Nick Jameson is an American actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Russian presidentYuri Suvarov over three seasons on the show 24. He currently resides in Iceland doing live comedy, live music entertainment and remote voice over work.
Early life
Jameson was born in Columbia, Missouri, and was raised primarily in Philadelphia. Prior to settling in Philadelphia, however, Jameson moved with his family to various places around Europe, which exposed him to a variety of the accents that inspired his approach to many of the characters that he plays and/or voices.
Career
He has appeared in the television seriesMission Hill, The Critic, 24, Lost, The King of Queens and, vocally, in ' as Palpatine, Darts D'Nar in ', the radio adaptation of Dark Empire, and several other productions of Star Wars. He has over 114 film credits. He has also voiced in Spider-Man: The Animated Series as Richard Fisk and Morbius, and provided the voice of Max and Agent/Coach Morceau Oleander in the video games Sam & MaxHit the Road and Psychonauts respectfully. He also voiced Lloyd in '. In 2006, his voice was featured in the video game' as Colonel Skowronski. He voiced Jim Dear in . He also voiced as Aldar Beedo in the video game . In 2012, he voiced the character Toxic Reapa from the miniseriesHero Factory. He voices Marshall Dune in the point-and-click adventureBroken Age. Nick has also had a relatively lengthy career in music. Early on, he was a member of The American Dream, a Philadelphia band whose debut album was Todd Rundgren's first production credit. More prominent success soon followed when he briefly became the unofficial fourth member of the British blues-rock band Foghat, producing several of their albums as well, including Fool for the City, which spawned the band's biggest hit "Slow Ride." Nick's bass-playing is prominently featured on this track as well as the rest of the album. He has also released a couple of solo albums: Already Free and A Crowd of One, the latter of which featured the single "Weatherman," which cracked the Billboard Hot 100. The track has a breezy pop-rock feel that was fairly typical of the mid-'80s. It is somewhat similar in terms of both melody and tempo to Mr. Mister's big hit, "Kyrie," albeit with much lighter percussion. A year later, Jack Wagner recorded a cover version of the tune. Another track from the A Crowd of One album, "Love's Closing In" was also featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 film, A Fine Mess. Although an American native, Jameson has become very well known for his ability to perform in a variety of deceptively authentic accents, particularly British English and Australian.
