Rob Wiethoff

Robert Allen Wiethoff born September 15 1976 is an American actor and voice actor He is best known for portraying John Marston in the 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption its expansion Undead Nightmare and the 2018 prequel Red Dead Redemption 2 Born and raised in Seymour Indiana Wiethoff attended Seymour High School and graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1999 Soon afterwards he moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting but faced difficulty in finding roles other than small parts in films and television advertisements In 2008 Rockstar Games cast Wiethoff as John Marston the lead character in Red Dead Redemption he worked on the game for almost two years For his role he won Outstanding Character Performance at the 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Following the release of Red Dead Redemption Wiethoff moved back to Seymour to focus on his family marrying his wife Tayler with whom he has two children He briefly returned to acting in New York City for Undead Nightmare the downloadable content pack for Red Dead Redemption but remained in Seymour afterwards to work in construction allowing him to spend time with his family In 2014 Wiethoff returned to portray John Marston in Red Dead Redemption 2 a prequel to the original game Though he was told that he would be required for about a year he ultimately worked on the game for almost four years as his role was expanded to become a playable character like the first game Red Dead Redemption 2 was released in 2018 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Wiethoff licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia