Josh Keaton

Josh Keaton
Born	Joshua Luis Wiener February 8, 1979 (1979-02-08) Hacienda Heights, California, U.S.A.
Other names	Joshua Wiener, Josh Wiener
Occupation	Actor, Voice actor, Singer, Music producer
Years active	1991 — present (actor) 1997 — present (voice)
Agent	DPN Voice Over Talent
Spouse	Elizabeth Melendez
Website
http://www.joshkeaton.com

Joshua "Josh" Keaton (born February 8, 1979) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and music producer.

Early life

Keaton was born Joshua Luis Wiener in Hacienda Heights, California. He has three sisters: Danielle, Alitzah (Ali Navarro), and Sabrina. He is also fluent in Spanish and actually started his career as a child in Spanish and then later in English.

Career

His career has included television, video game and film work, with a mixture of live acting and voice work for animations. He was in the 1990s boy band "No Authority" and was signed to MJJ Music and later RCA Records as a solo artist. He played Harry Osborn in the video games Spider-Man: The Movie, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. He was formally the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the new The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series airing in 2008 on the CW and producing music. Keaton also voiced Jules Brown, Verne's older brother in Back to the Future: The Animated Series, the 1991/1992 cartoon show. Keaton voiced the Ultimate Spider-Man in the video game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions with fellow veteran animated Spider-Man voice actors Dan Gilvezan, Christopher Daniel Barnes, and Neil Patrick Harris. He recently worked on Spider-Man: Edge of Time, the most recent Spider-Man game, where this time, Keaton portrays Spider-Man.

Voice roles

Films

• 1993: Recycle Rex
• 1997: Hercules — Young Hercules
• 2006: The Wild - Additional voice
• 2010: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths - Wally West/The Flash, Aquaman (uncredited)
• 2012: Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire - Melvin

Television series

• 1990: Peter Pan and the Pirates — Curly
• 1991: Back to the Future: The Animated Series — Jules Brown
• 2005: Bratz — Ethan
• 2008: The Spectacular Spider-Man — Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• 2010: Transformers: Prime — Jack Darby, Tailgate
• 2011: Sym-Bionic Titan - Ian/Lead Singer of band "Disenfranchised"
• 2011: Winx Club - Valtor
• 2011: The Super Hero Squad Show - Moon-Boy
• 2011: Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Hal Jordan

Commercials, games, etc.

• OshKosh B'Gosh television commercial
• 2002: Spider-Man - Harry Osborn
• 2004: Onimusha 3: Demon Siege — Ranmaru Mori
• 2004: Spider-Man 2 — Harry Osborn
• 2004: Shellshock: Nam '67 — Tick Tock
• 2004: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater — Major Ocelot
• 2005: Area 51 — Crispy
• 2005: Psychonauts — Lungfish Zealot, Dingo Inflagrante, Matador
• 2005: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo — LONESTAR
• 2005: X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse — Cyclops
• 2006: Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — Nankobo Tenkai, Yagyu Munenori
• 2006: Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 — Mizuki
• 2006: Need For Speed: Carbon — Sal
• 2006: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 — LONESTAR
• 2006: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops — Ocelot
• 2006: Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs — Chayton Black
• 2006: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Human Torch, Hermod
• 2007: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition — Wayne
• 2007: God of War II — Young Spartan
• 2007: Spider-Man 3 — Apocalypse Small Thugs
• 2008: No More Heroes — Destroyman
• 2008: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Young Ocelot
• 2008: Ninja Gaiden II — Ryu Hayabusa
• 2008: Spider-Man: Friend or Foe — Harry Osborn/New Goblin
• 2009: Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier — Jak
• 2009: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust - Larry Lovage
• 2009: Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - Ryu Hayabusa
• 2009: Marvel Super Hero Squad - Spider-Man
• 2010: No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle — New Destroyman
• 2010: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep — Young Hercules
• 2010: StarCraft II - Valerian Mengsk
• 2010: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - Ultimate Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man (DS Version)
• 2010: Splatterhouse - Rick Taylor
• 2010: Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet - Spider-Man
• 2011: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds — Spider-Man
• 2011: Spider-Man: Edge of Time - Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker 2099.
• 2011: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Spider-Man
• 2011: Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - Spyro
• 2012: Transformers Universe - Jack Darby
• 2012: Skylanders: Giants - Spyro

Live roles

Films

• 1991: All I Want for Christmas — Brad
• 1992: Newsies — Newsboy
• 1996: Same River Twice — Andy
• 1996: Judge and Jury — Boy #2
• 1996: Infinity — David
• 1997: Just Write — Teenager on Trolley
• 1998: The Souler Opposite — Young Barry
• 1999: Chimera House — Roy
• 1999: A Murder On Shadow Mountain (made for television) — Young Denny
• 2007: Up-In-Down-Town - Billy

Television series

• 1994: Boy Meets World — Roy (2 episodes)
• 1995: Sister, Sister — Franklin (1 episode)
• 1995—1996: The Secret World of Alex Mack — Bryce (recurring)
• 1997: Chicago Hope — Will Peters (1 episode)
• 1997: Baywatch — Todd Rose (1 episode)
• 1997: General Hospital — Tim (recurring)
• 1999: Touched by an Angel — Young Nick Stratton (1 episode)
• 1999—2002: The Young and the Restless — Denny (recurring)
• 2002: Boston Public — Martin Andrews (1 episode)
• 2002: ER Greg (1 episode)
• 2004: Will & Grace — Sal (2 episodes)
• 2006: Bones — Yasutani the Terrible (1 episode)

External links

• Official Website
• Band and Music Production Website
• Josh Keaton at the Internet Movie Database
• MYSPACE

Preceded by Neil Patrick Harris	Voice or portrayal of Spider-Man 2008-present	Succeeded by Drake Bell
Preceded by Elijah Wood	Voice of Spyro the Dragon 2011-	Succeeded by Current voice