Joseph D. Kucan
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| Joseph Kucan | |
| Birth name | Joseph D. Kucan |
| Born | 03/19/1965 Henderson, Nevada, USA |
| Other name(s) | Joe Kucan |
| Notable roles | Command & Conquer's Kane |
Joseph D. Kucan is a director, actor, writer, and casting director for various gaming companies and movies. He is a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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[edit] Early life
Joseph David Kucan was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 19, 1965. He has two younger brothers, Michael Joseph and Daniel Charles. His parents, Kenneth and Genevieve, worked as public school teachers in Clark County for 35 years. He began acting at the age of 10 in a local community theatre production of "The Riddle Machine." Soon after, he was one of the founding members of the Rainbow Company, a theatre training program for young people sponsored by the City of Las Vegas. Kucan was involved with that program for 8 years, receiving training in all aspects of theatre arts. After graduating from Bonanza High School and the Rainbow Company in 1983, Kucan moved to California and took a job as a staff actor with the Firebird Theatre Company, a touring repertory theatre company in Los Angeles. He left after one season and returned to Las Vegas, enrolling at UNLV as a theatre arts major. He then returned to the Rainbow Company, taking the position of Educational Director. For the next 10 years, Kucan taught, directed, acted, designed, choreographed and otherwise worked on more than 50 plays, musicals and experimental projects. He left the Rainbow Company in 1994 and went to work for Westwood Studios where he served as the Director of Dramatic Assets for 8 years.
[edit] Career
Mr. Kucan started working with Westwood Studios in 1994, and directed as well as acted in all the Command & Conquer titles except for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (which he only directed the cutscenes) and Command & Conquer: Generals, portraying the series' iconic character of Kane. He also directed and acted in various films and computer and video games over the years such as Clover's Movie, Luckytown, Monkey on Mama's Back and Blade Runner (VG), for which he also was a writer.
He is also in the newly released Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, reprising his role as Kane.
[edit] Personal life
Kucan is also an avid outdoorsman, expert swordsman and P3-rated paraglider pilot.[citation needed] He has two younger brothers: Michael, a SQL software developer for Cingular Wireless and Daniel, a Los Angeles-based actor.
[edit] Game FMVs/movies directed
- The Legend of Kyrandia (1992), Virgin Games
- The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate (1993), Avalon Interactive
- The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge (1994), Virgin Interactive
- Monopoly (1995), Hasbro Interactive
- Command and Conquer (1995), Westwood Studios (played Kane and directed cut-scenes)
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert (1996), Westwood Studios
- Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (1997), Avalon Interactive
- Blade Runner (1997), Virgin Interactive
- Dune 2000 (1998), Westwood Studios
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Retaliation (1999), Westwood Studios
- Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999), EA Games (played Kane and directed cut-scenes)
- Nox (2000), EA Games
- Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm (2000), EA Games
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2001), EA Games (directed cut-scenes)
- Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge (2001), EA Games
- Emperor: Battle for Dune (2002), EA Games
- Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002), EA Games (Played Kane)
- Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (2002), EA Games
- 007:Nightfire (2002), EA Games
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (2007), EA Games (plays Kane but does not direct) [[1]]
