Will de Renzy-Martin, actor (The Blood of Dawnwalker, 007 First Light, Crimson Desert).
My Perfect Console with Simon ParkinShow Notes
Will de Renzy-Martin is a British actor and voice performer whose career has increasingly become intertwined with video games. As a child, he was fascinated by storytelling and by watching his older brothers play Ocarina of Time, but initially followed a rather different path, reading Computing at Imperial College London. Before long, however, he changed direction, training as an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he discovered voiceover shortly before graduating in 2017.
Since then, he has built an extensive career in games, with roles in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Zenless Zone Zero, Warframe: The Old Peace, 007 First Light, Nioh 3, and many more. His biggest role to date, however, is Coen, the lead character in Rebel Wolves’ dark fantasy RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker, a performance that’s put him at the centre of one of 2026’s most ambitious new games.
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Will de Renzy-Martin – website & socials Will de Renzy-Martin – official website (WillVoice.it) Will de Renzy-Martin – Bluesky (@willvoiceit.bsky.social) Will de Renzy-Martin – Instagram (@willvoiceit)
The Blood of Dawnwalker The Blood of Dawnwalker – official site The Blood of Dawnwalker – Steam Rebel Wolves – the studio behind the game
Will’s Perfect Console Breath of Fire II (SNES/GBA, 1994) – Wikipedia The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (N64, 2000) – Wikipedia The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) – Wikipedia The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered – Steam Devil May Cry 4 (2008) – Wikipedia Devil May Cry 5 – Steam Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009) – Wikipedia
Other games and references mentioned Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The First Cases – Wikipedia (Will’s first major game role) Zenless Zone Zero – Wikipedia (Will voices Von Lycaon) Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – Steam 007: First Light – official site Leonie Schliesing – voice actor who first encouraged Will into games VO (Cyberpunk 2077, AC Valhalla) Big Mouth Audio – the Glasgow audio studio where Will auditioned for Dawnwalker Guildhall School of Music and Drama – where Will trained Imperial College London – where Will studied Computing Darksiders – Wikipedia Meat Machine – the AI voice acting experiment Will references Ninja Theory – British studio (DMC reboot, Hellblade) Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Steam A Game of Birds and Wolves – Simon Parkin’s book (optioned for film)
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