{{Short description|English actor (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Alex Jordan | image = AlexJordanMCMLondonComicCon2025.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Jordan at the 2025 MCM Comic Con London | birth_name = Alexander Elliott Jordan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|07|30}} | birth_place = Chichester, West Sussex | other_names = | citizenship = | education = Bishop Luffa School Rose Bruford College<ref name="bruford-1">{{cite web | url=https://catalogue.bruford.ac.uk/class-of-2013 | title=Rose Bruford College Class of 2013 }}</ref><ref name="bruford-2">{{cite web | url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/celebrating-75-years-of-rose-bruford-college/ | title=Marking 75 years of Rose Bruford College | date=19 May 2025 }}</ref><ref name="bruford-3">{{cite web | url=https://www.bruford.ac.uk/itvs-sam-tatlow-amongst-2025-fellows-and-honorary-fellows/ | title=ITV Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sam Tatlow MBE and actress Michele Austin amongst 2025 Fellows and Honorary Fellows | date=12 Sep 2025 }}</ref> BA (Hons) in Acting | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2014–present | known_for = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = https://alexjordanactor.com/ }}
'''Alexander Elliott Jordan''' (born 30 July 1990) is an English actor, impressionist and streamer, best known for his video game acting roles as one of two male voices for the customizable player character called Rook in ''Dragon Age: The Veilguard'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/dragon-age/despite-playing-the-hero-in-biowares-latest-dragon-age-the-veilguards-lead-actor-loved-being-evil-in-star-wars-kotor-that-feeling-of-power-its-seductive/ | title=Despite playing the hero in BioWare's latest, Dragon Age: The Veilguard's lead actor loved being evil in Star Wars KOTOR: "That feeling of power, it's seductive" | work=GamesRadar+ | date=29 November 2024 | last1=Serin | first1=Kaan }}</ref> Mr. Hands in ''Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty'', the sex noises in ''Baldur's Gate 3'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/baldurs-gate-3-has-a-voice-actor-dedicated-to-making-sex-sounds-and-he-has-a-message-for-players-you-little-horny-perverts-you-think-of-me/ | title=Baldur's Gate 3 has a voice actor dedicated to making sex sounds and he has a message for players: 'you little horny perverts ... You think of me' | work=PC Gamer | date=4 August 2023 | last1=Chalk | first1=Andy }}</ref> and as all 11 versions<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-alters-review | title=The Alters Review | work=IGN | last1=Stapleton| first1=Dan| date=12 June 2025 }}</ref> of Jan Dolski in ''The Alters''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gamerant.com/alters-story-systemic-game-design-development/ | title=The Alters Dev Talks Storytelling Through Systemic Game Design | work=Game Rant | last1=Duckworth | first1=Joshua | date=22 May 2025 }}</ref>
Jordan also currently stars as I the Kobold Rogue in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' actual play series Natural Six both live and on YouTube.
== Career == Jordan started his acting career by uploading impressions of popular actors such as Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, and Al Pacino to YouTube in 2006 under the name UrbanArtUK.<ref>{{YouTube|id=KJOE-8xBu4w|title="Impressions Showreel"}}</ref> A voice agent found him through these and signed him in 2008 at just 18 years old following which he went to Rose Bruford College drama school in London.<ref name="bruford-1" /><ref name="bruford-2" /><ref>{{YouTube|id=f0bzjrt3nkI|title="I talked to the Wuthering Waves Voice Actors (Scar, Jiyan and Aalto)"}}</ref> Before his studies began he starred as Mr. Grasshopper in a 2007 stage rendition<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1919470.james-and-the-giant-peach-chichester-festival-theatre-until-jan-29/ | title=James And The Giant Peach, Chichester Festival Theatre, until Jan 29 | date=20 December 2007 | work=The Argus | last1=Jerram | first1=Barrie }}</ref> of ''James and the Giant Peach'' at the Chichester Festival Theatre.
