Wes Johnson

Wes Johnson (born June 6, 1961) is an American actor, cartoonist, comedian and voice artist, who has appeared in such films as A Dirty Shame, Head of State, The Invasion, For Richer or Poorer and Hearts in Atlantis. He has appeared on television in Homicide: Life on the Streets, The Wire, and Veep. Wes is married to his childhood sweetheart Kim Barrett Johnson. They are the parents of three sons.[2]

This article is about the actor. For people with a similar name, see Wesley Johnson (disambiguation).
Wes Johnson
Johnson in 2010
Born (1961-06-06) June 6, 1961
Arlington, Virginia
Occupation
  • Actor
  • cartoonist
  • comedian
  • voice artist
  • Unleashing the Fury, Sports PA announcer
Years active1989 - present[1]
Spouse(s)Kim Barrett
Children3

Career

Wes co-presented with the legendary Wolfman Jack for two years on his last nationally syndicated radio show, writing comedy sketches and performing them with the Wolfman live on a weekly basis. Wes has written for and appeared in various comedy troupes including Fresh Victims, Gross National Product, and The Loyal Opposition. He also created the comic strips Martini 'N Clyde and Joe Fan, which have been published in The Washington Times and Sports Fan Magazine, respectively.

Wes is the P.A. announcer for the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals.

Wes was the series announcer for America's Most Wanted on FOX until December 2009, replacing the late Don LaFontaine in September 2008.

Wes filmed the pilot "Bennie's" with Ed Asner in summer 2016. He portrayed a character named "Walter".

Wes' voice has appeared in cartoons, commercials and video games.

He provided voice acting for three installments of The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. He voiced Lucien Lachance, the Gray Fox, the Arena Announcer, Sheogorath, Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II and was the default voice for Imperial males in Oblivion. In 2014, Johnson reprised the role of Sheogorath for the YouTube series Elder Scrolls Lore by the channel ShoddyCast. Later in 2015 he voiced the super mutant King Ludd as well as Scribe Bigsley in ShoddyCast's The storyteller: A Fallout Lore Series.[3]

He also lent his voice to Star Trek: Legacy, which features the voices of all five original TV Captains, and the video game Star Trek: Conquest.

He appeared in Fallout 3 as the nefarious Mister Burke as well as the Super Mutants Fawkes and Uncle Leo, the Protectrons, Sentry Bots, and Scribe Bigsley. In Fallout 4 he reprised the Protectrons, as well as playing The Silver Shroud and Moe Cronin.

He plays Z'aanta in Square Enix's Octopath Traveller.

Wes has appeared on The Shari Elliker Show on WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland, Broadminded on XM 155, and reviewed movies weekly for The Chip Franklin Show on KOGO in San Diego, California.

He appeared as a guest narrator for symphonic black metal band Epicland on the album Bound for Greatness.

He also has a YouTube channel.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1997For Richer or PoorerTourist Man
1998The YardThe Wood Guy
1999The PitchPitcherShort film
2001Hearts In AtlantisSports Announcer
2003Head of StateTeamster
200348 Hours to RomanceBuck Conway / Buddy JohnsonShort film
2004A Dirty ShameFat Fuck Frank
2004Ted's 12Pete Palmer
2007The InvasionNews Stand Vendor
2007Mr. ComedyPie Investigator No. 1Short film
2008Last CallDonald PettiwayShort film
2015Sally PacholokDr. Dubrowski
2018Oblivion in Real LifeVoicesShort film
2019Oblivion in Real Life IIVoicesShort film
201965 Years of the Big Go! VoicesShort film
2020Volkov OriginFather O'MalleyPost-production

[4]

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Space Ghost Coast to CoastHimselfSeason 3, Episode 9: "Surprise"
1996Unsolved MysteriesRichardSeries 8, Episode 18
1998Homicide: Life on the StreetVictor ResnickEpisode: "Abduction"
1998-2009America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Announcer / BTK Killer / Prescott Sigmund / Trevor Mitchell20 Episodes
2001Sketch PadAnnouncer
2003The WireSecurity SupervisorEpisode: "Storm Warnings"
2009Phineas and FerbAdditional voicesEpisode: "The Chronicles of Meap"
2011Police P.O.V.Announcer
2012Downunder HorsemanshipNarrator11 Episodes
2013VeepPeterEpisode "Signals" / TV short
2016Bennie'sWalterEpisode: "Elevator"
2016-17The Grindhouse RadioHimself3 Episodes
2019-Urgablob Audio AdventureUrgablob1 Episode

Video Games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindBoethiah, Malacath, Molag Bal
2003Unreal II: The AwakeningAdditional voices
2004World of Warcraft
2005Hammer & SickleEnglish Dub
2006The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionLucien Lachance, The Grey Fox, Pelinal Whitestrake
Night WatchAdditional voices
Star Trek: LegacyMenvek, Klingon Captain, Borg
2007The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering IslesSheogorath, Bruscus Dannus, Dyus
Star Trek: ConquestCardassian Officer, Federation Officer, Klingon Admiral #1
AMF Bowling Pinbusters!Big Money
2008Fallout 3Mr. Burke, Fawkes[5]
2011The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimHermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II, Sheogorath[5]
2015Fallout 4Ironsides, Moe Cronin, Protectron, The Silver Shroud
2017The Elder Scrolls: LegendsSheogorath, Arena Announcer
2018World of Warcraft: Battle for AzerothMaghar Orc (Male)
Fallout 76Protectrons, Mister Fluffy, Boomer[5]

References
  1. "Wes Johnson - Comedy". Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. "K Johnson (thistle62)". Myspace. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013.
  3. "The Storyteller: FALLOUT S3 E22 - Featuring Wes Johnson". YouTube. ShoddyCast. October 23, 2015.
  4. Wes Johnson IMDb Filmography Retrieved October 19, 2019
  5. "Behind The Voice Actors - Wes Johnson". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
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