Jon St. John
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Jon St. John is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 voice actor and singer. He started his career
Career
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 in voice
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...

 work in 1975, when he was a Top 40 radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 DJ
Disc jockey
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 in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

. Because of his vocal talent and technical skills, he was hired as a production director for several US radio station
Radio station
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s in cities including: Norfolk
Norfolk (disambiguation)
-Place:In Australia* Norfolk Island, an Australian external territoryIn Canada* Norfolk County, Ontario, CanadaIn New Zealand* Norfolk, New Zealand, a locality in TaranakiIn the United Kingdom* Norfolk , from 1707 to 1832...

, New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

, Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

, Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

, San Diego
San Diego, California
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, and Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
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. St. John was also a radio personality for many years most recently on K-EARTH 101 in Los Angeles. He realized he could use his voice talents in other areas, and has since provided the voice for numerous video game character
Fictional character
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s, most notably Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem (character)
Duke Nukem is a fictional character and action hero who has been the protagonist in over a dozen video games.The character first appeared in the 1991 video game Duke Nukem developed by Apogee Software...

.

Video games

He has provided the voice for the drill instructor
Drill instructor
A drill instructor is a non-commissioned officer or Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in the armed forces or police forces with specific duties that vary by country. In the U.S. armed forces, they are assigned the duty of indoctrinating new recruits entering the military into the customs and...

 Dwight T. Barnes as well as various other Marines in Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Opposing Force is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life. The game was developed by Gearbox Software and Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Entertainment on November 1, 1999. Opposing Force is the first expansion for...

. He has done the voices for Big the Cat in Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure
is a 1999 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998, in Japan by Sega for the Dreamcast. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG...

and Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes
is a 2004 platforming single-player/multiplayer video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team USA. It is the first multiplatform title in the Sonic series, developed for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox and released in Japan in December 2003, in North America in...

, E-102 Gamma in Sonic Battle
Sonic Battle
Sonic Battle is a fighting game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega and THQ for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It is the second fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the first game being Sonic the Fighters...

, the announcer in Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Advance 3
is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps, Sega and Sonic Team and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance and the final installment of the Sonic Advance series. It was first released in North America on June 7, 2004, later in Japan on June 17, 2004 and then in...

, E-123 Omega in Sonic Heroes, Professor Pac-Man
Professor Pac-Man
Professor Pac-Man is an arcade game produced by Bally Midway in 1983.-Description:Designed to capitalize on the perceived quiz game niche, the game presents simple visual puzzles and requires the player to solve each within a short time limit...

 in Pac-Man World 2
Pac-Man World 2
is a video game by Namco for Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, and PC released in . Like the original Pac-Man World, the player controls the character of Pac-Man in a 3D platform game.-Story:...

, Bolt Logan in Chrome and Chrome: SpecForce
Chrome: SpecForce
Chrome: SpecForce is a first-person shooter video game by Techland, released in 2005 by TopWare Interactive. It is a standalone mission pack to the 2003 computer game Chrome. Average critic rating is 60.65%....

and Agent Michael Ford in Conduit 2
Conduit 2
Conduit 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by High Voltage Software for the Wii video game console. It is the sequel to The Conduit...

He also dubs the voice of professor Simon and Archibald in Runaway 2. He also provided the narrator's voice in Forsaken. Jon also voices character 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. In 2011, he voiced for an exclusive Heroes of Newerth
Heroes of Newerth
Heroes of Newerth is a free-to-play science fantasy, action real-time strategy game developed by S2 Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game was heavily inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom map, Defense of the Ancients and is S2 Games' first game title in the...

announcer pack and also a special sound pack for the TeamSpeak
TeamSpeak
TeamSpeak is a proprietary Voice over IP software that allows users to speak on a chat channel with other users, much like a telephone conference call. A TeamSpeak user will often wear a headset with an integrated microphone...

voice communication software. He is currently working on voicing for Dudebro: My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time
Dudebro: My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time
Dudebro: My Shit is Fucked Up So I Got To Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time is a top-down, 3rd-person perspective shooting game which is currently being developed by members of the NeoGAF community. The game is set to be released as a PC format game in 2011...

and Dota 2
Dota 2
Dota 2 is an upcoming action fantasy strategy video game being developed by Valve Corporation. The stand-alone sequel to the popular Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, it was formally announced on October 13, 2010 via the website of magazine Game Informer...

