Modern Warfare 2 casts Keith David, Kevin McKidd

Halo 3 actor, Rome star join Saving Private Ryan's Barry Pepper on board Infinity Ward's next Call of Duty game; actor Craig Fairbrass' return may shed light on plot.

August began with reports that rapper 50 Cent had joined the voice cast of the oft-retitled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Today, Infinity Ward director of communications Robert Bowling revealed several more actors who will appear in the highly anticipated sequel, which GameStop executives are predicting could be the best-selling console game of all time.

Via his Twitter feed, which he also used to unveil the $150 Prestige Edition's night-vision goggle pack-in and Mad Catz MW2-branded controller--Bowling today confirmed that the "final voice work" of five actors is currently being put into the game, due out November 10 worldwide.

First up is Keith David, a familiar voice to many gamers. David lent his distinctive baritone to the Arbiter in Halo 2 and 3, Captain Anderson in Mass Effect, gang boss Julius in Saints Row 1 and 2, Lord Vekk in Lords of EverQuest, Vhailor in PlaneScape: Torment, and Decker in the original Fallout. A stage veteran and prolific character actor, David also appeared in such films as Requiem for a Dream, They Live, and Platoon.

Bowling also confirmed Modern Warfare 2 will feature Kevin McKidd, who was the voice of Love Fist rocker Jezz Torrent in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, his only prior game appearance. The Scottish actor's breakthrough role was the doomed junkie Tommy in the cult film Trainspotting, but he has since made a bigger mark on television. He played fallen centurion Lucius Vorenus in HBO's lavish series Rome, was the lead in the canceled NBC sci-fi show Journeyman, and currently has a recurring part on Grey's Anatomy, though he does not appear in Ubisoft's game adaption.

Also on board is Barry Pepper, who most recently voiced Alex Mercer in another Activision game, top June title Prototype. The Canadian actor is best known for his role as the bible-quoting American sniper in Saving Private Ryan and also appeared in the war epics We Were Soldiers and Flags of our Fathers. Pepper, additionally, has the dubious distinction of being the lead in Battlefield Earth, regarded as one of the worst films ever made.

Also on the voice roster is American character actor Glenn Morshower, who was last seen in the summer blockbuster Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. Though he's appeared in nearly 150 television shows and films, his highest profile role was the secret service agent Aaron Pierce in several seasons of 24. He reprised the part in the 2006 game adaptation of the Fox television series.

The last name Bowling revealed is the least known--but might have the most information about Modern Warfare 2's plot. British thespian Craig Fairbrass is also appearing in the game, two years after he voiced the SAS commando Gaz in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Problem is, Gaz was shot in the head with a Desert Eagle toward the end of the fourteenfold-platinum actioner, meaning his appearance may be a flashback--or Gaz had the good fortune to survive a high-caliber head wound.

217 Comments

  • Blythe31

    Posted Sep 5, 2009 1:52 am PT

    Love all the voice actors except for 50cent. I hope he doesn't have a prominent role. I'll feel like a total tool if I get into the story and 50 cent comes on with his pop culture ghetto slang encouraging me to continue shooting people in various aggro parts of the world.

  • AuronTsubaki85

    Posted Sep 3, 2009 3:25 pm PT

    With a cast like Kevin McKidd, Keith David, Barry Pepper. This might be an interesting game. 50 cent? They could of brought in Ice-T, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges or Ice Cube if they were going to put a rapper in it.

  • AdrianR

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 8:08 pm PT

    Keith David has done phenomenal work in the past. I couldn't be happier to see the guy on board. Stern voice - the way he voices the Captain in Mass Effect is awesome. Really glad to see his role in MW2. Kudos to Keith David. Fail on 50 Cent. 50?? Really...? Bleh. I have never enjoyed any of 50 roles in any films. Especially righteous kill? what a joke of a film that was. He ended up playing himself. Plus the director was lame too.

    Oh well - this game is gonna r0xs0rz anyway. w00p.

