Neil Newbon

In 1998, Newbon appeared in the BBC Two comedy series Goodness Gracious Me as James, a waiter in the show’s notable “Going for an English” sketch. He has appeared in numerous films. He voiced a tank driver in Jackboots on Whitehall. He starred in the music videos for the Now Voyager Mix of “You Got the Love” by The Source and Candi Staton in 2006 and “Kingdom of Rust” by Doves in 2009.^[4] In 2012, he joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Simon Walker.^[5]

Since 2012, Newbon has provided the voice and motion capture for numerous video game characters, including Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in Detroit: Become Human, Nicholai Ginovaef in Resident Evil 3, Karl Heisenberg in Resident Evil Village and Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3. For his performance as Astarion, he won Best Performance at the 2023 Game Awards as well as the Golden Joystick for Best Supporting Performer.^[6][7]

Newbon is a co-founder of the training facility Performance Captured Academy, which offers courses on motion capture for aspiring actors.^[8][9]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Discovery of Heaven	Quinten
2006	The Last Drop	Cpl. Rhys Powell
	Are You Ready for Love?	Rob
2008	Beyond the Rave	Nikolai	Direct-to-video
2010	Jackboots on Whitehall	Tank Driver	Voice
2014	Extinction	Rob
2016	Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV	Petra Fortis	Voice English dub Also motion capture for Nyx Ulric

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Chris Cross	Garrett	Episode: “Saturday Night”
1997	Wycliffe	Rob Tyzack	Episode: “Close to Home”
1998	Goodness Gracious Me	James	Uncredited 1 episode
1998–2007	The Bill	Ian Robbins, Dominic Mileham, Gavin Sullivan, Billy Peters	7 episodes
1999	Dalziel and Pascoe	ET	Episode: “Time to Go”
2000	Rhona	Art Model	Episode: “The Happy Jeans”
	Queen of Swords	Anton	Episode: “The Witness”
2002	Stranded	Ernst Robinson	Television film
	As If	Seb	2 episodes
2003	The Afternoon Play	Malcolm Haye	Episode: “Turkish Delight”
2003–04	Dream Team	Luke Davenport	19 episodes
2009	Holby City	Gavin Sheldon	Episode: “Take Her Breath Away”
	Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant	Lord Mounjoy, Culpepper’s Inquisitor	2 episodes
	New Tricks	Justin Milburn	Episode: “Blood Is Thicker Than Water”
2009, 2014	Doctors	Kenny Foulton, Michael Faulks	2 episodes
2010	I Shouldn’t Be Alive	Steve Callahan	Episode: “76 Days Adrift”
2012–13	Hollyoaks	Simon Walker	63 episodes
2012	Hollyoaks Later		4 episodes
2015	Residue	Osbourne, Keller’s Aide	3 episodes
2016	Locked Up Abroad	Matthew VanDyke	Episode: “Gaddafi’s American Prisoner”
2017	Casualty	Father Anthony Bridge	1 episode

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Secret World	John Galahad, Thutmose, Father Lucian, Adrian Zorlescu
2014	Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2	—	Motion capture
2015	Until Dawn	—
2017	Spacelords	Additional Voices
	Elite Dangerous [citation needed]	Commander John Jameson
	Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier	Bryn, Mikey, Additional Voices
2018	Detroit: Become Human	Elijah Kamski, Gavin Reed[12]	Also motion capture [citation needed]
	Strange Brigade	—	Motion capture
	Forza Horizon 4	—
2019	We Happy Few	Nick Lightbearer	Lightbearer DLC
2020	Resident Evil 3	Nicholai Ginovaef[13]	Also motion capture for Brad Vickers, Nemesis and Robert Kendo[citation needed]
	Resident Evil: Resistance		Also motion capture[citation needed]
	Beyond a Steel Sky	Alonso
2021	Resident Evil Village	Karl Heisenberg[13]	Also motion capture[citation needed] Also Shadows of Rose DLC
2022	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Cyborg, Additional Voices	Legacy of the Sith and Disorder DLC
	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Zeon[13]
2023	Deliver Us Mars	Isaac Johanson[14]
	Final Fantasy XVI	Additional Voices[13]
	Baldur’s Gate 3	Astarion	Also motion capture
	Warframe	Fibonacci[15]
2024	Fallout: London	Barry the Boat[16]
	Vampire Survivors	Dracula[17]	Ode to Castlevania DLC
	Warframe	Viktor Vodyanoi[18]
2025	Lies of P	Lumacchio[19]	Overture DLC
	Date Everything!	Drysdale[13]
	Dead Take	Chase Lowry[20]

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2025	Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern	Mage	Stage 42[21]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2023	Golden Joystick Awards	Best Supporting Performer	Baldur’s Gate 3	Won	[7]
	The Game Awards	Best Performance		Won	[22]
2024	New York Game Awards	Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game		Nominated	[23][24]
	D.I.C.E. Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Character		Nominated	[25][26]
	British Academy Games Awards	Performer in a Leading Role		Nominated	[27]