Wes Johnson (born June 6, 1961) is an American actor, cartoonist, comedian and voice artist, who has appeared in such films as A Dirty Shame, Head of State, The Invasion, For Richer or Poorer and Hearts in Atlantis. He has appeared on television in Homicide: Life on the Street, The Wire, and Veep.
Career Johnson co-presented with the legendary Wolfman Jack for two years on his last nationally syndicated radio show, writing comedy sketches and performing them with the Wolfman live on a weekly basis. Johnson has written for and appeared in various comedy troupes including Fresh Victims, Gross National Product, and The Loyal Opposition. He also created the comic strips Martini 'N Clyde and Joe Fan, which have been published in The Washington Times and Sports Fan Magazine, respectively.
Johnson is the P.A. announcer for the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals.
Johnson was the series announcer for America's Most Wanted on FOX until December 2009, replacing the late Don LaFontaine in September 2008.
Johnson filmed the pilot Bennie's with Ed Asner in summer 2016. He portrayed a character named "Walter".
Johnson's voice has appeared in cartoons, commercials and video games.
He provided voice acting for three installments of The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim. He voiced Lucien Lachance, the Gray Fox, the Arena Announcer, Sheogorath, Hermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II and was the default voice for Imperial males in Oblivion. In 2014, Johnson reprised the role of Sheogorath for the YouTube series Elder Scrolls Lore by the channel ShoddyCast.
He also lent his voice to Star Trek: Legacy, which features the voices of all five original TV Captains, and the video game Star Trek: Conquest.
He appeared in Fallout 3 as the nefarious Mister Burke as well as the Super Mutants Fawkes and Uncle Leo, the Protectrons, Sentry Bots, and Scribe Bigsley. In Fallout 4 he reprised the Protectrons, as well as playing The Silver Shroud and Moe Cronin. In 2015 he voiced the super mutant King Ludd as well as Scribe Bigsley in ShoddyCast's The storyteller: A Fallout Lore Series.
He plays Z'aanta in Square Enix's Octopath Traveller.
Johnson has appeared on The Shari Elliker Show on WBAL in Baltimore, Maryland, Broadminded on XM 155, and reviewed movies weekly for The Chip Franklin Show on KOGO in San Diego, California.
He appeared as a guest narrator for symphonic black metal band Epicland on the album Bound for Greatness.
He appeared in the short films Oblivion in Real Life and Oblivion in Real Life II on the LaFave Bros YouTube channel. Johnson declined payment for his appearances, instead asking viewers to consider donating to the Alzheimer's Association.
He also has a YouTube channel.
Personal life Johnson is married to his childhood sweetheart Kim Barrett Johnson. They are the parents of three sons.
In January 2025, Johnson suffered a medical emergency while in Georgia to host a benefit event for the National Alzheimer's Association. He was hospitalized in an Atlanta intensive care unit after being found unresponsive in his hotel room. It was reported on January 31 that Johnson had recovered from an induced coma and that he had been released from the hospital.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1997For Richer or PoorerTourist Man1998The YardThe Wood Guy2001Hearts In AtlantisSports Announcer2003Head of StateTeamster2004A Dirty ShameFat Fuck Frank2004Ted's 12Pete Palmer2007The InvasionNews Stand Vendor2015Sally PacholokDr. Dubrowski2020Volkov OriginFather O'MalleyPost-productionWes Johnson IMDb Filmography Retrieved October 19, 2019
Television Year Title RoleNotes1996Space Ghost Coast to CoastHimselfSeason 3, Episode 9: "Surprise"1996Unsolved MysteriesRichardSeries 8, Episode 181998Homicide: Life on the StreetVictor ResnickEpisode: "Abduction"1998–2009America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back Announcer / BTK Killer / Prescott Sigmund / Trevor Mitchell20 Episodes 2001Sketch Pad Announcer2003The WireSecurity SupervisorEpisode: "Storm Warnings"2009Phineas and FerbAdditional voicesEpisode: "The Chronicles of Meap"2011Police P.O.V.Announcer2012Downunder HorsemanshipNarrator11 Episodes2013VeepPeterEpisode "Signals" / TV short2016Bennie'sWalterEpisode: "Elevator"2016–2017The Grindhouse RadioHimself3 Episodes2019–Urgablob Audio AdventureUrgablob 1 Episode
Video games Year Title RoleNotes2002The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindBoethiah, Malacath, Molag Bal2003Unreal II: The AwakeningAdditional voices2005Hammer & Sickle English Dub2006The Elder Scrolls IV: OblivionLucien Lachance, Sheogorath, Imperial Watch and other rolesNight WatchAdditional voicesStar Trek: LegacyMenvek, Klingon Captain, Borg2007The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering IslesSheogorath, Bruscus Dannus, DyusStar Trek: ConquestCardassian Officer, Federation Officer, Klingon Admiral #1 AMF Bowling Pinbusters!Big Money2008Fallout 3Mr. Burke, Fawkes, Protectrons, Sentry Bots, Super Mutants, Scribe Bigsley, Swampfolk, Various unnamed NPCs2011The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimHermaeus Mora, Emperor Titus Mede II, Sheogorath, Lucien Lachance, Dremora2015Fallout 4Moe Cronin, Protectron, The Silver Shroud, Super Mutants2017The Elder Scrolls: LegendsSheogorath, Arena Announcer2018World of Warcraft: Battle for AzerothMaghar Orc (Male)Archive sound reused in base gameFallout 76Protectrons, Mister Fluffy, Boomer 2020Fallout 76: WastelandersProfessor-bot, Sunny, Boomer2020–2024The Elder Scrolls OnlineArd Caddach, Hermaeus Mora2023StarfieldRon Hope
Short film Year Title Role1999The PitchPitcher200348 Hours to RomanceBuck Conway / Buddy Johnson2007Mr. ComedyPie Investigator No. 12008Last CallDonald Pettiway2018Oblivion in Real LifeVoices2019Oblivion in Real Life II65 Years of the Big Go!
References
External links Official site
Article in San Francisco Chronicle