  • acf_barnard

    Posted Aug 31, 2009 10:11 am PT

    i predict a similar future to that which MW1 enjoyed

    if you go into any shop i swear they'll make you pay more for COD4 than COD5 no joke

    now that is an amazing testament to how good MW1 is !!

  • bobbo888

    Posted Aug 29, 2009 7:35 am PT

    I think that puttin 50 cent in the games pretty sick. What's wrong with putting one of the biggest rap stars of all time in a game? I'm sure he was just as hard to get as Keith David.

  • tntgrunge5

    Posted Aug 26, 2009 3:10 pm PT

    i hope 50 cent play some enemie who dies.

  • acer_062

    Posted Aug 25, 2009 9:04 pm PT

    50 cent ... I'll do it for a quarter!!!
    Call me Infinity....

  • FartMonkey65

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 6:19 pm PT

    50 cent. really. they' re seriously putting 50 cent in a call of duty game. But if anyone could pull it off, it's infinity ward.

  • LOVERPS3

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 4:00 pm PT

    no doubt>>>i will buy it_+

    i love you ps3_+

  • UrbanMessiah

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 2:52 am PT

    Intrakitt said:

    "This really isn't a good cast. Keith David has been in a crapload of games already so how hard was it to really get him on board? I think they could have done a lot better."

    He's probably been in a "crapload of games" because he's *that* good (and not *that* cheap, as I'm sure some cynic will put forth), you know. So I will have to respectfully disagree with your assessment of Mr. David's talents and whether they are needed in this game...however, I'm totally on board with your call on 50 Cent. They really could and should have done better. -=x

  • Iron_dawg

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 7:06 pm PT

    aw i love keith david man he did a dam good julius in saints row

  • donebythebook

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 4:26 pm PT

    Keith David = The Man

  • popdacracka

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 4:24 pm PT

    Keith David. HAVE to have his unique voice. This game is going to be so realistic..

  • DPhunkT

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 3:52 pm PT

    ...but still no Keifer Sutherland. Whats with IW?!

  • Me-AhMaD

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 3:51 pm PT

    it is the best game in the world ....

  • advocacy

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 8:32 am PT

    Damn good voices, all of them. Especilly Lucius Vorenus and freakin' Vhailor (Spirit of Batman animating an armor suit!).

  • charlie_killer

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 4:20 am PT

    Yes! Barry Pepper, he was awesome in Saving Private as that marksman Private Daniel Jackson! or as Joe Galloway in We were soldiers. This is the kinda game he fits in.

    I never knew he made the voice for Alex mercer in Prototype 0_0

  • xthabeast

    Posted Aug 23, 2009 3:04 am PT

    AWESOME. Once again this will be Game Of The Year and beat CoD4MW as #1 best selling FPS

  • Blackreaper95

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 10:31 pm PT

    Multipalyer in COD games has always been the best part anyone else notice that the guy giving you order is Soap Mctavish form COD4 a.k.a you

  • darkdaej

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 3:56 pm PT

    Somehow, I am expecting disappointment. The multiplayer will be good, as MW showed 2 years back, but most likely the singleplayer will be the eternal no-AI, memorize-the-level-like-you-did-with-NES-games Call of Duty fare...

  • -Elite

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 10:15 am PT

    I'd like to be able to play as Gaz in MP. This game is gonna be the best-selling game of all time!
    Or close to that...

  • techzilla77

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 7:55 am PT

    Kieth David's voice is Epic. I am dying for this game. Pheeww I can't wait no longer.

  • thelool

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 7:06 am PT

    i cant wait to have it ^_^

  • sMeAgOl_VaDeR

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 5:42 am PT

    this game is gonna be one word... EPIC

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 2:27 am PT

    Cant wait to complete this on Veteran.

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 2:25 am PT

    fanboy_killa,

    'They Live' was a Brilliant film : )

  • Rigges

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 11:55 pm PT

    think they already mentioned the story wouldn't be much longer than cod4, but hell I'm still playing cod4 and it wasn't for the story haha

  • fanboy_killa

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 8:14 pm PT

    i loved keith david in Something About Mary...i forgot he was in They Live....gosh, i'm old too FBIoh3

  • kingNael96

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 8:10 pm PT

    i hope the story is longer unlike cod4

  • smghottie

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 8:07 pm PT

    " Pepper, additionally, has the dubious distinction of being the lead in Battlefield Earth, regarded as one of the worst films ever made. "

    hahahaa very true. Basically giant jamaican aliens + John Travolta

  • dav_528

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 7:47 pm PT

    "-or Gaz had the good fortune to survive a high-caliber head wound." lol. probably voicing a new npc or a flashback

  • Chief_Kuuni

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 7:40 pm PT

    that's cool, all good actors, I can't wait to get this game, gonna be a must have

  • IgotEpixx

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 6:46 pm PT

    If you watch the Story Trailer again, you can see the Gun was not DIRECTLY above Gaz's head, perhaps he was shot in the back?

  • Intrakitt

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 6:40 pm PT

    There's no way someone can survive a Desert Eagle round to the back of the head like Gaz took. It's impossible. Do you know what a DE round would do to your face? Split! The guy will most likely play a different character. That's what a good voice actor does, right?

    This really isn't a good cast. Keith David has been in a crapload of games already so how hard was it to really get him on board? I think they could have done a lot better...and 50 Cent? Come on now Infinity Ward. You used to be the epitome of a quality developer, but your choices for voices in MW2 are just retarded. Oh well, I'm sure the game will still be great but I better have the option to turn the voice volume down. I refuse to listen to 50 Cent speak. That guy is poison.

  • BattleSword1

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 6:01 pm PT

    Good, Infinity Ward! Now cast Ron Perlman.

  • FBIoh3

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 5:33 pm PT

    Keith David was also in a Steven Seagal movie, Marked for Death i think.

    god im old ;}

  • tjoklee

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 5:31 pm PT

    what about captain price ? what about his bushy moustache ?
    please tell me he's coming back....

  • MaltaDrummer

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 5:30 pm PT

    these casts are awesome. they only ****ed up when they chose 50 cent. wtf

  • theholyemu

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 5:12 pm PT

    @mistaicyfresh11
    You know there is such a thing as a comma?
    Anyways, the game I'm on the fence for this one. Like most first-person shooters and the call of duty series in general, it looks a LOT like the original, but I thought about it and I have liked all of them so far except Big Red One and COD3.

  • mustaf_nur89

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 5:05 pm PT

    I wonder if he uses slang and kills the game

  • bigplay27

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 4:56 pm PT

    That's a multi-millon dollar retard to you.

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    railroberto2007

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 4:19 pm PT (hide)

    why the hell did they pick 50 cent. im thinking of not buying. rappers are rtards

  • cube-gage

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 3:51 pm PT

    Cant wait for this. And yes, ive followed Call Of Duty through every game, im not just one of these COD4 babies. And for me, the campaign mode is the most important thing. Multiplayer is a bonus but not as important as story mode IMO. I cant believe so many people jump straight into online mode these days without even finishing single player. That makes me sick, friggin short attention span people have nowadays.

  • hanz7786

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 3:27 pm PT

    it is too good

  • Metronome1982

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 2:17 pm PT

    If anyone wants to see graig fairbrass (GAZ),in a true story, british gansta flick,look up "RISE OF THE FOOT SOLDIER" very good film,he plays someone called PAT TATE,i was very close to him and his family.

  • Leejjohno

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 2:07 pm PT

    If anybody in that game was hard enough to take a .50 Desert Eagle round to the head and live, it was Gaz.

  • russell452

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 1:40 pm PT

    50 cent better not ruin this game
    what a stupid casting

  • djmusmc

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 12:51 pm PT

    Fiddy Cent voice acting? I guess it'll be ok as long as my soldier don't sag and floss gold chains and tims

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