Join Justin as he chats with actor, director, and stunt performer Neil Newbon about the evolution of motion capture, the Baldur’s Gate 3 phenomenon, becoming Astarion, method acting, and more!

Neil Newbon bio:

"Best known for playing Karl Heisenberg in Capcom's RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE and Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in Quantic Dream's DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN, Neil Newbon has been working in Performance Capture and Voice Over in games, television and films for over 14 years, appearing in over 100 properties.

Neil most recently starred as lead companion Astarion in Larian Studios' highly anticipated Dungeons and Dragons based RPG BALDUR'S GATE 3, Isaac Johnson in Frontier Developments DELIVER US MARS, Nicholai and Nemesis in RESIDENT EVIL 3: NEMESIS and lead Ape Bryn in PLANET OF THE APES: LAST FRONTIER. This year Neil can be seen portraying the talking Norg fish "Fibonacci" in Digital Extremes latest WARFRAME update, Whispers In The Walls.

He began his formal training at the internationally acclaimed National Youth Theatre, the company that launched the careers of Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Neil went on to study Method Acting, the work of Yat Malmgren and many other craft techniques with the renowned Giles Foreman Centre of Acting. His professional career began at the Royal Court, Bloomsbury Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as the Soho Theatre with the National Film and Television School.

In addition to being a Professional Actor, Voice Artist, Martial Arts and Combat/Stunts professional, Neil works as a Performance and Action Director and recently completed his seventh game property, a AAA game which is still under NDA. His Directing credits include: BALDUR'S GATE 3 (Performance Capture), DELIVER US MARS (Performance Director), TOTAL WAR: THREE KINGDOMS (Action Director) and BORDERLANDS 3 'SO HAPPY TOGETHER' Trailer (Performance Director) SECRETS OF CIVILISATION (Action Director and Stunt Coordinator). Neil Produces and Directs through his company Performance Captured Productions, which specializes in Directing, Casting and Performance Capture. The company recently completed its ninth co-production.

Neil is also the Founder of the Performance Captured Academy, which mentors new performers, game development artists and directors for full performance in games, through which he has personally mentored hundreds of students and emerging game talent worldwide over the last nine years."

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