The VŌC Podcast // Taymour Ghazi Interview (The face of Nick)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Hello guys and welcome to a brand new episode of The VŌC Podcast, where Ronald interviews professional actor and director Taymour Ghazi who's known for providing his face for Nick in the popular video game hit - Left 4 Dead 2! He also appeared on TV Shows such as Criminal Minds, and NCIS.
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#left4dead #l4d #l4d2
Valve's scan of Taymour Ghazi to Nick was one of the best they've done. It seems weird seeing him in real life since the scan was so well done and real.
thats what makes nick my favorite character;
Ngl but I think Valve was way ahead of their time using face scan models before studios like Capcom utilize this technology.
valve is amazing ever.
Valve really makes every games enjoyable so I think they're the "Good Disney" in the technologically wise.
@@chellinacell7450They used to make good games.But now they dont.Only cares about steam,cs cases etc.
Therapist: Real life Nick isnt real, he cant hurt you
Real life Nick:
Therapist: Real life Nick IS real, but he won't hurt you.
@@goneagle1122yes😂
Still won't hurt you xd
valve is amazing ever.
“Kiss my ass!”
I love how Taymour Ghazi sounds very similar to Nick's voice, my guess was the intention but more with an accent. Still pretty cool and scary.
If the schedules line up, you guys should do like a L4D "reunion" show. Have the voice actors meet the face models. Maybe it can be done for charity?
Good idea :)
That's a teriffic idea
Thats a really good idea but it would be hard for him to get all of all the actors
Yeah, but Jim French :(
@@MiguelMem 😔 Jim...
It’s so trippy you know. You only see that face in Left 4 Dead 2 in Nick…a video game character, but to see that exact face on a normal everyday person….it’s surreal and uncanny.
Valve was on something else with their face capture
Its crazy how he even sounds a bit like Nick. He is LITERALLY Nick in real life.
11:18 Mr. Ghazi doing the eyebrow-thing sent me. 😂 I can only see Nick doing that.
Sent you where?
@@zoomyn7875In heaven.
@@zoomyn7875 Have you found out where?
@@esothetics He still never told me where he got sent to
@@zoomyn7875 you might have to ask politely.
Tay Ghazi was so down to earth and really nice! I loved seeing him and listening to him on the podcast! I’d love to see more voices and or face models of the left 4 dead cast in the future!
Here's a list of L4D interview we did in the past! Hope you'll like it! ruclips.net/p/PLpXjA4GWXVDH2dlbhmNPRu5prKvxVRM4q
Good to see real life Nick. He looks badass.
Taymour Ghazi is a wonderful person and he shall have a happy life.
"I got paid good but.. I should gotten paid more!"
The lines I laughed about and given no doubts 😂
I honestly loved nicks design and voice.
It's funny that just now you can get the good guy nick archivement xD
TAYMOUR GHAZI
FACE MODEL OF NICK
TIMESTAMPS:
0:43 - When did you get into acting?
4:12 - How did the audition process go? Or how did you get the job?
5:51 - How was the process of the shoot and the photography of Nick in the studio?
8:55 - Have you met the other people that did the face models for the game?
10:07 - Do you think Nicholas Cage was named after Nick because of their similiraties?
11:53 - Have you had any oppurtunities for other video games?
12:35 - Would you like to see Nick in another Left 4 Dead game? L4D3 in particular
13:24 - What is the difference to the production of Nick in studio than the movies you have been in that has physical action?
15:16 - NICK LOVES YOU TOO
Thanks
Thanks!
Your awesome for doing this! :D
Thank you for doing this! I wish the interviewer would pin it
It's weird that Nick's VA and Face Model are not the same (I think) yet Tay sounds a lot like Nick
Need to hear him say the lines
hes so majestic
i think Nick is one of the most beloved characters. Not because he is naive like Ellis or kind like Coach, but because he is like i mean , not like "jerk" but you know is like fuck this and that and ppl loved the character because of how he is , he is my 3rd fav characters, first is Louis , Zoey and Then Nick.
Now i know this is dumb, but is shocking watching him talking and moving , because i'm so used to play the game and seeing the model of him and not in real like (i have 500 hrs on L4D2) and now im thinking "oh is a real human being" (i know is dumb, but well)
I wish him great stuff in his future, he seems like a really cool dude that likes his fanbase
You prob know this already, but if not - Valve back in the day made a poll among players and Nick was highest rated among most liked characters in l4d2 on PC along with Ellis
On Xbox, Ellis is the highest one
@@aerovista2002 where was this poll made?
