Actor Jonathan Joss, who had voice-acted in quite a few high-profile video video games, was killed this week outdoors his dwelling in an assault that his husband has alleged was a homophobic hate crime. He was 59 years previous and leaves behind a legacy of roles throughout tv, films, and video games.
Joss, who was of Comanche and White Mountain Apache descent, offered his voice for quite a few video games throughout his profession. Based on his IMDB page, Joss had roles in Red Dead Redemption, The Walking Dead: Michonne, Days Gone, and Wasteland 3. He additionally offered the voice for Robert Rainwater, a ripperdoc in Cyberpunk 2077.
Outdoors of video games, he was greatest identified for his roles as indigenous characters in tv comedies. Between 1997-2007, he performed John Redcorn on King of the Hill; later, he appeared in a number of episodes of Parks and Recreation as on line casino magnate and tribal chief Ken Hotate.
Warning: delicate and doubtlessly disturbing particulars about Joss’s demise are mentioned under.
Joss was shot lifeless on June 1, 2025, at his home in San Antonio, TX. He had simply married his husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, on Valentine’s Day earlier this 12 months. After Joss’s demise, de Gonzales asserted that Joss was the sufferer of an anti-gay assault by a neighbor, who was described as yelling homophobic slurs on the couple. De Gonzales relayed how they returned to their dwelling, which had beforehand burnt down, to test their mail, and so they found stays of considered one of their canines had been positioned “in clear view.” Expressing disappointment and despair, the couple was confronted by the neighbor who opened fireplace, de Gonzales said.
De Gonazles shared that the couple had confronted homophobic harassment of their neighborhood for an prolonged time period, and their experiences to legislation enforcement had acquired no response. The San Antonio police has responded that it has not discovered any proof to cost the suspect with a hate crime, and neighbors have shared that Joss and the suspect had a years-long feud that had gone unresolved.
Many actors who labored with Joss prior to now have been outspoken of their disappointment about his passing. Nick Offerman, who performed Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation, advised People Magazine that the opposite actors from the sitcom extensively mentioned and supported one another within the aftermath of the tragic occasions.
