Mind-blowing voice acting revelations

[The Human Torch]

Brad Garret [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004951/] from Everybody Loves Raymond, does the voice for Bloat in Finding Nemo and Gusteau in Ratatouille. But the most shocking thing to me is that he does the voice of Trypticon in the original 80's Transformers cartoon.

 

[Landis963]

Fred Tatasciore, otherwise known as Saren from ME1, voices Mario Auditore (AC2), Zeratul (Starcraft), and Henry Leland (Alpha Protocol).

Zeratul was prob. the most surprising for me.

 

[Da Orky Man]

Biggest voice-acting revelatgion I has was when I discovered that Jennifer Hale voice-acted in ptretty mich all my favourite games. Mass Effecxt, KotOR, Age of Empires, hundreds of them.

 

[Samurai Silhouette]

Incorrect.

Time to end the thread with the One Name to Rule Them All for voice actors.

Frank...

Welker.

He's been dominant in the business longer than your Tara Strongs and Jimmy Yang Boschs have been alive. And he's STILL working his ass off. I mean, hell, Fred? He's the first, and CURRENT voice of Fred in Scooby Doo. That's WAY more important and influential than your John DiMaggios or your Keri Wahlgrens or your Cree Summers or your Venus Terzos or your John Kayes or your Scott McNeils or any other name you can mention that's only been doing notable roles for a decade.

Bring up some Cam Clarke (aka James Flinders) or some Rebecca Forstadts (tho her voice makes me cringe with Lynn Minmei-ism) or some Michael McConnohies or some Amanda Winn-Lee or some Wendee Lee, or some Susan Blu...


Most of the names you guys mentioned are young turks, hardly classics.

Impressive, but his miscellaneous character list doesn't thrill or "Blow my mind". Tara on the other hand has probably touched every corner of most people's childhoods. Carebears? I mean that's a cherished memory as far back as I can literately remember! She IS the embodiment of my childhood memories.

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My Friends Tigger and Pooh - Porcupine
Chowder - Truffles
Teen Titans - Raven, Kitten, Teether, and Kole
Extreme Ghostbusters - Kylie Griffin
Transformers: Animated - Sari [2]
Codename: Kids Next Door - Sally Sanban
Fillmore! - Ingrid Third
Kim Possible - Tara, Joss Possible
Drawn Together - Princess Clara and Toot Braunstein
The Fairly OddParents - Timmy Turner/Tad/Blonda/Britney Britney
Rugrats (1991), and All Grown Up! (2003) - Dil Pickles
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ? Terrence
The Powerpuff Girls ? Bubbles (replacing Katherine Soucie)
The New Batman Adventures', Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Gotham Girls - Batgirl/Barbara Gordon
Xiaolin Showdown - Omi
American Dragon: Jake Long - Sara & Kara and Stacey
Ben 10 - Ben Tennyson, Upgrade, Benwolf, Future Gwen (in the episode Ben 10,000), Buzzshock
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks - Molly and Dannan
Robotboy - Robotboy
Madeline - Chloe
101 Dalmatians: The Series - Two-Tone and Spot
Danny Phantom - Guest-star Ember McLain (Spectra)
The Buzz on Maggie - Dawn Swatworthy
Ay Quiero Del Mundo - Mary Peep
Lilo & Stitch: The Series - Angel Experiment 624
The Replacements - Sierra
Rocko's Modern Life - additional voices
The Replacements - additional voices
Camp Lazlo - additional voices
The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World - Hip Koopa and Hop Koopa
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea - Melody
SpongeBob SquarePants - additional voices
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera - Mindy Rivera/La Huelga
Wayside - John and Fluffy the Porcupine
The Life and Times of Juniper lee - Lila the sasquatch
She has also done voice work for several computer and video games, including:

