Actor Ken Lally mo-capped as Resident Evil 5's Wesker

by Jason Dobson { Nov 13th 2008 at 7:30PM }

Umbrella stockholder Albert Wesker will have more than classy shades and sadistic banter to his credit when he returns in Resident Evil 5, complete with moves from a General Hospital heartthrob. IGN reports that the former S.T.A.R.S. captain will be played by stunt man and former daytime TV actor Ken Lally, who will lend an extra motion-captured step to Wesker's swagger.

The actor, whose on-camera resume also includes playing "The German" in two episodes of Heroes as well as an unnamed security officer on Enterprise, got his combat chops early on as the son of an N.S.A. operative, leaving us hoping that this role will be a case of art imitating life. Well, without that whole virus thing.

Tags: actor, capcom, ken-lally, kenlally, mo-cap, motion-capture, resident-evil, resident-evil-5, residentevil, wesker

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hyams @ Nov 13th 2008 7:37PM

Funny thing is, he commented on Joystiq in an earlier RE5 article, and got ignored by everyone but me. (And I'm not even a RE fan.)

Show da love, people.

Hyams @ Nov 13th 2008 7:38PM

Here we go:

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/12/tgs-08-watch-these-resident-evil-5-trailers/2#comments

hvnlysoldr @ Nov 13th 2008 8:43PM

Oh we certainly will Ken Lally, we certainly will enojoy it.

Hyams @ Nov 13th 2008 9:41PM

Haha, I love how his comment has now been upvoted to three stars since I've pointed this out.

H Choi @ Nov 13th 2008 7:43PM

The cheesy voice acting and dialogue of past RE games were already enough to remind me of daytime tv.

CJLopez @ Nov 13th 2008 7:45PM

I can see Daniel Craig fits more on this paper

Nter @ Nov 13th 2008 8:29PM

You're joking right?

This guy fits the role much better than Craig would. All this guy needs is to be a bit taller.

YonGibbeynater @ Nov 13th 2008 9:07PM

Ken Lally said he was going to be a villain in a Capcom game back when 10th Wonders interviewed him. Strange, I thought M. Bison, or Dr. Wily.

KenLally @ Nov 14th 2008 2:50AM

Hey you guys. Any Devil May Cry fans out there will be interested to know that the same actor who played DANTE, plays Chris Redfield. Reuben Langdon and I, or Dante/Chris, are old friends from the days we did Castlevania 2 together. Check out some pics of us at my website, www.myspace.com/kenlally