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Jon St. John
St. John in 2014
Born	December 19, 1960
Occupation(s)	Voice actor, radio personality
Years active	1975–present
Agent	Solid Talent

Jon St. John is an American voice actor, former radio personality and ordained minister. He is best known for his voice roles such as Duke Nukem in the Duke Nukem video game series and Big the Cat and E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise.

Career

He started his career in voice work in 1975, when he was a Top 40 radio DJ in North Carolina. Because of his vocal talent and technical skills, he was hired as a production director for several US radio stations in cities including: New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, and Los Angeles. St. John was a radio personality for many years most recently on K-EARTH 101 in Los Angeles.

He has provided the voice for numerous video game characters, such as the voice for the drill instructor Dwight T. Barnes as well as various other Marines in Half-Life: Opposing Force. He has done the voices for Big the Cat in Sonic Adventure and Sonic Heroes, Trash Man, General Warthog and other characters in Twisted Metal 4, E-102 Gamma in Sonic Battle, the announcer in Sonic Advance 3, E-123 Omega in Sonic Heroes, Bolt Logan in Chrome and Chrome: SpecForce and Agent Michael Ford in Conduit 2. He also voiced the "Postal Dude“ in Postal 4: No Regerts.

St. John is best known for being the voice of Duke Nukem in the Duke Nukem video game series from 1996 onwards, starting with Duke Nukem 3D with re-casting of Joe Siegler and Todd Replogle of Apogee Software. He stated in an interview that the voice of Duke Nukem was based upon Clint Eastwood's voice with a lower pitch.

He dubs the voice of professor Simon and Archibald in Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle. He provided the narrator's voice in Forsaken. He voiced Jack Boyd in the video games This Is The Police and its sequel. St. John voices characters 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.

He was also the crew chief in NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, NASCAR Racing 2002 Season, and NASCAR Racing 4. In 2011, he voiced for an exclusive Heroes of Newerth announcer pack and also a special sound pack for the TeamSpeak voice communication software. He is currently working on voicing for Dudebro II and Dota 2, as well as providing PvP voiceovers for Guild Wars 2.

In 2019, he took on the role of the Postal Dude for Postal 4: No Regerts, stepping in to replace Rick Hunter, the previous voice actor, due to unavailability.

In August 2019, St. John announced he was now an Ordained Minister.

Filmography

Television

Video games

References

1. ^ "Jon St. John | Bio".
2. ^ "Jon St. John – Duke Nukem, Dota 2 and HoN Voice Actor". Neutral Creeps. February 14, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
3. "Jon St. John Sound Pack for the TeamSpeak 3 Client". TeamSpeak. April 25, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
4. "Making the Battle of Kyhlo – ArenaNet Blog". Archived from the original on September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
5. "Duke Nukem Actor Now an Ordained Minister, Willing to Wed Fans in Character". Playstation Lifestyle. August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
6. ^ "Behind the Voice A Actors – Jon ST John". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
7. "Jon St John – 48 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
8. ^ "Video Games". Jon St. John. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
9. Chrome, October 28, 2003, retrieved December 10, 2019
10. Cold War, September 27, 2005, retrieved December 10, 2019
11. "Bulletstorm Re-Master with Duke DLC". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
12. "POSTAL 4: No Regerts on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved December 10, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Jon St. John at MobyGames
• Jon St. John at IMDb
• The VŌC Podcast // Jon St. John Interview (The voice of Duke Nukem, Postal Dude, Dr. Rosenberg)) on YouTube (Date of Recording - January 21, 2021)

• Living people
• American male video game actors
• American male voice actors
• Male actors from Virginia
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• Oceanside International Film Festival award winners