"The first to describe Robin Atkin Downes is the loser."
Robin Atkin Downes (born 6 September 1976 in London, England) is a British expatriate who is one of the most prolific voice-over actors in Los Angeles. He has his own YouTube channel
and Twitter account.
Don't confuse him with the similarly named Robert Downey Jr., or with Rowan Atkinson.
Notable roles by Robin Atkin Downes:
- Angel - Pockla
- All-Star Superman - Solaris
- Arcane - Lock
- Army of Two: The 40th Day - Viktor Breznev
- Assassin's Creed III - George Washington
- Asura's Wrath- Yasha
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes - Abomination, Baron Zemo
- Babylon 5 - Byron
- Baten Kaitos Origins - Seph
- Batman and Harley Quinn - Rhino
- Batman: Bad Blood - Mad Hatter
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Weather Wizard, Firefly, Ten-Eyed Man, Kobra
- Batman: The Enemy Within - The Riddler
- Batman: The Killing Joke - Harvey Bullock
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice / Zack Snyder's Justice League - Doomsday (voice)
- Batman: Year One - Harvey Dent
- Battleship - Soccer Announcer
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Bellington
- Ben 10 - Jonah Melville
- Ben 10 (2016) - Hex
- Beverly Hills, 90210 - Richard
- Beware the Batman - Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, Man-Bat
- Bionic Commando (2009) - Thomas “Sniper” Clarke
- Brütal Legend - Fletus and various Warfathers
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Machida
- Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai - James Logan
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - Infantry Section
- Charmed - Demon Of Illusion
- Constantine: City of Demons - Nergal
- Dawn of War 2: Retribution - Cadian Imperial Guardsmen units
- Destiny 2 - The Spider
- Diablo III - Male Demon Hunter, Lachdanan
- Dirge of Cerberus - Genesis Rhapsodos
- DuckTales (2017) - Falcon Graves
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Brynjolf
- Fallout 4 - Sinjin
- Fallout: New Vegas - Deputy Beagle, Mr Gutzy Robot, Creature Mutant
- Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon - Dr. Carlyle
- Fatal Frame II - Seijiro Makabe
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions - Delita Heiral
- Forky Asks a Question - Mr. Pricklepants (replacing Timothy Dalton)
- Game of Thrones (Telltale) - Lord Gregor Forrester, Duncan Tuttle, Andros
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra video game - Destro
- Gears of War - Lt. Kim and Chaps
- Gears of War 2 - Minh, Chaps, Niles, Locust Drones, Kantus, Boomers and Sires
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Steam Lantern
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Chocolate Sailor
- Guild Wars - Prince Rurik
- Guild Wars Nightfall - Zhed Shadowhoof and Dunkoro's Son
- Gungrave: Overdose - Garino Creale Corsione
- Halo series - The Prophet of Regret
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters - Edward (Voice)
- Haunting Ground - Lorenzo
- How to Train Your Dragon - Ack
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. - Abomination and Annihilus
- In Plain Sight - Vidonne Gustonne
- I Know That Voice - Himself
- Jade Empire - Sagacious Zu
- Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier - Captain Phoenix
- Just Cause - Rico Rodriguez
- Justice League: Doom: Alfred and Jack
- Justice League: The New Frontier - The Guardians of the Universe
- Justice League Unlimited - Gentleman Ghost
- Killer7 - Hiro Kasai
- Kingdom Hearts series - Luxord
- Lair - Rohn
- The Last of Us - Robert
- Mad Max (2015) - Deep Friar
- MadWorld - Operator A / Kojack
- The Matrix: Path of Neo - The Merovingian
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance - Bruce Banner, Cyclops, Crimson Dynamo
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 - Cable
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds - Announcer
- Mass Effect - Sebastian Van Heerden, Salarian, Turian
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker/Metal Gear Solid V - Kazuhira Miller"They played us like a damn fiddle!"
