About Gideon Emery
Born 1972. Gideon Emery is a British voice actor, jazz musician, stage actor, film actor and television actor.
Gideon Emery (born September 12, 1972) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Deucalion in Teen Wolf and starring as himself in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. His career also includes providing voice-over work in video games, television series and films, notably as Fenris in Dragon Age II.
Early life and education Emery was born to Pauline, a competitive horse rider and Ashton, a management consultant. He has two half-brothers. At the age of 4, his father moved the family to Johannesburg, South Africa. Emery kept himself amused by imitating characters from film and television. Early impersonations included Michael Jackson and Max from Hart to Hart. He returned to England during high school, briefly attending Reading Blue Coat School. But it was back in South Africa at St John's College where he cemented his love for acting, playing Dick Deadeye in the Gilbert & Sullivan musical H.M.S. Pinafore and winning Best Actor for the role of Mr. Glum in The Glums comedy sketch, "L'Engagement". After briefly considering a career in graphic art, he went on to study acting at the University of the Witwatersrand. thumb
Career In his third year of drama school, friend Ashley Callie was going to audition for Johannesburg's annual Christmas pantomime, directed by Janice Honeyman. Emery was persuaded to go along and ended up being cast. He played a couple of characters, but impressed with his stand-up routine during a set change. (He would later win a Gold Craft Award at the 2003 Loerie Advertising Awards) He played in a number of stand-up venues and established himself as character actor, and Tom, Leslie and Phyllis in A.R. Gurney's Sylvia.
He performed standup comedy on television and was a series regular on the sketch comedy show Not Quite Friday Night. and The Great Glendini. For the latter, he recorded a jazz standards album, Standard Ease. He acted alongside the late Bill Flynn for a third and final time, playing Bernard to Flynn's Willy Loman in the award-winning Baxter Theatre production of Death of a Salesman.
Gideon Emery in a recording studio in Los Angeles Emery found himself playing various roles in visiting British and American film and television productions. He decided that the screen was where he wanted to focus his attention. With most major projects casting their lead roles overseas, he decided it was time to explore more diverse opportunities. In late 2003, he moved to Los Angeles, where he has played characters both on screen (Last Resort, Takers, Moonlight, Burn Notice) and for video games such as Final Fantasy XII, Vanquish, Dragon Age II and Tekken series (starting from Tekken 6 β present). He is an in-demand motion capture performer and can be seen and heard in the games Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Battlefield 3 and Halo Wars 2, all of which also use his likeness. He has also narrated over 50 audiobooks.
Emery had a recurring role on the hit MTV series Teen Wolf as season three's main antagonist Deucalion, a blind but powerful Alpha werewolf who leads a pack consisting entirely of Alphas. Emery reprised the role in season five: "To prove not only to others, but also to himself, that Deucalion is capable of being true and noble." He would return once again for the final season of the show. He won multiple best actor awards for his role as Richard Pine in Bill Hanson's adaptation of Stephen King's Survivor Type. Emery is the creator, director and star of E&N with Ed Neusbit, a comedic news parody show offering "all the news you never knew you needed". Other recurring roles include Daredevil, Wolf Pack, Dash & Lily, Shameless, Last Resort, Good Behavior and Scream: Resurrection.
Filmography Live-action roles Film Year Title Role Notes Source Great Soldiers Bowers Glory Glory Sil Diamond Cut Diamond Paddy The Sorcerer's Apprentice Sly A Case of Murder Eric Norkem Cape of Good Hope Miles Primeval Matt Collins Almaz Black Box Wesley Abbot Greetings from the Shore Sasha Mientkciewicz Train Willy Takers Sergei Blue Crush 2 Joel Survivor Type Richard Pine Short film Avalanche Greg 100 Days to Live Victor Quinn Cabin Fever Thieleman G20 Warren Paxton Lee Cronin's The Mummy Vogel
Television Year Title Role Notes Source Not Quite Friday Night Various Recurring Honeytown II Taylor Recurring Rhodes Allan Wilson 2 episodes Saints, Sinners and Settlers Sgt. Williamson Episode: ""The Good Doctor: Trial of H.F. Verwoerd" 2003 Red Water Gene Bradley Television film Commander in Chief Jared Lyons Episode: "First Disaster" 24 Leon Episode: "Day 6: 6:00pm β 7:00pm" Passions Max 2 episodes Moonlight Donovan Shepherd Episode: "12:04 AM" General Hospital Jasper "Jax" Jacks 3 episodes CSI: NY Christopher Vackner Episode: "Admissions" The Middleman Vlad the Impaler Episode: "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation" Eleventh Hour Brandon Hertle Episode: "Miracle" 90210 Kevin Episode: "Off the Rails" Burn Notice Sean Glenanne Episode: "Long Way Back" The Forgotten Sean Hennessey Episode: "Double Doe" Castle Lloyd Saunders Episode: "Almost Famous" The Mentalist Owen Melling Episode: "The Red Mile" NCIS: Los Angeles Jeff Kinto Episode: "Rocket Man" Last Resort Booth 3 episodes β17 Teen Wolf Deucalion 18 episodes True Blood Justin Episode: "Fuck the Pain Away" NCIS Rudolph Stalin Episode: "Gut Check" Beverly Hills Cop Lyle Hawes Pilot Shameless Professor Moss 3 episodes Grimm Damien Barso Episode: "Trial by Fire" E&N with Ed Neusbit Ed Neusbit Web seriesAlso creator Daredevil Anatoly Ranskahov Episodes: "Into the Ring", "In the Blood" β17 Good Behavior Silk 4 episodes Chicago P.D. Wade McGregor Episode: " All Cylinders Firing" S.W.A.T. Gunnar Cade Episode: "Seizure" Scream: Resurrection Officer T. Reynolds 5 episodes Blue Bloods Daniel Shapiro Episode: "The Price You Pay" The Blacklist Edward Lussier Episode: "Twamie Ullulaq" Dash & Lily Adam Recurring Wolf Pack Malcolm 2 episodes
Theatre Play Role Stage Notes Source Dr. Lox Dr. Lox Zombie Joe's Underground Certified Male Alex Montecasino Theatre, Theatre on the Bay The Great Glendini Glendini Theatre on the Square One-man show Death of a Salesman Bernard Baxter Theatre Sleeping Around All Male Roles Theatre on the Square Lane and Abel Director Market Theatre Children of the Wolf Robin Alhambra Theatre, Theatre on the Bay Sylvia Tom, Leslie, Phyllis Alexander Theatre Thin Man Talking The Man National Arts Festival One-man show Not the Midnight Mass Dock Rd Theatre, Civic Theatre Heel Against the Head Ma Loom Civic Theatre, Baxter Theatre Legends Alive Various Supper Club Musical Heaven Can't Wait Various Theatre on the Track Musical The Fall of the House of Usher Roderick Usher Wits Theatre Sinbad's African Adventures Various Civic Theatre Pantomime With Incidental Music Attached Various Harper's A capella musical
Voice over roles Film Year Title Role Notes Source How to Train Your Dragon 2 Teeny β18 Tangled: The Series Weasel 7 episodes The Matrix: Path of Neo Bane Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII British Soldiers Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Universal HUD, General Mohc, Imperial Officer #1 Final Fantasy XII Balthier English dub Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Criminal Blade Kitten Sol Trooper, Infestation Worker Mass Effect 2 Kenn, Officer Tammert, Captain Gavorn, Additional Voices God of War III Poseidon, Captain Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Borgia Captain Guards, Additional Voices Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II β Retribution Sentinel, Guardsman Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Crusader (Male), Additional Voices Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Gideon Also likeness and motion