Wes Johnson (born June 6, 1961) is an American actor,

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and

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, who has appeared in such films as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Invasion'', ''

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'' and '' Hearts in Atlantis''. He has appeared on television in '' Homicide: Life on the Streets'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Wes is married to his childhood sweetheart Kim Barrett Johnson. They are the parents of three sons.

Career

Wes co-presented with the legendary

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for two years on his last nationally syndicated radio show, writing comedy sketches and performing them with the Wolfman live on a weekly basis. Wes has written for and appeared in various comedy

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s including Fresh Victims, Gross National Product, and The Loyal Opposition. He also created the comic strips ''Martini 'N Clyde'' and ''Joe Fan'', which have been published in ''

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'' and ''Sports Fan Magazine'', respectively. Wes is the P.A. announcer for the

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. Wes was the series announcer for ''

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'' on FOX until December 2009, replacing the late

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in September 2008. Wes filmed the pilot "Bennie's" with

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in summer 2016. He portrayed a character named "Walter". Wes' voice has appeared in cartoons, commercials and video games. He provided

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for three installments of ''

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'': ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He voiced Lucien Lachance, the Gray Fox, the Arena Announcer, Sheogorath, Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II and was the default voice for Imperial males in ''Oblivion''. In 2014, Johnson reprised the role of Sheogorath for the

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series ''Elder Scrolls Lore'' by the channel ''ShoddyCast''. Later in 2015 he voiced the super mutant King Ludd as well as Scribe Bigsley in ''ShoddyCast's'' ''The storyteller: A Fallout Lore Series''. He also lent his voice to '' Star Trek: Legacy'', which features the voices of all five original TV Captains, and the video game '' Star Trek: Conquest''. He appeared in ''

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'' as the nefarious Mister Burke as well as the Super Mutants Fawkes and Uncle Leo, the Protectrons, Sentry Bots, and Scribe Bigsley. In ''

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'' he reprised the Protectrons, as well as playing The Silver Shroud and Moe Cronin. He plays Z'aanta in Square Enix's Octopath Traveller. Wes has appeared on ''The

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Show'' on WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland, '' Broadminded'' on XM 155, and reviewed movies weekly for ''The Chip Franklin Show'' on KOGO in San Diego, California. He appeared as a guest narrator for symphonic black metal band Epicland on the album ''Bound for Greatness''. He appeared in the short films ''Oblivion in Real Life'' and ''Oblivion in Real Life II'' on the LaFave Bros

channel. Johnson declined payment for his appearances, instead asking viewers to consider donating to the

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. He also has a YouTube channel.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Short film

References

External links

Official site
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Article in San Francisco Chronicle
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