Troy Baker
Troy Edward Baker (born April 1, 1976) is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for his video game roles as Joel Miller in The Last of Us (2013) and its sequel (2020), Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014) and Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2018), Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman: The Telltale Series (2016) and Batman: The Enemy Within (2017), Pagan Min in the Far Cry franchise, the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins (2013), the Arkham Knight in Batman: Arkham Knight (2015), Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vesperia, Samuel “Sam” Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (2016) and The Lost Legacy (2017), Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite (2013), Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4, Jake Muller in Resident Evil 6 (2012), Vincent Brooks in Catherine (2011), Delsin Rowe in Infamous Second Son (2014), Rhys in Tales from the Borderlands (2014), Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding (2019). Baker currently holds the record for the most acting nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards, with five between 2013 and 2021.
Baker also voices Batman, Hawkeye, and Loki in various media, and has provided voices for a number of English dubs of anime, including Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto: Shippuden, One Piece, and Soul Eater. He was previously the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Tripp Fontaine, with whom he released an album titled Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin (2004). He then released the solo album Sitting in the Fire (2014) before he and his backing band changed their name to Window to the Abbey and released the album Moving Around Bias (2017).
Baker began his voice acting career doing radio commercials in Dallas. He was recruited by Christopher Sabat to do voice-over work at Funimation for the English adaptation of the anime Case Closed.[4] He went on to work in dubbing anime such as Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, and the Funimation dub of One Piece. He then moved to Los Angeles and began working on Marvel-based animated series, providing the voice of various characters in The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, as well as Hawkeye and Loki in Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble.[5]
Baker’s career in the video game industry began when he voiced Matt Baker in the tactical shooter series Brothers in Arms. In an interview with The Griff, he said, “It was starting to become necessary for actors to become involved [in gaming], so I got into that and it was literally stumbling from one job into the next. That was kind of my first snowball effect.”[4] His most notable roles came in 2013, when he provided the voice of Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite and the voice and motion capture of Joel in The Last of Us. Both games earned critical acclaim, gaining scores over 90% on GameRankings[6][7] and Metacritic,[8][9] and widespread commercial success.[10][11] He was nominated for both of these roles at VGX 2013, winning for The Last of Us. He then worked on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, playing Nathan Drake’s older brother Sam. He reprised the role in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.[12]
