# Wes Johnson

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**Wes Johnson** (born June 6, 1961) is an American actor, [cartoonist](/source/Cartoonist), [comedian](/source/Comedian) and [voice artist](/source/Voice_artist), who has appeared in such films as *[A Dirty Shame](/source/A_Dirty_Shame)*, *[Head of State](/source/Head_of_State_(2003_film))*, *[The Invasion](/source/The_Invasion_(film))*, *[For Richer or Poorer](/source/For_Richer_or_Poorer)* and *[Hearts in Atlantis](/source/Hearts_in_Atlantis_(film))*. He has appeared on television in *[Homicide: Life on the Street](/source/Homicide:_Life_on_the_Street)*, *[The Wire](/source/The_Wire)*, and *[Veep](/source/Veep_(TV_series))*.

## Career

Johnson co-presented with the legendary [Wolfman Jack](/source/Wolfman_Jack) for two years on his last nationally syndicated radio show, writing comedy sketches and performing them with the Wolfman live on a weekly basis. Johnson has written for and appeared in various comedy [troupes](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/troupe) including Fresh Victims, Gross National Product, and The Loyal Opposition. He also created the comic strips *Martini 'N Clyde* and *Joe Fan*, which have been published in *[The Washington Times](/source/The_Washington_Times)* and *Sports Fan Magazine*, respectively.

Johnson is the P.A. announcer for the [National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League)'s [Washington Capitals](/source/Washington_Capitals).[2]

Johnson was the series announcer for *[America's Most Wanted](/source/America's_Most_Wanted)* on FOX until December 2009, replacing the late [Don LaFontaine](/source/Don_LaFontaine) in September 2008.[2]

Johnson filmed the pilot *Bennie's* with [Ed Asner](/source/Ed_Asner) in summer 2016. He portrayed a character named "Walter".

Johnson's voice has appeared in cartoons, commercials and video games.

He provided [voice acting](/source/Voice_acting) for three installments of *[The Elder Scrolls](/source/The_Elder_Scrolls)*: *[Morrowind](/source/The_Elder_Scrolls_III:_Morrowind)*, *[Oblivion](/source/The_Elder_Scrolls_IV:_Oblivion)*, and *[Skyrim](/source/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim)*.[2] He voiced Lucien Lachance, the Gray Fox, the Arena Announcer, Sheogorath, Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II and was the default voice for Imperial males in *Oblivion*. In 2014, Johnson reprised the role of Sheogorath for the [YouTube](/source/YouTube) series *Elder Scrolls Lore* by the channel *ShoddyCast*.

He also lent his voice to *[Star Trek: Legacy](/source/Star_Trek:_Legacy)*, which features the voices of all five original TV Captains, and the video game *[Star Trek: Conquest](/source/Star_Trek:_Conquest)*.

He appeared in *[Fallout 3](/source/Fallout_3)* as the nefarious Mister Burke as well as the Super Mutants Fawkes and Uncle Leo, the Protectrons, Sentry Bots, and Scribe Bigsley. In *[Fallout 4](/source/Fallout_4)* he reprised the Protectrons, as well as playing The Silver Shroud and Moe Cronin. In 2015 he voiced the super mutant King Ludd as well as Scribe Bigsley in *ShoddyCast's* *The storyteller: A Fallout Lore Series*.[3]

He plays Z'aanta in Square Enix's Octopath Traveller.

Johnson has appeared on *The [Shari Elliker](/source/Shari_Elliker) Show* on [WBAL](/source/WBAL_(AM)) in Baltimore, Maryland, *[Broadminded](/source/Broadminded_(radio_program))* on XM 155, and reviewed movies weekly for *The [Chip Franklin](/source/Chip_Franklin) Show* on [KOGO](/source/KOGO_(AM)) in San Diego, California.

He appeared as a guest narrator for symphonic black metal band Epicland on the album *Bound for Greatness*.

He appeared in the short films *Oblivion in Real Life* and *Oblivion in Real Life II* on the LaFave Bros [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel. Johnson declined payment for his appearances, instead asking viewers to consider donating to the [Alzheimer's Association](/source/Alzheimer's_Association).[4]

He also has a YouTube channel.

## Personal life

Johnson is married to his childhood sweetheart Kim Barrett Johnson. They are the parents of three sons.[5]

In January 2025, Johnson suffered a medical emergency while in [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)) to host a benefit event for the National Alzheimer's Association. He was hospitalized in an Atlanta [intensive care unit](/source/Intensive_care_unit) after being found unresponsive in his hotel room.[6] It was reported on January 31 that Johnson had recovered from an [induced coma](/source/Induced_coma) and that he had been released from the hospital.[7][8]

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Notes 1997 For Richer or Poorer Tourist Man 1998 The Yard The Wood Guy 2001 Hearts In Atlantis Sports Announcer 2003 Head of State Teamster 2004 A Dirty Shame Fat Fuck Frank 2004 Ted's 12 Pete Palmer 2007 The Invasion News Stand Vendor 2015 Sally Pacholok Dr. Dubrowski 2020 Volkov Origin Father O'Malley Post-production[9]

