Josh Keaton
Josh Keaton | |
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Born | Joshua Luis Wiener February 8, 1979 Hacienda Heights, California, U.S.A. |
Other names | Joshua Wiener, Josh Wiener |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Voice actor, Singer, Music producer |
Years active | 1991 — present (actor) 1997 — present (voice) |
Agent | DPN Voice Over Talent |
Spouse | Elizabeth Melendez |
Website | http://www.joshkeaton.com |
Joshua "Josh" Keaton (born February 8, 1979) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and music producer.
Early life
Keaton was born Joshua Luis Wiener in Hacienda Heights, California to Peruvian and Jewish parents. He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah (Ali Navarro), and Sabrina. He is also fluent in Spanish and actually started his career as a child in Spanish and then later in English.
Career
His career has included television, video game and film work, with a mixture of live acting and voice work for animations. He was in the 1990s boy band "No Authority" and was signed to MJJ Music and later RCA Records as a solo artist. He played Harry Osborn in the video games Spider-Man: The Movie, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. He was formally the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the new The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series airing in 2008 on the CW and producing music. Keaton also voiced Jules Brown, Verne's older brother in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, the 1991/1992 cartoon show. Josh voiced the Ultimate Spider-Man in the video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions with fellow animated Spider-Man voice actors Dan Gilvezan, Christopher Daniel Barnes, and Neil Patrick Harris. He is now working on Spider-Man: Edge of Time, a new Spider-Man game, where this time, Josh portrays Amazing Spider-Man.
Voice roles
Films
- 1997: Hercules — Young Hercules (age 18)
- 2003: Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime) - Boy In Hospital
- 2004: Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! — Charlie Carbone
- 2010: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths — Flash and Aquaman
- 2010: Firebreather — Troy Adams
Television series
- 1990 Peter Pan and the Pirates — Curly
- 1991: Back to the Future: The Animated Series — Jules Brown
- 2005: Bratz — Ethan
- 2008: The Spectacular Spider-Man — Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- 2010-2011 : Transformers: Prime — Jack Darby, Tailgate
- 2011: Sym-Bionic Titan - Ian/Lead Singer of band "Disenfranchised"
- 2011: Batman: The Brave and the Bold - Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern
- 2011: Winx Club - Valtor [1]
- 2011: The Super Hero Squad Show - Moon-Boy
Adverts, games, etc.
- OshKosh B'Gosh television commercial
- 2002: Spider-Man - Harry Osborn
- 2004: Onimusha 3: Demon Siege — Ranmaru Mori
- 2004: Spider-Man 2 — Harry Osborn
- 2004: Shellshock: Nam '67 — Tick Tock
- 2004 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — Major Ocelot
- 2005: Area 51 (video game) — Crispy
- 2005: Psychonauts — Lungfish Zealot, Dingo Inflagrante, Matador
- 2005: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo — LONESTAR
- 2005: X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse — Cyclops
- 2006: Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — Nankobo Tenkai, Yagyu Munenori
- 2006: Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 — Mizuki
- 2006: Need For Speed: Carbon — Sal
- 2006: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 — LONESTAR
- 2006: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops — Ocelot
- 2006: Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs — Chayton Black
- 2006: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Human Torch
- 2007: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition — Wayne
- 2007: God of War II — Young Spartan
- 2007: Spider-Man 3 — Apocalypse Small Thugs
- 2008: No More Heroes — Destroyman
- 2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Young Ocelot
- 2008: Ninja Gaiden II — Ryu Hayabusa
- 2008: Spider-Man: Friend or Foe — Harry Osborn/New Goblin
- 2009: Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier — Jak
- 2009: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust - Larry Lovage
- 2009: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - Ryu Hayabusa
- 2009: Marvel Super Hero Squad - Spider-Man
- 2010: No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle — New Destroyman
- 2010: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep — Young Hercules
- 2010: StarCraft II [2] - Valerian Mengsk
- 2010: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - Ultimate Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man (DS Version)
- 2010: Splatterhouse (2010 video game) - Rick Taylor
- 2010: Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet - Spider-Man
- 2011: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds — Spider-Man
- 2011: Spider-Man: Edge of Time - Amazing Spider-Man
Live roles
Films
- 1990: Kidsongs: Ride the Rollercoaster
- 1990: Kidsongs: A Day at Camp
- 1991: All I Want for Christmas — Brad
- 1992: Newsies — Newsboy
- 1996: Same River Twice — Andy
- 1996: Judge and Jury — Boy #2
- 1996: Infinity — David (as Joshua Wiener)
- 1997: Just Write — Teenager on Trolley
- 1998: The Souler Opposite — Young Barry
- 1999: Chimera House — Roy
- 1999: A Murder On Shadow Mountain (made for television) — Young Denny
- 2003: The Even Stevens Movie — Mootai/Jason
Television series
- 1994: Boy Meets World — Roy (2 episodes)
- 1995: Sister, Sister — Franklin (1 episode)
- 1995—1996: The Secret World of Alex Mack — Bryce (recurring)
- 1997: Chicago Hope — Will Peters (1 episode)
- 1997: Baywatch — Todd Rose (1 episode)
- 1997: General Hospital — Tim (recurring)
- 1999: Touched by an Angel — Young Nick Stratton (1 episode)
- 1999—2002: The Young and the Restless — Denny (recurring)
- 2002: Boston Public — Martin Andrews (1 episode)
- 2002: ER Greg (1 episode)
- 2004: Will & Grace — Sal (2 episodes)
- 2006: Bones — Yasutani the Terrible (1 episode)
References
External links
- 1979 births
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American male singers
- Hispanic and Latino American people
- American people of Peruvian descent
- Hispanic and Latino American actors
- American soap opera actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Living people
- People from Los Angeles County, California
- People from Pasadena, California
- American impressionists (entertainers)
- American video game actors
- Actors from California
- Musicians from California