Ike Amadi
Born
Ikechukwu Prince Amadi

(1979-11-26) November 26, 1979 (age 44)
Nigeria
Education
OccupationVoice actor
Years active2008–present
Notable work

Ikechukwu Prince Amadi (born November 26, 1979) is a Nigerian voice actor.[2] He is known for voicing Javik in Mass Effect 3, Spartan Jameson Locke in Halo 5: Guardians, Atriox in Halo Infinite, Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat 11 and Mortal Kombat 1 and the DC Comics villain Atrocitus in Injustice 2. He is also a founding father of MOPAC.

Early life

Amadi was born in Nigeria, on November 26, 1979. He and his family moved to the United States, where he attended and graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[2]

Career

Amadi has provided the voice of Jax Briggs in the direct-to-video animated films Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge (2020) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021), respectively.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge Jax Briggs Voice, direct-to-video [3]
2020 Superman: Man of Tomorrow Martian Manhunter [4]
2021 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms Jax Briggs, One Being [5]
2022 Green Lantern: Beware My Power Martian Manhunter [6]
2023 Justice League: Warworld [7]
2024 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One Martian Manhunter, Amazing Man, Professor Ivo [8]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Electric City Additional voices Web series
2016 Roots Narrator Voice, miniseries
2016–18 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Angor Rot, Detective Scott Voice, 21 episodes
2017–18 Voltron: Legendary Defender Commander Branko, Galra Commander, Galra Guard #2 Voice, 3 episodes
2018–19 Avengers Assemble M'Baku / Man-Ape Voice, 3 episodes
2018–19 3Below: Tales of Arcadia Detective Scott Voice, 7 episodes
2019 Love, Death & Robots Platoon Sergeant Voice, episode: "Shape-Shifters"
2020 Wizards: Tales of Arcadia Angor Rot Voice, episode: "Lady of the Lake"
2021 What If...? O'Bengh Voice, episode: "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"
2023 The Legend of Vox Machina Earthbreaker Groon Voice, 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2008 007: Quantum of Solace Mollaka
2010 Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight NOD #1 Uncredited
2010 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Additional Voices
2011 The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Gwaihir, Gorin
2012 Mass Effect 3 Javik, Prothean VI, Additional Voices From Ashes DLC
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Additional Voices
2013 Knack Knack Credited as Ikechukwu Prince Amadi
2014 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Farseer Drek'Thar, Fel Lord Zakuun
2014 Wolfenstein: The New Order Camp Prisoner
2014 Skylanders: Trap Team Jawbreaker
2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Additional Voices
2014 Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Atrocitus, Martian Manhunter, Gorilla Grodd, Bronze Tiger, John Stewart
2015 Infinite Crisis Atrocitus
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Additional Voices
2015 Skylanders: SuperChargers Jawbreaker, The Darkness
2015 Halo 5: Guardians[9] Spartan Jameson Locke
2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Additional Voices
2015 Fallout 4 Davies, Diamond City Guard
2015 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Anihilator, Destroyer
2016 Mafia III Additional Voices Credited as Ike Amandi
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Rokmora
2016 Dishonored 2 Guard
2016 Final Fantasy XV Titan English dub
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Taavos, Additional Voices
2017 Prey Dr. Dayo Igwe
2017-18 Injustice 2 Atrocitus Also the Legendary Edition of the game
2017 Farpoint Dr. Grant Moon
2017 Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire Gorrik, Efram Greetsglory, Ryland Steelcatcher, additional voices
2017 Knack II Knack Credited as Ikechukwu Prince Amadi
2017 Middle-earth: Shadow of War Baranor
2018 Spider-Man David Obademi Silver Linings DLC
2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Additional Voices
2018 Lego DC Super-Villains Atrocitus, Martian Manhunter
2019-20 Mortal Kombat 11 Shao Kahn, Cyrax Also in Aftermath and Ultimate[10]
2019 Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Crunch Bandicoot, Baby-T, additional voices
2019 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Wamai
2020 Fallout 76: Wastelanders Creed, Kogan, Sergeant Fred Radcliff
2020 Iron Man VR Nick Fury
2020 Star Wars: Squadrons Additional Voices
2020 Spider-Man: Miles Morales Aaron Davis / Prowler
2020 The Elder Scrolls Online Rada Al-Saran
2020 Legends of Runeterra Azir [11]
2021 No More Heroes III Jeane, Notorious
2021 Apex Legends Seer
2021 Halo Infinite Atriox
2022 Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons Gorrik
2023 Starfield Commander Kibwe Ikande
2023 Mortal Kombat 1 General Shao [12]
2023 Mortal Kombat: Onslaught Shao Kahn

References

  1. ^ "'Halo 5' Spartan Locke Gets A New Voice Actor, Ike Amadi Replaces Mike Colter". Inquisitr. 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Iké Amadi - Public Affairs Conference - Missouri State University".
  3. ^ Couch, Aaron (17 January 2020). "Animated 'Mortal Kombat' Movie Sets Cast With Joel McHale, Jennifer Carpenter". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Exclusive: Darren Criss and Zachary Quinto to star in new Superman animated movie". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ Couch, Aaron (16 June 2021). "Animated 'Mortal Kombat Legends' Sequel Arriving This Summer (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Syndicated Comics". 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ "'Justice League: Warworld' Cast Unveiled (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 April 2023. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One: Exclusive Clip and Voice Cast Reveal". 4 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Dragon Con 2018: Atlanta's sci-fi convention returns Aug. 30-Sept. 3". Rolling Out. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  10. ^ Cianciolo, Dominic [@domcianciolo] (23 April 2019). "A lot of folks have asked which actor is the voice of #mk11's #Skarlet. That would be no other than @BeataPozniak!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Li, Melissa (6 March 2021). "Honored to write for the epic voice of Iké Amadi @AfricanWrdsmith as the voice of Shurima's emperor, Azir, in @PlayRuneterra . Hope you enjoy his new lines, followers, and card design (one of my favorites from @GMajorOnline )!". Twitter. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  12. ^ @domcianciolo (22 August 2023). ".Empress Sindel! General Shao! Kameo Shujinko & Motaro! VO greats @maraJunot (Sindel) and Ike Amadi (Shao) return!! #MK1 #MortalKombat1 #MortalKombat" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via Twitter.

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