After graduating from drama school in 2013<ref name="bruford-1" /> he started as a voice actor, gaining his first acting credit as Joe in series three of the audio drama ''The Confessions of Dorian Gray''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/confessions-of-dorian-grey---cast-details-announced | title=Confessions of Dorian Gray - Cast Details Announced! | date=5 August 2014 }}</ref> based on the Oscar Wilde novel of the same name, dramatized by David Llewellyn. He quickly followed with his first ever<ref name="got-interview">{{cite web |last1=Mulrooney |first1=Martin |date=13 July 2015 |title=INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Alex Jordan (Asher Forrester, Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series) |url=https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2015/07/13/interview-in-conversation-with-alex-jordan-asher-forrester-game-of-thrones-a-telltale-games-series/ |work=Alternative Magazine Online}}</ref> video game role as Asher Forrester in ''Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series''. Jordan was also dabbling in stage work, starring as Bailey in ''The Words I Should Have Said to Phoebe Lewis'' with the End of the Line Theatre Company during Summer 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=https://everything-theatre.co.uk/2014/07/the-words-i-should-have-said-to-phoebe-lewis-phoenix-artist-club-review/ | title=The Words I Should Have Said to Phoebe Lewis, Phoenix Artist Club – Review | work=everything theatre | last1=St Clement| first1=Stephen | date=31 July 2014 }}</ref> and as Marko in Tena Štivičić's award-winning play ''3 Winters'' at the Royal National Theatre from November to February 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britishtheatre.com/posts/review-3-winters-lyttleton-theatre-3stars | title=REVIEW: 3 Winters, Lyttleton Theatre ✭✭✭ | date=12 December 2014 | work=British Theatre | last1=Collins | first1=Stephen }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://exeuntmagazine.com/reviews/3-winters/ | title=3 Winters | date=4 December 2014 | work=Exeunt Magazine | last1=Radosavljevic| first1=Duska }}</ref>
He then landed his first voice-over role in animation in 2015 lending his voice to several characters, including Hot Dog Guy, in Season 4 of ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. Roles he would continue for two more seasons. Jordan is scheduled to reprise his roles in a ''Gumball'' feature film which is currently in pre-production.
Several other minor roles in film, television, and major video game titles have followed such as Dr. Hargreaves in ''EastEnders'', Steve Visby in ''Paddington 2'', and Skrand Sharpbeak in ''Stellaris'' before he landed the titular role in the ''Sherlock Holmes'' video game series beginning with ''Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter'' (2016) and continuing with ''Sherlock Holmes Chapter One'' (2021) and ''Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened'' (2023).
In 2022, Jordan was announced as the male voice of The Professional in Warhammer 40,000: Darktide<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.playdarktide.com/news/dev-blog-voices-of-the-41st-millennium | title=DEV BLOG: VOICES OF THE 41ST MILLENNIUM | date=19 April 2024 }}</ref> and joined the cast of ''Cyberpunk 2077'' for its DLC ''Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty'' as Mr. Hands. In the latter he replaced Sean Power who had voiced the character in the original game.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gamerant.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-mr-hands-different-actor-personality-why/ | title=Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Why Does Mr. Hands Sound and Act Different? | work=Game Rant | date=30 September 2023 | last1=Greif| first1=Zackari }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://primagames.com/gaming/why-does-mr-hands-sound-and-act-different-in-cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty | title=Why does Mr. Hands sound and act different in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty? | work=Prima Games| last1=Lambourne | first1=Aidan | date=2 October 2023 }}</ref>
Prior to the release of ''Dragon Age: The Veilguard'' in 2024, where he voiced the protagonist, he went viral<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dexerto.com/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-3-voice-actor-claims-his-entire-job-was-to-do-the-sexy-sounds-2240590/ | title=Voice actor says they were brought on purely to voice sex scenes in Baldur's Gate 3 | work=Dexerto | last1=Ho | first1=Liam | date=8 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/baldurs-gate-3-narrators-outtakes-are-gloriously-unhinged | title=Baldur's Gate 3 narrator's outtakes are gloriously unhinged | work=Eurogamer| last1=Nightingale | first1=Ed | date=11 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/baldurs-gate-3-sex-noise-specialist-leads-dragon-age-the-veilguard-cast | title=Baldur's Gate 3 sex noise specialist leads Dragon Age: The Veilguard cast | work=Eurogamer| last1=Phillips | first1=Tom | date=22 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/actor-who-voiced-baldurs-gate-3s-kissing-noises-announces-charity-stream-with-hilarious-tiktok-video/1100-6521395/ | title=Actor Who Voiced Baldur's Gate 3's Kissing Noises Announces Charity Stream With Hilarious TikTok Video | work=GameSpot| last1=Lewis | first1=Claire | date=27 February 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dragon-age-veilguard-character-voiced-222734935.html | title=Your Dragon Age: The Veilguard character can be voiced by the guy who did all the Baldur's Gate 3 sex noises | work=Yahoo! | last1=Carpenter | first1=Lincoln | date=22 July 2024 }}</ref> on TikTok as the source of the ''Baldur's Gate 3'' sex noises. The original video has since been viewed over 1.5 million times.