Gideon Emery

Gideon Emery (born 12 September, 1972) is an English actor and voice actor. He is the voice for Balthier in Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, and Urianger Augurelt in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Background
Emery was unaware of the Final Fantasy series before his first audition for the part of Balthier in Final Fantasy XII. Upon hearing his voice, the game's English voice director Jack Fletcher thought him to be perfect for the role. The main challenge Emery had while approaching the role was trying to match the lip movements of the original Japanese animation. He also at first struggled with trying to make Balthier sound simultaneously arrogrant and charming, but he ulimately feels that he did a good job.

He considers the role of Balthier to be his favourite and his most famous. He enjoyed being able to use his own voice for the character and he has stated that it was the first performance he ever received fanmail for.

Outside of the series, Emery has provided voice work for over a hundred video games. His most famous roles include Fenris in ', Fergus Reid in ', and Gideon in  for whom he also provided his likeness and motion capture.