Paul Mercier (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for voicing Leon S. Kennedy in ''

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'' (2005) and Specter in the ''SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs'' video game series.

Career

Mercier decided to pursue acting his senior year in high school, while playing

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in ''

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''. After working for a touring company and other theaters in the

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area, he enrolled in

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in 1980. Mercier also trained for three years at the

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at the

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. Mercier moved to California where he gained

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credentials.

Roles

Animation

* '' The Legend of Prince Valiant'' * '' The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' – Diver #2 / Technician * '' What a Cartoon!'' – Dad / Talking Dog

Anime

* '' .hack//Sign'' –

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* ''

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'' – Chiimama * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' – Fake Laughing Man / additional voices * '' Pokémon Horizons: The Series'' – Hamber * ''

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'' – Genji / Old Man / Village Chief

Films

* ''Call of Duty: Operation Kingfish'' – Sergeant Derek "Frost" Westbrook (uncredited) * ''Growing Up Tiny: Kenadie's Next Chapter'' – Narrator * '' Resident Evil: Degeneration'' – Leon S. Kennedy * ''Wrestling with God'' – Alexander Campbell

Live action television

*'' FBI: The Untold Stories'' *''Nazi Hunters'' – Narrator *''

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'' – Announcer

Video games

* '' .hack//Mutation'' – Bear * '' .hack//Outbreak'' – Bear * '' .hack//Quarantine'' – Bear * '' Ace Combat: Assault Horizon'' – Lieutenant Colonel William Bishop * '' Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer'' – General Sheng * '' Age of Mythology: The Titans'' (2003) - Kastor * ''

Alone in the Dark ''Alone in the Dark'' is a survival horror video game series originally developed by Infogrames. In most of the games, the player controls private investigator Edward Carnby, who goes to investigate a haunted house or town that is full of undea ...

'' - Jeremy Hartwood * '' Call of Duty: World at War'' – Private Miller * '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'' – Additional Voices * '' Battle Realms'' – Kenji * '' Command & Conquer: Generals'' * '' Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour'' * '' God of War II'' – Translator 2 * '' Infamous 2'' – Cops / Militia / Rebels * '' Infamous 2: Festival of Blood'' – Male Pedestrians * '' Onimusha 3: Demon Siege'' – Jacques Blanc * '' Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops'' – USSR Soldier A * '' Nox'' – Quartermaster / Aidan / Henrick / Necromancer 2 / Mineworker 5 * '' No More Heroes III'' – Black Night Direction / Paradox Bandit * ''

Prince of Persia ''Prince of Persia'' is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner. It is centered around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince, set in ancient and medieval Persia. The first two ga ...

'' – Additional voices * ''

'' – Leon S. Kennedy / Merchant * '' Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles'' – Leon S. Kennedy * '' Resistance: Fall of Man'' * '' Saints Row: The Third'' – Additional voices * '' Saints Row IV'' – The Voices of Virtual Steelport * '' Shadows of the Damned'' – Fleming / Demons * ''Shout About TV'' – Voice-over * '' SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs'' – Specter * '' SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs'' – Specter * '' SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Combined Assault'' – Specter * '' SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation'' – U.S. Navy SEAL 3 * '' Star Trek: Starfleet Command III'' – Federation Officer #2 * '' Starhawk'' – Rifters * '' Skylanders: Swap Force'' * '' The Lord of the Rings: Conquest'' – Faramir / Evil Human Officer #3 / Gondorian Officer #3 * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth'' –

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* '' The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II'' – Uruk-hai * ''The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Ring'' * '' The Rise of the Argonauts'' * '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' – Additional voices

References

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20090906140443/http://www.residentevil.com.br/entrevista_mercier/index_english.php {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercier, Paul 1962 births Living people American male video game actors American male voice actors Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors