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{{quote|"If we had some sort of machine which could imitate any voice, we'd only need one voice actor."<br />

"We do; it's called '[[Billy West]]'."|'''''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''''' [[DVD Commentary]]}}

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NameThe name '''Man of a Thousand Voices''' comes from a nickname given to [[Mel Blanc]], who was responsible for nearly every classic ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' male character.

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* In the industry, [[Frank Welker]] is known as the real king of this -- justthis—just check [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/ his IMDB filmography]. It's easier to list what he ''hasn't'' done than to try and list everything he's worked on. (Incidentally, a joint venture search on IMDB between Mel Blanc and Frank Welker shows they've shared credits 22 times.)

** He even came close to voicing [[Scooby Doo|Scrappy Doo]].<ref>before anyone freaks out at this, it was ''before'' [[Executive Meddling]] (in the form of [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]) turned that character into, well, [[The Scrappy]]</ref>.

** The ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' cast and crew used Frank to do most animal voices on the show, and often commented on their awe of his ability to portray, in a single take, an entire flock of geese.

** In an interview with a voice actor on a ''[[Transformers]]'' DVD (he was the voice of Megatron and Soundwave, among others), he says that Welker could perform a call on a pay phone -- thephone—the coin dropping in the slot, the ringing, the operator, and both sides of the conversation -- withconversation—with ease.

** [[Little Kuriboh]] of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: theThe Abridged Series]]''

** MasakoX and Vegeta3986 of ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series (Fanfic)|Naruto the Abridged Series]]''

** GanXingba of ''[[Avatar: theThe Abridged Series (Fanfic)|Avatar the Abridged Series]]''

** [[Hbi 2 kHbi2k]] of [[Berserk Abridged|his]] [[Gantz Abridged|numerous]] [[Vision of Escaflowne Abridged|abridgements]]

** Purpleeyeswtf of [[Code MentMENT]] '''and''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCSJwlYqwIU None Piece].

*** He's also General Cross Marian of ''[[D .Gray Man-man]]'', Rome of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Roronoa Zoro of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', and Kuwubara of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho (Manga)|Yu Yu Hakusho]]''.

*** [[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|CHRISTOPHER SABAT]] [[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|WILL KNOCK YOU ALL DOWN!]]

* [[Trey Parker and Matt Stone]] are known to voice every male characters in ''[[South Park]]'' (with a few exceptions), as well as pretty much every overdubbed voice in their movies. Interestingly, the results vary between [[Man of a Thousand Voices]] and [[Hey, It's That Voice!]], since although they are both capable of performing very different voices, they sometimes don't even bother trying. ''Keep in mind most of the characters are 9-10 year old children''.

* [[Yuri Lowenthal]]. You may think he's [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|typecast]] into the [[Kid Hero]] characters like [[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben Tennyson]], [[Gurren Lagann|Simon]], and [[Kyo Kara Maoh (Light Novel)!|Yuri Shibuya]]. However, he's quite capable of doing accents. Compare his Persian accent with [[Prince of Persia|the Prince]]; a British accent for [[Odin Sphere|Cornelius]], [[Grim Grimoire|Advocat]], [[Professor Layton and Thethe Unwound Future|Future!Luke]]; and a French accent for [[Hellsing|Pip Bernadotte]]. It should noted that he's a [[Omniglot|polyglot]] in real life, which can easily explain this.

** Don't forget [[Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats (Animation)|Heathcliff]].

** Some examples: Orochimaru and Zabuza from ''[[Naruto (Anime)|Naruto]]'', Jamie from ''[[Megas XLR]]'', Spike Spiegel from ''[[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]]'', Yakky Doodle in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney Atat Law]]'', Blunk from ''[[WITCH (Animationanimation)|WITCH]]''

** And then he gave us Leeron from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Anime)|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''. This is [[Flamboyant Gay|nothing short of impressive]], and he does an almost creepishly good job out of it.

** Sometimes, he does do cartoon voices as well. Just as an example, prior to voicing Leeron, he voiced Smytus from ''[[My Life Asas a Teenage Robot]]'', destroyer of worlds!]]

** What's amazing is, many people know him for the [[The Big O (Anime)|Roger Smith]]/[[Digimon Tamers|Yamaki]] voice (add a little growl and you get [[Digimon Adventure 02|Black War Greymon]]) and think it's all he can do. It's... so not.