, as well as providing PvP voiceovers for the upcoming Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2
Guild Wars 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in development by ArenaNet. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting the Elder Dragons, a Lovecraftian species that has seized control of Tyria in...

.

Duke Nukem

He is probably best known for being the voice of Duke Nukem
Duke Nukem (character)
Duke Nukem is a fictional character and action hero who has been the protagonist in over a dozen video games.The character first appeared in the 1991 video game Duke Nukem developed by Apogee Software...

 in the Duke Nukem video game series from 1996 onwards, starting with Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive Software. The full version was released for the PC . It is a sequel to the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II published by Apogee...

with re-casting of Joe Siegler and Todd Replogle
Todd Replogle
Todd Jason Replogle is a video game programmer, best known as the co-creator of the Duke Nukem series. Replogle graduated from Soquel High School in Soquel, California as a member of the class of 1986....

 of Apogee Software
3D Realms
3D Realms is a current video game publisher and former video game developer based in Garland, Texas, United States, established in 1987...

. Stated in an interview that the voice of Duke Nukem was based upon Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...

's voice with a lower pitch. In an interview on zergwatch.com, Jon St. John was asked about sound clips of his performance being used in a Ventrilo Harassment video, and replied "Yes...I was made aware of it by Jeron (an audio producer at 3DR) who suggested I check it out prior to recording a special Duke greeting to the 3DR crew just before the Duke Nukem Forever
Duke Nukem Forever
Duke Nukem Forever is a 2011 first-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed by 3D Realms and Triptych Games and finished by Gearbox Software and Piranha Games...

trailer was released. "I laughed my head off! That lady was out of her mind pissed off!" and after being asked if he thought Nukem was "just another gig" he went on to say "Just another gig? Are you kidding? Duke is KING! Can you think of any other video game hero with his attitude, destructive force or good looks? I don't think so. I love playing the part of Duke and I'm honored to be associated with such a pop icon."

Voiceovers

  • Rochard
    Rochard
    Rochard is a science fiction platformer available for the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network, and for Microsoft Windows through the Steam digital distribution platform. Developed by Recoil Games, the game revolves around the manipulation of gravity and the use of a G-Lifter, a gravity...

    - John Rochard
  • Duke Nukem Forever
    Duke Nukem Forever
    Duke Nukem Forever is a 2011 first-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed by 3D Realms and Triptych Games and finished by Gearbox Software and Piranha Games...

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    Amnesia: The Dark Descent
    Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a survival horror video game by Frictional Games, who previously developed the Penumbra series. Released for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms, the game features an unarmed protagonist exploring a dark and foreboding castle, while avoiding monsters and other...

    - Victor,Basile
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
    Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
    is a 2009 sports video game developed by Sega. It was published by Nintendo for Japan and by Sega for North America and Europe. The game is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee through exclusive license International Sports Multimedia...

    - Big The Cat
  • Das schwarze Auge - Drakensang - Yandrik, Nolddroken, Dwarves, Troll, Orc
  • Tabula Rasa
    Tabula rasa
    Tabula rasa is the epistemological theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge comes from experience and perception. Generally proponents of the tabula rasa thesis favour the "nurture" side of the nature versus nurture debate, when it comes to aspects...

    - Various voices
  • America's Army: True Soldiers
    America's Army: True Soldiers
    America’s Army: True Soldiers is a first-person shooter video game developed by Red Storm Entertainment and published by Ubisoft. It was released on November 17, 2007...

    - SGT Alan Smith
  • Jack Keane
    Jack Keane
    John Keane is a retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and a defense analyst currently serving as Chairman of the Board for .-Biography:...

