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Elias Toufexis is a theater, voice-over, motion capture and television and film actor. He is half Greek, part Scottish and German. Toufexis is best known for his appearances on the TV series Smallville^[1] and Supernatural. He is also known for his work in videogames, particularly as Andriy Kobin in Splinter Cell and as Adam Jensen in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Career[link]

He graduated with a DEC in Theatre from Dawson College in Montreal in 2000. In 2001 he went to New York City and attempted to make a career for himself. After a little over a year and a handful of off-on Broadway and fringe festival plays, he returned to Montreal broke. He managed to get himself an audition for Canadian science fiction comedy film Decoys, landing the second lead role of Roger. The film was not successful but it gave him enough money to move out to Vancouver, Canada and pursue acting there.

Elias landed small roles at first and then he booked the role of Morton in The Five People You Meet In Heaven based on Mitch Albom's book. He got to work closely with Jon Voight, Michael Imperioli and Jeff Daniels. He has been quoted as saying "I never learned as much about what acting is in three years of theatre school as I did from three weeks working with these actors"

He then played Webber in a popular episode of Supernatural. Webber was an "evil twin with mind control powers" and it was a very well liked (or disliked) character. He followed that with his second appearance on Smallville (the first was a one line walk on) as the character Bronson, who could travel between radio frequencies and kidnaps Lex Luthor. His third character on Smallville was Emil Lasalle a.k.a. Warp. A member of the Suicide Squad from DC Comics.

He has played the "villain of the week" on shows like The Listener, Painkiller Jane, Flashpoint, Flash Gordon, Stargate Atlantis and Lost Girl.

He started his video game voice-over and performance capture career in 2007 with Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. He has since worked on multiple video games including some motion capture.

His two most popular characters are Andriy Kobin and Adam Jensen. Kobin is one of the villains in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction and has a cult following due to Elias' manic and funny performance.^{[citation needed]} Adam Jensen is the main character in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. He has publicly stated that he is a fan of the Deus Ex series and has played the original.^[2]

He is playing a role as a recurring villain on the SyFy Networks television show "Alphas" in its second season.

Filmography[link]

-Selected Filmography

• Alphas (2012)
• Zero Hour (2012)
• Rookie Blue (2012)
• Crisis Point (2012)
• Against The Wall (2011)
• Flashpoint (2011)
• Sarila (2011)
• Smallville (2006, 2011)
• The Listener (2011)
• Eureka (2010)
• Conduct Unbecoming (2011)
• Lost Girl (2010)
• The Partner (short) (2010)
• Sand Serpents (2009)
• Ba 'AL (2008)
• South Of Houston St. (2008)
• Flash Gordon (2007)
• Painkiller Jane (2007)
• Supernatural (2006)
• Blade: The Series (2006)
• Connor's War (2006)
• Engaged To Kill (2006)
• Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006)
• Stargate Atlantis (2006)
• Bloodsuckers (2005)
• Da Vinci's Inquest (2005)
• The Collector (2005)
• The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004)
• Brilliant (2004)
• Decoys (2004)
• Dead Like Me (2004)
• Dead Zone (2004)
• The Days (2004)
• Fries With That (2003)

Video games and cartoons (selected)[link]

• Assassin's Creed Revelations
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
• I Am Alive
• James Noir's Hollywood Crimes
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Splinter Cell Conviction
• Assassin's Creed II
• H.A.W.X
• Silent Hunter 5
• Max Steel: Dark Rival
• End War
• Suikoden Tierkreis
• Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
• Max Steel: Bio Crisis
• Need For Speed Carbon

External links[link]

• EliasToufexis.com
• Twitter Page
• Elias Toufexis at the Internet Movie Database

References[link]

Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor and voice actor born in New Haven, Connecticut.^[1] He has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man."^[2]

Biography[link]

North attended the University of North Carolina with a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism.^[1][3] He worked as a reporter for almost a year in New Jersey before moving to New York City to pursue stand-up comedy and acting.^[1] North eventually relocated to Hollywood and was cast in the General Hospital spin-off series, Port Charles, playing Dr. Chris Ramsey during the show's run from 1997 to 2003.^[3][4] He married fellow Port Charles actress Jill Murray in 1999^[1] and has two children. During Port Charles' run he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following Port Charles' cancelation.^[3]

One of his most notable roles came in 2007 when he voiced and motion capped the character Nathan Drake for the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since then, he has continued to portray the character Drake in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (released in 2009) and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (released in 2011). In an interview with The Guardian, North reflects on his time as Drake as requiring "a lot of imagination. Motion capture is basically theatre in Spandex; there's minimal props, and you need a willingness to make an ass of yourself."^[2] North as Drake has been twice nominated at the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category.

In May 2012 it was revealed that North would have a limited role in the Untitled Star Trek sequel live-action movie, sequel to 2009's acclaimed Star Trek. Director J.J. Abrams cited North's performance as Drake for the casting, he and his son being fans of the Uncharted series.^[5]

Other notable video game voice work includes roles as the "Prince" in Prince of Persia, The Penguin in Batman: Arkham City, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Desmond Miles in the Assassin's Creed series, Doctor Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops, Brawl in Transformers: War for Cybertron, Ghost Rider in Marvel:Ultimate Alliance, Shadow Demon, Lycanthrope, Lone Druid, Brewmaster, and the Ogre Magi in Dota 2, and Deadpool in Hulk Vs. and Marvel vs Capcom 3. He also voiced the personality spheres and defective turrets in Portal 2.

North is well known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men, Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Raphael in TMNT, and both Superman and Superboy in Young Justice, making him the first actor to voice both of them.

Filmography[link]

Animation roles[link]

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Hitler
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Balder,^[6] Jimmy Woo, Living Laser, Piledriver, Chemistro
• Ben 10 - Henchman, Teen Attendant
• Back at the Barnyard - Stumpity Joe
• Black Panther - Cyclops, Nightcrawler
• Frederick Cooper - Frederick Cooper
• Generator Rex - Dr. Branden Moses, Security Guard
• Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Waking Nightmare / Beware of the Undertoad - Exercise Dude
• G.I. Joe: Renegades - Snow Job
• Hulk Vs. - Deadpool
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths - Green Lantern and Power Ring
• MAD - Shrek, Luke Skywalker, Captain America, Wolverine
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated - Brad Chiles
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars - El-Les
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) - The Kraang
• TMNT (2007) - Raphael
• Transformers: Prime - Sideswipe
• Ultimate Avengers - Ant Man/Hank Pym
• Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther - Giant Man/Hank Pym
• Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby - Big Bad Wolf
• The Wild - Additional Voices
• Wolverine and the X-Men - Cyclops, Pyro, Berzerker, Carl, Doctor
• Young Justice - Superboy, Superman,^[7] Zatara, Professor Ojo, Marvin White, L-6, Match, The Penguin, Black Mask, Clayface

Live-action roles[link]

• Broken - Rob McCardel
• CSI: Miami - Ken Walker
• General Hospital - Chris Ramsey
• Invasion Of The Christmas Lights - Narrator
• JAG - ER Intern
• The Last Stand - Scott Jacobs
• Modern Family - Donald Flum
• NCIS - Officer Lou Giotti
• On the Doll - Charlie
• Port Charles - Chris Ramsey
• Pretty Little Liars - Peter Hastings
• Six Feet Under - Soap Actor
• She Spies - Peter
• The Spiderwick Chronicles - Various Goblins
• Ugly Betty - Morning TV show host
• Untitled Star Trek sequel