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"We do; it's called '[[Billy West]]'."|'''''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''''' [[DVD Commentary]]}}
 
[[Voice Actors]] known for a wide range of voices, and therefore voicing [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]. Basically if you can't say "[[Hey ItsIt's That Voice|Hey, It's That Voice!]]", odds are, it was one of these people. Fact is, the industry is incredibly small, and there just aren't enough actors to cover all the exponentially increasing amount of characters and projects created each year. Being versatile is required.
 
Bonus points if the actor is able to avert [[Larynx Dissonance]] and [[Not Even Bothering With the Accent]], but it's not vital.
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** [[The Azure Crow]] of Gurren-Lagann The Satire as well as a surprisingly good Fandub of [[Digimon Xros Wars]] (though he's not alone about the latter, and he doesn't do as many voices as [[Little Kuriboh]], but he still does pull off quite a number of voices with ease).
* [[Charlie Adler]] is apparently just as proficient at playing young boys (and even ''girls''!) as he is at playing burly, arrogant, older men.
* Several [[FU NimationFUNimation]] voice actors:
** Many of the [[FU NimationFUNimation]]'s veteran voice actors who are currently working in LA (and the they still work with Funimation from time to time) have very wide vocal ranges. [[Troy Baker]], [[Laura Bailey]], [[Kyle Hebert]], and [[Vic Mignogna]] are some of the top examples. [[Travis Willingham]], however, is an interesting case. While his [[Guttural Growler]] and [[Badass Baritone]] often [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|typecast]] him into [[Lawful Good]] [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] characters, he is slowly getting out of his typecasting ever since he moved to LA. In fact, it's generally agreed that Travis's vocal range improved when he moved to LA.
** [[Christopher Sabat]] does many, many voices in ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha,Shenron, General Silver, Kami, King Piccolo, Zarbon, Jeice, Burter, Recoome, Guru, Korin, Mr. Popo, and far more extra characters.
*** He's also General Cross Marian of ''[[D Gray 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]]''.
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** Along with Chris Sabat, we also have [[Brina Palencia]], [[J Michael Tatum]], [[Chris Ayres]], [[Colleen Clinkenbeard]], [[Mike McFarland]] and [[Todd Haberkorn]].
** Many [[ADV Films]]/[[Sentai Filmworks]] based voice actors who worked with Funimation also have this. [[Luci Christian]], [[Monica Rial]], [[Blake Shepard]], and [[Brittney Karbowski]] are your best examples. Heck even ''[[Chris Patton]]'' himself, who is typecast into the [[Troubled but Cute]] [[Bishonen|pretty teenage boys]] does have a wide vocal range.
* [[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 ItsIt's That Voice|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 The 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.
* [[Michael Bell]]. Lampshaded in the ''[[Soul Reaver]] 2'' outtakes where Rene Auberjonois describes Michael as "The man of many voice." to which Michael responds "I'm the man of one voice you just think its a thousand."
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** Jokey Smurf (''[[The Smurfs (Animation)|The Smurfs]]'')
** Granny Gummi (''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animation)|Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'')
** Witch Hazel. Both the [[Disney]] one [[NamesName's the Same|and]] the [[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]] one.
* Paul Frees
* 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"].
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** 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 (Animation)|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: theThe 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 Boot|a quirky duo of minions]], to [[Dawn of War|a METAL BAWKSE crazed psychopath]].
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*** Elsewhere in the series he provides the voices of G.T. Blitz and Duke Skyheed.
** His black guy roles are pretty diverse as well, including the [[Futurama (Animation)|Jamaican]], the [[Justice League|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 PartnersPartner's a Monkey (Animation)|My Gym Partners a Monkey]]''.
** And now he's voiced a Cajun: one [[Western Animation/Wolverine And The X Men|Remy Lebeau]]
* [[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]] to villainous children, to even Cinderella.
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* [[Corey Burton]], most famous for Brainiac from ''[[Superman the Animated Series]]'' (and ''[[Justice League]]'', and ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'') but also frequently various [[Transformers]].
** Including the [[Creepy Monotone]] of Shockwave, though the ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' version of Megatron sounds more recognizable if you last heard him as Brainiac.
** [[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 (Animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''. That's right, Dale is the new Megatron.
** He also does a [[Kingdom Hearts|mean]] [[Christopher Lee]] [[Star Wars the Clone Wars|impression]].
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** He also voices the Co-op robots in Portal 2.
* Itsjustsomerandomguy, creator of [[I'm a Marvel And Im ADC]]. 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: theThe 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)|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.
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* Despite his range going from sweet and innocent to rough and serious characters, [[Will Friedle]] has played a good number of roles himself. Some of his characters even play homage to his other roles.
* Chester Lauck and Norris Goff voiced almost every single male character in ''[[Lum and Abner]]''. The only exceptions in the recurring cast were The Narrator and Dr. Withers.
* Somehow [[Tony Oliver]] can voice [[Lupin III]], [[Fate Stay Night|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]]''.
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* 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 [[Starcraft]], [[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.
* As is the case with most Canadian voice actors, Lee Tockar hardly ever does the same voice twice. He voiced [[George of the Jungle]], [[League of Super Evil|Doktor Frogg]], [[Tex Avery|Genghis]], [[Bionicle|Makuta]] and [[The Incredible Hulk|Flux]] among others.
* 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 [[Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends]].
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* [[Koichi Yamadera]], the voice of [[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Spike Spiegel]], [[Ranma One Half|Ryouga Hibiki]]... and '''[[Donald Duck]]'''. (No, really-- 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 One Half½ (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.
* [[Wataru Takagi]] (No, not ''[[Detective Conan|that]]'' one). In what is quite possibly the greatest showcase of vocal talent in [[Street Fighter]] history, he pulls '''quintuple-duty''' as Gen, Birdi, Adon, Zangief, and Sodom in the ''Alpha''.
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== French ==
* Roger Carel is (or has been) [[Asterix]], [[Alf]] [[Star Wars|C-3PO]], [[Winnie the Pooh]] (and Rabbit and Piglet), [[Captain Caveman]], [[The Great Mouse Detective|Basil of Baker Street]], and a whole bunch of [[Hanna -Barbera]] and/or [[Disney]] characters.
* Canadian French actor Richard Darbois is [[Batman: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Batman]], [[Captain Harlock]], [[Aladdin (Disney)|the Genie]], [[The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animation)|Oogie-Boogie]], [[Highlander (Film)|the Kurgan]], [[Spaceballs (Film)|Barf]], [[Hook (Film)|Hook]], [[Willow|Madmartigan]], [[The Silence of the Lambs|Buffalo Bill]], [[Toy Story|Buzz Lightyear]] and [[Mulan|Shan-Yu]]. He also doubled [[Harrison Ford]], Richard Gere and [[Jeff Goldblum]], among others.
 