    - Agent Montgomery, Butcher, Eric
  • Runaway 2: Dream of the Turtle - Archibald, Otto, Professor Simon
  • High Seize
    High Seize
    High Seize is a turn-based tactics video game for the Nokia N-Gage, published by Nokia and developed by RedLynx, released in late 2005.-Story:...

    - Wallace Stevenson
  • Cold War
    Cold War
    The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

    - President, Spetsnaz
  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
    Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
    Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a Lovecraftian horror first-person action-adventure game developed by Headfirst Productions and published by Bethesda Softworks in 2005, in conjunction with 2K Games. The game was released for the PC and Xbox systems; the Xbox version is officially...

    - Charles Gilman, Joe Sergeant, Sergant Sam Carter, Chief Constable Andrew Martin, Cutter Urania Seaman, Capt. Stephen Hearst, FBI agent
  • Sonic Advance 3
    Sonic Advance 3
    is a platform game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, developed by Dimps, Sega and Sonic Team and published by THQ for the Game Boy Advance and the final installment of the Sonic Advance series. It was first released in North America on June 7, 2004, later in Japan on June 17, 2004 and then in...

    - Menu voice
  • Spy Fiction
    Spy fiction
    Spy fiction, literature concerning the forms of espionage, was a sub-genre derived from the novel during the nineteenth century, which then evolved into a discrete genre before the First World War , when governments established modern intelligence agencies in the early twentieth century...

    - Lysander
  • Gangland
    Gangland
    Gangland is a computer game created by Mediamobsters . It was released on 14 February 2004. It has the premise of mixing real-time strategy , role-playing game and simulation .-Story:...

    - Black Priest, Chief of police, FBI, Gunman, Jew Boss, Vincenzo, Romano
  • Sonic Heroes
    Sonic Heroes
    is a 2004 platforming single-player/multiplayer video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series developed by Sonic Team USA. It is the first multiplatform title in the Sonic series, developed for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox and released in Japan in December 2003, in North America in...

    - Big The Cat, E-123 Omega
  • Sonic Battle
    Sonic Battle
    Sonic Battle is a fighting game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega and THQ for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It is the second fighting game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the first game being Sonic the Fighters...

    - Chaos Gamma
  • Rogue Ops
    Rogue Ops
    Rogue Ops is a stealth-based action/adventure video game developed by Bits Studios and published by Kemco for the Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2 in 2003...

  • Chrome
  • Sonic Adventure DX - Big The Cat
  • Runaway: A Road Adventure
    Runaway: A Road Adventure
    Runaway: A Road Adventure is a point and click adventure game developed by Péndulo Studios, S.L. in 2001. The game follows the long tradition of two-dimensional adventure games like the first two installments of the Broken Sword series...

  • Duke Nukem Advance
    Duke Nukem Advance
    Duke Nukem Advance is a portable video game in the Duke Nukem series. Although it is a first-person shooter and many of the graphics and sounds have been ported from Duke Nukem 3D, the game has an original storyline and levels....

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
    Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project
    Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project is a platform game developed by Sunstorm Interactive, produced by 3D Realms, and published by Arush Entertainment. It was released on Microsoft Windows on May 14, 2002 in North America and on June 14, 2002 in Europe...

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
    Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
    Duke Nukem: Zero Hour is a third-person shooter video game in the Duke Nukem series, developed by Eurocom for the Nintendo 64. The game uses a relatively large 32 megabyte cartridge and could also utilize the Expansion Pak to allow for better graphics but slowing down the frame rate...

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
    Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
    Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths is a PC adventure game designed by Stefano Gualeni, developed by Prograph Research, released in Italy in 1997 and published in the U.S...

    - Clown
  • Sonic Adventure 2
    Sonic Adventure 2
    Sonic Adventure 2 is a platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Dreamcast video game console. It was released in North America on June 19, 2001 and in Japan on June 23, 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the release of the first Sonic the Hedgehog game. It is the sequel...

