Troy Baker

Troy Baker is an American voice actor, actor and musician born on April 1, 1976 in Dallas, Texas. He is particularly known for his performances in video games; Joel in The Last of Us and Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite are roles that have made him one of the most sought-after voices in the industry.

Getting started with music and voice-over

Baker was involved in music in his early years; He appeared on stage as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Tripp Fontaine. He got into the voice-over business with radio commercials in Dallas. Then, he worked on the English dubbing of anime such as Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto and Case Closed at the Texas-based dubbing company FUNimation. He didn't quit music either: He released his solo album Sitting in the Fire in 2014.

His rise in video games

2013 was the turning point of his career. In the same year, he played both BioShock Infinite's protagonist Booker DeWitt and The Last of Us' Joel; He handled motion capture acting as well as voice for Joel. With these two roles, he was nominated for best voice acting at VGX 2013 and received the award for his performance in The Last of Us. The same year, he voiced the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins.

In the following years, he played Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014), Nathan Drake's older brother Samuel Drake in Uncharted 4 (2016), Higgs in Death Stranding (2019), and returned to the role of Joel in The Last of Us Part II (2020). In 2024, he played Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. He is one of the names with the most nominations in the acting categories at the BAFTA Games Awards.

Baker, who has worked on numerous animated series and anime dubbing in addition to games, is seen as one of the prominent representatives of the new generation of game acting that combines motion capture and voice-over.