Jeff Teräväinen (born October 13, 1972) is a Canadian actor.

Acting career

Teräväinen is best known for portraying Sam Fisher or zero in video games, Deputy Labelle in

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's ''

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'', and his recurring roles on the TV shows ''

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'' as Lieutenant Anders and as Agent Stack on ''

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''. He gained attention as the main bad guy in 2018's ''

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'' on Netflix. He is also known as the "Voice of the Olympics" for Canadian broadcaster CBC in the 2006 Turino Winter Olympic Games, as well as the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. In 2014, he was also the "Voice of the 2014 FIFA World Cup" in Canada. Jeff also voiced the intro to CBC's ''

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'' for two years. Jeff has voiced many characters for best selling video games like ''

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'' as Walker and various cult soldiers, '' Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist'' in various roles, and ''

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'' as Walton Purefoy. In 2019, he was cast as a series regular in the sci-fi drama '' Utopia Falls'', which was released on

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February 14, 2020. Jeff received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Gerald. In 2020, Teräväinen voiced Sam Fisher, the

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of the ''

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'' series, in ''

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''. Besides being highly in demand as a commercial announcer, Jeff has voiced dozens of doc series and specials, including narrating highly rated Discovery Channel

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shows like '' Air Jaws'' and ''Sharkhouse''. In 2024, Jeff was tapped to narrate

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's FOX show ''America's Next Food Star''. His most proud moment was being chosen by

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himself to narrate HBO/Warner Brothers' bio series ''Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Teravainen, Jeff 1972 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male video game actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Oshawa Canadian people of Finnish descent 21st-century Canadian male actors