The Game Awards are only three weeks away, as December 8, 2022 will mark the date that the winners for a diverse array of honors will finally be revealed to the delight of gamers worldwide. For eight years, the popular award show, hosted by Geoff Keighley, has highlighted each year’s greatest games, artists, developers, and performers, as well as presenting reveal trailers for upcoming titles, sure to excite the 85 million (and exponentially growing) international viewership audience.
One of the ceremony’s premier awards, the “Best Performance” accolade, showcases the acting talents of people in gaming, and has honored a unique cast of victors ranging from A-list celebrities to unsung veteran videogame actors. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane, and take a look at the eight “Best Performance” winners at The Game Awards, as well as the other talented nominees they narrowly edged out, starting in 2014, spanning to the reigning honoree from 2021.
Best Performance 2014: Trey Parker – South Park: The Stick of Truth
2014 Nominees:
Troy Baker – Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Adam Harrington – The Wolf Among Us
Melissa Hutchinson – The Walking Dead: Season Two
Kevin Spacey – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Best Performance 2015: Viva Seifert – Her Story
2015 Nominees:
Ashly Burch – Life Is Strange
Doug Cockle – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Mark Hamill – Batman: Arkham Knight
Camilla Luddington – Rise of the Tomb Raider
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Best Performance 2016: Nolan North – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
2016 Nominees:
Troy Baker – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Alex Hernandez – Mafia III
Cissy Jones – Firewatch
Emily Rose – Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Rich Sommer – Firewatch
Best Performance 2017: Melina Joergens – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
2017 Nominees:
Laura Bailey – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Claudia Black – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Brian Bloom – Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Ashly Burch – Horizon Zero Dawn
Best Performance 2018: Roger Clark – Red Dead Redemption 2
2018 Nominees:
Bryan Dechart – Detroit: Become Human
Christopher Judge – God of War (2018)
Yuri Lowenthal – Marvel’s Spider-Man
Melissanthi Mahut – Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
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Best Performance 2019: Mads Mikkelsen – Death Stranding
2019 Nominees:
Laura Bailey – Gears 5
Ashly Burch – The Outer Worlds
Courtney Hope – Control
Matthew Porretta – Control
Norman Reedus – Death Stranding
Best Performance 2020: Laura Bailey – The Last of Us Part II
2020 Nominees:
Logan Cunningham – Hades
Nadji Jeter – Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Ashley Johnson – The Last of Us Part II
Daisuke Tsuji – Ghost of Tsushima
Best Performance 2021: Maggie Robertson – Resident Evil Village
2021 Nominees:
Ozioama Akagha – Deathloop
Giancarlo Esposito – Far Cry 6
Jason E. Kelley – Deathloop
Erika Mori – Life Is Strange: True Colors
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