Nick Jameson

Early life

Jameson was born to Michael H. Jameson, a classicist, and Virginia Broyles, a teacher and scholar, 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 or voices.

Career

He has appeared in the television series Mission Hill, The Critic, 24, Lost, The King of Queens and, vocally, in Star Wars: Clone Wars as Palpatine, Darts D'Nar in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 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 & Max Hit the Road and Psychonauts respectively. He also voiced Lloyd in Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits. In 2006, his voice was featured in the video game Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops as Colonel Skowronski. He voiced Jim Dear in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure. He also voiced as Aldar Beedo in the video game Star Wars: Episode I Racer. In 2012, he voiced the character Toxic Reapa from the miniseries Hero Factory. He voices Marshall Dune in the point-and-click adventure Broken Age.

Nick has also had a relatively lengthy career in music. Early on, he was a member of The American Dream (1970), 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. One of the tracks on Fool for the City, a cover of the Muddy Waters song "My Babe", was a song that Nick had originally recorded with The American Dream in 1970. 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 (under the title "Weatherman Says"). 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.

Jameson also performed with The Flying Fannoli Brothers, a Los Angeles musical-improvisation group with Fuzzbee Morse and Gary Anthony Williams. The group appeared at the fourth Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival in Austin in 1999.

Although an American native, Jameson has become well known for his ability to perform in a variety of authentic accents, particularly British English and Australian.

Filmography

Discography

Studio albums

Already Free (1977) (Paul Butterfield, harmonica.)

A Crowd of One (1986)

with The American Dream

The American Dream (1970)

with Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield's Better Days – It All Comes Back (1973) (producer only)

Put it in Your Ear (1976)

with Tim Moore

Tim Moore (1974)

Behind the Eyes (1975) (producer only)

with Foghat

Rock and Roll Outlaws (1974) (producer only)

Fool for the City (1975)

Girls to Chat and Boys to Bounce (1981) (producer only)

In the Mood for Something Rude (1982)

Zig-Zag Walk (1983)

Return of the Boogie Men (1994) (producer only)