Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known professionally as Josh Keaton, is an American actor. He is known for his many voice roles, including Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Spider-Man in various media in addition to Electro in the video game Marvel's Spider-Man, Jack Darby in Transformers: Prime, Captain America in X-Men '97 and What If...?, and the adolescent Hercules in Hercules. He was also the voice of Ryu Hayabusa in the console versions of Ninja Gaiden, and the voice of Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He is also the voice of King Anduin Wrynn in the MMORPG World of Warcraft and Tyler in Pokémon Concierge.
Early life Keaton was born outside of Los Angeles in Hacienda Heights, California, on February 8, 1979, to a father from New York City, and a mother from Lima, Peru. He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah "Ali", and Sabrina. He is fluent in Spanish which he learned first as a child, and later English. As a child, he learned to speak some Quechua from his maternal grandparents. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic. Through his sister Ali, he is the brother-in-law of former Youngstown singer James Lee Dallas.
Career His career has included television, video game and film work, with a mixture of live acting and voice work for animations. As an infant, he appeared in an OshKosh B'gosh commercial. Then in 1990, he would appear in Kidsongs: A Day at Camp and his final Kidsongs appearance, Kidsongs: Ride The Roller Coaster. He was in the 1990s boy band No Authority and was signed to MJJ Music and later RCA Records as a solo artist.
Keaton voiced Jules Brown in Back to the Future: The Animated Series during 1991–1992 and Major Ocelot during Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
From 2008 to 2009, he voiced Peter Parker / Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series on The CW. He was originally supposed to voice the character in the 2002 Spider-Man video game but his voice work was scrapped and reworked as Harry Osborn / Green Goblin when Tobey Maguire came on to voice the character. He also reprised the role of New Goblin in the 2007 video game Spider-Man: Friend or Foe, and Spider-Man again in several video games (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Spider-Man: Edge of Time). From 2017 to 2020, Keaton provided the voice of several recurring characters in Marvel's Spider-Man on Disney XD. He would also portray the villain Max Dillon / Electro in the 2018 Spider-Man video game developed by Insomniac Games, providing both the physical motion capture and voice for the character.
In 2011, Keaton was the voice for Spyro the Dragon in the Skylanders reboot of the franchise, Jack Darby and Tailgate on Transformers: Prime, and Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
Since 2012, he is the voice for Anduin Wrynn in the video games World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.
At Wondercon 2016, it was announced that Keaton would play Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane, one of the main characters of the Voltron animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender that premiered on June 10, exclusively on Netflix.
Filmography
Voice acting Films + List of voice performances in film Year Title Role Notes Source Recycle Rex Additional voices Hercules Young Hercules (speaking voice) 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. Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! Charlie Carbone Direct-to-video The Wild Additional voices 2010 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Wally West Direct-to-video Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black AdamPunk Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom King Oritel of Domino Nickelodeon dub 2013 Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure VeggieTales: Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas The Voice in Space Direct-to-video 2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters Orion Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom Hal Jordan / Green Lantern The Laws of the Universe Ray English dub 2016 DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year Hal Jordan / Green Lantern, Steve Trevor, Barry Allen / Flash Direct-to-video Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Cosmic Clash Hal Jordan / Green Lantern 2017 DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games Steve Trevor, Barry Allen / Flash Lego Scooby-Doo! Blowout Beach Bash Tommie, Chad Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain Barry Allen / Flash 2018 Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis 2019 Birds of a Feather Manou Jake and Kyle Get Wedding Dates Jake Westen Direct-to-video Lego DC Batman: Family MattersBoard Member2020 Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters Executive, Terrance Ben 10 Versus the Universe: The Movie XLR8 Batman: Soul of the Dragon Jeffrey Burr Direct-to-video 2023 Suzume Sōta Munakata English dub Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VersePeter Parker / Spider-Man (Earth-26496)Reprises role as Spider-Man from The Spectacular Spider-Man
