Josh Keaton

Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known professionally as Josh Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his many voice roles, including Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Spider-Man in various media in addition to Electro in the video game Marvel's Spider-Man, Jack Darby in Transformers: Prime, Captain America in X-Men '97 and What If...?, and the adolescent Hercules in Hercules. He was also the voice of Ryu Hayabusa in the console versions of Ninja Gaiden, and the voice of Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He is also the voice of King Anduin Wrynn in the MMORPG World of Warcraft and Tyler in Pokémon Concierge.

Early life Keaton was born outside of Los Angeles in Hacienda Heights, California, on February 8, 1979, to a father from New York City, and a mother from Lima, Peru. He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah "Ali", and Sabrina. He is fluent in Spanish which he learned first as a child, and later English. As a child, he learned to speak some Quechua from his maternal grandparents. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic. Through his sister Ali, he is the brother-in-law of former Youngstown singer James Lee Dallas.

Career His career has included television, video game and film work, with a mixture of live acting and voice work for animations. As an infant, he appeared in an OshKosh B'gosh commercial. Then in 1990, he would appear in Kidsongs: A Day at Camp and his final Kidsongs appearance, Kidsongs: Ride The Roller Coaster. He was in the 1990s boy band No Authority and was signed to MJJ Music and later RCA Records as a solo artist.

Keaton voiced Jules Brown in Back to the Future: The Animated Series during 1991–1992 and Major Ocelot during Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

From 2008 to 2009, he voiced Peter Parker / Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series on The CW. He was originally supposed to voice the character in the 2002 Spider-Man video game but his voice work was scrapped and reworked as Harry Osborn / Green Goblin when Tobey Maguire came on to voice the character. He also reprised the role of New Goblin in the 2007 video game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, and Spider-Man again in several video games (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Spider-Man: Edge of Time). From 2017 to 2020, Keaton provided the voice of several recurring characters in Marvel's Spider-Man on Disney XD. He would also portray the villain Max Dillon / Electro in the 2018 Spider-Man video game developed by Insomniac Games, providing both the physical motion capture and voice for the character.

In 2011, Keaton was the voice for Spyro the Dragon in the Skylanders reboot of the franchise, Jack Darby and Tailgate on Transformers: Prime, and Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in Green Lantern: The Animated Series.

Since 2012, he is the voice for Anduin Wrynn in the video games World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.

At Wondercon 2016, it was announced that Keaton would play Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane, one of the main characters of the Voltron animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender that premiered on June 10, exclusively on Netflix.

Filmography

Voice acting Films + List of voice performances in film Year Title Role Notes Source Recycle Rex Additional voices Hercules Young Hercules (speaking voice) Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! Charlie Carbone Direct-to-video The Wild Additional voices 2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Wally West Direct-to-video Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black AdamPunk 2016 DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year Hal Jordan / Green Lantern, Steve Trevor, Barry Allen / Flash Direct-to-video 2017 DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games Steve Trevor, Barry Allen / Flash Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VersePeter Parker / Spider-Man (Earth-26496)Reprises role as Spider-Man from The Spectacular Spider-Man

Animated television + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source New Kids on the Block Albert 15 episodes 1991 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Pontus Episode: "A World Below Us" Snoopy's Reunion Linus van Pelt Television special Peter Pan and the Pirates Curly 18 episodes –1992 Back to the Future Jules Brown 25 episodes Batman: The Animated Series Young Michael Stromwell Episode: "It's Never Too Late" –2021 Ben 10 XLR8, SixSix, Acid Breath, various voices 33 episodes 2021–2024 What If...? Steve Rogers / Captain America / Hydra Stomper Recurring role; 7 episodes Invincible Agent Spider, Jogger Episode: "I Thought You Were Stronger" Ranma ½ Dr. Tofu Ono English dub, 2024 remake Spider-Man 2 Harry Osborn Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Young Hercules Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Peter Parker / Ultimate Spider-Man Voiced Amazing Spider-Man in the Nintendo DS version Skylanders: Trap Team Spyro the Dragon, Spry, Knight Light Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Additional Voices Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Hal Jordan / Green Lantern, Billy Batson / Shazam, Dick Grayson / Nightwing, Kyle Rayner / White Lantern 2015 Battlefield Hardline Firework Guy, Deceased ATF Agent, Outcome Agent Infinite Crisis Aquaman Lego Jurassic World Billy Brennan Mad Max Jeet, Additional voices Skylanders: SuperChargers Spyro the Dragon, Spry, Knight Light Lego Dimensions Gamer Kid 2016 King's Quest Young King Graham World of Warcraft: Legion King Anduin Wrynn Skylanders: Imaginators Spry, Knight Light Uncredited World of Final Fantasy Lann 2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Sun King Avad DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles Shiro 2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth King Anduin Wrynn Marvel's Spider-Man Max Dillon / Electro 2021 No More Heroes III Destroyman True Face, Mass Production Destroyman, Mysterious Man Psychonauts 2Nurse Cherry, Germ Guy, Hardhat Germ, Muscle Man, Knight Star Ocean: The Divine Force Additional voices Marvel's Midnight Suns Tony Stark / Iron Man Star Trek: Resurgence Petty Officer Carter Diaz 2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voices Batman: Arkham ShadowDick Grayson / Projection Room Rat Marvel Cosmic InvasionIron Man, Spider-Man, Beetle

Audio books Year Title Role 2015 Rain of the Ghosts Tommy McMinn, Chris LeVell

Live-action Films + List of acting performances in film Year Title Role Notes Source –1990 Kidsongs Himself Videos: "A Day at Camp" "Ride the Roller Coaster" All I Want for Christmas Brad Newsies Newsboy 1996 Same River Twice Andy Judge and Jury Boy #2 Infinity David Just Write Teenager on Trolley The Souler Opposite Young Barry Chimera House Roy The Even Stevens Movie Mootai / Jason Up-In-Down Town Billy

Television + List of acting performances in television Year Title Role Notes Source I'm Telling! Himself Contestant Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman First Male Cousin 2 episodes 1994 Someone Like Me Doug Episode: "El Presidente" Boy Meets World Boy #2, Roy 2 episodes Sister, Sister Franklin Episode: "It's a Party Thang" –1996 The Secret World of Alex Mack Bryce Recurring role Saved by the Bell: The New Class Glee Club #2 Episode: "Fire at the Max: Part 1" 1997 Chicago Hope Will Peters Episode: "The Son Also Rises" Baywatch Todd Rose Episode: "Rendezvous" General Hospital Tim Recurring role Step by Step Will Peters Episode: "Just Say Maybe" 1999 Touched by an Angel Young Nick Stratton Episode: "Made in the U.S.A." A Murder on Shadow Mountain Young Denny Television film 1999–2002 The Young and the Restless Brendon Recurring role10 episodes 2002 Boston Public Martin Andrews Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Four" ER Greg Episode: "Tell Me Where It Hurts" Will & Grace Salvatore 2 episodes Bones Yasutani the Terrible Episode: "The Superhero in the Alley" Scorpion Phil Daniels Episode: "True Colors"