Joe Zieja

Joseph Edward Zieja (born January 16, 1985) is an American voice actor, author, and former United States Air Force captain.

Biography

Early life and military service Zieja grew up in Sparta, New Jersey. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy. He served as an intelligence officer for over a decade, attaining the rank of captain.

In 2013, while still in a government role, he began taking on small voiceover projects, and by 2014 had transitioned to full-time voice acting, recording from his home studio before relocating to Los Angeles. According to Zieja, he turned to voice acting after his military intelligence job burned him out, calling that work "a lot of PowerPoints." Within eight months, his client list had grown long enough that he needed to quit his day job and focus on voice acting full-time. He has voiced Fox McCloud in the animated short Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins (2016), Claude von Riegan in Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) and related titles such as Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022) and Fire Emblem Heroes, Bumblebee in the Netflix series Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (2020–2021), Achilles in the English dub of Fate/Apocrypha, and Wriothesley in the video game Genshin Impact (2023). He plays the male version of the protagonist, Wolf, in Destiny: Rising (2025).

Along with voice acting, Zieja's whistling has been dubbed in over 30 different pieces of media since 2025, including Fate/Apocrypha as Achilles idly whistles while waiting for a fight, and in the 2025 film Superman as Clark Kent whistles for his dog.

Writing career Zieja is the author of the Epic Failure Trilogy, published by Simon & Schuster's Saga Press. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2017) – Oingo Lego City Adventures (2019-2022) – Sergeant Duke DeTain The VeggieTales Show (2020-2022) – Dr. Flurry, Emperor of Envy, Jesse, Buttons Crimini

OVAs Fate/Grand Carnival (2022) – Achilles

Video games Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (2019) - Full Band Yakuza 0 Director's Cut (2025) – Additional voices Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army (2025) – General Munakata Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (2025) – Player D Destiny: Rising (2025) – Wolf Digimon Story: Time Stranger (2025) – Kosuke Misono Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (2025) – Raphica