Animated television + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source New Kids on the Block Albert 15 episodes 1991 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Pontus Episode: "A World Below Us" Snoopy's Reunion Linus van Pelt Television special Peter Pan and the Pirates Curly 18 episodes –1992 Back to the Future Jules Brown 25 episodes Batman: The Animated Series Young Michael Stromwell Episode: "It's Never Too Late" Adventures from the Book of Virtues Sean Willis, Sir Roland Episode: "Trustworthiness" The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Driver, Zombie #2, Vendor Episode: "Jeffy's Web/Irwin Gets a Clue" –2006 Bratz Eitan 13 episodes Ben 10 Tim Dean, Hector, Kid #2 2 episodes –2011 The Path of Atticus Atticus –2009 The Spectacular Spider-Man Peter Parker / Spider-Man 26 episodes Firebreather Troy Adams Television film –2013 Transformers: Prime Jack Darby, Tailgate, additional voices 45 episodes 2011 Sym-Bionic Titan Ian Episode: "Disenfranchised" The Super Hero Squad Show Moon-Boy Episode: "The Devil Dinosaur You Say!" –2014 Winx Club Valtor, Duman, King Oritel Nickelodeon dub –2013 Green Lantern: The Animated Series Hal Jordan / Green Lantern 26 episodes Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games Steve Lookers 2012; 2019; 2021 Young Justice Black Spider, Wilheim Vittings 5 episodes 2013 Hero Factory William Furno Episode: "Brain Attack" 1 episode Regular Show Auto T Episode: "The Thanksgiving Special" Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow Levi Television special Doc McStuffins Johnny Foosball Episode: "You Foose, You Lose" 2 episodes 2015 Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles White House Aide, Kobra Guard 2 episodes The Mr. Peabody & Sherman ShowWilbur WrightEpisode: "Wright Brothers"2015–2017 DC Super Hero Girls Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Steve Trevor Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Additional Voices 5 episodes –2024 Kulipari Darel 13 episodes –2018 Voltron: Legendary Defender Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane 69 episodes Justice League Action Hal Jordan / Green Lantern Ant-Man Scott Lang / Ant-Man 6 episodes –2021 Ben 10 XLR8, SixSix, Acid Breath, various voices 33 episodes –2020 Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters Gabe, Kyle, Ben Leonard, Navy Officer, Actor, Gabe-Farious Spider-Man Norman Osborn / Dark Goblin / Spider-King, John Jameson, Ollie Osnick / Steel Spider, additional voices 17 episodes Elena of Avalor Miguel, Andres 4 episodes 2017–2018 Avengers AssembleScott Lang / Ant-Man 13 episodes 2018 Guardians of the Galaxy Episode: "Back in the New York Groove" –2020 The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Additional voices Uncredited 2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Mr. Glittercakes, Thistle McCall2 episodes –2022 It's Pony Heston Secondary voice role Dota: Dragon's Blood Bram Netflix series 2021–2024 What If...? Steve Rogers / Captain America / Hydra Stomper Recurring role; 7 episodes Arcane Deckard, Salo, Customs Agent, Gorgeous Man 11 episodes 2022 Dragon Age: Absolution Rezaren, Tevinter Mage 6 episodes Tales of the Jedi Senator Dagonet's Son Episode: "Justice" 2023 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Syphon8er, Angelo, Additional voices 2 episodes Pokémon Concierge Tyler 4 episodes 2024 Spectacular Spider-Man Blue Peter Parker / Spider-Man (Earth-26496) Fan film; reprises role as Spider-Man from The Spectacular Spider-Man Invincible Agent Spider, Jogger Episode: "I Thought You Were Stronger" Ranma ½ Dr. Tofu Ono English dub, 2024 remake Batman: Caped Crusader Matthew Thorne 1 episode 2024–2025 Hot Wheels Let's Race Axle Spoiler 20 episodes 2024–2026 X-Men '97 Steve Rogers / Captain America 3 episodes 2025–present Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Richard Parker, Eddie Brock 2 episodes
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules Young Hercules Spider-Man Harry Osborn Brother Bear Kenai 2004 Onimusha 3: Demon Siege Ranmaru Mori Spider-Man 2 Harry Osborn Shellshock: Nam '67 Tick Tock Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Major Ocelot 2005 Area 51 Crispy Psychonauts Lungfish Zealot, Dingo Inflagrante, Matador X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Cyclops SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo LONESTAR 2006 Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 Mizuki Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Chayton Black Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Human Torch Need for Speed: Carbon Sal Mustella Shared with Elias Toufexis SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 2 LONESTAR Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Major Ocelot 2007 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Wayne God of War II Young Spartan Spider-Man 3 Apocalypse Thugs Spider-Man: Friend or Foe Harry Osborn / New Goblin 2008 No More Heroes Destroyman Ninja Gaiden II Ryu Hayabusa 2009 Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust Larry Lovage Terminator Salvation Resistance Soldiers Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Brent McHale Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Ryu Hayabusa Marvel Super Hero Squad Spider-Man Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Jak 2010 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle New Destroyman StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Valerian Mengsk Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Young Hercules Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Peter Parker / Ultimate Spider-Man Voiced Amazing Spider-Man in the Nintendo DS version Splatterhouse Rick Taylor Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity GauntletSpider-Man2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Peter Parker / Spider-Man Spider-Man: Edge of Time Peter Parker / Spider-Man