Shawn Baichoo

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Shawn Baichoo
Born (1979-12-04) December 4, 1979 (age 44)
Occupation(s) Voice actor and motion capture artist
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Vikki Walker
(m. 2005)
[1]

Shawn Baichoo (born 4 December 1979) is a Canadian voice actor and motion capture artist who has been acting since 1998.

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Career

He started theatre studies in Montreal and has worked in television, film, theatre, fight choreography, stunts, animation, until he specialized on dubbing video games. [2] [3]

He has been involved in Ubisoft projects and he played Blake Langermann in Outlast II (2017), [4] Lion in Rainbow Six: Siege (2015), Niccolò Machiavelli in Assassin's Creed II (2009) and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010), Unferth in Beowulf (2007), and Wrench in Watch Dogs , Watch Dogs 2 and Watch Dogs Legion , [5] among others. [6]

He starred Father Antonio Maffei in Assassin's Creed: Lineage (2009), [7] [8] and he also produced, co-wrote and starred in The Punisher: No Mercy alongside Jason Ambrus and Amber Goldfarb. [9]

Personal life

Baichoo married his wife Vikki Walker on September 17, 2005. [10]

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  10. "10 years ago a very special woman said yes to the insane idea of spending the rest of her life with me. Which makes her either an angel or a crazy person. Or some kind of crazy angel person. Trust me, that's a lot of jokes and bad puns she's had to put up with. A LOT. You're a brave woman, Vikki Walker, and that's why I'll love you forever!". facebook.com.