Neil Newbon

Neil Newbon is an English actor known for playing Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in Detroit: Become Human, Karl Heisenberg in Resident Evil Village, and Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3.

Newbon is the son of ITV sportscaster Gary Newbon.

His twin brother Laurence works as a cameraman.

In 1998, Newbon appeared in series one of the BBC Two comedy series "Goodness Gracious Me" as James the waiter in the programme's notable "Going for an English" sketch.

He has appeared in numerous films.

He voiced a tank driver in Jackboots on Whitehall, which starred Ewan McGregor.

He starred in music videos for the Now Voyager Mix of "You Got the Love" by The Source and Candi Staton in 2006 and "Kingdom of Rust" by Doves in 2009.

In 2012, he joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, in the role of Simon Walker.

Since 2012, Newbon performed as the voice actor and motion capture actor for a number of prominent video game characters, including Elijah Kamski and Gavin Reed in Detroit: Become Human, Nicholai Ginovaef in Resident Evil 3, Karl Heisenberg in Resident Evil Village, and Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3.

For his performance as Astarion, Newbon won Best Performance at the 2023 Game Awards, as well as the Golden Joystick award for Best Supporting Performer.

Newbon is a co-founder of the training facility Performance Captured Academy, which offers courses on motion capture for aspiring actors.

In 2012, he was previously married to English film director China Moo-Young and together they had one daughter.

In 2018, he confirmed his relationship with Performance Captured Academy co-founder Saleta Losada and they married in June 2023.