Joseph D. Kucan

Joseph David Kucan is an American video game developer, director, actor, screenwriter, and casting director for various gaming companies and films. He is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. He is well known for his role as Kane from the Command & Conquer series.[1]

Joseph Kucan
Kucan at the 2009 Gamescom
OccupationVideo game developer, director, actor, screenwriter, casting director
Notable work
Kane in Command & Conquer

Career

Kucan started working with Westwood Studios in 1992. He was originally hired to direct the voice talent, but as CD-ROMs became more popular, he began to experiment with recording full motion video.[2] In the Command & Conquer saga, Kucan portrays the series' most iconic character, Kane, the messianic/prophetic leader of a pseudo-religious mass movement with transhumanist ambitions called The Brotherhood of Nod.[3]

He is also featured in Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and the subsequent expansion pack Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath for both PC and Xbox 360, where he reprises his role as Kane. This was the first entry in the series he did not direct.[4] In 2008, Kucan was inducted into the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 as the longest recurring actor in any video game franchise to date for his portrayal of Kane.[3] He reprised his role once again as Kane in Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight which marked the conclusion of the Tiberian series and thus the role of Kane.[3] In 2020, the role of Kane was again taken up by Kucan for the remasters of the original Command & Conquer and Red Alert. New trailers, advertisements, and remastered in-game cinematic videos were recorded in HD specifically for the official project released June 5 2020. [5]

In 2013, Kucan, along with his partner, Ann-Marie Pereth, and brother, Daniel Kucan, founded A Public Fit Theatre Company based in Las Vegas, NV.[6]

Gameography

References
  1. Takahashi, Dean (2000-03-16). "Joseph Kucan Finds Celebrity As Computer-Game Villain". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  2. Ahrens, Nick (2008-03-31). "Raising Kane: The Joe Kucan Interview". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  3. Welsh, Oli (2009-11-16). "Command & Conquer 4's Joe Kucan". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  4. "Q&A: C&C3's Kane speaks!". GameSpot. 2007-02-15. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  5. "Command & Conquer Remastered Collection: Joe Kucan returns as Kane". VentureBeat. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  6. "APF Founder/Producing Director: Joseph Kucan; A Public Fit Theatre Company". A Public Fit Theatre Company. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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