Steve Downes is an American
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and voice actor. He is best known for his work as the voice of
Master ChiefMaster Chief Petty Officer John-117, commonly called the Master Chief, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Halo universe, created by Bungie Studios, and is a playable character in the trilogy of science fiction first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and...
in the popular
Halo video game seriesHalo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana...
. He also works as the morning
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k referred to phonograph records, while dis
c referred to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling...
for
97.1 WDRVWDRV is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois. The station is currently owned by Bonneville International, and simulcasts on WWDV . "The Drive" programs a broad-based classic rock format called "Timeless Rock"...
"The Drive" in Chicago, Illinois.
Steve Downes' has been in commercial voice ever since 1990. His first experience in voice acting for video games came in 1999 when he played the role of Gunnar in the video game
Septerra Core: Legacy of the CreatorSepterra Core: Legacy of the Creator is a computer role-playing game developed by Valkyrie Studios and published by Monolith Productions. The game takes an unusual approach at the genre, by using elements most commonly associated with console video games, such as the Final Fantasy series...
by Valkyrie Studios.
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Steve Downes is an American
disc jockeyA disc jockey is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, dis
k referred to phonograph records, while dis
c referred to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling...
and voice actor. He is best known for his work as the voice of
Master ChiefMaster Chief Petty Officer John-117, commonly called the Master Chief, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Halo universe, created by Bungie Studios, and is a playable character in the trilogy of science fiction first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and...
in the popular
Halo video game seriesHalo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana...
. He also works as the morning
disc jockeyA disc jockey is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, dis
k referred to phonograph records, while dis
c referred to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling...
for
97.1 WDRVWDRV is a radio station in Chicago, Illinois. The station is currently owned by Bonneville International, and simulcasts on WWDV . "The Drive" programs a broad-based classic rock format called "Timeless Rock"...
"The Drive" in Chicago, Illinois.
Voice acting
Steve Downes' has been in commercial voice ever since 1990. His first experience in voice acting for video games came in 1999 when he played the role of Gunnar in the video game
Septerra Core: Legacy of the CreatorSepterra Core: Legacy of the Creator is a computer role-playing game developed by Valkyrie Studios and published by Monolith Productions. The game takes an unusual approach at the genre, by using elements most commonly associated with console video games, such as the Final Fantasy series...
by Valkyrie Studios. Although a relatively minor role, his performance caught the attention of the voice acting director and composer of the game,
Martin "Marty" O'DonnellMartin "Marty" O'Donnell is an award-winning American composer known for his work on video game developer Bungie's series, such as Myth, Oni, and most predominately Halo...
. When Marty began working on the video game
Halo: Combat EvolvedHalo: Combat Evolved is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. The first game of the Halo series, it was released on November 15, 2001 as a launch title for the Xbox gaming system, and is considered the platform's "killer app." With more than five million copies sold worldwide as of...
at
Bungie StudiosBungie is an American video game developer founded in May 1991 under the name Bungie Software Products Corporation by two undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, Alex Seropian and Jason Jones...
, he invited Steve to voice the game's main character, the Master Chief.
Voice acting performances by Steve Downes include:
- Gunnar - in Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator (1999)
- Master Chief
Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, commonly called the Master Chief, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Halo universe, created by Bungie Studios, and is a playable character in the trilogy of science fiction first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and...
- in Halo: Combat EvolvedHalo: Combat Evolved is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie. The first game of the Halo series, it was released on November 15, 2001 as a launch title for the Xbox gaming system, and is considered the platform's "killer app." With more than five million copies sold worldwide as of...
(2001)
- Master Chief - in Halo 2
Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second video game title in the Halo franchise and the sequel to 2001's critically-acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved...
(2004)
- Master Chief - in Halo 3
Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo series and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...
(2007)