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John Patrick Lowrie (born June 28, 1952) is an American actor, musician and author best known for voicing the Sniper in Team Fortress 2 and various characters in Dota 2. He has played Sherlock Holmes in the radio series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes since 2001.

John Patrick Lowrie
Lowrie at the 2017 Game On Expo
Born	(1952-06-28) June 28, 1952 (age 69) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Indiana University School of Music (Ph.D. in Music Composition)
Occupation	Actor, musician, author
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Ellen McLain ​ (m. 1986)​
Website	johnpatricklowrie.com

Career

Lowrie has performed roles in video games such as The Suffering and The Suffering: Ties That Bind, Total Annihilation and its expansions, The Operative: No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way. Lowrie is mostly recognized for his voice acting in Valve games such as Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2, and Artifact.[1]

He is noted for playing the roles of the Sniper in the online first-person shooter game Team Fortress 2, Agent Gray in the MMORPG The Matrix Online, as well as Odessa Cubbage and the male citizens in Half-Life 2.

Lowrie has played Sherlock Holmes in the radio drama series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on the program Imagination Theatre since 2001. He also voiced Holmes in the program's related radio series The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He and Lawrence Albert, who voices Dr. Watson on the program, are the longest-running audio Holmes and Watson team in American radio history.[2]

He wrote a science fiction novel published in 2011 titled Dancing with Eternity.[3]

Personal life

His adolescence was spent in Boulder, Colorado where he attended various high schools briefly before joining the United States Navy. He studied for a Ph.D. in Music Composition at Indiana University. He has been married to Ellen McLain since 1986.[4] McLain also works as a voice actor, and has starred alongside him in Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2.[5]

Works

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Betrayal in Antara	Tyre, Enkudi, Mackey[6]
	Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"	Artimice J. Bigpig[7]
	Total Annihilation	Narrator
1998	Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency
	Total Annihilation: Battle Tactics
	Police Quest: SWAT 2	Tammany, Officer, Security Guard, Hostage[8]
2000	The Operative: No One Lives Forever	Bruno Lawrie
2002	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
2004	Half-Life 2	Odessa Cubbage, Male citizens[7]
2005	The Matrix Online	Agent Gray
	FATE	Narrator
	The Suffering: Ties That Bind	The Man[7]
2006	Half-Life 2: Episode One	Male citizens[7]
2007	Half-Life 2: Episode Two	Griggs / Male citizens[7]
	Team Fortress 2	Sniper[7]
2008	Left 4 Dead	Houseboat Radio
2009	F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin	Harold Keegan
	inFamous	Warden Harms
	Halo 3: ODST	Kinsler
2010	Halo: Reach	Sword Control
2011	The Lord of the Rings: War in the North	Beleram
2013	Dota 2	Ancient Apparition, Dark Seer, Doom , Earthshaker, Pudge, Shadow Fiend, Storm Spirit, Voice of the International Announcer[7]
	SpaceVenture	TBA
	Planetary Annihilation	Narrator
2018	Artifact	Dark Seer, Earthshaker, Storm Spirit, Shadow Fiend
2019	The Church in the Darkness	Isaac Walker[9]

Animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Meet the Sniper	Sniper	Animated Team Fortress 2 short

References

External links

• Official website
• John Patrick Lowrie at IMDb

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