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->''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII "I play the leading man. Who else?"]]''

Best known for being the voice of [[Characters/FinalFantasyXII Balthier]] and [[Characters/DragonAgeIICompanions Fenris]], Gideon Emery (born 12 September 1972) has provided his "honey-gravel" voice for numerous characters and audiobooks. He's usually cast as a bad guy in his live action roles. Though his natural speaking voice is very distinctive, Emery is extremely talented when it comes to speaking [[FakeAmerican in]] [[FakeIrish different]] [[FakeRussian accents]]. Besides acting, he's also a Jazz singer and released his self-produced album called "Standard Ease" in July 2011.

Born in England and raised in South Africa, Gideon Emery [[LimeyGoesToHollywood moved to Los Angeles]] in 2003. He attended the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_MCM_Expo London MCM Expo]] in October 2011 alongside ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' co-star Creator/AdamHowden, where they made history being the first British guest voice actor panelists at the convention.

!!Roles:
* [[StarMakingRole Balthier]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics: The War of the Lions'' [[invoked]]
* Biggs in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''
* Urianger Augurelt and [[EvilCounterpart Nabriales]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' [[TheOtherDarrin pre-]]''Heavensward'' [[note]]Began as something of a bit role, but became a ''much'' larger role in patch content[[/note]]
* Sgt. Blackburn in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}''
* Bruz in ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar''
* Fergus Reid in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'', ''[[VideoGame/WolfensteinTheOldBlood The Old Blood]]'', and ''[[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewcolossus The New Colossus]]''
* Deucalion in ''Series/TeenWolf''
* Donovan Shepard in ''Series/Moonlight2007''
* Anatoly in ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}''
* Fenris and Samson in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', returning for the latter role in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''
* Taliesin in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''
* Gaius in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
* Cpt. Gideon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare''
* The Imperial guards and background members of the Thieves Guild in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''
* [[spoiler:[[TheOtherDarrin The new voice]] of Jorhan Stahl]] in ''VideoGame/{{Killzone}} Shadow Fall'' [[invoked]]
* Keaton, Dwyer, and [[{{Expy}} Asu]][[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening gi]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''
* The Krampus in ''Film/{{Krampus}}''
* Kuroda Kanbei in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors 3''
* Laurence Nelson in ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101''
* Lor'themar Theron and Brother Pike in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''
* Male Crusader in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII''
* Lott Dod in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
* Orochi in ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi''
* Poseidon in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarIII''
* Prophet Cookie in ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom''
* Sam Gideon in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}''
* Seiya in ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}''
* [[MiniMecha Sentinel Pilot]] in ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar 2: Retribution''
* Sergei in ''Film/{{Takers}}''
* Steve Fox in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 5'', ''6'', ''Tag Tournament 2'', ''8'', and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken''
* Sun Quan in ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'' and ''8''
* President Thomas Eckhart in ''VideoGame/Fallout76''
* UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler in ''Series/TheMiddleman''
* Willy in ''Music/{{Train}}''
* Governor Sloan in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''
* Jerome-092 in ''VideoGame/HaloWars''[='s=] cutscenes
* Captain James Cutter in ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'', [[TheOtherDarrin taking over from]] Creator/GreggBerger (with the role of Jerome in turn being taken over by Creator/MarkDeklin).
* Corrigan Doon, Nazrek The Progenitor, Councilor Vaelen, Clanlord Makaza, Mordechai Redmoon, Draken Male, and Luminai Male in ''VideoGame/WildStar''
* [[spoiler:The Seneschal]] in ''VideoGame/DragonsDogma''.
* Orca in ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd'' and [[spoiler:''VideoGame/UnchartedTheLostLegacy'']]
* Devrim Kay VIII in ''VideoGame/Destiny2''
* Alphred in ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt''
* Zoo Lou in ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}''

!!Tropes:

* BaritoneOfStrength: His voice is notably deep; as a result, the characters he plays are frequently badasses.
* ChronicallyKilledActor: [[http://garnetvengeance.tumblr.com/post/15661153807/the-many-deaths-of-gideon-emery And how!]]
* TheDanza:
** In ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}'', Emery voices a character named Sam Gideon.
** In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'', he is a mocap and voice actor for Cpt. Gideon.
* DeadpanSnarker: Emphasis on the deadpan.
* FakeAmerican:
** As Sgt. Blackburn in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}}''
** Invoked for Sam Gideon in ''VideoGame/{{Vanquish}}''
** Also used an American accent as Gaius in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
** And again as Keaton and Asugi in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the latter being an {{Expy}} of Gaius.
** As the violently nationalistic President Thomas Eckhart in ''VideoGame/Fallout76''.
* FakeScot: He had to do a Scottish accent for Fergus in ''Wolfenstein''.
* FakeRussian: Played the role of [[TheMafiya Anatoly Ranskahov]] in Daredevil.
* InkSuitActor: A lot. Including:
** Emery provided full face scanning and motion capture for [[VideoGame/{{Battlefield 3}} Sgt. Blackburn]], who he affectionately calls "Digi-Gid".
** He also bears a striking resemblance to [[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Fenris]], minus the pointy ears, white hair, and glowing tattoos, of course.
** Cpt. Gideon from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' is basically a slightly older Emery.
** Anyone who's seen a picture of Emery can take a guess who [[https://www.halopedia.org/images/b/bc/HW2_-_Cutter_promo.png James Cutter]] in ''{{VideoGame/Halo Wars 2}}'' is motion captured from.
* PerpetualFrowner: Like Fenris, he's accused of being this a lot. During the panel at the MCM Expo, he made a joke about how people seem to think he's constantly down when he really isn't.
* PlayingAgainstType: Voicework example. Usually voicing people with a deep voice, his portrayal of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Asugi]] has a ''very'' high-pitched, somewhat whiny voice, which stands out even more compared to the character he's an {{Expy}} of, as well as Keaton in the same game.
* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/ReubenLangdon has been Emery's stunt double on multiple occasions. They look like they [[http://justanotheractorinla.blogspot.com/2008/10/real-doppelganger_8876.html could be twins/clones!]]
* SpeakingSimlish: Voiced a sim in ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval''.

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