Josh Keaton
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Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known professionally as Josh Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his many voice roles, including Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Spider-Man in various media in addition to Electro in the video game Marvel's Spider-Man, Jack Darby in Transformers: Prime and the adolescent Hercules in Hercules. He was also the voice of Ryu Hayabusa in the console versions of Ninja Gaiden, and the voice of Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He is also the voice of King Anduin Wrynn in the MMORPG World of Warcraft and Tyler in Pokémon Concierge.
Early life
Keaton was born outside of Los Angeles in Hacienda Heights, California on February 8, 1979, to a father from New York City, and a mother from Lima, Peru.[1][2] He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah (Ali Navarro), and Sabrina. He is fluent in Spanish which he learned first as a child, and later English. As a child, he learned to speak some Quechua from his maternal grandparents. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic.[3]
Career
His career has included television, video game and film work, with a mixture of live acting and voice work for animations. As an infant, he appeared in an OshKosh B'gosh commercial. Then in 1990 He Would Appear in Kidsongs: A Day at camp and his final kidsongs appearance, Kidsongs: Ride The Roller Coaster. He was in the 1990s boy band No Authority and was signed to MJJ Music and later RCA Records as a solo artist.
Keaton voiced Jules Brown in Back to the Future: The Animated Series during 1991–1992 and Major Ocelot during Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
From 2008 to 2009, he voiced Peter Parker / Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series on The CW. He was originally supposed to voice the character in the 2002 Spider-Man video game but his voice work was scrapped and reworked as Harry Osborn / Green Goblin when Tobey Maguire came on to voice the character.[4] He also reprised the role of New Goblin in the 2007 video game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, and Spider-Man again in several video games (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Spider-Man: Edge of Time). From 2017 to 2020, Keaton provided the voice of several recurring characters in Marvel's Spider-Man on Disney XD. He would also portray the villain Max Dillon / Electro in the 2018 Spider-Man video game developed by Insomniac Games, providing both the physical motion capture and voice for the character.
In 2011, Keaton was the voice for Spyro the Dragon in the Skylanders reboot of the franchise, Jack Darby and Tailgate on Transformers: Prime, and Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
Since 2012, he is the voice for Anduin Wrynn in the video games World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.[5][6]
At Wondercon 2016, it was announced that Keaton would play Shiro, one of the main characters of the Voltron animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender that premiered on June 10, exclusively on Netflix.[7]
Filmography
Voice acting
Films
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| Template:Dts | New Kids on the Block | Albert | ||
| 1991 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Pontus | Episode: "A World Below Us" | |
| Snoopy's Reunion | Linus van Pelt | Television special | ||
| Peter Pan and the Pirates | Curly | |||
| Template:Dts–1992 | Back to the Future | Jules Brown | ||
| Template:Dts | Batman: The Animated Series | Young Michael Stromwell | Episode: "It's Never Too Late" | [8] |
| Template:Dts | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Sean Willis, Sir Roland | Episode: "Trustworthiness" | |
| Template:Dts | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Driver, Zombie #2, Vendor | Episode: "Jeffy's Web/Irwin Gets a Clue" | |
| Template:Dts–06 | Bratz | Eitan | [8] | |
| Template:Dts | Ben 10 | Tim Dean, Hector, Kid #2 | 2 episodes | |
| Template:Dts–11 | The Path of Atticus | Atticus | ||
| Template:Dts–2009 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | [8] | |
| Template:Dts | Firebreather | Troy Adams | Television film | |
| Template:Dts–13 | Transformers: Prime | Jack Darby, Tailgate, additional voices | ||
| 2011 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Ian | Episode: "Disenfranchised" | |
| The Super Hero Squad Show | Moon-Boy | Episode: "The Devil Dinosaur You Say!" | [8] | |
| Template:Dts–15 | Winx Club | Valtor, Duman, King Oritel of Domino | Nickelodeon dub | |
| Template:Dts–2013 | Green Lantern: The Animated Series | Hal Jordan / Green Lantern | [8] | |
| Template:Dts | Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games | Steve Lookers | ||
| 2012, 2019 | Young Justice | Black Spider, Wilheim Vittings | ||
| 2013 | Hero Factory | William Furno | Episode: "Brain Attack" | |
| Regular Show | Auto T | Episode: "The Thanksgiving Special" | [8] | |
| Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow | Levi | |||
| Doc McStuffins | Johnny Foosball | Episode: "You Foose, You Lose" | ||
| 2015 | Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles | White House Aide, Kobra Guard | [8] | |
| The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Wilbur Wright | Episode: "Wright Brothers" | ||
| 2015–2017 | DC Super Hero Girls | Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Steve Trevor | ||
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Additional Voices | 5 episodes | ||
| Template:Dts | Kulipari | Darel | ||
| Template:Dts–2018 | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane | [8][7] | |
| Justice League Action | Hal Jordan / Green Lantern | [8] | ||
| Template:Dts | Ant-Man | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | [14] | |
| Template:Dts–2021 | Ben 10 | XLR8, SixSix, Acid Breath, various voices | [8] | |
| Template:Dts–2020 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Gabe, Kyle, Ben Leonard, Navy Officer, Actor, Gabe-Farious | ||
| Spider-Man | Norman Osborn / Dark Goblin / Spider-King, John Jameson, Ollie Osnick / Steel Spider, additional voices | |||
| Elena of Avalor | Miguel, Andres | 4 episodes | ||
| 2018 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Scott Lang / Ant-Man | Episode: "Back in the New York Groove" | |
| Template:Dts–2020 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Additional voices | Uncredited | |
| 2019 | Trolls: The Beat Goes On! | Mr. Glittercakes, Thistle McCall | [8] | |
| Template:Dts–22 | It's Pony | Heston | Secondary voice role | |
| Template:Dts | Dota: Dragon's Blood | Bram | Netflix series | [15] |
| 2021–2024 | What If...? | Steve Rogers / Captain America / Hydra Stomper | Recurring role | [16][8] |
| Arcane | Deckard, Salo, Customs Agent, Gorgeous Man | 4 episodes | [17][8] | |
| 2022 | Dragon Age: Absolution | Rezaren, Tevinter Mage | 6 episodes | [18][8] |
| Tales of the Jedi | Senator Dagonet's Son | Episode: "Justice" | [8] | |
| 2023 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Syphon8er, Angelo, Additional voices | 2 episodes | |
| Pokémon Concierge | Tyler | |||
| 2024 | Spectacular Spider-Man Blue | Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Earth-26496) | Fan film; reprises role as Spider-Man from The Spectacular Spider-Man | [19] |
| Invincible | Agent Spider, Jogger | Episode: "I Thought You Were Stronger" | ||
| X-Men '97 | Steve Rogers / Captain America | 2 episodes | ||
| Ranma 1/2 | Dr. Tofu Ono | English dub, 2024 remake | [8] | |
| 2024–2025 | Hot Wheels Let's Race | Axle Spoiler | ||
| 2025 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Richard Parker | Episode: "If This Be My Destiny..." | [8] |
Video games
Audio books
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rain of the Ghosts | Tommy McMinn, Chris LeVell |
Live-action
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Dts–90 | Kidsongs | Himself | Videos: "A Day at Camp" "Ride the Roller Coaster" "Disneyland Fun" | |
| Template:Dts | All I Want for Christmas | Brad | ||
| Template:Dts | Newsies | Newsboy | ||
| 1996 | Same River Twice | Andy | ||
| Judge and Jury | Boy #2 | |||
| Infinity | David | |||
| Template:Dts | Just Write | Teenager on Trolley | ||
| Template:Dts | The Souler Opposite | Young Barry | ||
| Template:Dts | Chimera House | Roy | ||
| Template:Dts | The Even Stevens Movie | Mootai / Jason | ||
| Template:Dts | Up-In-Down Town | Billy |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Dts | I'm Telling! | Himself | Contestant | |
| Template:Dts | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | First Male Cousin | 2 episodes | |
| 1994 | Someone Like Me | Doug | Episode: "El Presidente" | |
| Boy Meets World | Boy #2, Roy | 2 episodes | ||
| Template:Dts | Sister, Sister | Franklin | Episode: "It's a Party Thang" | |
| Template:Dts–1996 | The Secret World of Alex Mack | Bryce | Recurring role | |
| Template:Dts | Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Glee Club #2 | Episode: "Fire at the Max: Part 1" | |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | Will Peters | Episode: "The Son Also Rises" | |
| Baywatch | Todd Rose | Episode: "Rendezvous" | ||
| General Hospital | Tim | Recurring role | ||
| Step by Step | Will Peters | Episode: "Just Say Maybe" | ||
| 1999 | Touched by an Angel | Young Nick Stratton | Episode: "Made in the U.S.A." | |
| A Murder on Shadow Mountain | Young Denny | Television film | ||
| 1999-2002 | The Young and the Restless | Brendon | Recurring role 10 episodes |
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| 2002 | Boston Public | Martin Andrews | Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Four" | |
| ER | Greg | Episode: "Tell Me Where It Hurts" | ||
| Template:Dts | Will & Grace | Salvatore | 2 episodes | |
| Template:Dts | Bones | Yasutani the Terrible | Episode: "The Superhero in the Alley" | |
| Template:Dts | Scorpion | Phil Daniels | Episode: "True Colors" |
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