODST | Kinsler | ||
| 2010 | Halo: Reach | Sword Control | |
| 2011 | The Lord of the Rings: War in the North | Beleram | |
| 2013 | Dota 2 | Ancient Apparition, Dark Seer, Doom, Earthshaker, Pudge, Shadow Fiend, Storm Spirit, Voice of the International Announcer [7] | |
| SpaceVenture | TBA | ||
| Planetary Annihilation | Narrator | ||
| 2018 | Artifact | Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Storm Spirit, Shadow Fiend | |
| 2019 | The Church in the Darkness | Isaac Walker [10] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Meet the Sniper | Sniper | Animated Team Fortress 2 short |
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