Stephen Russell

Stephen L. Russell is an American actor, playwright, and theater director. He is best known for his video game voice roles as Garrett in the Thief series, Corvo Attano in Dishonored 2, and various characters in Skyrim and the Fallout series.

Career Russell appeared onstage in Huntington's The Last Hurrah. Other stage credits include The Life of Galileo (Underground Railway Theater), The Bottom of the Lake (Tir Na Theatre), Daughter of Venus (Boston Playwrights' Theatre), A Pinter Duet, A House With No Walls, White People (New Repertory Theatre), And Then There Were None, A Prayer for Owen Meany (Stoneham Theatre), Talley's Folly (The Lyric Stage Company of Boston), and more than two dozen productions with the Wellfleet Harbor Actors' Theatre (WHAT), including The Beauty Queen of Leenane and the Eliott Norton Award-winning production of A New War. He is the author of 13 plays for young audiences and won the 2009 WHAT Award for Sustained Artistic Excellence. The decision upset some fans of the series, who initiated an online petition requesting Eidos-Montréal to bring back Russell as lead voice actor.

Personal life

He has a son named Peter, who is an actor and musician, and a daughter named Robin, who is a voice actress.

Selected voice credits Year Title Role(s) Notes Thief: The Dark Project Garrett, Statue, Raoul, Guards, Hammerites, Servants System Shock 2 Announcer, William Bedford Diego, The Many, OnceGrunt, XERXES Thief II: The Metal Age Garrett, Karras, Guards, Civilians, Hammerite Freedom Force Man O' War, Time Master, Iron Ox, Pan, Pinstripe, Civilian Male, Judge Arx Fatalis Fallan Orbiplanax, Undead Creatures, Goblins, Enoill Calpale, Sacred Dagger Speech director Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide Additional Voices Thief: Deadly Shadows Garrett Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich Iron Ox, Man 'O' War, Blitzkrieg, Charles Wilson, Pan, Pinstripe, Time Master, Pierre Mage Knight: Apocalypse Additional Voices Fallout 3 Andy, Mr. Buckingham, The Great One, Additional Voices The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Mercer Frey, Clavicus Vile, Barbas, Additional Voices The Magic Circle The Old Pro Fallout 4 Nick Valentine, Codsworth, Mr. Handy, Additional Voices Fallout 4 Far Harbor DiMA, Nick Valentine, Additional Voices Dishonored 2 Corvo Attano Prey Dr. Sylvain Bellamy Fallout 76 Mister Handy, Giles Sweetwater, Zeke, Additional Voices Underworld Ascendant Cabirus ZED The Dreamer Starfield Captain Petrov, Larry Dumbrosky, and Victor Aiza Blood West Protagonist Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow Garrett