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Those voices you hear in cartoon, [[Video Games|video game]] and [[Anime]] dubs don't exist in a vacuum. While not quite as famous as regular actors, these folks still get a lot of mention among fans for their distinctive style and/or extensive catalogs.
See also [[Hey, It's That Voice!]].
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* '''Olivia Hack''': Former child actress, played Cindy Brady in the live-action ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' movie and [[Teen Genius]] Tanna on ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', now primarily focusing on voiceover work with her light, sweet-sounding voice. Usually found doing [[Nickelodeon]] projects, was the voice of Rhonda in ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' and the perky Ty Lee in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Also filled in for Lia Sargent as Shion Uzuki in the second ''[[Xenosaga]]'' game.
* '''Jess Harnell''': A voice actor and processional singer, best known for his roles as Wakko from ''[[Animaniacs]]'', Captain Hero from ''[[Drawn Together]]'', [[Secret Squirrel]] in ''[[Two Stupid Dogs]]'', Jerry in the first two seasons of ''[[Totally Spies]]'', The Sewer Urchin from ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'', and Hunter from ''[[Road Rovers]]''. Also played both Barricade and Ironhide from the 2007 ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' film.
* '''David Herman''': An actor and comedian who occasionally does voice acting. Was on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''s rival sketch show ''[[Mad TV]]'' during its first two seasons. Among his more famous voice acting roles are Buckly (Luann's boyfriend), Eustice, Anthony Page, Jimmy Witchard, and many others from ''[[King of the Hill]]'', Larry, Scruffy, Slurms McKensie, Roberto, Nudar, and many others from ''[[Futurama]]'', various characters from ''[[American Dad]]!'', Uncle Gabby from ''[[The Drinky Crow Show]]'', and the second voices of Coach Stopframe and Principal Fakey from ''[[Moral Orel]]''. Appeared in ''[[Idiocracy]]''.
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* '''Lorenzo Music''': He did only one voice—his own, sleepy, phlegmatic yet warm—but he made it count. Music started out as a comedy writer until he was recruited to play [[The Faceless]] role of Carlton the doorman in ''[[Rhoda]]''. This led to his playing Garfield in ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'', which led to still more voice work: Tummi in ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', Peter Venkman (and his father) in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' (for the first few seasons), Sergeant Dunder in ''[[Tale Spin]]'', Super-Pac in the second season of ''[[Pac-Man]]'', Larry the Crash Test Dummy in a series of famous [[Public Service Announcement]]s, and several guest star roles and commercial voice-overs. Music was very active until shortly before his death in 2001.
* '''Pat Musick''': Best known for her roles as Fluffy, Uranus and second voice of Charles after the death of Dana Hill in ''[[Duckman]]'', Janine Melnitz in ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'', April Eagle in ''[[Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs]]'', Snappy Smurf in ''[[The Smurfs]]'', Meriem Brunch in ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'', Tony Toponi in ''[[An American Tail]]'', Mona Lisa in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]'', and Harold Frumpkin in ''[[All Grown Up]]''. Notable for her impressive ability to invoke [[Cross-Dressing Voices]].
* '''Clarence "Ducky" Nash''': Comedian and one of the first masters of television animal noises. He originated the voice of [[Donald Duck]] in 1934, who he would voice until his death in 1985. His last role as Donald was in 1983's ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'', and the character would be voiced then on by Tony Anselmo, a Disney animator, who trained under Nash in person. He also provided animals and character voices for many of Disney's other films such as Huey, Duey and Louie, and Figaro the cat. Cited as a huge inspiration for [[Frank Welker]] and Red Coffee.
* '''Annick Obonsawin''': A Canadian singer and voice actress whose most famous role is that of Sierra in ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'', though she's voiced a number of characters before that, including Inez in ''[[Cyberchase]]'' and Skunk in ''[[Franklin]]''. Her distinct voice is somewhat easy to pick out but her true talent lies in conveying numerous emotions on the fly. She's the 2010 Toonzone Award winner for best voice performance in a televised cartoon, she was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxDuuJr_EU very thrilled] to say the least.
* '''Christian Potenza''': A Canadian Voice actor who's best known for voicing Chris Mclean in the ''[[Total Drama]]'' series, as well as Jude in ''[[Sixteen|6teen]]''. [http://www.youtube.com/user/TheChristianPotenza He has his own Youtube page.]
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* '''Dana Snyder''': Well known voice actor in [[Adult Swim]] programs such as Master Shake in ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', Dr. Wang in ''[[Minoriteam]]'', The Alchemist in ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' and Granny in ''[[Squidbillies]]''. Has recently branched out into non [[Adult Swim]] animation as the voice of Gazpacho in the [[Cartoon Network]] original series ''[[Chowder]]'' and three characters on ''[[Robotomy]]'': Mr. Dreadnot (the [[Sadist Teacher]]), Principal Thunderbyte, and the janitor from the "Mutilation Ball" episode.
* '''John Stephenson''': Like [[Daws Butler]] and Don Messick, Stephenson was one of the major voice talents at [[Hanna-Barbera]]. His most famous roles include Mr. Slate of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', Lazy Luke of ''[[Wacky Races]]'' and Col. Wilcox of early ''[[Superfriends]]''. Stephenson also played Dr. Benton Quest in the first few episodes of ''[[Jonny Quest]]'' before being replaced by Messick.
* '''Larry Storch''': An unusual example in that while he is arguably better known for his work in live action comedies, he has actually done slightly more work in cartoons and animated advertisements than he has done in live action roles. Most of his voice work was for [[Filmation]] and [[Hanna-Barbera]], and he was also the lead voice artist for the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' cartoons in their final years of production.
* '''John Stocker''': A Canadian voice actor whose best known role was Beastly in ''[[Care Bears]]'' but also played Toad and Oogtar in the ''[[Super Mario Brothers]]'' cartoons, Sir Burnevere in ''[[Blazing Dragons]]'', Ankylo in ''[[Dinosaucers]]'', Richard P. Fungus in ''[[Stunt Dawgs]]'' and Naga in ''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]''.
* '''Jill Talley''': Known for voicing Karen, Plankton's computer wife on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Sarah Dubois on ''[[The Boondocks]]'', and Gretchen and Ms. Mucus on ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''. Is married to fellow voice actor [[Tom Kenny]].
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* '''Clarine Harp''': Best known for Sei in ''[[Burst Angel]]'' and Hibari Ginza in ''[[Speed Grapher]]''. She also played Kaede in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' and Laura in ''[[Mnemosyne]]''. She is also the basis for Aubrey in the webcomic ''[[Something Positive]]''.
* '''Raphael Sbarge''': Probably best well known for his turn as Lt. Kaidan Alenko {{spoiler|later promoted to Staff Commander}} {{spoiler|if he doesn't die first}} in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series of games, Sbarge has been lending his seductive gravelly tones to sensitive manly love interests back in the [[Knights of the Old Republic]] games as Carth Onasi, and he's also done a host of work in games like [[Medal of Honor]] : Vanguard, [[Star Wars]] : Republic Commando, and [[
* '''Dwight Schultz''': More fondly remembered as "Howlin' Mad" Murdock on ''[[The A-Team]]'' and Reginald Barclay on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', he branched out into voice acting and has done roles as diverse as the Pope and Mr. Fargus on ''[[Family Guy]]'' and Harman Smith in ''[[Killer 7]]''. He is also voicing Western Animations series with roles such as Dr. Animo (AKA, Devoid) from ''[[Ben 10]]'' and ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' as well as Mung Dahl from ''[[Chowder]]''.
* '''Chris Seavor''': A British game designer for Rare, he voiced nearly every male character in ''[[
* '''Joshua Seth''': A former voice actor who mainly voiced heroic or naive kids like Tai from ''[[Digimon]]'' and Shobu from ''[[Duel Masters]]'', other famous roles include Tetsuo Shima in the [[Geneon|Pioneer]] dub of ''[[Akira]]'', Dio from ''[[Last Exile]]'', Hige from ''[[Wolf's Rain|Wolfs Rain]]'', Maruss from ''[[Zatch Bell]]'', Young Knives from ''[[Trigun]]'', and Eiji from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. He retired from voice acting in 2006 to pursue a successful career as a magician and hypnotist.
* '''Jim Walker''': Current American voice actor of Fox McCloud in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star
* '''Stephan Weyte''': Known best as the <s>borderline-</s>[[Villain Protagonist]] Caleb from ''[[Blood]]'' and its sequel. He's also lent his voice to ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Path of Radiance'', the ''[[Pajama Sam]]'' games (no, really), and he even played [[Steven Spielberg]] in some 7-minute comedy short.
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* [[Jeff Bennett]]
* [[Bob Bergen]]
* [[Gregg Berger]]
* [[Mary Kay Bergman]] (RIP)
* [[Amy Birnbaum]]
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* [[Travis Willingham]]
* [[Paul Winchell]] (RIP)
* [[Ariel Winter]]
* [[Dave Wittenberg]]
* [[Dan Woren]]
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