** The ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man|Green]]'' '''[[Large Ham|Goblin]]''', anyone?

** He's [[X -Men|Wolverine]] in every non-movie version since X-men Legends.

*** Maybe Oghren's [[Psychonauts (Video Game)|looking for the Milkman]]?

* [[Daws Butler (Creator)|Daws Butler]]:

** [[The Jetsons (Animation)|Elroy Jetson]]

** [[Yogi Bear (Animation)|Yogi Bear]]

** [[Quick Draw McGraw (Animation)|Quick Draw McGraw]]

** Multiple incidental characters on ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle (Animation)|Rocky and Bullwinkle]]''

* Matt Chapman, one of the co-creators of ''[[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]]'', manages to voice almost all the characters for the site. It's easier to list who he ''does not'' voice (Marzipan, voiced by his sister-in-law, Missy Palmer, {{spoiler|the Poopsmith}}'s singing voice by John Linnel of [[They Might Be Giants (Musicband)|They Might Be Giants]], and the characters as portrayed in the Cheat's [[Stylistic Suck|flash cartoons]] by Matt's brother Mike).

** ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]'' - Leonardo, Rocksteady, Mung, OverDrive

** ''[[Metal Gear Solid (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' - Liquid Snake

** ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'' - Kratos Aurion

** ''[[He -Man and Thethe Masters of Thethe Universe]]'' (2002) - He-Man

** ''[[Killer 7Killer7]]'' - Andrei Ulmeyda

* Jim Dale, the reader for the U.S. audiobook editions of the [[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]] books. He won an award for managing to come up with a few ''hundred'' unique character voices for ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''.

** Granny for most of the [[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]] shorts using that character. (though Granny was played in the pre-1955 shorts by Bea Benaderet)

** Rocket J Squirrel/Natasha Fatale/Nell Fenwick/ any other female role (''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle (Animation)|Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'')

** Cindy-Lou Who in the original ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Animationanimation)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''

** Jokey Smurf (''[[The Smurfs (Animationanimation)|The Smurfs]]'')

** Granny Gummi (''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animation)|Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'')

** Witch Hazel. Both the [[Disney]] one [[Name's the Same|and]] the [[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]] one.

* Michael Winslow is a special case, in which he doesn't do only voices, but sound effects as well. His appearances in ''[[Police Academy]]'' are just a showcase: watch him perform [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7bQ1pNoBw "Whole Lotta Love"].

* On ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' alone, [[Dan Castellaneta]], [[Harry Shearer (Creator)|Harry Shearer]] and [[Hank Azaria]] fit this trope.

** Dan's range in particular made him a good choice to replace [[Robin Williams]] as the voice of the Genie in the sequel and TV spinoff of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.

* [[Seth MacfarlaneMacFarlane]], who voices pretty much all the major male characters in ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', and two of the main characters in ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]''. Just... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMWkesiVD4 see this Hulu commercial]. He can also sing in all of his voices.

* While many people don't realize it due to his [[Badass Baritone|baritone voice relating to badasses]], [[Crispin Freeman]] has a very wide vocal range. Compare [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Kyon]], [[Code Geass (Anime)|Orange]], [[Chobits (Manga)|Hideki]], [[Digimon Frontier|Koichi]], [[Hellsing|Alucard]], and [[Durarara (Literature)!!|Shizuo]].

* [[Tress MacNeille]] , [[Kath Soucie]], [[Grey DelisleDeLisle]] and [[Tara Strong]]. Basically any American cartoon will have one of these four voices in it at some point. If a character is female and in an American cartoon, it's one of them. (Unless she's Asian, in which case it's [[Lauren Tom]], or if [[Sassy Black Woman|black]], [[Cree Summer]].)

* While the ''characters'' [[Grey DelisleDeLisle]]'s put in are very much pigeonholed, her range is anything but. Rarely do any of her voices sound alike (except when they scream). [[Danny Phantom|Sam]] sounds nothing like [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy|Mandy]] who sounds nothing like [[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends|Frankie]] or [[Fairly Oddparents|Vicky]] (or [[BaldursBaldur's Gate|the other Vicky]]).

** An extreme case is ''[[Dan Vs.]]'', where Grey voices nearly every minor female character and nearly every child.

** The comparison that breaks brains: Grey DeLisle has voiced both [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Azula]] and [[Fairly Oddparents|Tootie]]. How more varied can you get?

* [[Tara Strong (Creator)|Tara Strong]] has been heard as [[Cross-Dressing Voices|10 year old boy]] Timmy Turner, gothic superheroine Raven ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' as well as the minor character [[Alpha Bitch|Kitten]], Twilight Sparkle in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', [[Genki Girl]] Rikku in ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'', [[Jekyll and Hyde|split-personalitied]] [[Dark Magical Girl]] Elisa/Ursula in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Portable Ops'', Ben Tennyson on ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', Presea on ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', both Toot Braunstein and Princess Clara on ''[[Drawn Together]]'', Truffles and additional voices in ''[[Chowder]]'', and even [[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Batgirl]]. She's possibly best known as Bubbles from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]''. Despite voice acting not typically being a very lucrative career, she's done so many voices that she's able to afford a large house in Los Angeles (as seen on ''Take Home Chef'').

** Also known to stand-in for ''other'' voice actresses when a singing role is required, as exemplified when she stood in for [[Mila Kunis]]' voice of Meg Griffin on ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' when Meg [[Non-Singing Voice|was required to sing extensively]].

* [[Scott McNeil]], who has gone from [[X -Men|#1 mutant BadAss]] to [[Fullmetal Alchemist|mysteriously wise yet absent father]] to [[Broken Saints|a sleazy strip club owner and a devout Muslim fundamentalist (both characters in the same series)]] to [[Beast Wars (Animation)|robotic butt monkey to robot deadpan snarker]] to one half of [[Re BootReBoot|a quirky duo of minions]], to [[Dawn of War|a METAL BAWKSE crazed psychopath]].

** To elaborate on the ''[[Beast Wars (Animation)|Beast Wars]]'' example, he voiced Dinobot and Rattrap, who feuded constantly throughout the series, so he's arguing with himself for about five minutes in just about every season one and two episode. He also played the ridiculously noble Silverbolt and the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] Waspinator.

* [[Rob Paulsen]] has a voice credit list a mile long, but [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Raphael]] sounds nothing like [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Yakko Warner or Pinky]], who sounds nothing like [[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Jack Fenton]], who sounds nothing like [[Saber Rider and Thethe Star Sheriffs (Anime)|Saber Rider]], who sounds nothing like [[Batman: Gotham Knight (Animation)|Sal Maroni]]. The Maroni voice does sound like a deeper, scarier, and slightly Brooklyn version of [[Danny Phantom (Animation)|Technus]], though.

** And [[BaldursBaldur's Gate|Anomen]] sounds nothing like those characters listed above.

*** Many of his characters are recognizable by their smart aleck attitude. Well, except for the gun crazy, time-traveling, macho redneck, [[Time Squad (Animation)|Officer Buck Tuddrussel]]...

* [[Pat Fraley (Creator)|Pat Fraley]] has one of the longest credit lists ever, and he is so proficient in voice acting that he beat out several talented nominees like Bob Bergen for the voice over lifetime achievement, which takes at least ''25 years'' or more to be nominated for. Considering that he did the voices for [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Krang, General Traag, Baxter Stockman, Burne Thompson]] and many other characters all on the same show, [[Talking to Himself|and sometimes in the same scenes]], his award was definitely earned with his vast talent.

** He's also Marshall Moo Montana on ''[[Wild West CowboysC.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Animation)|Wild West Cowboys of Moo Mesa]]''.

* Although not yet ''prolific'' as such, [[Michelle Ruff]] has admirable range and completely avoids [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|pigeonholing]] herself. Among others, she does the deliciously snarky [[Disgaea|Etna]], the [[Kuudere]] [[Wild ArmsARMs 5 (Video Game)|Avril]], serious noble [[Bleach (Manga)|Rukia]], the emotionless [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Yuki]], the ditzy [[Lucky Star (Manga)|Tsukasa]], and nervous heroine [[Valkyrie Profile 2|Alicia]].

* Beyond cartoons, [[Peter Sellers]]' initial fame as a radio performer was built on this, whether he was doing celebrity impersonations or character roles. In ''[[The Goon Show]]'' -- where—where everyone voiced multiple roles, major and minor -- heminor—he voiced Major Bloodnok, Bluebottle, Hercules Grytpype-Thynne and Henry Crun out of the major characters alone. Sellers could also substitute for absent performers and their characters as needed. When [[Spike Milligan]] - who had roughly as many characters as Sellers - was absent, Sellers could do all of them himself. When ''he'' was absent, ''four'' performers had to be brought in to substitute for all his roles.

* Put [[Billy West]] in a room, give him a script and a mike and you can do a complete show with 20+ individual voices. In ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' alone he was the Professor, Fry, Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, Nixon and half of any background/supporting characters you see. And all of this after he first came to public attention as the voice of both Ren ''and'' Stimpy after John Kricfalusi had to give up the role of Ren when he got fired.

* Like [[Billy West]] above, [[John Dimaggio]] has developed a wide range of voices himself. From [[Futurama|robots]] to psychotic [[The Penguins of Madagascar|penguins]], [[Kim Possible|mad scientists and bikers]] to [[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (Animation)|aliens]], even [[American Dragon: Jake Long (Animation)|annoying]] [[Talking Animal]] [[Generator Rex (Animation)|sidekicks]], this dude has been around the curve more than once.

** He was the voice of Hak Foo in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', replacing Jim Cummings from the second season on. And you can hardly tell the difference.