Blue Dragon ? Kluke
Family Guy Video Game! - additional voices
Final Fantasy X ? Rikku
Final Fantasy X-2 ? Rikku
Hot Shots Golf Fore ? Emma
Kingdom Hearts II ? Rikku
Jak 3 ? Keira, Seem
Killer7 ? KAEDE Smith
Tales of Symphonia ? Presea Combatir, Corrine
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble - Captain Blue Jr.
Ninja Gaiden ? Rachel
Psychonauts ? Sheegor
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops ? Ursula & Elisa
Xiaolin Showdown - Omi
Justice League Heroes ? Supergirl
Spyro: A Hero's Tail ? Ember, Flame
Shrek 2 (video game) - Li'l Red
Shrek Super Slam - Red Riding Hood
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - additional voices
Whacked! - Lucy, Charity
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Talwyn
Ben 10: Protector of Earth - Ben Tennyson
Tales of Legendia- Norma Beatty

[edit] Filmography
1985

The Raccoons (TV series) (voice)
The Care Bears (TV series) (voice)
Rainbow Brite (TV series) (voice)
1986

Rupert the Bear (TV series) (voice)
Pound Puppies (TV series) (voice)
1987

Maxie's World (TV series) (voice)
My Pet Monster (TV series) (voice)
Mosquito Lake (TV series)
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (TV series) - Hello Kitty (voice)
Garbage Pail Kids (TV series) ? Patty Putty (voice)
1989

The Long Road Home
Beetlejuice (TV series) - Clare and Bertha (voice)
Babar (TV series) - Celeste (voice)
1990

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (TV series) -- Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa (voice)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (TV series) (voice)
Piggsburg Pigs! (TV series) (voice)
Madeline (TV series) (voice)
1991

Married to It
ProStars (TV series) (voice)
The New Super Mario World (TV series) ? Lemmy "Hip" Koopa and Iggy "Hop" Koopa (voice)
Wish Kid (TV series) (voice)
Here's How! (TV series) (voice)
1992

X-Men (TV series) ? Magik (voice)
A Town Torn Apart
1993

Family Pictures
The Incredible Dennis the Menace
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV series) (voice)
1994

Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story
Tekkaman Blade II (voice)
Skin Deep
Reform School Girl
1995

National Lampoon's Senior Trip as Carla Morgan
Little Bear (TV series) (voice)
Sailor Moon (TV series) (voice)
Gadget Boy & Heather (TV series) (voice)
1996

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV series) (voice)
Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV series) (voice)
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (TV series) (voice)
1997

101 Dalmatians: The Series (TV series) (voice)
Pepper Ann (TV series) (voice)
The New Batman Adventures (TV series) ? Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
Healthspells (1997) TV Series (voice)
Princess Mononoke ? Kaya (voice)
Extreme Ghostbusters - Kylie Griffin (TV series) (voice)
Channel Umptee-3 (TV series) (voice)
1998

Gadget Boy's Adventures In History (TV series) (voice)
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (voice)
Sonic Underground (TV series) ? additional voices
Sabrina Goes to Rome as Gwen
The Powerpuff Girls (TV series) ? Bubbles (voice)
The Rugrats Movie ? Dil Pickles (voice)
Rugrats (TV series) ? Dil Pickles (voice)
1999

Family Guy (TV series) (voice)
Can of Worms (voice)
Sabrina, Down Under as Gwen
The Kids from Room 402 (TV series)
Mona the Vampire (TV series)
Detention (TV series) ? Shareena Wickett (voice)
Mina and the Count - (voice) Mina Harper
2000

Clerks: The Animated Series (TV series) (voice)
Cartoon Cartoon Fridays (TV series) (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea ? Melody (voice)
Rugrats in Paris ? Dylan "Dil" Pickles (voice)
Sacrifice (voice)
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker ? Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (voice)
Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale (voice)
2001

The Fairly OddParents ? Timmy Turner, Tad, and Britney Britney (voice)
Final Fantasy X ? Rikku (voice)
Rugrats: All Growed Up ? Dil Pickles (voice)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) /"Spirited Away" ? Bou (voice)
The Proud Family (TV series) ? Bebe and Cece Proud as well as Puff (voice)
Batman Vengeance (video game) ? Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (video game) (voice)
2002

