Gideon Emery
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| Born | September 12, 1972  Windsor, Berkshire, England |
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Gideon Emery (b. 1972) is an English-born actor and voice actor, known for his stage work in South Africa and for providing voices in video games.
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[edit] Biography
Gideon was born on September 12, 1972 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. At a young age he moved to South Africa, where he studied at St John's College. He returned briefly to England during high school, attending Reading Blue Coat School. After completing Drama School at the University of the Witwatersrand, he acted extensively in South Africa, working on stage, screen and radio. Emery became a familiar face through dozens of zany on-camera commercials. He performed standup comedy on television and was a series regular on the sketch comedy show Not Quite Friday Night. He received the National Vita Award for Comedy for his role in the play Heel Against the Head, alongside veteran actors Bill Flynn and Paul Slabolepszy.
Screen appearances include the TV movie Red Water, A Case of Murder, the award winning Cape of Good Hope and Touchstone Pictures' adventure thriller Primeval. He also appears on screen in the upcoming features Greetings From the Shore and Train.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | More information |
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| 2008 | Train | Willy | Feature (in post-production) |
| CSI: NY | Christopher Vackner (Episode: "Admissions") | TV series | |
| General Hospital | Jasper Jacks (3 episodes) | TV series | |
| 2007 | Moonlight | Donovan Shepherd (Episode: "12:04 AM") | TV series |
| Greetings From the Shore | Sasha Mientkciewicz | Feature | |
| 24 | Leon (Episode: "Day 6: 6:00pm - 7:00pm") | TV series | |
| Primeval | Matt Collins | Feature | |
| Passions | Max (2 episodes) | TV series | |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief | Jared Lyons (Episode: "First Disaster") | TV series |
| 2004 | A Case of Murder | Eric Norkem | Feature |
| Cape of Good Hope | Miles | Feature | |
| 2003 | Red Water | Gene Bradley | TV movie |
| 2002 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Sly | Feature |
| 2001 | Diamond Cut Diamond | Paddy | Feature |
| 2000 | Glory Glory | Sil | Feature |
| 1999 | Saints, Sinners and Settlers | Sgt. Williamson | TV series |
| 25° South | Charly (recurring) | TV series | |
| 1997 | Great Soldiers | Bowers | Feature |
| 1996 | Rhodes | Wilson (recurring) | TV series |
| 1995 | Not Quite Friday Night | Various (recurring) | TV series |
| It's A Funny Country | Comedian | TV special | |
| 1994 | Honeytown II | Taylor (recurring) | TV series |
[edit] Trivia
- Gideon has worked as a voice actor, in commercials, promos, video games and occasionally voice-matching other actors.
- In 2003, he became the first recipient of a Gold Craft Award for voice-over at South Africa's Loerie Advertising Awards.
- In January 2008, he temporarily took over the role of Jasper Jacks for Ingo Rademacher on General Hospital while Rademacher had a scheduling conflict.
[edit] Voice acting - video games
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War (2007)
- Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (2006)
- Blazing Angels 2 (2007) as British General, British Pilot 1
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2007) as PFC Dawson
- Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2008 (2008) as Bekele
- Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 3 (2008)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) as Mac, SAS 4
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (2007) as Major Blackmore, Churchill
- Dead Rush (2005) as Jake
- Everquest 2 (2004) as Overseer Travagg, Lt.Darrius, Vleko, Sentius Poisonleaf, Crispin Luvinius
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (video game) (2007) as Victor Von Doom, Dr Doom
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (2007) as Balthier
- Final Fantasy XII (2006) as Balthier
- Ghost Recon 2 (2004)
- GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) as Number One (Ernst Stavro Blofeld)
- Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour (2007) as Announcer
- Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (2008) as Duane
- Mass Effect (2007) as Chellick, Jered Salenta
- The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) as Bane
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online (2007)
- Star Wars: Battlefront (series): Renegade Squadron (2007) as Imperial Commander
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption (2006) as Universal HUD, General MOHC, Imperial Officer 1
- Turok (2008 video game) (2008) as Reese
- Warriors Orochi (2007) as Orochi
[edit] Voice - film & television
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series) (2008)
- Reeker (2006) (feature) provided vocal effects
- Filligoggin (2000) (series) as Filligoggin, Bennie Baboon, Sniffbug
- The Legend of the Hidden City (1997) (series) created creature voices