* [[Maurice La MarcheLaMarche]] as well. Most of ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'''s aliens are voiced by Maurice (Kif, Morbo, Lrrr, etc.) as are a few robots (Calculon, Hedonism-bot) and a kick-ass narrator ("You watched it! You can't un-watch it!")

** He's also [[Pinky and The Brain (Animation)|The Brain]]. Basically, the man does the greatest [[Orson Welles]] impersonation of all time.

* All three ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' voice actors mentioned above have referred to fellow voice (and live action) actor Dave Herman as one of these as well. In addition to providing the voices of recurring characters like Scruffy, Roberto, and Mayor Poopenmeyer, he's often the "go-to" guy for incidental and secondary characters. Billy West in particular has praised him for being able to create unique and often hilarious voices for characters that only appear for a few seconds of screen time.

* Watch the ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'' dub. You won't even tell that [[Cool Big Sis|Yoruichi]], [[Bokukko|Tatsuki]], and [[Waif Fu|Ururu]] all have [[Wendee Lee|the same voice]].

** And try to match those voices with [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'s voice!

** Not to mention you can barely recognize her voice as [[Lucky Star (Manga)|Konata Izumi]].

* [[Phil La MarrLaMarr]] voices just about every black character in western animation, in addition to a variety of other roles.

** His black guy roles are pretty diverse as well, including the [[Futurama (Animation)|Jamaican]], the [[Justice League (animation)|deep-voiced black guy]], the [[Static Shock|young, squeaky voiced high-schooler]] and... uh... [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy (Animation)|Dracula]], a very old, black Dracula.

** He voices quite a few animal characters in ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey (Animation)|My Gym Partners a Monkey]]''.

* [[Jennifer Hale]]. She does so many voices that nearly every show she appears in features her [[Talking to Himself|talking to herself]]. Despite being pigeonholed in Videogame Voice Acting, she has a ''much'' wider range of roles in animation, from [[Action Girl|Action Girls]]s to villainous children, to even Cinderella.

* There's a lady who voices over a hundred talking household items in ''[[BluesBlue's Clues]]''. She holds the world record for the [[Serious Business|most voices ever done in a single TV show.]]

* [[Corey Burton]], most famous for Brainiac from ''[[Superman: theThe Animated Series]]'' (and ''[[Justice League]]'', and ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'') but also frequently various [[Transformers]].

** [[Stan Freberg (Creator)]] also recruited him to replace Paul Frees (one of the all-time great voice actors) as the narrator for his ''United States of America'' record after Frees' death.

** He's also Dale from ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animationanimation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. That's right, Dale is the new Megatron.

** He also does a [[Kingdom Hearts|mean]] [[Christopher Lee]] [[Star Wars: theThe Clone Wars|impression]].

** This is turned [[Up to Eleven|Up To Eleven]] when Arin voiced Kanji Tatsumi, [[Ambiguously Gay|who's heavily implied to be gay]], in the Persona 4 Hiimdaisy Comic Dub. The group goes to save Kanji in the TV, and when they find him they see his Shadow Self, who says in a stereotypical gay man's voice, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"I'm Kanji Tatsumi and I enjoy naked men. Oh yeah~"]]. Seriously, you wouldn't even know it was him.

** Publick deserves special mention - he voices fifteen characters on his own and does most of the [[Talking to Himself]] sequences.

* [[Dee Bradley Baker]]. Pretty much anything non-human in any American animation will be voiced by him (for example, the monsters in ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', Perry of [[Phineas and Ferb]], and Appa and Momo of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''). He has also voiced numerous minor human characters, such as about ten different characters in [[SpongebobSpongeBob SquarePants]] and [[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]].

* Itsjustsomerandomguy, creator of [[I'm a Marvel And ImI'm ADCa DC]]. Besides doing all the male voices on the series, his [[Blog TV]] conferences have featured him showing off some more of his range, like almost all of the Muppets.

* [[Mark Hamill]]. When your two most famous roles are [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] and the frikkin ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Joker]]''. you know you're an all-around versatile actor. Also, check out [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMPdDa90pLY this clip of him] appearing on ''[[The Muppet Show]]''; he imitates both Kermit the Frog ''and'' Fozzie Bear near-perfectly. And to think the guy's been typecast as villains in most of his career.

* [[Robin Williams]] in his groundbreaking role as the Genie in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. Anybody got a complete list of all the impersonations and accents he does?

* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara.]] In a typical review he'll have about four or five voices for narrating the comic, himself, and then an appearance from one of his other four characters.

** While we're on about [[That Guy With theThe Glasses|Channel Awesome]], Doug Walker himself. He can pull off a naive child, women, [[AlfALF]], an opera singer, and a baritone British villain, all in one review! It's even more impressive when his face is off-screen or over another character!

