Bethesda Softworks has revealed the stage and screen legends lending their talents to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The cast will feature an ensemble cast of Academy Award nominees, including Christopher Plummer (“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” “The Insider”), Max Von Sydow (“The Exorcist,” “Minority Report”),and Joan Allen (“The Contender,” “The Bourne Ultimatum”).”
THE CAST
- Christopher Plummer, a two-time Emmy Award winner, two-time Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee,takes on the role of Arngeir, a powerful Greybeard elder. An order of philosopher monks who are masters of the Way of the Voice, the Greybeards live in silent isolation atop Skyrim’s largest mountain.
- Max Von Sydow, Academy Award nominee, stars as Esbern, a chronicler and agent of the Blades who has survived in hiding. Long obsessed with the foretold return of the dragon Alduin, the World Eater, Esbern will teach you how to confront this epic evil.
- Joan Allen, a Tony Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominee, will be making her video game debut as Delphine, one of the last remaining members of the Blades – an ancient warrior society once sworn to protect the Emperor. Like you, Delphine is trying to unravel the mystery of the dragons’ return.
- Lynda Carter (“Wonder Woman”), voices Gormlaith Golden-Hilt, one of the Nord heroes who overthrew the dragons in ancient times.
ADDITIONAL NOTABLE CAST MEMBERS
- Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”), who plays Imperial General Tullius, in charge of crushing the Stormcloak rebellion.
- Vladimir Kulich (“The 13th Warrior,” “Smoking Aces”) portrays Hogan’s nemesis Ulfric Stormcloak, Jarl of Windhelm and charismatic leader of the Stormcloaks, who aims to make Skyrim independent of the Empire.
- Claudia Christian (“Babylon 5”) joins the cast as Legate Rikke, General Tullius’s chief lieutenant, a loyal Imperial officer as well as a Nord who firmly believes Skyrim must remain part of the Empire.
- Diane Louise Salinger (“Carnivale”)
- Renee Victor (“Weeds”)
- George Coe (“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”)
- More than 70 different voice actors delivering over 60,000 lines of dialogue.
Skyrim will be available worldwide on November 11, 2011. For more information on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim visit http://elderscrolls.com/skyrim.