<ref name="tiktok.com">https://www.tiktok.com/@alexjordanvoiceactor/video/7263369853023702304</ref> He also voiced Jiyan in ''Wuthering Waves'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thegamer.com/wuthering-waves-voice-actors/ | title=Every Voice Actor And Their Character In Wuthering Waves | work=TheGamer | date=21 May 2024 | last1=Alston| first1=Harry}}</ref> a free-to-play open world action role-playing game, as well as Lord Frygt (an original role in The Lord of the Rings mythos) in ''The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-war-rohirrim-cast-character-guide/ | title=The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim New & Returning Characters Guide | work=ScreenRant | date=30 August 2024 | last1=Sherlock | first1=Ben | last2=Trujillo | first2=Cristina }}</ref>
In Jordan started the year voicing Dahm in ''Eternal Strands''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gematsu.com/2024/08/eternal-strands-launches-in-early-2025 | title=Eternal Strands launches in early 2025 | work=Gematsu| date=22 August 2024 | last1=Romano| first1=Sal }}</ref> and followed up as the Ice King alongside fellow ''Baldur's Gate 3'' alumnus Devora Wilde (Crime Boss) in ''Split Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/split-fiction-who-voiced-ice-king-know | title=Split Fiction: Who voiced the Ice King and where you know him from | work=Sportskeeda | date=12 Mar 2025 | last1=Josef D. Quirmit | first1=Rouvin }}</ref> The two streamed their co-op let's play of the game together.<ref>{{YouTube|id=WiPyUPwted0|title="Devora Wilde and Alex Jordan play Split Fiction! #1"}}</ref>
''The Alters'', Jordan's most ambitious project to date where he plays not only the main character Jan Dolski but also all his various incarnations was released on 13 June 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ambitious-survival-game-the-alters-release-date-set-for-june-13/1100-6530710/ | title=Ambitious Survival Game The Alters' Release Date Set For June 13 | work=GameSpot | last1=Bonthuys | first1=Darryn | date=10 April 2025 }}</ref> His performance has been praised for providing each clone with a unique, distinct personality while at the same time making them all feel "Jan-like".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thegamer.com/the-alters-review/ | title=The Alters Review - Come For The Survival, Leave Questioning Your Whole Life | work=TheGamer| last1=Hallahan | first1=Sam | date=12 June 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/survival/the-alters-review/ | title=The Alters review: "More tactile and story-heavy than the Frostpunk dev's earlier games, but the fight for survival is just as fierce" | work=GamesRader+ | last1=Watts | first1=Rachel | date=12 June 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/144672/the-alters-review-score | title=The Alters review: A second chance to be a better you | work=ShackNews | last1=O'Brien | first1=Aidan | date=12 June 2025 }}</ref> Game director Tomasz Kisilewicz of 11 Bit Studios has expressed the joy of working with him and praised his enthusiasm and persistence despite the "hundreds of hours" of recording required to handle a branching narrative where each alter may have a different intonation or completely different accent altogether.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gamerant.com/alters-interview-voice-actor-alex-jordan-jan-dolski-characters/ | title=The Alters Director Discusses Working with One Actor to Voice Almost an Entire Cast | work=Game Rant | last1=Jewett | first1=Katelyn Mitchell | date=30 May 2024 }}</ref> For his performance Jordan was nominated<ref name=golden-joystick-1>{{cite press release | author=<!-- not stated --> | date=3 Oct 2025 | title=Voting Is Now Open in the 43rd Golden Joystick Awards | url=https://www.gamespress.com/en-GB/Voting-Is-Now-Open-in-the-43rd-Golden-Joystick-Awards | publisher=Future plc}}</ref> for a 2025 Golden Joystick Award in the Best Lead Performer category as well as longlisted<ref name=bafta-1>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/bafta-game-longlist-indiana-jones-ghost-yotei-split-fiction-1236604921/|title=‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,’ ‘Ghost of Yōtei’ and ‘Split Fiction’ Among Best Game Contenders in 2026 BAFTA Games Awards Longlist|first=Andrew|last=McGowen|work=Variety|date=December 9, 2025|accessdate=December 10, 2025}}</ref> for a British Academy Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role.
Jordan was made a fellow<ref name=bruford-3 /> of Rose Bruford College in September 2025.