* [[James Arnold Taylor]] is well known to have large flexibility in voice acting. He voice acting ranges from [[Keet]] Tidus from ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' to Ratchet from ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'', Obi-Wan Kenobi from ''[[Star Wars Clone Wars|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', [[Green Arrow]] from ''[[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', the titular character of ''[[Johnny Test (Animation)|Johnny Test]]'', and Wooldoor Sockbat from ''[[Drawn Together]]''. He's a man of thousands of voices, and [[Wild Mass Guessing|makes you wonder]] why his [[Anime]] roles are very small and limited. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5oLAff_oDo&feature=sub Listen for yourself to believe it]!

* On radio, [[Bob and Ray|Bob & Ray]] fit this trope perfectly between them, double-handedly maintaining the illusion of a large supporting 'cast' (male ''and'' female) plus endless one-shot guest-stars.

* Somehow [[Tony Oliver]] can voice [[Lupin III]], [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Lancer]], [[Bratty Half-Pint|Bat]] from the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' movie, and Keiichi from the ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]''! movie in English and they don't sound one damn bit alike.

* Every character [[Kari Wahlgren]] has done has a completely distinct voice. Seriously, compare [[Samurai Champloo|Fuu]] to [[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Raine]] or [[Eureka Seven|Anemone]]. Even the characters that are relatively similar sound completely different, such as her [[Jeanne D 'Arc|Jeanne]] and her [[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Ashe]].

* [[Daran Norris]] has played both the wicked Vincent from the ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' movie and the idiotic Cosmo from ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'', as well as Spotswoode from ''[[Team America]]: World Police]]'', Belze in ''[[God Hand]]'', and [[Mad Scientist]] Rodyle in ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]''.

** Nick Briggs does the CREEPIEST''creepiest'', most nightmare fuellish Dalek voice ever; Dalek Caan in "Stolen Earth/Journeys End".

{{quote| [Caan *insane and giggly*] "I fleeeew into the wilds and fire! I danced and died a THOUSAND TIMES!"}}

* A rare [[Live Action]] example: Enver Gjokaj from ''[[Dollhouse]].'' The show involves people getting new minds implanted into their brains, and with him, [[Voices Are Mental]] got taken [[Up to Eleven]]. Him implanted with [[ReluctantEngineer Exploited MadFor ScientistEvil|Topher]]'s personality was [[Crowning Moment of Funny|just hilarious]].

* [[Nancy Cartwright]]: perhaps best known as [[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|Bart Simpson]], also voices [[The Bully|Nelson]], Ralph Wiggum, and Todd Flanders, along with [[Rugrats (Animation)|Chuckie Finster]], [[Kim Possible|Rufus]], [[The Critic|Margo Sherman]], and a host of other characters.

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413996/ Roger L. Jackson] is least famous for his best known role as the voice of [[Scream (Filmfilm)|Ghostface]] in all 4 movies, in contrast with Mojo Jojo of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]''. He's done over 100 video game roles, as many named characters as extras, including (at least 8) distinct characters throughout the ''[[Sam and Max]]'' series.

* Go to youtube and watch any video that features [[Naruto (Anime)|Gaara]] speaking in the english dub. Now do the same thing for [[Code Geass (Anime)|Lloyd.]] Both are voiced by [[Liam O 'Brien]].

* Sadly, Jim Ward doesn't get nearly as much coverage as his skill deserves. He's the resident [[Man of a Thousand Voices|Voice Deity]]/ConspiracyTheorist on ''[[The Stephanie Miller Show (Radio)|The Stephanie Miller Show]]'', and gets plenty of requests for his imitations of Wolf Blitzer, Kim Jong Il, and Tom Brokaw. He's also the voice actor of [[Ben 10 (Animation)|Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents|Chet Ubetcha]], [[Ratchet and Clank|Captian Quark]], [[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|Maximillian Strauss, Baron Isaac Abrams, Brother Grünfeld Bach,]] [[Porco Rosso|and]] [[Spirited Away|background]] [[Dragon Age|voices]] [[Destroy All Humans!|in]] [[Killer 7Killer7|dozens]] [[Dirge of Cerberus|of]] [[Knights of the Old Republic|other]] [[Resident Evil 4|works]].

* Lani Minella is definitly one. She's been voicing video game characters since 1994, IMDB lists at least 400 acting credits to her name. She's been in [[StarcraftStarCraft]], [[Diablo]], [[World of Warcraft]], [[Nancy Drew]], well, it would be easier to list the games she isn't in. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1BGVfqWC0 That video really shows her talent.]

* [[Tabitha St. Germain (Creator)|Tabitha St Germain]]. She's voiced 15 different characters (and possibly more, we're not sure) across two and a half generations of ''[[My Little Pony]]'' according to [[The Other Wiki]]. And then there's all the anime and Canadian animation roles she's had, check out her [http://www.tabithastgermain.com/have-a-listen.html demo video] on her website. [[Shakugan no Shana (Light Novel)|Shana]]? [[Black Lagoon (Anime)|Roberta]]? [[Death Note (Manga)|Naomi Misora]]? [[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy|Nazz]]? [[Jimmy Two -Shoes|Heloise]]? All her. Also on ''[[Martha Speaks]]'' she's everyone from the title character (a talking dog) to an 18-year old baby to an 80-year old lady. If that's not range I don't know what is!

** Case in point for [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]: In Season 2, whenever there was a new female character to voice, it's probably her that did it. Including Luna's glorious return and Derpy Hooves. She also acts as a standin for [[Tara Strong (Creator)|Tara Strong]] (who voices the main character Twilight Sparkle) for the group recordings, a part of her extensive work that by definition is never seen on the show proper.

* Keith Ferguson in [[Dawn of War]] II does the voice of the Heretics, the Commisar, Plague Marines, various Orks including the Grot, and the ranger Rohnan from the Eldar Campaign in Retribution. He also does the voice of Bloo from [[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]].

* David Kaye [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MIzYkNW7c is simply amazing]-- and—and those are just the roles he's played in Transformers cartoons.

* [[Harry Partridge (Creator)|Harry Partridge]] usually voices every character to appear in his cartoons himself. [[Cross-Dressing Voices|EVERY''every'' one.]]

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* [[Koichi Yamadera]], the voice of [[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Spike Spiegel]], [[Ranma One Half½|Ryouga Hibiki]]... and '''[[Donald Duck]]'''. (No, really-- thatreally—that's him in the Japanese version of ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.) He's also the go-to guy for Japanese dubs of Eddie Murphy and [[Robin Williams]]. See [[wikipedia:Kouichi Yamadera|The Other Wiki]] for a fuller listing.

* [[Hiroki Takahashi]] may not be the most prolific seiyuu around but he's certainly very varied. Cases in point being [[Monster Clown]] Hisoka from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'', [[Genki Girl|Genki Guy]] Kikumaru Eiji from ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'', Superbia "Shouts all his lines" Squalo from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', [[Butt Monkey]] Harima Kenji from ''[[School Rumble]]''...and soft spoken Japan from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]''.

* [[Toshihiko Seki]], who can range from [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|cheerful fun guy]] to [[Saiyuki|irritable badass]] to... ''[[Ranma ½ (Manga)|quack]]''.

* [[Akira Ishida]] is another guy that's everywhere but with a lot of range- but in particular, he once did a bit in ''[[Gintama (Manga)|Gintama]]'' in which the one character he voices had an elaborate daydream sequence. He literally [[Talking to Himself|talked to himself]] for something like 10 minutes, all in various male AND female voices. Whoa.

* Yuichi Nagashima, aka Cho. This guy voiced [[Inuyasha|Jaken]], [[Great Teacher Onizuka|Hiroshi Uchiyamada]], [[Looney Tunes|Elmer Fudd]], [[One Piece|Brook]], [[Transformers Animated|Blitzwing]], [[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|Gollum]] ''and'' [[Scooby Doo]].

* [[Aya Hirano]] is one of the few seiyuus that doesn't get typecast. She went from eccentric with [[Jerkass]] tendencies (Haruhi from ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'') to a obsessed, otaku highschooler (Konata from ''[[Lucky Star]]'') to a ''[[Les Yay]]'' teacher (Yoko from ''[[School Rumble]]'''s second season) to an almost-godly little girl (Lumière from ''[[Kiddy Grade]]'') to a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] (Misa from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'') to serious [[Action Girl]] (Chiko from ''[[The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]'').

* [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] is known for performing a wide variety of characters, ranging from [[Sailor Moon]] and [[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Excel]] to [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Misato Katsuragi]], [[Noir|Mireille Bouquet]], [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Juri Arisugawa]] and [[Oruchuban Ebichu|Ebichu]].

* [[Tomokazu Seki]] has voiced characters ranging from [[The Stoic]] Sousuke Sagara in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', to one of [[Those Two Guys]] Jun Kitagawa in ''[[Kanon]]'', to [[Manipulative Bastard]] [[Big Bad]] Reiji Kageyama in ''[[Gate Keepers]]'', to [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Humongous Mecha|mecha]] pilot Domon Kasshu in ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|G Gundam]]'', to [[Animal Mascot]] Mepple in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'', to [[Large Ham]] Gilgamesh in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]''.

