Joe Zieja

Joe Zieja
EducationUnited States Air Force Academy
Occupations
  • USAF officer
  • voice actor
  • author
Years active2013–present
AgentAtlas Talent Agency
Notable work

Joe Zieja is an American voice actor, author, and former United States Air Force captain.[1][2]

Biography

Early life and military service

Zieja grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy.[1][3] He served as an intelligence officer for over a decade, attaining the rank of captain.[1]

Voice acting career

Zieja's voice acting career spans video games, animation, and commercials. In 2013, while still in a government role, he began taking on small voiceover projects,[4] and by 2014 had transitioned to full-time voice acting, recording from his home studio before relocating to Los Angeles.[5] According to Zieja, he turned to voice acting after his military intelligence job burned him out, calling that work "a lot of PowerPoints." Within eight months, his client list had grown long enough that he needed to quit his day job and focus on voice acting full-time.[6] He has voiced Fox McCloud in the animated short Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins (2016), Claude von Riegan in Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) and related titles such as Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022) and Fire Emblem Heroes, Bumblebee in the Netflix series Transformers: War for Cybertron trilogy (2020–2021), Achilles in the English dub of Fate/Apocrypha, and Wriothesley in the video game Genshin Impact (2023).[2][7]

Writing career

Zieja is the author of the Epic Failure Trilogy, published by Simon & Schuster's Saga Press.[5] The series includes:

  • Mechanical Failure (2016)
  • Communication Failure (2017)
  • System Failure (2019)[1]

According to Zieja, the novels satirize the bureaucracy of armed forces life with a comedic tone.[4] He also narrated the audiobook editions of his own works.[2]

Filmography

Anime

OVAs

Anime films

Video games

References

  1. ^ a b c d Yellowhammer Radio (25 April 2018). "Former Air Force Captain, turned actor and author, Joe Zieja shares his story with Warrior Wednesday". Yellowhammer News. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Speaker Details: Voiceover Atlanta Conference 2025". Voiceover Atlanta. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Joe Zieja". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b Mather, Andrew (20 September 2016). "An Interview With Joe Zieja, Author Of Mechanical Failure". The Quill to Live. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b Whitehead, Thomas (26 August 2016). "Interview: The Voice of Fox McCloud and Much More - Joe Zieja". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  6. ^ Romano, Sal (7 August 2019). "Fire Emblem: Three Houses Made Claude's Voice Actor Realize He'd Become an Internet Sensation". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  7. ^ Kitsune, Krystal (31 January 2021). "Interview with Author & Voice actor, Joe Zieja". The Kitsune Network. Archived from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Joe Zieja". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
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