 
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* Gyula Szombathy voices ([[The Other Darrin|or has once voiced]]) [[Donald Duck]], [[Goofy]], Goofy's narrator, [[Porky Pig]], [[Pepe Le Pew]], Grandma Puckett in ''[[Hoodwinked]]'', [[Frasier]] Crane, [[Popeye]], Kaa from ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney)|The Jungle Book]]'', Scuttle from ''[[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]'', Fagin from ''[[Oliver and Company]]'', Gizmoduck from ''[[Duck Tales]]'', Mambo from ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'', Mung Daal from ''[[Chowder]]'', and Billy the rat from ''[[Cat City]]'' (Macskafogó). He also voices [[Steve Martin]] in the ''[[Pink Panther]]'' movies.
* István Mikó voices ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', Genie from ''[[Aladdin (Disney)|Aladdin]]'', Quasimodo in ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', Ray from ''[[The Princess and The Frog (Disney)|The Princess and The Frog]]'', Bernard from ''[[The Rescuers (Disney)|The Rescuers]]'', Archimedes from ''[[The Sword in The Stone]]'', Barney Rubble in one of the several dubs of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' and is the official Hungarian voice of [[Robin Williams]].
* József Kerekes voices Peter Griffin from ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', Donkey from the [[Shrek]] franchise, Dale from Chip and Dale, Wildcat from ''[[Tale Spin (Animation)|Tale Spin]]'', Barney Rubble from a VHS-only ''[[Flintstones]]'' dub, Lumpy Space Princess in ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'', Pesto from ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'', Drix from ''[[Ozzy and Drix]]'', Roquefort from ''[[The Aristocats (Disney)|The Aristocats]]'', Chester from ''[[Kids Next Door]]'', Jimbo Kern from ''[[South Park]]'''s early seasons, Kowalski from ''[[Madagascar]]'' and its [[Sequel]] and [[Spin -Off|spin-offs]], and is the official Hungarian voice of [[Jim Carrey]].
* Gábor Seder provides the voices for ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'''s Bender, Quagmire from ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', Heatblast, Ghostfreak and probably a bunch of other aliens in ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|Ben 10]]'', Dr. Blowhole from ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar (Animation)|The Penguins of Madagascar]]'', all life-stages of Emrick the Petalar and about half the Lizard army in ''[[Thundercats 2011 (Western Animation)|Thundercats 2011]]''. There's way more, but those are in his regular voice.
** How about Logan from ''[[Big Time Rush]]'', Angel from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Slips Python from ''[[My Gym Partners a Monkey]]'', and Mike from ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama: Revenge of the Island]]''?
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