BIOWARE’S DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS TO FEATURE THE VOICES OF FANTASY AND SCI-FI STARS TIM CURRY AND KATE MULGREW
Award-Winning Celebrities Featured in BioWare’s Dark Fantasy Epic
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA –
August 27, 2009 – Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has secured a star-studded voiceover cast for its upcoming blockbuster game,
Dragon Age™: Origins. Featuring
Tim Curry, star of
The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Broadway’s
Spamalot, as well as
Kate Mulgrew, well-known for her role as Capt. Kathryn Janeway in “Star Trek: Voyager”,
Dragon Age: Origins also includes notable cast members
Tim Russ (“Star Trek: Voyager
,” “Samantha Who?”
), Claudia Black (“Stargate SG-1
,”
“Pitch Black”) and
Steve Valentine (“Estate of Panic,” “Crossing Jordan”).
Dragon Age: Origins marks BioWare’s return to fantasy, created from the ground up to take players through a dark epic tale filled with violence, lust, and betrayal.
Tim Curry will play the villainous Arl Rendon Howe. Howe is the calculating villain, cultured and charming, with an insatiable lust for power who never hesitates to harm anyone who gets in his way. Kate Mulgrew will lend her vocal flair to Flemeth, a powerful witch who maintains her immortality through the darkest of means, and who plays a pivotal role in the player’s survival. Both roles provide the actors with the opportunity to bring their considerable talents to bear in their portrayal of these characters.
“Dragon Age: Origins has the largest cast of characters of any game BioWare has ever made,” said Mark Darrah, Executive Producer, BioWare. “By working with an incredibly talented cast of actors we are able to bring reality and depth to the characters, their back stories, motivations, and dreams that our talented writers have created for them.”
