Duke Nukem Voice Actor Turns Down Political Ad

While developers and writers go to great lengths to imbue their characters with personality, it’s really the voice actors that really bring them to life, and push them into pop-culture relevancy. Who would Snake be without the iconic David Hayter? Or Mario without the always-charming Charles Martinet? They simply wouldn’t be the same, and undoubtedly for the worse for the absence. Well, perhaps one of the most iconic voice actors in the business, who voices one of gaming’s biggest fallen stars, is Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem, a handful of champs in DOTA 2, and a bunch of other less well-known characters in other games.

I mean he’s no Nolan North but still.

It seems, however, that his fame has gotten him some unwanted attention--not stalkers or unusually dedicated Duke Nukem fans (namely because the latter doesn’t exist), but rather, a job offer: a job offer he would be very uncomfortable taking.
 

“I don’t like to turn down jobs...especially when it’s a national ad campaign that pays pretty well. But I have a conscience and could not accept a gig to be the advertising voice of the Republican party’s leading candidate for president. Thanks for the kind offer, but I will sleep just fine at night knowing I made a choice I can live with.”

So, yeah. Turns out, either the Trump or Cruz was looking to employ the voice of the Duke to entice the American voter. Now, not to comment on politics here (given that we’re a gaming website) that kind of makes sense--given how Duke is kind of a self-started American hero with an affinity for guns and the ol’ my-country-tis-of-thee patriotism... but if even Duke, who literally throws poop at walls, doesn’t want to handle those turds? Might be a sign to look elsewhere for our next leader.

Bernie Sanders. It should be Bernie Sanders.