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Troy Baker is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for his numerous roles in video games, including in Tales of Vesperia (2008), Joel Miller in The Last of Us franchise, in BioShock Infinite (2013), Samuel "Sam" Drake in (2016) and (2017), Rhys Strongfork in Tales from the Borderlands (2014), Snow Villiers in Final Fantasy XIII (2010), in Persona 4 (2008), Vincent Brooks in Catherine (2011), Agent Jones in (2017), Talion in (2014) and (2017), Pagan Min in Far Cry 4 (2014), Alex Taylor in The Crew (2014), in (2015), Higgs Monaghan in (2019) and (2025), and Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024).

Baker currently holds the record for the most acting nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards, with seven between 2013 and 2026. Baker has also voiced , the Joker, Hawkeye, and Loki in various media, and has provided voices for a number of English dubs of anime, including Bleach, , , , and Soul Eater. He was previously the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Tripp Fontaine, with whom he released an album titled Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin (2004). He then released the solo album Sitting in the Fire (2014) before he and his backing band changed their name to Window to the Abbey and released the album Moving Around Bias (2017).

In 2022, Baker announced his controversial partnership with an NFT company called , which was later discovered to have from a free service called 15.ai; Baker ended his partnership two weeks later. Baker is also a vocal proponent of in the video game industry.


Career

Acting
Baker began his voice acting career doing radio commercials in Dallas. He was recruited by Christopher Sabat to do voice-over work at for the English adaptation of the anime . He went on to work in dubbing anime such as Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, , , , and the Funimation dub of . He then moved to and began working on -based animated series, providing the voice of various characters in , as well as Hawkeye and Loki in Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble.

Baker's career in the video game industry began when he voiced Matt Baker in the tactical shooter series Brothers in Arms. In an interview with The Griff, he said, "It was starting to become necessary for actors to become involved in, so I got into that and it was literally stumbling from one job into the next. That was kind of my first snowball effect." His most notable roles came in 2013, when he provided the voice of Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite and the voice and motion capture of Joel in The Last of Us. Both games earned critical acclaim, gaining scores over 90% on and , and widespread commercial success. He was nominated for both of these roles at VGX 2013, winning for The Last of Us. He then worked on , playing Nathan Drake's older brother Sam. He reprised the role in .

In 2011, Baker became the voice of Siris, the hero of Chair Entertainment's blockbuster mobile game series , and in 2014 he was the voice of Talion, the protagonist of , which earned a rating of 9.3 on . He also voiced Ace (Experiment 262) in the English dub of the anime Stitch! He was listed on Entertainment Weekly in their "Best of 2013" issue for "Best Breakout Actor" in the video game industry for his performances in The Last of Us, BioShock Infinite, and as the Joker in . He is one of the few actors to have portrayed ( , , , and ), the Joker ( Batman: Arkham Origins), and the three major iterations of Robin ( in , (as Nightwing) in and (as Red Hood and the main antagonist) in ).

In May 2018, Baker and voice actor began hosting the weekly series Retro Replay. In April 2020, due to an apparent disagreement on the future direction of the show, Baker left to start his own series.


Voiceverse partnership and plagiarism scandal, NFTs, and generative AI
On January 14, 2022, Troy Baker announced a partnership with -based company , which was immediately met with negative reception. The announcement was particularly controversial due to Baker's confrontational tone, ending his tweet with "You can hate. Or you can create." Later that day, it was discovered that Voiceverse had used voice technology from 15.ai—a free, non-commercial text-to-speech application—without permission or attribution. Screenshots of log files posted by 15, the developer of 15.ai, revealed that Voiceverse had generated audio using 15.ai's voices from , pitched them up to make them unrecognizable, and then sold them as non-fungible tokens (NFT). News publications and AI watchdog groups universally characterized the incident as and plagiarism. Following the continued backlash and plagiarism revelation, Baker acknowledged on January 31, 2022, that his original announcement may have been "antagonistic" and announced that he would discontinue his partnership with Voiceverse. In 2023, /Film described Baker's former partnership with Voiceverse as "one of his less reputable roles".

In January 2026, referenced the plagiarism scandal in regards to Baker's comments about , writing that his Voiceverse partnership had resulted in "fierce backlash" as a result of his "provocative marketing".


