Who Is Codsworth’s Voice Actor in Fallout 4? Answered

In Fallout 4, players will encounter many enemies along the way, including Mole Rats, Raiders, Super Mutants, Deathclaws, and Feral Ghouls, but they also form alliances with the intelligent canine Dogmeat and a domesticated robot butler named Codsworth. But who is the voice behind the fan-favorite character?

Bethesda Game Studios’s Fallout 4 takes place 10 years after the events of Fallout 3 — in the year 2287. Players control the ‘Sole Survivor,’ who emerges alone from long-term cryogenic stasis in Vault 111. The Sole Survivor witnesses the murder of their spouse and the kidnapping of their son, which sets them on a journey through a post-apocalyptic Massachusetts, known in-game as the Commonwealth.

After emerging from Vault 111, the Sole Survivor reunites with Codsworth, who informs them that 210 years have passed since the war. Shortly after arriving in Concord, the Survivor finds and befriends Dogmeat, Fallout 4‘s only mandatory companion.

Who Voices Codsworth in Fallout 4?

The voice of Codsworth is provided by the incomparable Stephen Russell, an actor, playwright, and theater director. Russell is a mainstay in both the Fallout and Skyrim series, providing voices for Andy, Mr. Buckingham, The Great One, Nick Valentine, Codsworth, Giles Sweetwater, Zeke and Mr. Handy (among others) in the former, and Mercer Frey, Clavicus Vile, Barbas (among others) in the latter.

He also provided the voices for protagonist Corvo Attano in Dishonored 2 and protagonist Garrett in the Thief series. Russell made his feature film debut as Bob in the 2007 film Noëlle and in 2008 appeared as Luther Norris in the film Chatham.

Russell did not reprise his role as Garrett in the 2014 Thief reboot as the production required motion-capture acting, whereby Russell would need to physically perform his own stunts. He was instead replaced by Romano Orzari, who played Giovanni Auditore, the father of protagonist Ezio Auditore, in Assassin’s Creed II.