Alexander Elliott Jordan, better known as Alex Jordan, is an English actor, impressionist and streamer, best known for his video game acting roles as one of two male voices for the customizable

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called Rook in '' Dragon Age: The Veilguard'', Mr. Hands in '' Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty'', the sex noises in ''

Baldur's Gate 3 ''Baldur's Gate 3'' is a 2023 role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. It is the third main installment of the ''Baldur's Gate'' series, based on the tabletop fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. A partial ...

'', and as all 11 versions of Jan Dolski in ''

The Alters ''The Alters'' is a 2025 survival game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. In the game, the player assumes control of Jan Dolski, a space miner who must create alternate versions of himself in order to survive on an inhospitable planet. ...

''. Jordan also currently stars as I the

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in the ''

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series Natural Six both live and on

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Career

Jordan started his acting career by uploading impressions of popular actors such as

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, and

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to YouTube in 2006 under the name UrbanArtUK. 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. Before his studies began he starred as Mr. Grasshopper in a 2007 stage rendition of ''

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'' at the

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. After graduating from drama school in 2013 he started as a

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, gaining his first acting credit as Joe in series three of the audio drama ''The Confessions of Dorian Gray'' based on the

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novel of the same name, dramatized by David Llewellyn. He quickly followed with his first ever 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 the Summer of 2014 and as Marko in

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's award winning play ''3 Winters'' at the

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from November to February 2015. He then landed his first

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role in animation in 2015 lending his voice to several characters, including Hot Dog Guy, in Season 4 of ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', Steve Visby in ''

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'', and Skrand Sharpbeak in '' Stellaris'' before he landed the titular role in the ''

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'' 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 and joined the cast of ''

Cyberpunk 2077 ''Cyberpunk 2077'' is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt. Based on Mike Pondsmith's ''Cyberpunk (role-playing game), Cyberpunk'' tabletop game series, the plot is set in the fictional metrop ...

'' 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. Prior to the release of ''Dragon Age: The Veilguard'' in 2024, where he voiced the protagonist, he went viral on

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as the source of the ''Baldur's Gate 3'' sex noises. The original video has since been viewed over 1.5 million times. He also voiced Jiyan in ''

Wuthering Waves ''Wuthering Waves'' is a 2024 free-to-play open world action role-playing game developed and published by Kuro Games. The game is set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world of Solaris-3 after a catastrophe called the Lament wiped out most o ...

'', a

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, as well as Lord Frygt (an original role in

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mythos) in '' The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim''. 2025 has seen Jordan start the year voicing Dahm in '' Eternal Strands'' and he has followed up as the Ice King alongside fellow ''Baldur's Gate 3'' alumnus Devora Wilde (Crime Boss) in ''

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''. The two have been streaming their

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of the game together. ''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 June 13, 2025. 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". Game director Tomasz Kisilewicz of

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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

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or completely different accent altogether.

Activism

Jordan is a supporter of the rights of voice talent related to the use of

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in the games industry. Along with his ''Natural Six'' castmates

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and

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he has spoken out in support of actors during the 2024–present SAG-AFTRA video game strike. Due to the fact that in the

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workers cannot strike in

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with their

SAG-AFTRA The Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

counterparts in the

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, Jordan has not been helping with promotion of a new game instead.

Personal life

Jordan lives in London with his wife, and dog Gatsby, having grown up in

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and

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where he has continued to be involved in the community since becoming a professional actor. He is an avid football fan and supporter of his home town Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. He has fond memories of going to his first games as a child at the

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before it was demolished in 1997 as well as a season ticket holder when the team moved to

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Selected filmography

Stage

Film

Television

Video games

Web series

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Alex Living people 1990 births English male voice actors Male video game actors Alumni of Rose Bruford College Male actors from Chichester Male actors from Hove