Draft:Ronan L. Summers
Ronan Summers | |
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| Born | Ronan Summers February 12, 1983 |
| Education | Baccalaureate of Arts (BA) in Acting, with Honors, at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2001-2004 |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Spouse | None |
Ronan Summers[edit]
Ronan Summers (born February 12th, 1983), is an Irish-Russian-American Voice and Film Actor[1] who is most noted for his extensive voice acting roles, from video games amassing over 100 million gamers per month[2], to film, such as the Mission Impossible franchise and Guardians of the Galaxy. Recently, his most notable work has been as the voice for Scott Tyler[3], a fictional character who has been involved in all of Forza Horizon's video game installments[4].
His other work includes his original voice on several series podcasts (Dan Allen Gaming Podcast[5], The Filmmakers Podcast[6] and more), writing, producing and directing the TV short Blue Collar Britain,[7] and being a character model for the fictional game character Simon Arish, in the popular video game Control.
As of 2024, Summers has been a cast-member of (22) TV series and (21) films; a critical voice artist of (56) video games; staff writer of (1) major-feature film and original voice of more than (5) podcast and short-productions.
Early Life[edit]
Ronan Summers was born in Ireland on February 12th, 1983 to an Irish father and a Russian-American mother. Because of his mother and father's upbringing across two countries, the United States and Ireland, Summers spent most of his childhood frequently traveling between the two countries to visit his extended family.
Summers' parents divorced when he was three-years-old, and this separation caused Summers to reside with his mother in New York, NY. His father remained in Ireland during this time.
Throughout Summers' childhood, his mother would allow him to travel as an Unaccompanied minor to Ireland to be with his father, during holidays. When Summers approached his teenage years, his father expressed desire for Summers to reside long-term in Dublin, so that he would remain deeply rooted in his Irish roots, and with both his mother and father's approval, Summers relocated to Ireland and continued schooling there.
After finishing high-school, Summers was accepted to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, in Wales, UK, and graduated in 2004 with a Baccalaureate of Arts in Acting, with Honors. After graduating, Summers began his career in London, England.
Career[edit]
After graduating the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2004, Summers moved to London, England with hopes of landing acting roles. While struggling to land supporting or lead-actor roles in London, Summers found an entertainment niche in voice acting that would land him with a wealth of gig opportunity.
His first proper role was as a cast-member on the popular Welsh TV series, Caerdydd, where he played Myfyrwr, in 2006. He then landed vocal work for the video game, Viva Piñata as Cows the same year, and the following year he was a staff writer for the American-film, I Could Never Be Your Woman, who starred A-List celebrities Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd and Saoirse Ronan. Summers continued the next year-and-a-half working in other TV series and video game work until he landed a role in the globally successful and critically acclaimed, The Dark Knight, where he played a prisoner.
Summers achieved more than five working roles in year 2008, and as of 2009, was successful in two voice acting roles, two cast member roles in major-feature films, a staff writer for a major-feature film and a cast-member for four different TV series.
At the beginning of 2009, he played as a car dealer for the short-film Dubplate Drama, and played as Rakan and Star Guardian Rakan in the successful video game, League of Legends. As of 2012, League of Legends had amassed more than 32-million players[2] per month, and to date, there are over 130-million active gamers who play League of Legends, per month[8].
League of Legends was not the only highly-remarkable game that Summers has voiced in. He went on to voice as a zombie, handyman and town man in Alan Wake; PFC David Montes in Battlefield 3 and other voices in Battlefield 4; Scott Tyler in all five of the Forza Horizon game series; Agent One, Richard Wesley and an Allied Soldier in Wolfenstein: The Old Blood; voices in Guitar Hero Live; Need for Speed, Star Wars: Battlefront, Battlefield 2042, Cyberpunk 2077 and many more.