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops - Jonathan
- Modern Warfare 3 - Nikolai
- Mortal Kombat Legends:
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge : Kano
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms: Shinnok; Reiko
- Nash Bridges - Bruce Jenkel
- Ninja Gaiden - Gamov
- Ninja Gaiden II - Alexei
- No More Heroes series - Travis Touchdown
- Onimusha 3 Demo N Siege - Samanosuke Akechi
- The Owl House - Adegast, Centaur
- Pirates Of The Caribbean At Worlds End (video game) - Davy Jones
- Predators - Predator vocals
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - The Prince
- Prometheus - Ship Computer Voice
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Captain Slag
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Emperor Nefarious
- Regular Show - Gary
- Resistance 2 - Daedelus
- Resistance: Retribution - James Grayson
- Resistance 3 - Joseph Capelli
- The Saboteur - Sean Devlin
- Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV - Male Voice 3
- Sofia the First - Sir Finnegan, Chef Andre, Bear
- Spider-Man: Friend or Foe - Mysterio
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Moon Knight
- StarCraft II - Science Vessel
- Empire at War: Forces of Corruption - Grand Admiral Thrawn
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Cham Syndulla, Rush Clovis, Castas, Master Ima-Gun Di, Master Cin Drallig
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Griff Vao
- Star Wars Rebels - Cham Syndulla
- Steamboy - David
- The Strain - The Master (voice)
- Superman vs. the Elite - Manchester Black
- The Tale of Despereaux - The Cat
- Tales of Symphonia - Origin and Botta
- Team Fortress 2 - The Medic
- Thor: God of Thunder (2011) - Mangog
- ThunderCats (2011) - Mumm-Ra, Captain Tunar, Javan
- Tomb Raider (2013) - Conrad Roth, Additional Voices
- Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen - Prime #3
- Transformers: Prime – The Game - Thunderwing
- TRON: Evolution - Kalev
- The Umbrella Academy - AJ Carmichael
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Atoq Navarro
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Tenzin (mo-cap only)
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Talbot
- Uncharted: Golden Abyss - Vincent Perez
- Valkyria Chronicles - Faldio Landzaat
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Trip
- X-Men Legends - Cyclops and Pyro
- Yakuza - Kyohei Jingu
Tropes found in his acting and voice acting:
- Chronically Killed Actor: As part of the Production Posse for Naughty Dog, he usually bites it.
- In the first Uncharted, he plays Navarro who is killed by Drake as the Final Boss.
- In Uncharted 3, he plays Talbot, who once again serves as the Final Boss and has a Disney Villain Death.
- His character dies about twenty minutes into Bulletstorm.
- In Uncharted Golden Abyss, he plays Vincent Perez, the game's historical explorer and therefore a Posthumous Character.
- In The Last of Us, he plays Robert, the game's Warm-Up Boss who is killed by Tess in a cutscene.
- In Uncharted 4, he plays Hector Alcázar, the supposed Big Bad who is really Dead All Along and may not have been involved in the main conflict at all.
- In Batman: The Enemy Within, He plays The Riddler who, although a formidable threat, doesn't survive past the end of the first episode.
- And now in Season 6 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rush Clovis dies saving Padme's life in "Crisis of the Heart".
- Fake American: He plays Travis Touchdown, despite being British.
- Fake Australian: As Deep Friar.
- Fake Irish: As Sean Devlin.
- Fake Nationality: As Baron Zemo and the Medic.
- Guttural Growler: As Male Voice 3.
- Jerkass: His voiced characters of Travis and The Medic, among others.
- Mr. Fanservice: Plays these characters quite a bit.
- Running Gag: If he shows up in a Naughty Dog game his character is going to die quick and painfully - the sole exception being Tenzin from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
- Self-Deprecation: He's played Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, commenting that he loved "kicking Talbot's ass"—his own-voiced character.
- Serkis Folk: Apparently did the motion-capture for Doomsday in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
- Trolling Creator: He put up a fake "Meet The Medic" voice test on his YouTube channel.