So we depressingly find out that taymour has never met the people who did the face models, that sucks
We’re so need to see Taymour Ghazi and Jesy McKinney together on screen. With everyone else too
*12:35** ah man... What a Legendary. :-')
This is actually pretty cool knowing a lot of these actors/face models have not been interviewed in over a decade it’s nice knowing what they are up to now.
Channels like this that interview Voice Actors, Writers, Programmers, Cartoon Showrunners, its a market on RUclips I think thats been picking up. "Whats In My Head Podcast" is an excellent channel for classic cartoons.
Dude even has Nick's voice, he could definitely play Nick... Damn a left 4 dead movie would be crazy, with Chad coleman playing Coach.... Sheeesh
Real Life Nick.
He should definitely play in Nick in a L4D show or movie. I'm not just saying that because he's the face model.
He's so kind letting people comment "Hey Nick" almost every posts on IG. 😂
Would love to watch all of his movie but it's so hard to find one in my country.
ps. Maybe Jesy McKinney next? It will be great. ✨🙏
Ohh yes, ya lo subió.
Man just Imagine if he VA'd Nick
"Sure, i'll podcast you an entire god damn computer"
goodness this man has a beautiful face
Nick in a game: Fancy bitchy loner 🤬
Nick in a real life: Cute warm sweetheart 🥰
Man this dude is amazing
Love his honesty and he's so great in general! Good guy Nick!
Wow for 14 yrs that games been out Tay still looked exactly like Nick 😭😭😭
Cool interview. Also, I have two favorite characters in Left 4 Dead dilogy, and those are Francis and Nick. Just because there is something that I can see in them that I see in myself. Thus why when I play Left 4 Dead, I pick one of them every single time. Sure, I play as other characters too, but not as much as Francis or Nick. So yeah, watching this interview just woke up that teenager in me that I was back then. Heck, I still play Left 4 Dead just because it's a cult classic right now, and I think that Valve should just celebrate it by bringing all of the actors together and do some kind of documentary or something. Or just make a big event with all the actors where fans would ask them questions face to face, like a live Q&A. That would be awsome!
It’s nice to hear about how he was modeled by valve for the game. I say that because valve has done a lot of face models and I think this is the first we hear of the process
ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR THIS INTERVIEW, YOU MADE US L4D FANS HAPPY WHO ARE STILL STILL STILL AFTER NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ACTORS IN YEARS
Great Interview! Glad to know about Tay Ghazi!
*Valve Software is amazing ever. At times in 2000s.*
Such a cool guy.
Phenomenal interview, so glad he came on the podcast. Can’t wait for what comes next! :D
I swear Valve needs to make a L4D movie before it’s too late…
it already is too late, the voice actor for bill not-so-recently struck heavens and died.
@@kanderion5685 well u gotta think about it what if they do it right when the l4d2 just got on the parish heli never thought about that huh
All the face models are still alive though.
@@daveynortonnot bill..
@@JohnJoeBeans The FACE models. I don't think Bill's face model is dead, but I haven't been able to find anything about it on Google.
HELL YEAH, GRENADE LANUCHER!
Man, this is a *big* gun.
Shoot me again, I DARE YOU.
Man, Nick VA got his voice acting really good while Tay Ghazi got best performance for MoCap. It's a respect that Valve done the best. I'm still playing Left 4 Dead 2 better than high-end graphic games.
God this was 2 years ago and restricted to members at first? Man what a shame! I love this kind of content, especially when it comes to Valve's VA and FA(Face Actors). I LOVE how Tay still gets so much love for his role of L4D2
Super podcast, náhodně mi to RUclips doporučil a je to absolutní joy to listen to
nick from left 4 dead
nick from left 4 dead
insert steam happy emoji
n ic k fro m le ft 4 dea d 2
Nicolas from deserted for death the sequel
*nick l4d2*
omg we gotta make those all 4 actors for the survivors and their voices to meet up.
Im sure they would have a great time...
Its crazy to think they never met
It’s so unreal to see his face on a real human being been playing for 9 years haven’t seen him ever in a podcast
It’s so uncanny to see him not as nick
Is kind of surprising that they never met. One of these days it would be awesome to have the whole cast meet each other for real.
10:41 true! it's amazing how tay still look the same over the years haha! he does really have good face
If there was ever a Left 4 Dead movie... he can play himself... that's fucking insane
Names Nick. From the looks of you three, I'm the only one here who knows how to fire a weapon
Loved that. Thx
Taymour seu trabalho sempre será amada por nós :)
Imagine if all the voiceactors (or some) joined a l4d2 server and played and talked through the microphone. lmao
Man thank you so much for this. Not only do u give us whole 1 hour with the people behind our childhood but let us see how their thought and their story. Subbed
Who is this guy? I never saw him before but i feel like he's gonna get extremely mad if someone called a helicopter "whirly-bird"
HELICOPTER. IT IS A HELICOPTER.