Music
Before pursuing acting, Baker was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Tripp Fontaine, which released the radio single "Burning Out" from their debut album Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin in 2004.

Baker's first solo album, Sitting in the Fire, was released on October 14, 2014. On October 6, 2017, Baker and his backing band, also called Sitting in the Fire, released his second album Moving Around Bias under the new name of Window to the Abbey.


Personal life
In 2012, Baker married photographer Pamela Walworth, also from Dallas. They reside in . They have a son who was born in 2018.


Filmography

Anime
 
 
 
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– A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.


Animation
2016–17Justice League ActionHawkman, , Kanto 
2 episodes
–2020
Jorah Mormont2 episodes
Rick and MortyTimmy Timtim2 episodes
Love, Death & RobotsTorrinEpisode: "Bad Travelling"
The Legend of Vox MachinaSyldor Vessar
Shockwave3 episodes
2025John "Jonesy" JonesEpisode: "Bad Boys... for Life?"
2026InvincibleNolan's Father, Gelderian WarriorEpisode: "I'll Give You the Grand Tour"


Film
Nabikov ("Dollar"), Additional Voices Island of Assassins

The Columbus Files
Missed by a Dollar
 
Ginger, Dr. Kochin, Hoi

Gin, Henry Tish, Jake Marano

The Sky CrawlersNaofumi TokinoUncredited 
 
Tiger 
Loki


Video games

– Name was credited in the manual and in-game.

Cole AndersonUncredited

credits:


, Ep. 4 credits
Far Cry 6Pagan Min
2026ScreamerMr. A


Other
2023: "Air Superiority" Update TrailerNarrator
2025 Guy / Shift


Live-action

2026Iron LungDavid


Discography

Studio albums
  • Random Thoughts on a Paper Napkin (2004, with Tripp Fontaine)
  • Sitting in the Fire (2014, solo)
  • Moving Around Bias (2017, with Window to the Abbey)


Singles
  • "Burning Out" (2004, with Tripp Fontaine)
  • "My Religion" (2013, solo)
  • "Merry Christmas" (2015, solo)
  • "Water into Wine" (2017, with Window to the Abbey)
  • "The Promise" (2017, with Window to the Abbey)
  • "Breathe" (2020, with Window to the Abbey)


Video game performances
  • "Take Me to Hell (Broken Dream)" in Shadows of the Damned (2011)
  • "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (with ) in BioShock Infinite (2013)
  • "Cold, Cold Heart" in the DLC of the same name (2013)
  • "Happy Birthday: Congratulations" in (2015)
  • "Wayfaring Stranger" (with ) and "Future Days" in The Last of Us Part II (2020)
  • "Fade" with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in The Medium (2021)


Awards and nominations
2011NAVGTR Award for Lead Performance in a DramaVincent Brooks in Catherine
2012BTVA Voice Acting Award for Voice Actor of the YearHimself
BTVA Anime Dub Award for Voice Actor for the Year
BTVA Anime Dub Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Movie/Special in
2013NAVGTR Award for Lead Performance in a DramaJoel in The Last of Us
VGX Award for Best Voice Actor
in BioShock Infinite
VGX Award for Best Song in a Game"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (ft. )
New York Videogame Critics Circle Award for Best Overall ActingJoel in The Last of Us
BTVA Voice Acting Award for Voice Actor of the YearHimself
BTVA Voice Acting Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Video GameThe Joker in
Joel in The Last of Us
2014D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Character Performance
BAFTA Games Award for Performer
The Game Award for Best PerformanceTalion in
NAVGTR Award for Lead Performance in a DramaDelsin Rowe in Infamous Second Son
2015NAVGTR Award for Lead Performance in a ComedyRhys in Tales from the Borderlands
D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in CharacterPagan Min in Far Cry 4
Delsin Rowe in Infamous Second Son
Talion in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
BAFTA Games Award for PerformerPagan Min in Far Cry 4
2017Sam Drake in
2020BAFTA Games Award for Performer in a Supporting RoleHiggs Monaghan in
2021Joel in The Last of Us Part II
2025New York Game Award for Acting in a GameIndiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Character
The Game Award for Best Performance
2026BAFTA Games Award for Performer in a Leading Role
BAFTA Games Award for Performer in a Supporting RoleHiggs Monaghan in


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