Ronan Summers

Ronan Summers and the Art of Living Inside a Character

Few paths into the industry mirror Ronan Summers’. Irish-Russian-American by heritage, trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama – graduating in 2004 – and based in London ever since, his career spans film sets, television series, live theatre, and the recording booth with equal fluency. The bi-continental childhood that shaped him, split between New York and Ireland following his parents’ divorce, gave him a command of accents and emotional registers that translates directly into his work.

Rakan and the League of Legends Universe

Within the League of Legends franchise, Summers voices Rakan – a show-off charmer whose energy demands presence in every line. Since the champion’s 2017 launch, that performance has reached well over 130 million active players monthly. Rakan is not a secondary role. The character’s rapid-fire banter and theatrical flair require a performer who can sell conviction at full throttle, and Summers delivers that consistently across standard and Star Guardian skin lines alike.

Control and the Weight of Simon Arish

Remedy Entertainment’s Control (2019) is the kind of game where the world itself feels hostile. Summers plays Simon Arish, an Oldest House employee turned paranormal horror, and the performance sits at the exact intersection where naturalism collapses into dread. The role required both motion capture and voice work – a dual demand Summers has handled across multiple projects. Simon Arish became one of the title’s most unsettling supporting presences.

The Forza Horizon Series – Scott Tyler Across Six Installments

Scott Tyler, the Bass Arena DJ heard throughout every entry in the Forza Horizon series from 2012 through Forza Horizon 6, is a character built entirely on voice. There is no face on screen, no cutscene cameo – only the energy and authority Summers delivers through the microphone. Returning across six installments puts that performance among the longest continuous character runs in modern racing game history.

A Career Spanning Screen and Studio

Beyond the booth, Summers has appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and The Dark Knight. On television, his credits include Vikings and FBI: International. Video game work runs deep: Hitman 2 as cartel boss Rico Delgado, Cyberpunk 2077 as Joshua Stephenson, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as Wulfric, Dead Island 2 as Ryan, and Payday 3 as Twitch. In 2024 he appeared as Carl Cane in the horror film Helloween. He is represented by Sue Terry Voices.