Gideon Emery is an English jazz musician, actor and voice actor, known for his stage work in South Africa and for providing voices in video games.
Emery was born in Windsor, England. At the age of 4, his father moved the family to Johannesburg, South Africa. An only child, Emery kept himself amused by imitating characters from film and television. Early impersonations included Michael Jackson and Max from Hart to Hart. He returned to England during high school, briefly attending Reading Blue Coat School. But it was back in South Africa at St Johns College where he cemented his love for acting, playing Dick Deadeye in the Gilbert amp Sullivan musical HMS Pinafore and winning Best Actor for the role of Mr. Glum in The Glums comedy sketch, LEngagement. After briefly considering a career in graphic art, he went on to study acting at the University of the Witwatersrand. Student roles included Salieri in Amadeus and Gregor in Steven Berkoffs adaption of Kafkas The Metamorphosis.
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