Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Sidon’s English voice actor confirmed
The English voice actor for Sidon in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was somewhat of a mystery. It was originally thought that the character was voiced by Bill Rogers, but it turns out it was a different person entirely.
Interestingly enough, the confirmation of Sidon’s actual voice actor comes from Sean Chiplock. Chiplock played the roles of Revali, Teba, and the Great Deku Tree in Breath of the Wild.
So who was it? Chiplock wrote in a Tumblr post that Jamie Mortellaro took on the role of Sidon. Mortellaro is listed as the “English Voice Director” in Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s credits, though not in the subsequent “English Voice” section. That may have led to some of the confusion.
It’s true that Mortellaro handled the cast for Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s English release. But yes, he voiced Sidon as well.
Chiplock had this to say about working with Mortellaro:
“… In fact, Jamie was also the voice director for Breath of the Wild, meaning he was directly responsible for guiding me to the desired performances for Revali and my other roles. All those times I’ve been talking about how much credit I owed to ‘my director’ for helping me really understand Revali when I was losing hope? That was this guy!
Now, before anyone gets the notion that ‘Oh, he just cast himself in the game because he was directing it’, I want to make it very clear that Sidon was also up for audition; I actually ALSO had the chance to read for Sidon (in addition to Jamie and many of my competitors), but because my takes sounded too close to Revali it just wasn’t going to work out. I believe (and this is my personal opinion only) that it was at the request of Nintendo that Jamie took up the helm of voicing Sidon.
I firmly believe this to be the case because – and I can say this from personal experience – Jamie is every bit as supportive and optimistic in real life as Sidon is in the game. His overwhelming enthusiasm is what helped me refocus myself when Revali was giving me such a hard time, and I cannot imagine anyone else who would have been a more natural fit for this role than he was. Having Jamie direct me from line to line was like having Sidon himself guiding me through the ‘Vah Dubbo’ dungeon to accomplish my quest.”
Mortellaro previously worked on Horizon: Zero Dawn, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, Hitman, and more.
