Voice Actors: Difference between revisions

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.

 

 

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* '''Danny Cooksey: '''Best known for his high scratchy whiny voice, he has been in the business since he was 15. Among his more famous characters are Montana Max from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', Victor the bully from ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show (Animation)|The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', Urchin from ''[[The Little Mermaid (Animation)|The Little Mermaid]]'' animated series, Milo Kamalani from ''[[Pepper Ann]]'', the title character of ''[[Dave the Barbarian (Animation)|Dave the Barbarian]]'', and Jack Spicer from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]''. Before that, he starred as [[Cousin Oliver|Sam McKinney]] near the end of ''[[Diffrent Strokes]]''' run and played the scheming [[Jerkass]] camper Bobby Budnick on the [[Nickelodeon]] sitcom ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]''.

 

 

* '''Olivia D'Abo''': A London native, and one of relatively few Britons active in American voiceover. Has played a variety of roles, with or without a British accent (but mostly with), among them being Jedi Master Luminara Unduli in ''[[Star Wars the Clone Wars (Animation)|Star Wars the Clone Wars]]'', Star Sapphire and Morgaine Le Fay on ''[[Justice League (Animation)|Justice League]]'', Jane in ''[[The Legend of Tarzan (Animation)|The Legend of Tarzan]]'', and Tak on ''[[Invader Zim (Animation)|Invader Zim]]''. She also starred as Karen Cooper on ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.

* '''Stacey DePass''': A Canadian comedy actress who has performed in several animated productions, most notably as the voice of [[Deadpan Snarker]] Nikki Wong in ''[[Sixteen (Animation)|6teen]]''. She's also been heard as Iris in ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'', along with several other lesser known children's animated series and several minor roles in ''[[Undergrads]]''.

 

 

* '''Bill Fagerbakke''': Dauber from the series ''[[Coach]]'' has gone on to a long career as a VA, playing a lot of [[Gentle Giant|Gentle Giants]]. He's Patrick Star on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', Bulkhead on ''[[Transformers Animated]]'', and Broadway on ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]''. He also appeared live in a few episodes of ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]''.

* '''Bill Farmer''': Best known for voicing Goofy and Pluto, Farmer's also has voiced a few [[Looney Tunes]] characters, most notably Foghorn Leghorn. Despite doing a lot of funny voiced characters, he takes voice acting seriously, emphasis on acting. ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'' is a fine example of this, really giving Goofy a broad emotional range throughout the film.

 

 

* '''Phillip Glasser''': Did voice acting as a child, best known for voicing Fievel Mousekewitz in ''[[An American Tail (Animation)|An American Tail]]'', its sequel ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' and the television series, up until the direct-to-video movies by which time he'd outgrown the role. He also voiced Gus in ''[[A Troll in Central Park]]'' and has had minor voicing roles in many other cartoons, mostly during the 1990's.

* '''Scott McCord''': One of the most prolific of the new Canadian voice-over artists, his most famous roles are probably Owen and Trent in ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]'' and ''[[Total Drama Action]]''. He also provided the voice of Skull Boy in ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'' and Yang in ''[[Yin Yang Yo (Animation)|Yin Yang Yo]]''. His other credits include such shows as ''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'', ''[[Spliced]]'' and the new ''[[Care Bears]]'' series.

 

 

* '''Patrick McKenna''': Best known for playing Harold Green in ''[[The Red Green Show]]''. His roles in animation include Lorne, the Friend for Life from the ''[[Western Animation/Sam And Max|Sam And Max]]'' animated series and Two-legs Joe from ''[[Spliced]]''.

* '''Julie McWhirter''': A rare Woman of a Thousand Voices and the wife of radio announcer [[Rick Dees]], she has been in the voice acting business since the 1970s, starting with the redhead Jeannie (from the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[I Dream of Jeannie (TV)|I Dream of Jeannie]]''), to whom Joe Besser played Babu.

 

 

* '''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 (TV)|Rhoda]]''. This led to his playing Garfield in ''[[Garfield and Friends (Animation)|Garfield and Friends]]'', which led to still more voice work: Tummi in ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animation)|Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', Peter Venkman (and his father) in ''[[The Real Ghostbusters (Animation)|The Real Ghostbusters]]'' (for the first few seasons), Sergeant Dunder in ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', Super-Pac in the second season of ''[[Pac-Man]]'', Larry the Crash Test Dummy in a series of famous [[Public Service Announcement|Public Service Announcements]], and several guest star roles and commercial voice-overs. Music was very active until shortly before his death in 2001.

* '''Dana Snyder''': Well known voice actor in [[Adult Swim]] programs such as Master Shake in ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', Dr. Wang in ''[[Minoriteam]]'', The Alchemist in ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|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 (Animation)|Chowder]]'' and three characters on ''[[Robotomy]]'': Mr. Dreadnot (the [[Sadist Teacher]]), Principal Thunderbyte, and the janitor from the "Mutilation Ball" episode.

 

 

 

* '''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 (Animation)|Blazing Dragons]]'', Ankylo in ''[[Dinosaucers (Animation)|Dinosaucers]]'', Richard P. Fungus in ''[[Stunt Dawgs (Animation)|Stunt Dawgs]]'' and Naga in ''[[Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]''.

* '''David Warner''': A British actor who is mainly known for sinister, villainous roles. He was the voice of Ra's al Ghul in the DCAU, the first voice of Nergal in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Animation)|The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'', Alpha in the animated ''[[Men in Black (Animation)|Men in Black]]'' series, and Dr. Vic Frankenstein on the short-lived [[Steven Spielberg]] series ''[[Toonsylvania]]''--not to mention having both live-action and animated roles in ''[[Tron]]'', as [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] Ed Dillinger, his program counterpart Sark (both live-action), and the [[Master Computer|MCP]] (who was CGI).

 

 

== Primarily in anime, video games ==

* '''Chris Seavor''': A British game designer for Rare, he voiced nearly every male character in ''[[Conkers Bad Fur Day (Video Game)|Conkers Bad Fur Day]]'' and its remake (which was a lot of voice work). He's also voiced Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare from ''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]]'' on occasion.

 

 

* '''Jim Walker''': Current American voice actor of Fox McCloud in the ''[[Star Fox (Video Game)|Star Fox]]'' games, also provided Fox's voice in ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.

* [[Timothy Dalton]]

* [[Keith David]]

* [[Grey Delisle]]

* [[Trevor Devall]]

* [[Pat Fraley (Creator)|Pat Fraley]]

* [[Andrew Francis (Creator)|Andrew Francis]]

* [[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|Crispin Freeman]]

* [[Will Friedle]]

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