* You'd think [[Sanae Kobayashi]] is pigeonholed as either Tsunderes (Akira from ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'') or boys (the ''other'' Akira, from ''[[Hikaru no Go]]'')... Go and say the same when you hear her as [[Naive Everygirl]] Kumi Mashiba from ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'', the [[Yandere]] Lucy/[[The Cutie|Cutie Nyu]] in ''[[Elfen Lied]]'', or the titular [[Action Girl]] from ''[[Madlax]]''.

* [[Chiwa Saitou]] has, as just an example, voiced a [[Genki Girl|Genki]] [[Action Girl]], a perpetually angry member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], and a villainous [[Smug Snake]], all in the [[Talking to Himself|same]] [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|show]].

* Daisuke Namikawa is one of the voice actors pegged down in several roles that could be very much grate your skulls, playing the [[The Scrappy|irritating]] [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Anime)|Katz Kobayashi]], the [[Ax Crazy|rough and wild]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Michael Trinity]], the [[Bratty Half-Pint|super loud mouthed]] [[Sengoku Basara|Miyamoto Musashi]] or. However, he also had his share of straight, goody-two-shoes heroes such as the main character of ''[[Persona 4]]'', [[Odin Sphere|Cornelius]] or the remake voice of [[Star Ocean|Claude Kenni]]. Then, you've got the [[The Stoic|melancholic]], [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] [[Beta Baddie]] [[Bleach (Manga)|Ulquiorra Sciffer]] or the [[Manipulative Bastard|ultra-manipulative]] [[Big Bad]] Toutaku from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'' amongst his portfolio. Then you'll never look at him the same again.

** And he's [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Lucario]].

** He also voices BOTH [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|North and South Italy]].

* [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] does [[The Hero]] roles ([[Street Fighter|Ryu]], [[Tekkaman Blade (Anime)|Takaya aka D-Boy]]), [[The Stoic]] roles ([[Super Robot Wars|Kyosuke]]), Evil Bastard roles ([[Tekken|Kazuya Mishima]], [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Sephiroth]])... very affable [[Hot Shoujo Dad]] that sounds so light ([[ShuffleSHUFFLE!|Forbessi]]) and loud-mouthed idiots ([[Slam Dunk|Nobunaga Kiyota]]).

* [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] is what some people call versatile, she can be voicing spunky boys with an cheery attitude like Milanor from ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' or Carl Clover from ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'', a demanding [[The Ojou|Ojou]] such as Perrine or Shinku or cute bubbly Nekomimi girls like [[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al -Revis|Nike]] or [[Galaxy Angels|Mint]]. Younger characters are not her only forte either. [[Stripperiffic]] troubled [[Odin Sphere|Velvet]] and [[Little Miss Badass]] [[Woman Scorned]] [[Basilisk|Hotarubi]] would like a word for you.

* [[Takehito Koyasu]] has probably ''literally'' voiced a thousand roles... from [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Anime)|a fallen prince who fights for world peace]], to [[Turn aA Gundam (Anime)|a displaced samurai piloting an apocalyptic machine with a lust for fighting]]. [[The King of Fighters|Even a comic relief Ascended Fanboy who wants to shoot fire.]] So, yeah...

* Try pigeonholing [[Nobutoshi Canna]]. This man has voiced [[Badass|Badasses]]es in many flavors, from laid back bad asses ([[Get BackersGetBackers|Midou Ban]], [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Lancer]]), scary bad asses ([[Berserk|Guts]], [[Super Robot Wars|Axel Almer (not the silly type)]], [[Dynasty Warriors|Cao Pi]]) or goof off bad asses ([[Super Robot Wars|Silly Axel]], [[Fushigi Yuugi|Tasuki]]). If that's not enough, he also has two [[Bruce Lee Clone]] roles on his resume ([[Soul Series|Maxi]], [[Shaman King|Lee Pai Long]]), or someone who sounds like a clown ([[Bleach (Manga)|Nnoitra Gilga]]). And, oh, you want to know who's behind the voice who yells [[Macross 7|"LISTEN TO MY SOOOOONGGGG!!!"]]? Yeah. Him too.

* [[Kaori Shimizu]] manages to completely avoid being pigeonholed. Even though most fans know her for her matured, deep voice of smart women such as [[School Rumble|Akira]], [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Signum]] and [[Super Robot Wars|Lamia]], she is also capable of voicing cutesy voices starting from the melancholic [[Serial Experiments Lain|Lain]], hysterical [[Shinkon Gattai Godannar|Lou]], and weird [[Yuri Fangirl]] [[Lucky Star|Hiyori]].

** Recently, she has put her name as one of the cast of ''[[Tales of Hearts (Video Game)|Tales of Hearts]]''... as someone who is a prime candidate of a soft-spoken [[Mysterious Waif]]. Whoa.