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (voice)
Ice Age (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (voice)
The Powerpuff Girls Movie ? Bubbles (voice)
Tarzan & Jane (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie (voice)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (video game) (voice)
Gotham Girls (TV series) ? Batgirl/Barbara Gordon (voice)
Fillmore! (TV series) ? Ingrid Third (voice)
Kim Possible (TV series) ? Tara (voice)
Codename: Kids Next Door ? Mushi Sanban (voice) (sister of Numbuh 3 (played by Lauren Tom))
Totally Spies! (TV series) - minor voice characters
Whacked! (video game) - Lucy, Charity (voice)
2003

Final Fantasy X-2 (video game) ? Rikku (voice)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series ? Angel (voice)
The Animatrix: Final Flight of the Osiris (voice)
Rugrats Go Wild ? Dil Pickles (voice)
The Fairly OddParents Movie ? Timmy Turner and Various (voice)
Teen Titans (TV series) ? Raven, Kitten, Kole (voice)
The Animatrix: Beyond (voice)
All Grown Up! (TV series) ? Dil Pickles (voice)
Xiaolin Showdown (TV series) ? Omi (voice)
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks ? Dannan 'O Mallard / Molly Winks (voice)
2004

Infinite Darcy, The (TV series) (voice)
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman ? Barbara Gordon (voice)
Danny Phantom ? Star, Ember McLain, and Penelope Spectra (voice)
Tales of Symphonia ? Presea Combatir / Corrine (voice)
The Toy Warrior (voice)
Hot Shots Golf Fore! (video game) (voice)
Ninja Gaiden (video game) ? Rachel (voice)
Spyro: A Hero's Tail ? Ember, Flame (voice)
Jak 3 (video game) ? Keira, Seem (voice)
Drawn Together (TV series) ? Princess Clara / Toot Braunstein (voice)
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (TV series) ? Terrence (voice)
La Pucelle: Tactics (video game) ? Goddess Poitreene (voice), Chocolat (voice)
2005

American Dragon: Jake Long (TV series) ? Kara & Sara the Oracle Twins, Veronica, Stacey (voice)
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (voice)
Xenosaga II (video game) ? Sakura Mizrahi (voice)
Avatar: The Last Airbender -Mai's mother (voice)
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (TV series) ? Roger (voice)
Killer7 (video game) ? Kaede Smith (voice)
The Buzz on Maggie ? Dawn (voice)
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse ? Blink (voice)
Psychonauts (video game) ? Sheegor (voice)
The Batman vs. Dracula ? Vicki Vale (voice)
Jak X: Combat Racing (video game) ? Keira (voice)
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble ? Captain Blue Jr. (voice)
Camp Lazlo ? Amber, Toodie, & Honey (voice)
The Proud Family Movie (TV Movie) ? Bebe and Cece Proud as well as Cashew
Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Priscilla Pig
Ben 10 (TV series) as Benjamin Tennyson and Upgrade
2006

Kingdom Hearts II ? Rikku (voice)
Take Home Chef - Herself
Ben 10 (TV series) ? Ben Tennyson, Benwolf, Upgrade, and Gwendolyn Tennyson (in "Ben 10,000") (voice)
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams ? Arin
Leroy & Stitch ? Angel (voice) [3]
Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops ? Elisa & Ursula (voice)
Bratz: Genie Magic - Katia (voice)
2007

TMNT - Various Voices
Gurumin - Cream, Mosby and Baby Tokaron
Ben 10 - Benjamin Tennyson, Upgrade, and Benwolf
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams - Sharma
The Boondocks- Cindy McPhearson
Doctor Strange- April Strange
Chowder-Truffles
2008

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - Ariel's sisters (various voices)
The Save-Ums ? Jazzi (voice)
family guy sing

 

[Thatguykalem]

So. I just found out that THESE THREE guys:

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[img src="http://outskirtsbattledome.wikispaces.com/file/view/Bender.jpg/125149777/Bender.jpg" /]
[img src="http://moonflowzanarkand.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/wakkaprofile.jpg" /]

... all share a voice. The one blowing my mind is Wakka since I'd think that John DiMaggio's tongue would have leaped into his brain and pulverized its language center in a desperate attempt to save lifekind from the "happy festival fireworks" line.

