The Call of Duty series has become renowned for its inclusion of some top Hollywood actors in recent years, and this year’s entry will be no different.
Did you know that The Fast and the Furious actor Jason Statham appeared in the first ever Call of Duty playing Sargent Waters long before he was the big celebrity he is today?
Other Hollywood talent that have lent their voices to the cast over the years include:
- Gary Oldman as Sgt. Viktor Reznov in Call of Duty Black Ops
- Ice Cube as Joseph Bowman in Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Michael Keaton as Special Agent Jason Hudson in Call of Duty Black Ops 2
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare
- Jeff Goldblum in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3: Zombie Mode
- Kiefer Sutherland as Sergeant Roebuck in Call of Duty World at War
In Call of Duty WWII, the full cast has yet to be revealed, but one of the first members of team has been confirmed as Josh Duhamel (indeed, his role in Activision’s revamped shooter was leaked way before the official Call of Duty World War II reveal.)
6ft 3”, 44-year old, former model, Joshua has been actively involved in motion-capture world on the new CoD for some time.
Currently filming for Transformers: The Last Knight, in which he steps back into the role of Lt. Colonel William Lennox, Josh Duhamel has appeared in other Transformer movies.
Following the big reveal of Call of Duty 2017 the actor talked a little about his upcoming role and the character he plays.
"He’s a bit of a dick. He’s somebody who’s mission-before-man," he revealed about Lt. Colonel William Lennox. He also commented on the transition from movies to videogames: "Once you get past the tight suit and the little ping pong balls, it feels like you’re doing theatre," he said.
North Dakota-born Josh Duhamel has only appeared in one videogame before, another Activision title called Skylanders: Superchargers. In this animated action-platformer, he lent his voice to the role of High Volt, the commander of a special security force.
His role on the big screen dates back much further.
Josh Duhamel Movies
- 2004 The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 2004 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
- 2006 Turistas
- 2007 Transformers
- 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- 2010 The Romantics
- 2010 When in Rome
- 2010 Ramona and Beezus
- 2010 Life as We Know It
- 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- 2011 New Year’s Eve
- 2012 Fire with Fire
- 2013 Movie 43
- 2013 Safe Haven
- 2013 Scenic Route (aka Wrecked)
- 2014 Wings
- 2014 You’re Not You
- 2014 Lost in the Sun
- 2014 Don Peyote
- 2015 Bravetown
- 2016 Misconduct
- 2016 Spaceman
- 2017 This Is Your Death
- 2017 CHiPs
- 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight
- 2018 Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
Following the announcement of Josh Duhamel as the first major Call of Duty WWII cast member we’re expecting further big-named actors to drop over the coming months ahead of the game’s release on PS4, Xbox One and PC in November 2017.
Stay tuned.