Videogame Voice Actor Shot by Terrorists
by Dan Landis on November 28, 2008 at 8:29 am
Canadian actor Michael Rudder, best known in the gaming world by the various voices he provided to games like Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell, was shot three times yesterday during the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.
Michael Rudder was on a spiritual retreat with some yoga buddies when the attacks happened. He was apparently eating dinner when he was struck three times by terrorist gunfire — once in the stomach and once to an arm and a leg.
Rudder was taken to a hospital where he underwent surgery. He is currently listed in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery.
Michael Rudder is very well respected in his homeland of Canada, best-known for his many stage roles, and is considered a veteran in the acting community. He had previously starred in The Adventures of Pluto Nash with Eddie Murphy and Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp.
Gamers might recognize his voice from games like Assassin’s Creed, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six 3, Far Cry Instincts, and most notably Prince of Persia: Warrior Within where he voiced the Dark Prince. Ubisoft wished him a speedy recovery yesterday after hearing the news, and we’d like to join them in hoping he comes home soon.
Source: CTV
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10 Comments » |
on November 28, 2008 8:32 am
RRRRR!!! This news makes Cookigaki angry! Why are terrorists such assholes? Cookigaki does not approve!
on November 28, 2008 8:40 am
See, something happened yesterday. Proof! Thanks, Mr. Landis!
on November 28, 2008 8:44 am
As always, I agree with Cookigaki. Maybe I will be more open to his advances since he’s so brilliant.
But I’m wondering why you put the ripten logo on the picture if it just sits there in the white. Wouldn’t it be easy for people to just steal the picture if the logo isn’t actually on the picture?
on November 28, 2008 8:57 am
That’s actually a good question, SS, and I have a good explanation. We don’t put the watermark on pictures to claim ownership of them, we do it so people don’t hot-link our images on their site. I don’t mind if anyone downloads this picture and takes the watermark off, but if someone just links our image on their site, they will be advertising that they got it from us because it has our watermark on it. We only do it so people don’t chomp our bandwidth with image linking, and if they do, we look at is as them advertising for us. It’s win-win.
on November 28, 2008 9:49 am
As always, SeasonedSalt doesn’t seem to have an opinon and lives in the shadow of Cookigaki. Are you his groupie or something lol
on November 28, 2008 10:11 am
Everyone is Cookigaki’s groupie, but Cookigaki has been after SeasonedSalt’s suckles for quite some time.
on November 28, 2008 10:31 am
Yeah, there was quite a bit of sarcasm there because I usually argue with Cookigaki since he’s always making comments about me. He wants me bad :)
on November 28, 2008 11:25 am
It is terrible that Mr. Rudder was injured in the attack. but, almost equally as terrible that he was in Pluto Nash as well. What a black mark on his career. I’m in despair….
on November 28, 2008 11:27 am
Oh yeah, SS are you saying that Mr. Cookigaki wishes to share his raisins with you?
on November 28, 2008 11:31 am
He wants to share everything with me I’m sure, but I hope there are no raisins because that would be gross.