27 Facts About Rob Wiethoff

Robert Allen Wiethoff was born on September 15,1976 and is an American actor and voice actor.

Rob Wiethoff is best known for portraying John Marston in the 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption, its expansion Undead Nightmare, and the 2018 prequel Red Dead Redemption 2.

Rob Wiethoff briefly returned to acting in New York City for Undead Nightmare, the downloadable content pack for Red Dead Redemption, but remained in Seymour afterwards to work in construction, allowing him to spend time with his family.

In 2014, Rob Wiethoff returned to portray John Marston in Red Dead Redemption 2, a prequel to the original game.

Robert Allen Wiethoff was born in Seymour, Indiana on September 15,1976, to Dr Richard Allen Wiethoff and Nancy Louise Wiethoff, the younger brother of Kimberly.

When he was 17 months old in February 1978, Rob Wiethoff cut off his left ring finger by grabbing the chain of an exercise bicycle; it was re-attached at the Jewish Hospital in Louisville, and Rob Wiethoff became the youngest person in the world to have undergone a successful replant.

Rob Wiethoff attended Seymour High School, and graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a degree in general studies in 1999.

Rob Wiethoff felt that he "found [his] partying legs" at university, and that he did not take it seriously.

Rob Wiethoff worked several jobs around this time, including as a bouncer in Chicago and as a recruiter for information technology companies.

Rob Wiethoff visited there for a week and was convinced by many people that they could get him acting roles in films, and he moved shortly after; though he did not take the offers seriously, he felt that it would be more enjoyable than working construction in Indiana.

The promises that were offered to him failed to come true, and Rob Wiethoff was left working as a bartender.

Rob Wiethoff did not receive many jobs in acting, other than a few small roles in small films and television advertisements.

Rob Wiethoff ultimately lived in Los Angeles for about ten years.

Rob Wiethoff was cast as protagonist John Marston in the video game Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar Games.

Rob Wiethoff auditioned for the role in December 2008 by folding laundry while reading his lines.

Rob Wiethoff felt that the audition was a waste of time, but received the role a few days later.

Rob Wiethoff worked on the game for almost two years, with principal production lasting around six weeks.

The recording crew often referred to scenes from Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV during production; Rob Wiethoff pretended to understand before eventually admitting that he had not played the game.

Rob Wiethoff was nominated for Best Performance by a Human Male at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, where John was nominated for Character of the Year.

In November 2010, Rob Wiethoff began working for Bob Poynter GM as part of the sales team.

Rob Wiethoff soon got hired in construction, which allowed him to spend time with his family.

Rob Wiethoff voiced Lazarus in the interactive radio drama Codename Cygnus in September 2013.

Rob Wiethoff was told that he would be required for about a year; he used all of his annual leave and sick leave from his job to work on the game.

Rob Wiethoff spent almost four years on the game, as his role was expanded to become a playable character like the first game.

Rob Wiethoff looked to his own life when returning to the character; he always looked up to his older sister's male friends for approval in the same way that John looks up to the rest of the gang for validation.

Rob Wiethoff took inspiration from the "pretty tough dudes" in his home town for John's personality.

Rob Wiethoff starred in an undisclosed voice role in the film Lulu and the Electric Dreamboat.