Video Game Voice Actor Shot in Mumbai, Is Recovering

I’m going to assume by now you’ve read all about what happened in Mumbai this week. If not, you should probably get to reading before you go browsing entertainment blogs like this one.

Anyway, Canadian voice actor Michael Rudder, who lent his talents to games such Ubisoft games as Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, was among the hundreds wounded in the attacks, having taken three bullets, according to the CBC.

Rudder’s agent sent this along to canada.com:

“We just got news from a consular person who had gone to the hospital and the report is that Michael is doing well. We’re so grateful. He was shot in three places, the intestine, the arm and the leg. He’s currently sleeping. He was, however, up and talking. And his blood pressure is stabilizing.”

Rudder was reportedly in India on a trip with a U.S.-based yoga meditation group. A meditation enthusiast, he apparently yogas against cancer.

Rudder played the Dark Prince in Prince of Persia: Warrior Within and did voicework for Splinter Cell, though IMDB doesn’t list his part. As the gaming blogs have pointed out, it’s a grim coincidence that someone who worked on a game about terrorism was subsequently shot by terrorists.

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