Video Game Vocal Work[edit]
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Viva Piñata | Voice of "Cow" |
| 2008 | Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise | Cows |
| 2009 | League of Legends | Rakan & Star Guardian Rakan |
| 2010 | Alan Wake | Zombie, Handyman, Towns Person |
| 2010 | Crackdown 2 | Fill-In Voices |
| 2011 | Dragon Age II | Merin & Additional Fill-Ins |
| 2011 | Crysis 2 | Fill-In Voices |
| 2011 | Operation Flashpoint: Red River | Marine Corps Troop |
| 2011 | Battlefield 3 | PFC David Montes |
| 2011 | Saints Row: The Third | Fill-Ins |
| 2012 | Alan Wake's American Nightmare | Dog |
| 2012 | Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure | Fill-In Voices |
| 2012 | Forza Horizon | Scott Tyler |
| 2013 | Strike Suit Zero | Generic Pilot |
| 2013 | Crysis 3 | Cell One, Teammate 1 and Overlord 2 |
| 2013 | Lego City Undercover | Fill-In Voices |
| 2013 | Company of Heroes 2 | Fill-In Voices |
| 2013 | Payday 2 | Twitch the Getaway Driver |
| 2013 | Battlefield 4 | Fill-In Voices |
| 2013 | Killzone: Shadow Fall" | Cain |
| 2013 | Zoo Tycoon | Lion, Monkey, Zoo Dad |
| 2014 | Forza Horizon 2 | Scott Tyler |
| 2015 | Grey Goo | Fill-In Voices |
| 2015 | Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | Agent One, Richard Wesley, Allied Soldier |
| 2015 | Guitar Hero Live | Fill-In Voices |
| 2015 | Need for Speed | Fill-In Voices |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Battlefront | Fill-In Voices |
| 2016 | Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 | Zombie |
| 2016 | The Division | Fill-In Voices |
| 2016 | Quantum Break | Fill-In Voices |
| 2016 | Forza Horizon 3 | Scott Tyler |
| 2016 | Steep | Sam Miller |
| 2016 | Star Ocean | Fill-In Voices |
| 2017 | Horizon Zero Dawn | Palaver, Ranaman, Thok |
| 2017 | Ghost Recon: Wildlands | Agent Sandoval |
| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Fill-In Voices |
| 2017 | The Surge | Fill-In Voices |
| 2017 | Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age | Master of Ceremonies |
| 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | Fill-In Voices |
| 2017 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | Thor, Daredevil, Spider-Man 2099 |
| 2017 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | Fill-In Voices |
| 2017 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Wulfric |
| 2018 | State of Mind | Adam |
| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 | Scott Tyler |
| 2018 | Hitman 2 | Rico Delgado |
| 2019 | Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions[9] | Scott Tyler |
| 2019 | Control | Simon Arish |
| 2020 | Bleeding Edge | El Bastardo |
| 2020 | Minecraft Dungeons | Fill-In Voices |
| 2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Joshua Stephenson, Pepe Navarro |
| 2021 | Forza Horizon 5 | Scott Tyler |
| 2021 | Battlefield 2042 | Webster Mackay |
| 2022 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | DJ |
| 2022 | The DioField Chronicle | Shivat Malzin |
| 2023 | Dead Island 2 | Ryan |
| 2023 | Payday 3 | Twitch |
Filmography Vocal Work[edit]
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Film | Dog Soldier 1 | |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Film | Drop the Leg Guard | |
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything | Film | Security Guard | |
| 2015 | Mission Impossible 5 | Film | Ed Lansbury | |
| 2015 | Survivor | Film | Marine | |
| 2015 | Petroleum Spirit | Film | (unattributed) | |
| 2017 | You Were Never Really Here | Film | Joe's Younger Father's Double | Worked alongside A-List Star Joaquin Phoenix |
| 2017 | American Assassin | Film | Deck Officer | |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Film | British Mercenary | |
| 2019 | The Dare | Film | Glen | |
| 2020 | Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot[10] | Film | Lucan | |
| 2021 | Code of Silence | Film | Ronnie & Reggie Kray | |
| 2022 | Tut's Lost City Revealed[11] | Film | Narrator | |
| 2023 | Hitmen | Film | Paris Hero | |
| 2024 | War Blade[12] | Film | Pierre |
Filmography - Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Caerdydd | TV Series | Myfyrwr | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Locked Up Abroad | TV Series | Rhett | 1 episode |