* [[Rie Kugimiya]] is more often a [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]], playing Tsudere characters such as [[Shakugan no Shana|Shana]], [[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof (Light Novel)Zero|Louise]] and [[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Nagi]] but when allowed to step outside the Pigeonhole she shows surprising range such as [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Alphonse Elric]] and both [[Deadpan Snarker]] Kurosaki Karin and [[Emotionless Girl]] Nemu from [[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]

* [[Sayaka Ohara]] definitely, despite mostly playing [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|Moth]][[Hot Mom|er]], she voiced [[Umineko no Naku Koro Nini|Bea]][[Large Ham|trice]], [[XXX Holic×××HOLiC|Yuu]][[Hot Witch|ko]] and, [[Fairy Tail|Er]][[Magic Knight|za]]

* [[Jun Fukuyama]], has voiced [[Magnificent Bastard]] [[Code Geass|Lelouch]], [[Too Kinky to Torture|Extreme Masochist]] [[MM (Light Novel)!|Sado Taro]], [[Brilliant but Lazy]] [[Den Yuu Den|Ryner]] and [[Large Ham]] [[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo|Leopard]].

* [[Ayako Kawasumi]], from the stoic [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Saber]] to the gentle [[ZeroThe noFamiliar Tsukaimaof (Light Novel)Zero|Princess Henrietta]], then the [[Alpha Bitch]] [[To Love LOVE-Ru|Saki Tenjouin]].

* [[Houko Kuwashima]] is very prolific and has an amazing range, making it hard to find two of her roles that sound the same. Who would have thought that [[Martian Successor Nadesico|Yurika]], [[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Kagura]] and [[Gundam Seed|Fllay]] are all voiced by the same person?

* [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] has proven that he can do quite a variety of characters. From [[Gao Gai GarGaoGaiGar|cold and calculated robot-ninjas]] to the [[Transformers Energon|Leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime]] and all the way to the most Badass [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|badass to ever exist in anime.]] Coincidentally, all three examples have some kind of leader-role...

* [[Tetsuya Kakihara]] has also proven to be able to do a good number of voices. His probably most famous roles are [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon the Digger]] and [[Fairy Tail|Natsu Dragneel]], though he's also done a lot of other voices. In particular, check out how he did [[Blaz BlueBlazBlue|Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen]]

=== Spanish ===

* Jorge "El Tata" Arvizu has dubbed, among others, [[The Flintstones|Barney Rubble and Fred Flintstone]]; [[Bugs Bunny]], [[Woody Woodpecker]], [[Get Smart (TV)|Maxwell Smart]] ([[Role Reprisal|including the 2007 film]]), and [[Top Cat|Choo-Choo Benny the Ball]].

* [[Gerardo Reyero]] was known for using his bass-baritone voice in ultra serious, by-the-book roles (Cyclops from ''X-Men,'' Mamoru "Darien" Chiba from ''[[Sailor Moon]],'' Jun Uozumi from ''[[Slam Dunk]]''). That, until he did a fantastic work as the loud, cheerful and energetic [[Large Ham]] Gai-sensei in ''[[Naruto]]'', and then the [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] Ukitake from ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''...

* You might be able to recognize Patricia "Patty" Acevedo's sweet soprano voice ''very'' easily, but even then, you can't forget she's done young boys ([[Kissyfur]], Yaiba Kurogane from ''Yaiba'', Chaozu from ''[[Dragonball Z]]''), [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]s (Usagi/Serena from ''[[Sailor Moon]],'' Sally from ''Magical Sally''), sweet yet strong girls (Alexis/Asuka from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', [[The Simpsons (animation)|Lisa Simpson]], [[Codename: Kids Next Door|Lizzie Devine]]), [[Broken Bird|cynical young ladies]] (Rosa from ''[[Cyborg 009]]''), mother roles (Chi Chi from ''[[Dragonball Z]]''), or [[Spoiled Brat|spoiled little kids]] (Angelica Pickles from ''[[Rugrats (Animation)|Rugrats]]''), or [[Yandere|Yanderes]]s (Ryoumou from ''[[Ikki Tousen]]''), or even badass [[Action Girl|Action Girls]]s (Princess Adora aka [[She -Ra: Princess of Power (Animation)|She Ra Princess of Power]]).

* [http://doblaje.wikia.com/wiki/Arturo_Mercado Arturo Mercado] has voiced [[Scooby Doo|Shaggy]], [[Star Wars|Yoda and Lando]], [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]], [[Beauty and Thethe Beast (Disney)|the Beast]], [[Toy Story (franchise)|Ham]], [[The Land Before Time|Petrie]], [[Darkwing Duck]], [[The Lion King|Simba]], [[Bob the Builder]]... AND''and MANYmany OTHERSothers''. He's in his early 70s, and his range is comparable to the aforementioned Jorge Arvizu.