    - Big The Cat
  • Undying
  • Half-Life: Blue Shift
    Half-Life: Blue Shift
    Half-Life: Blue Shift is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life. The game was developed by Gearbox Software with Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Entertainment on June 12, 2001...

    - Dr. Rosenberg, Harold, HECU Soldier
  • Sonic Shuffle
    Sonic Shuffle
    is a video game for the Dreamcast and was Sega's answer to the Nintendo party game, Mario Party. The game was developed by Hudson Soft, who also developed Mario Party, and co-developed by Sonic Team.-Overview:...

    - Big The Cat
  • Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
    Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
    Duke Nukem: Land of The Babes is a third-person shooter video game in the Duke Nukem series of video games. This game is a direct sequel to the 1998 title, Duke Nukem: Time to Kill.-Plot:...

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

    , Silverback, Additional voices
  • Half-Life: Opposing Force
    Half-Life: Opposing Force
    Half-Life: Opposing Force is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction first-person shooter video game Half-Life. The game was developed by Gearbox Software and Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Entertainment on November 1, 1999. Opposing Force is the first expansion for...

    - Drill Instructor Dwight T. Barnes, Drill Instructor Sharpe, MPs, HECU Soldiers
  • Twisted Metal 4
    Twisted Metal 4
    Twisted Metal 4 is a vehicular combat video game developed by 989 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation...

    - Sweet Tooth
  • Revenant
    Revenant
    The term Revenant may refer to:*Revenant , a creature brought back to life to fulfill a special goal*Revenant , a folkloric corpse that returns from the grave*The Revenant , a 2009 horror comedy...

    - Additional Voices
  • Blue Stinger
    Blue Stinger
    is an action survival horror game released in 1999 for the Dreamcast game console. It was localized in North America, Europe and Australia by Activision...

  • Eretzvaju - Sho Mikagami - Danzaiver
  • Sonic Adventure
    Sonic Adventure
    is a 1999 platform video game developed by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998, in Japan by Sega for the Dreamcast. One of its development titles was Sonic RPG...

    - Big The Cat
  • Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
    Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
    Duke Nukem: Time To Kill is a third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation.-Gameplay:The gameplay and controls are very similar to those of Tomb Raider, a fact humorously referenced throughout the game...

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • NFL Xtreme
    NFL Xtreme
    NFL Extreme was 989 Studios answer to the NFL Blitz series for the Sony PlayStation in 1998. The game was produced by 989 Studios and Published by SCEA...

    - Football Players
  • Duke Nukem 64 - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Balls of Steel
    Balls of Steel
    Balls of Steel may refer to:* Balls of Steel , a pinball video game* Balls of Steel , a British comedy show hosted by Mark Dolan* Balls of Steel , Australian TV series based on the British show...

  • Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Starwinder: The Ultimate Space Race - Barlow Lenz
  • Duke Nukem 3D
    Duke Nukem 3D
    Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive Software. The full version was released for the PC . It is a sequel to the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II published by Apogee...

    - Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem
    Duke Nukem is a video game series focusing on its protagonist, Duke Nukem. Originally created by Apogee Software Ltd./3D Realms as a series of video games for the PC, the franchise expanded to games released for various consoles by third party developers...

  • Guild Wars 2
    Guild Wars 2
    Guild Wars 2 is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game in development by ArenaNet. Set in the fantasy world of Tyria, the game follows the re-emergence of Destiny's Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting the Elder Dragons, a Lovecraftian species that has seized control of Tyria in...

    - PVP Narrator
  • Dota 2
    Dota 2
    Dota 2 is an upcoming action fantasy strategy video game being developed by Valve Corporation. The stand-alone sequel to the popular Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, it was formally announced on October 13, 2010 via the website of magazine Game Informer...

    - Enigma, Bloodseeker, Axe

External links

  • Jon St. John Productions Website
  • Jon St. John at MobyGames
    MobyGames
    -Platforms not yet included:- Further reading :* Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media; 2 edition , ISBN 0-07-223172-6...

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