### Television

Year Title Role Notes 1996 Space Ghost Coast to Coast Himself Season 3, Episode 9: "Surprise" 1996 Unsolved Mysteries Richard Series 8, Episode 18 1998 Homicide: Life on the Street Victor Resnick Episode: "Abduction" 1998–2009 America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Announcer / BTK Killer / Prescott Sigmund / Trevor Mitchell 20 Episodes 2001 Sketch Pad Announcer 2003 The Wire Security Supervisor Episode: "Storm Warnings" 2009 Phineas and Ferb Additional voices Episode: "The Chronicles of Meap" 2011 Police P.O.V. Announcer 2012 Downunder Horsemanship Narrator 11 Episodes 2013 Veep Peter Episode "Signals" / TV short 2016 Bennie's Walter Episode: "Elevator" 2016–2017 The Grindhouse Radio Himself 3 Episodes 2019– Urgablob Audio Adventure Urgablob 1 Episode

### Video games

Year Title Role Notes 2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Boethiah, Malacath, Molag Bal 2003 Unreal II: The Awakening Additional voices 2004 World of Warcraft 2005 Hammer & Sickle English Dub 2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Lucien Lachance, The Grey Fox, Pelinal Whitestrake, All Imperial males, Arena announcer|Lucien Lachance, Sheogorath, Imperial Watch and other roles Night Watch Additional voices Star Trek: Legacy Menvek, Klingon Captain, Borg 2007 The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles Sheogorath, Bruscus Dannus, Dyus Star Trek: Conquest Cardassian Officer, Federation Officer, Klingon Admiral #1 AMF Bowling Pinbusters! Big Money 2008 Fallout 3 Mr. Burke, Fawkes, Protectrons, Sentry Bots, Super Mutants, Scribe Bigsley, Swampfolk, Various unnamed NPCs [10] 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II, Sheogorath, Lucien Lachance, Dremora [10] 2015 Fallout 4 Moe Cronin, Protectron, The Silver Shroud, Super Mutants 2017 The Elder Scrolls: Legends Sheogorath, Arena Announcer 2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Maghar Orc (Male) Fallout 76 Protectrons, Mister Fluffy, Boomer [10] 2020 Fallout 76: Wastelanders Professor-bot, Sunny, Boomer 2020–2024 The Elder Scrolls Online Ard Caddach, Hermaeus Mora 2023 Starfield Ron Hope

### Short film

Year Title Role 1999 The Pitch Pitcher 2003 48 Hours to Romance Buck Conway / Buddy Johnson 2007 Mr. Comedy Pie Investigator No. 1 2008 Last Call Donald Pettiway 2018 Oblivion in Real Life Voices 2019 Oblivion in Real Life II 65 Years of the Big Go!

## References

1. ["Wes Johnson - Comedy"](http://www.wesjohnson.com/comedy.shtml). Retrieved May 25, 2020.

1. McClain, Buzz (October 10, 2016). ["The many faces of a 'furious' voice"](https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2016/10/10/the-many-faces-of-a-furious-voice/). *Northern Virginia Magazine*. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

1. ["The Storyteller: FALLOUT S3 E22 - Featuring Wes Johnson"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP6ai3HMmvA). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. ShoddyCast. October 23, 2015. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/xP6ai3HMmvA) 2021-12-19 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Oblivion in Real Life"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNrRdwbGDZg). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/DNrRdwbGDZg) 2021-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

1. ["K Johnson (thistle62)"](http://www.myspace.com/thistle62). *[Myspace](/source/Myspace)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131013152634/http://www.myspace.com/thistle62) October 13, 2013 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Oland, Ian (January 28, 2025). ["Beloved Capitals PA announcer Wes Johnson in intensive care after medical emergency"](https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2025/01/27/beloved-capitals-pa-announcer-wes-johnson-in-intensive-care-after-medical-emergency/). *[Russian Machine Never Breaks](/source/Russian_Machine_Never_Breaks)*. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

1. Cremen, Alanea (January 31, 2025). ["Capital PA announcer Wes Johnson released from hospital after medical emergency"](https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nhl/capitals/capital-pa-announcer-wes-johnson-released-hospital-medical-emergency/65-216c4f0c-6a9f-4ef1-859d-e94558ae7642). [WUSA (TV)](/source/WUSA_(TV)). Retrieved February 1, 2025.

1. Lane, Rick (January 31, 2025). ["Elder Scrolls voice actor Wes Johnson shares message of thanks after waking from coma to $175K GoFundMe: 'I love you all. I'm not going anywhere'"](https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/elder-scrolls-voice-actor-wes-johnson-shares-message-of-thanks-after-waking-from-coma-to-usd175k-gofundme-i-love-you-all-im-not-going-anywhere/). *[PC Gamer](/source/PC_Gamer)*. Retrieved February 1, 2025.

1. [Wes Johnson IMDb Filmography](https://imdb.com/name/nm0426432/) Retrieved October 19, 2019

1. ["Behind The Voice Actors - Wes Johnson"](https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Wes-Johnson/). *Behind The Voice Actors*. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

## External links

- [Official site](http://www.wesjohnson.com/)
- [Wes Johnson](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426432/) at IMDb
- [Article in San Francisco Chronicle](https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/DIRTY-SECRETS-ON-THE-SHAME-SET-2691598.php)

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