| 2008 | KateModern | TV Series | Rupert Van Heldon | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Lonelygirl15 | TV Series | Rupert Van Helden | 1 episode |
| 2009 | Dubplate Drama | Short Series | Car Dealer | |
| 2009 | The Big Lick: I'll Be Fine[13] | Short Series | Poker Player Two | |
| 2010 | Breakout | TV Series | Narrator | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Episodes | TV Series | Hair Guy | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Blue Collar Britain[14] | TV Short | Narrator | |
| 2012 | A Second Son[15] | Documentary | NSA Technician | |
| 2013 | The Most Popular Girls in School | TV Series | Camera Man, Doctor | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | 24: Live Another Day | TV Mini Series | Secret Service Agent | 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Searchers | TV Mini Series | Brad Mathison | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | American Odyssey | TV Series | O'Niel | 1 episode |
| 2015 | I Live with Models | TV Series | Man at Party | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Suspicion | TV Series | Detective | 1 episode |
| 2015 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | TV Mini Series | Guard Chardwick | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures | TV Series | Hollison Grier | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Blood Runs Cold | TV Series | Narrator | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Welcome to Murdertown[16] | TV Series | Narrator | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Doctor Who | TV Series | Rendition Man | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Vikings | TV Series | Herigar | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Shipwreck Secrets | TV Series | Narrator | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Adventures | TV Series | Captain Hopper | 1 episode |
| 2022 | The Eight | TV Series | (unattributed) | |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | TV Mini Series | Sergeant Mallard | 1 episode |
Other Works[edit]
| Year | Title | Type | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Blue Collar Britain[14] | TV Short | Director, Executive Producer, Writer | |
| 2014 | Pupa | TV Short | Cinematographer | |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures | Podcast Series | O'Connell | 1 episode |
| 2021 | The Year of Martha Jones[17] | Podcast Series | Dustin, Jimmy | 2 episodes |
Social Media Links[edit]
Instagram | Ronan Summers [Instagram]
IMDB | Ronan Summers [Ronan Summers | Actor, Producer, Writer]
Cameo | Ronan Summers [Ronan Summers | Cameo]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ronan Summers | Actor, Producer, Writer". IMDb.
- ^ a b "League of Legends". October 27, 2009 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Scott Tyler". Forza Wiki.
- ^ "Horizon". Forza.
- ^ "Dan Allen Gaming Podcast". December 3, 2020 – via IMDb.
- ^ "The Filmmakers Podcast". October 7, 2017 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Blue Collar Britain". November 2, 2012 – via IMDb.
- ^ https://www.esports.net/news/lol/league-of-legends-player-count/#:~:text=Even%20though%20the%20average%20number,players%20on%20League%20of%20Legends.
- ^ "Forza Horizon 4". April 28, 2024 – via Wikipedia.
- ^ "Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot". July 23, 2020 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Tut's Lost City Revealed". November 3, 2022 – via IMDb.
- ^ "War Blade". January 15, 2024 – via IMDb.
- ^ "The Big Lick: I'll Be Fine" – via IMDb.
- ^ a b "Blue Collar Britain". November 2, 2012 – via IMDb.
- ^ "A Second Son". December 12, 2012 – via IMDb.
- ^ "Welcome to Murdertown". November 13, 2018 – via IMDb.
- ^ "The Year of Martha Jones" – via IMDb.
- ^ www.imdb.com/title/tt2071507/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_93_act.
- ^ prioridata.com/data/league-of-legends/#:~:text=League%20of%20Legends%20has%20a,152%20million%20as%20of%202023.&text=Monthly%20Player%20Count%20Stats%3A,has%20gone%20up%20and%20down
- ^ www.imdb.com/title/tt0466662/awards/?ref_=tt_awd.
- ^ www.imdb.com/title/tt1814691/awards/?ref_=tt_awd.
- ^ www.imdb.com/name/nm2788751/