To start off 2026 Jordan was announced, alongside Natural Six cast mate Doug Cockle, as voicing yet to be named roles in Emberville.<ref name=emberville-1>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/emberville-announced-for-pc-aims-to-be-like-diablo-lite-meets-stardew-valley | title=Emberville Announced for PC; Aims to Be Like Diablo Lite Meets Stardew Valley | work=IGN | last1=McCaffrey | first1=Ryan | date=27 January 2026 }}</ref> He will also voice direct the game.<ref name=emberville-2>{{cite web | url=https://kotaku.com/emberville-diablo-stardew-valley-rpg-life-sim-trailer-2000663882 | title=Emberville Is A Mash-Up Of Diablo And Stardew Valley That Has Our Attention | work=Kotaku | last1=Zollner | first1=Amelia | date=28 January 2026 }}</ref>
===Activism===
Jordan is a supporter of the rights of voice talent related to the use of Generative artificial intelligence in the games industry. Along with his ''Natural Six'' castmates Doug Cockle and Harry McEntire he has spoken out in support of actors during the 2024–2025 SAG-AFTRA video game strike. Due to the fact that in the United Kingdom workers cannot strike in solidarity with their SAG-AFTRA counterparts in the United States, Jordan has not been helping with promotion of a new game instead.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j81gy8466o | title=UK-based stars support US video game strikes as row continues | work=BBC | last1=Rogers | first1=Andrew | date=30 October 2024 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Jordan lives in London with his wife, and dog Gatsby, having grown up in Hove, East Sussex and Chichester, West Sussex where he has continued to be involved in the community since becoming a professional actor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.childrensbookfest.com/bookfest-chichester-21 | title=Children's BookFest Chichester 2021 | date=October 2021 }}</ref> He is an avid football fan<ref name="got-interview" /> and supporter of his home town Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. who has spoken publicly several times<ref name="tiktok.com"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2023/05/18/passionate-brighton-fan-says-what-it-means-to-be-a-true-supporter/ | title=Passionate video shows Brighton fan explaining what it really means to be a true footie supporter | work=Deadline News | last1=Prothero| first1=Ivan | date=23 May 2023 }}</ref> about the social value, community and family impact of the game on himself and others in England.
==Selected filmography== ===Stage=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " ! Year !! Production !! Role !! Notes |- | 2014 || ''The Words I Should Have Said to Phoebe Lewis'' || Bailey || |- | 2014 || ''3 Winters'' || Marko || Royal National Theatre |- |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2017|| ''Paddington 2'' || Steve Visby || |- | 2024|| ''The Glassworker'' || Professor Ansari || |- | 2024|| ''The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim'' || Lord Frygt || |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2015-2019|| ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' || Business Ogre, Hot Dog Guy many others || 51 episodes |- | 2017 || ''EastEnders'' || Dr. Hargreaves || 1 episode |- | 2025|| ''Andor'' || Soldier #1 || 2 episodes |- |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2014|| ''Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series'' || Asher Forrester || |- | rowspan="2" | 2016|| ''Stellaris'' || Skrand Sharpbeak || |- | ''Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter'' || Sherlock Holmes || |- | rowspan="2" | 2022|| ''Sherlock Holmes Chapter One'' || Sherlock Holmes || |- | ''Warhammer 40,000: Darktide'' || The Professional, Traitor Captain || |- | rowspan="3" | 2023|| ''Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened'' || Sherlock Holmes || |- | ''Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty'' || Mr. Hands || |- | ''Baldur's Gate 3'' || Sex noises || |- | rowspan="2" | 2024|| ''Wuthering Waves'' || Jiyan || |- | ''Dragon Age: The Veilguard'' || Rook || |- | rowspan="3" | 2025|| ''Eternal Strands'' || Dahm || |- | ''Split Fiction'' || Ice King || |- | ''The Alters'' || Jan Dolski || |- | 2026 || Emberville || TBA || Also voice director<ref name=emberville-2 /> |- |}
===Web series === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- " ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Source |- |2023–present |''Natural Six'' |I | |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/natural-six-dungeons-and-dragons-ben-starr-hollie-bennett-3520470 | title='Natural Six' is a 'Dungeons & Dragons' campaign series with some very famous voices | work=NME | date=25 October 2023 | first1=Andy | last1=Brown }}</ref> |}
== Awards and nominations == {| class=wikitable |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominated work ! scope="col" | Result ! Ref. |- | 2025 | Golden Joystick Awards | Best Lead Performer | rowspan="2" | ''The Alters'' | {{Nominated}} | <ref name=golden-joystick-1 /> |- | 2026 | 22nd British Academy Games Awards | Performer in a Leading Role | {{longlisted}} | <ref name=bafta-1 /> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://alexjordanactor.com}} * {{IMDb name|nm7074735}}
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