Logan Cunningham (actor)
Logan Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Logan Cunningham is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles in video games developed and published by American independent video game development studio Supergiant Games. Cunningham's voice over work in video game titles has received recognition from the video game industry. He was conferred the Performer in a Supporting Role BAFTA Award in 2021 for his work as multiple characters in the roguelike video game Hades.
Career
[edit]The 2011 title Bastion is Logan Cunningham's first acting project in the video game industry.[1] He agreed to participate in the project as a personal favor for his friends.[2] As the principal voice actor of Bastion, Cunningham worked closely with the game's audio director Darren Korb and recorded his lines as the game's narrator from a small closet within an apartment in New York.[3] Bastion's critical and commercial success allowed Cunningham the opportunity to resign from his job at a movie theater to undertake full-time work as an actor.[1] Cunningham hosted the inaugural New York Game Awards at the Cantor Film Center in 2012. [4]
Cunningham would continue his role as the principal voice actor of subsequent titles developed and published by Supergiant Games, sometimes voicing multiple characters as in 2017's Pyre and 2020's Hades. Cunningham plays six different named roles in Hades: Lord Hades, Poseidon, Achilles, Charon, Asterius, and The Storyteller.[5] Cunningham also voiced the game's patch notes during its early access developmental period.[6]
Cunningham has received critical acclaim for his video game voice acting work, which has been described by critics like Eurogamer staff and Jordan Devore from Destructoid as an essential element that positively impacted the critical success enjoyed by Supergiant Games' titles.[5][7] Notable accolades received by Cunningham include the Lead Performance in a Comedy NAVGTR Award in 2012 for his role in Bastion, as well as the Performer in a Supporting Role at the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards for his roles in Hades.[8] In May 2021, Cunningham was the subject of a webinar event titled "Games Performance Masterclass" hosted by BAFTA.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Cunningham grew up in the Bay Area and San Jose in the state of California. Cunningham is a childhood friend of Amir Rao, the co-founder of Supergiant Games. They met each other through youth soccer events.[1] Cunningham later attended a high school which has a well developed theater program, where he became acquainted with Darren Korb.[4] Cunningham, Korb and Rao all moved to New York for their college education; Cunningham in particular attended the Lincoln Center campus of Fordham University.[4]
Works
[edit]Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bastion | The Narrator, Rucks | |
| 2012 | Resonance | Winston Bennet (voice) | |
| Primordia | Horatio Nullbuilt | ||
| 2013 | Dota 2 | Bastion (announcer pack) | |
| Codename Cygnus | Neptune | ||
| 2014 | Transistor | The Transistor | |
| 2017 | Pyre | The Voice, Lendel, Dalbert, Bertrude, Ignarius | |
| 2018 | Unavowed | Logan Brown | |
| 2020 | Hades | Lord Hades, Poseidon, Achilles, Charon, Asterius, and the Storyteller | |
| TBD | Hades II | Hades, Poseidon, Charon, Polyphemus, Chronos, and the Storyteller |
Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Between Something & Nothing | Alex | ||
| 2009 | Palace Hotel | The Sailor | Short film | |
| 2011 | Ouija Tape | Scientist 2 | Short film | |
| 2012 | Edna | Jerry | Short film, voice role | |
| 2015 | Jackrabbit | Tom | ||
| 2019 | Good News | Andrew | Short film | |
| 2021 | Trooper | Radio Interviewee | Short film, voice role |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Adultish | Dillon | TV series, 3 episodes |
Accolades
[edit]| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bastion | NAVGTR Awards | Performance in a Comedy, Lead | Won | |
| 2015 | Transistor | BAFTA Games Award | Best Performer | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Hades | The Game Awards 2020 | Best Performance | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Hades | BAFTA Games Awards | Performer in a Supporting Role | Won | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wallace, Kimberley. "The Story Behind Supergiant Games' Bastion". Game Informer. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021.
- ^ "Hades voice actor talks BAFTAs and the secrets to Supergiant's success". The Daily Mirror. March 22, 2021.
- ^ "The 8 best things we saw at GDC 2012". gamesradar. March 10, 2012.
- ^ a b c "The Circle Interview: Teen Actor/Intern Talks To Logan Cunningham, Supergiant's Awesome Voiceover Guru". March 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "Did you know Hades voice actor Logan Cunningham juggled six roles in the game?". October 27, 2020.
- ^ "Hades takes The High Speed Update slow with fully voiced patch notes". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. June 13, 2019.
- ^ "What we've been playing". Eurogamer.net. September 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "LOGAN CUNNINGHAM - PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE". www.bafta.org. March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Games Performance Masterclass: Hades' Logan Cunningham". events.bafta.org.