Introduction
Stephen Walter Stanton (born August 22, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and visual effects artist. His roles include the Big Daddies in BioShock, Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Admiral Raddus in Rogue One and Griff Halloran from Star Wars Resistance.
Early life
Stanton was born to a German mother and an American father in Augsburg, West Germany and moved with his family to Tampa, Florida, the same year. He moved to Hollywood, California in 1981 to attend film school and pursue a career in the motion picture and television industry.
Career
Stanton is well known as a voice double for actors Alec Guinness, John Cusack, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Nicolas Cage, Robert Downey Jr., Roger Ebert, Tim Allen, Peter Cushing, Jeff Goldblum, Vincent Schiavelli and many others. He also provides original voices for Disney television shows and theme park attractions.
Visual effects work
Tippett Studio
- Starship Troopers (1997) – Digital Scanner Operator
- Armageddon (1998) – Digital Scanner Operator (uncredited)
- Virus (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator
- Komodo (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator (uncredited)
- My Favorite Martian (1999) – Digital Scanner Operator
- Hollow Man (2000) – Digital Scanner Operator
- Mission to Mars (2000) – Digital Scanner Operator (uncredited)
- Cats & Dogs (2001) – Digital Scanner Operator (uncredited)
- Evolution (2001) – Digital Scanner Operator
Boss Film Studios
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992) – Computer Graphics Coordinator
- Alien 3 (1992) – Digital Camera Operator
- Batman Returns (1992) – Digital Camera Operator
- Cliffhanger (1993) – Computer Graphics Coordinator
- Last Action Hero (1993) – Computer Graphics Coordinator (uncredited)