Doug Cockle

{{short description|American actor and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox actor

| name = Doug Cockle

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|09|16}}

| birth_place = Twentynine Palms, California, U.S.

| education =

| occupation = Actor, director

| years_active = 2001–present

| website = {{URL|http://www.dougcockle.com|DougCockle.com}}

}}

Doug Cockle is an American actor and director. He is currently working as a freelance actor.{{cite news |last1=Purchese |first1=Robert |title=The voice behind The Witcher |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-27-the-voice-behind-the-witcher |newspaper=Eurogamer.net |date=January 27, 2017 |accessdate=30 January 2017}}

Cockle is known for his voice-over roles in video games, most notably of Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher series.{{Cite web |url=http://www.giantbomb.com/doug-cockle/3040-63714/ |title=Doug Cockle |date= |accessdate=January 29, 2015 |website=Giant Bomb |publisher= |last= |first=}} He was nominated for a Game Award for Best Performance and won Golden Joystick Award Best Gaming Performance for his portrayal of Geralt in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.{{cite web |url=http://thegameawards.com/nominees/ |title=Nominees {{!}} The Game Awards 2015 |date=12 November 2015 |website=The Game Awards |publisher=Ola Balola |accessdate=13 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114024126/http://thegameawards.com/nominees/ |archivedate=14 November 2015 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/overwatch-scoops-5-awards-firewatch-wins-best-indie-game-here-are-all-the-golden-joystick-2016-winners/ |title=Overwatch scoops five awards, Firewatch wins Best Indie Game: Here are all the Golden Joystick 2016 winners |last=Sheridan |first=Connor |date=November 18, 2016 |website= |publisher=GamesRadar |access-date=December 8, 2016}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2001

|The Tailor of Panama

|Pentagon Aide

|

2002

|Reign of Fire

|Goosh

|

rowspan="2" |2004

|London Voodoo

|Lincoln Mathers

|

The Calcium Kid

|News Reporter

|

2005

|Dot.Kill

|Financial news anchor man

|

2011

|Captain America: The First Avenger

|Young Doctor

|

2014

|Dark Noir

|Vincent Black (voice)

|Short film

2015

|Survivor

|Burly Worker #1

|

2016

|Criminal

|Extraction Team Leader

|

2025

|The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep

|Geralt of Rivia

|Animated film

= Television =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2001

|Band of Brothers

|Father John Maloney

|2 episodes

2003

|The Second Coming

|American Newsreader

|Episode: "Episode #1.1"

2004

|Murphy's Law

|Quirrell

|Episode: "Convent"

= Video games =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2001

|Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos

|Cal

|

rowspan="3" |2002

|TimeSplitters 2

|Additional voices

|

Twin Caliber

|Sheriff Fortman

|

Archangel

|Michael Travinsky / Ghost of the Monk

|English dub

rowspan="4" |2003

|The Great Escape

|Additional voices

|

Chaser

|Additional voices

|

AquaNox 2: Revelation

|Hank Bellows

|

Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad

|US Bradley

|

rowspan="3" |2004

|Urban Freestyle Soccer

|Low Riders

|{{cite video game |developer=Gusto Games |title=Urban Freestyle Soccer |publisher=Acclaim Entertainment |scene=Main menu credits, 2:22:42 in, Voice Talent |year=2004}}

Second Sight

|Director Hanson

|

Yager

|Magnus Tide

|

2005

|Perfect Dark Zero

|Additional voices

|

2007

|The Witcher

|Geralt of Rivia

|

2010

|Dead Nation

|Jack McReady

|

rowspan="3" |2011

|The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

|Geralt of Rivia

|

Driver: San Francisco

|Police Dispatcher

|

The Book of Unwritten Tales

|Nathaniel Bonnet

|

rowspan="1" |2013

|Dark

|Eric Bane

|

rowspan="6" |2015

|Randal's Monday

|Mel / Bob

|

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

|Nathaniel Bonnet

|

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

|Geralt of Rivia

|

Victor Vran

|Victor Vran

|

Blues and Bullets

|Eliot Ness / Stranger

|

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone

|Geralt of Rivia

|

rowspan="1" |2016

|The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine

|Geralt of Rivia

|

rowspan="2" |2017

|Horizon Zero Dawn

|Additional voices

|

SpellForce 3

|Sentenza Noria

|

rowspan="4" |2018

|SMITE

|Chernobog

|

State of Mind

|Richard Nolan

|

RuneScape

|Solak, the Grove Guardian

|

Soulcalibur VI

|Geralt of Rivia

|English dub{{cite web |title=Spotlight: Doug Cockle |url=https://www.spotlight.com/6297-8948-3254 |website=spotlight.com |accessdate=15 January 2019}}

rowspan="4"|2019

|Monster Hunter: World

|Geralt of Rivia

Euro Truck Simulator 2

|Optional GPS Voice

|

Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

|The Butcher

|

Terminator: Resistance

|Colin

|

rowspan="2" |2020

|SMITE

|Totem Caller Hou Yi

|

Desperados III

|The Baron

|

rowspan="3" |2021

|King's Bounty II

|Aivar

|

Empires in Ruins

|Sgt. Hans Heimer

|

Tails of Iron

|Narrator

|{{cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tails-of-irons-villains-are-frogs-because-they-have-an-innate-evil-ness|title=Tails Of Iron{{'}}s villains are frogs because they have an "innate evil-ness"|last=Beckhelling|first=Imogen|work=Rock Paper Shotgun|date=2021-08-20|accessdate=2023-07-08}}

rowspan="2"|2022

|Arcade Paradise

|Ashley's Father

|

God Souls

|Chaos

|

rowspan="4" |2023

|Hunt: Showdown

|John Victor

|

Baldur's Gate 3

|Bhaal

|

Payday 3

|Bile

|

Alan Wake II

|Robert Nightingale

|

2024

|The First Descendant

|Ajax

|

2025

|Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter

|Narrator

|

TBA

|The Witcher IV

|Geralt of Rivia

|{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

References

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