Troy Baker

Troy Baker is an American voice actor whose video game roles defined a generation of interactive storytelling. Born April 1, 1976, he voiced Joel Miller in The Last of Us franchise, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite (2013), Samuel Drake across Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017), Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), and Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding (2019) and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025). His other major gaming roles include Yuri Lowell in Tales of Vesperia (2008), Kanji Tatsumi in Persona 4 (2008), Vincent Brooks in Catherine (2011), Talion in the Middle-earth: Shadow duology (2014–2017), Pagan Min in Far Cry 4 (2014), and Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024). Beyond games, he has voiced Batman, the Joker, Hawkeye, and Loki in various animated and live-action projects, and provided English dubs for anime including Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Naruto: Shippuden. Baker holds the record for the most BAFTA Games Awards acting nominations, with seven nominations between 2013 and 2026. As an Aries born in April, he embodies the sign's commanding presence and fearless approach to complex, morally grey characters. Beyond acting, Baker was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Tripp Fontaine, releasing the album Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin (2004), then pivoted to a solo album, Sitting in the Fire (2014), before rebranding with his backing band as Window to the Abbey and releasing Moving Around Bias (2017). In 2022, he announced a partnership with the NFT company Voiceverse that drew controversy after the company was discovered to have plagiarized from the free service 15.ai; he ended the partnership within two weeks.