Nick is my favorite character in l4d2 great podcast !
thank you for making this video!
This is amazing
Still playing l4d2?.. TO THIS DAY! TO THIS DAY! 😂
Will always love every single thing about this game as i have for the last 18 years 🤟🏽🧟♂️
Ellis: Hey nick you and me gonna get tattoos say bro's.
Nick: That's never gonna happened ellis i'm gonna get a tattoo that say's NO
😂😂😂😆😆😆
Nicki : You ever eat horse? Tasty?
Ellis : Who ain't right the head now?
he's really cool, such a sweet guy
Get yo ass moving Nick
-Coach
bite me colonel sanders
~Franseehss
On the off chance these characters ever returned and Valve did something similar to HL: Alyx, recasting characters (and recasting them quite well), I feel Taymour could actually do a solid Nick. His voice isn't too far off from Hugh's. Preferably I would want all of the original cast to return, but I wouldn't mind this.
The guy who voiced bill is dead :(
If he wanted to he could pull off nicks voice perfectly cause the guy already sounds just like the character
Imagine L4D2 community banding together and doing something similar to TF2 and gather all of the Voice Actors to do some shinanigans.
7:08 that would go insanely hard as an album cover
Waiting for The Voice Actor of Nick Hugh Dillion next :'))
Holy shit Persian nick??? 😳😳
this is great...but imagine if we got all hl2 citizen faces with their voice actors....that would be HUGE.
You know who'd be interesting to have on? You should get American singer, producer, film composer and voice actor, Mike Patton. The voices of the Hunter, the Smoker and the Common Infected 👀
his face scan was so good him irl looks like hes face has a deepfake on
Nick is the best boi!
What’s weird is he didn’t voice nick, but he still sounds like him a lot 😂
Can we get Zoey?? The VA or FA?? Next plsss
he's at a point in his real life where he's probably more like the in-game Nick.
He even sounds like nick a little bit
I wish someone asked him "What are your feelings about the roller coasters?"
Imagine if a real zombie apocalypse broke out and the face models for the characters dressed up and fight for survival just like in the game,that would be epic as hack!!
He sounds like Nick.
i just realized you sound like elils or charles calvin thats nice!
To me, Nick's voice in the game sounds like his real voice.
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT MANY DO NOT KNOW (AND I SAY MANY IN YES) IS THAT IN THE LATIN COMMUNITY OF LEFT 4 DEAD (SPECIFICALLY MEXICO AND PERU) ARE WHERE TO THIS FAR THE GAME IS STILL A TOTAL BOOM AND VERY PLAYED AFTER YEARS, IT COULD HE SAYS THAT HERE HE STILL HAS MORE SUPPORT SINCE IT CAME OUT SO FAR, IT IS ONE OF THE GAMES THAT DEFINITELY DESPITE ITS AGE THEY HAVE NOT LET IT DIE
Ngl tays voice fits nicks character if that makes sense
11:24 Jesus christ, valve scanned the actor so well, that "yeah" and his face is literally like nick. you have no idea how much i mess with nick's face in gmod or sfm, its scary
Nick is my favorite, and the actor is soooo hot and nice. ❤❤❤
Real Guy Nick
wtf! i thought they were random humans, haha i cant believe this
7:10
Jesus that's so uncanny but awesome at the same time.
I love all the actors and voice actors you land but I wish you would prepare a bit better for them.
I don't want to criticise your work, but it would be much better if you prepare some notes before these interviews and ask more questions outside of just one thing these people are famous for. Otherwise it's great to see the work you put out
My favorite character
There's a chanche you can interview hugh dillon (nick's voice) or jesy mckinney (ellis face model) ?
Nick hansome and wow amazing i like you tymour ghazi
I don't know if it's just me, but Tay is wearing a blue shirt like Nick.
If he was wearing a white suit over it then it would be complete.
this is Nick after event of left 4 dead 2, rename he's name, he's now an actor of a game call "left 4 dead 2" and is about nick story
Nicholaaaas
Pay attention, there's a Hunter around." 😁💜
NICK REAL LIFE
I never knew they put on the outfits
Nick in REAL 😳😳
Seems like a nice guy
I don't really know if this guy is aware he changed a lot of people's(probably hundreds of thousands, a million gamers) childhoods. Up to these days, L4D2 has 20-30k active users playing at the same time, which is MASSIVE considering there's modern games that don't get up to 5-10k.
I absolutely love Hugh Dillon but I bet Taymor wouldve also killed his own character's voice as well
We better hear my ass line or this not nick at all