capture Dragon Age: Inquisition Samson The Order: 1886 Additional Voices Wolfenstein: The Old Blood Fergus Reid Also motion capture Fire Emblem Fates Keaton, Dwyer, Asugi Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Soldiers, Extras English dub Skylanders: SuperChargers Zoo Lou Halo 5: Guardians Governor Sloan StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Tal'darim Executor Lego Marvel's Avengers Bad Guy, Klaue Mercenary, South American Male King's Quest Kyle, Royal Knights Chapter III: Once Upon a Climb Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Orca Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Moon Knight Curse of the Vampire DLC Cookie Run: Kingdom Prophet Cookie English dub Tactics Ogre: Reborn Hobyrim Vandam English dub Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Lank Denvik; additional voices, BD-1 motion capture performance Diablo IV Iosef Tekken 8 Steve Fox
Audiobooks Year Title Author Notes Source Playing the Enemy John Carlin Tell Me a Story 2 Amy Friedman Narrates "Kerplunk" Operation Kronstadt Harry Ferguson The Bottom Billion Paul Collier The Jennifer Morgue Charles Stross The Atrocity Archive Charles Stross The Resident Member Paul Marlowe Narrates the role of Litchfield The Price of Love and Other Stories Peter Robinson Narrates "The Magic of Your Touch", "Shadows on the Water" and "The Cherub Affair" The Genesis Secret Tom Knox Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys Neil Oliver The Boat Nam Le Narrates "Halflead Bay" Enough Already Peter Walsh The Fuller Memorandum Charles Stross From Hell With Love Simon R. Green Ordinary Thunderstorms William Boyd Rogue Farm Charles Stross Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us John Quiggin Size Matters Not Warwick Davis Hell Ship Philip Palmer Narrates the role of Sharrock For Heaven's Eyes Only Simon R. Green Kiteworld Keith Roberts The Apocalypse Codex Charles Stross Live and Let Drood Simon R. Green Overtime Charles Stross Down on the Farm Charles Stross Casino Infernale Simon R. Green Biggles: The Authorised Biography John Pearson The Lady From Guatemala V.S. Pritchett Narrates "The Wedding" Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 Various Authors Contributing narrator Palimpsest Charles Stross The Rhesus Chart Charles Stross Property of a Lady Faire Simon R. Green Chase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius John Carlin Live and Let Drood Simon R. Green Wireless Charles Stross Zero World Jason M. Hough Stalky & Co. Rudyard Kipling The Illegal Lawrence Hill From a Drood To a Kill Simon R. Green Dr. DOA Simon R. Green The Nightmare Stacks Charles Stross Cruel Is the Night Karo Hamalainen Narrates the role of Robert The Delirium Brief Charles Stross The Duchess Danielle Steel Moonbreaker Simon R. Green My Name Is Nathan Lucius Mark Winkler The Down Days Ilze Hugo Co-narrator with Bianca Amato Dead Lies Dreaming Charles Stross The Best Thing You Can Steal Simon R. Green Escape From Yokai Land Charles Stross A Matter of Death and Life Simon R. Green
Discography Standard Ease (2011)
Awards Best Actor Award β Survivor Type β Golden Egg Film Festival (2014, Winner) Award of Merit: Leading Actor β Survivor Type β Best Shorts Competition (2014, Winner) Award of Excellence: Leading Actor β Survivor Type β Accolade Competition (2013, Winner) Best Actor in a Short Film β Survivor Type β Bare Bones International Film Festival (2012, Winner) Best Actor Award β Survivor Type β Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival (2012, Winner) Award of Merit β Sex Drive β Accolade Competition (2010, Winner) Suspense/Thriller Award β The Price of Love and Other Stories β Audie Awards (2010, Nominee) Supporting Performance in a Drama β Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway β Videogame Awards (2008, Nominee) Loerie Gold Craft Award: Radio VO β SABC: Wed-nes-day β Loeries Advertising Awards (2003, Winner) Best Actor in a Comedy β Heel Against the Head β National Vita Awards (1995, Winner)
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