He also voices this strapping lad:

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Can't remember what shes called, but the voice actor for princess peach is the same for cortana from the Halo series and zoey from l4d

Jen Taylor.


I'm a bit of a Halo fan.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

No one has mentioned Andy Serkis yet?
Heavenly Sword!
My mind was blown by the depth he gave King Bohan.

Not to mention I've been watching Gargoyls laqtely, it features "Worf", "Riker", "Troy", and the guy who voices the Old God in Soul Reaver and a fair few others are in it aswell.

John Di Maggio also voices Jake from Adventure Time.

 

[NickCaligo42]

No one has mentioned Andy Serkis yet?
Heavenly Sword!
My mind was blown by the depth he gave King Bohan.

What, the chuckleheaded comic relief that they tried to pass off as a villain? Wasn't impressed, and I knew it was Andy Serkis to begin with.

 

[NickCaligo42]

Patrick Stewert voiced the King in Oblivion! How shocking! =O

Not really. You're kind of behind on the times with that one, they tried to hype that leading up to the release. It's gone down in history as one of the most laughably excessive wastes of money ever put into a game.

David Boreanz (aka Angel) did Leon in Kingdom Hearts.

When I saw that, all I could think was "lolwut".

That one, though, that one's kind of blowing my mind.

 

[hazabaza1]

Pretty much any role with Laura Bailey, the girl who does Rise in Persona 4, also does Kaine' in Nier.
For comparison, Rise is a happy little teenage superstar. And Kaine'... well, she threatens a giant monster that she's going to stick her hand into its chest and pull out its fucking heart.
Bit of a switch.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

What, the chuckleheaded comic relief that they tried to pass off as a villain? Wasn't impressed, and I knew it was Andy Serkis to begin with.

Yeah, he had depth, and wasn't one-sided as they usually are, the range of emotions and the level of megalomania and the spark of insanity he had surpasses most other villians.

You might not find it appealing, but many others do.

 

[Farther than stars]

I remember being stunned that all the voices in the English version of Gothic 2 were done by the same 3 people. That's more than 100 NPCs (more NPCs than in Fallout 3, for which 37 actors were used, including Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman). And assuming that it was one woman who did all/most of the female voices, all the male characters were done by just two guys. Since then nothing has been able to amaze me about voice acting.

 

[DracoSuave]

Incorrect.

Time to end the thread with the One Name to Rule Them All for voice actors.

Frank...

Welker.

He's been dominant in the business longer than your Tara Strongs and Jimmy Yang Boschs have been alive. And he's STILL working his ass off. I mean, hell, Fred? He's the first, and CURRENT voice of Fred in Scooby Doo. That's WAY more important and influential than your John DiMaggios or your Keri Wahlgrens or your Cree Summers or your Venus Terzos or your John Kayes or your Scott McNeils or any other name you can mention that's only been doing notable roles for a decade.

Bring up some Cam Clarke (aka James Flinders) or some Rebecca Forstadts (tho her voice makes me cringe with Lynn Minmei-ism) or some Michael McConnohies or some Amanda Winn-Lee or some Wendee Lee, or some Susan Blu...


Most of the names you guys mentioned are young turks, hardly classics.

Impressive, but his miscellaneous character list doesn't thrill or "Blow my mind". Tara on the other hand has probably touched every corner of most people's childhoods. Carebears? I mean that's a cherished memory as far back as I can literately remember! She IS the embodiment of my childhood memories.

Frank Welker has touched your childhood, my childhood, and my parent's childhood.

I mean, come on. The Smurphs.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Steve Blum (i.e. Spike "motherfucking" Speigel and Garcia "fucking" Hotspur, respecively) did the voice for Grunt in Mass Effect 2

Steve Blum has to be my most favorite voice actor since he's been in an amazing range of games =D.

OT After playing a bit of rage i found out that John Goodman plays Dan Hagar my mind was totally blown.

Oh and Steve voice acted a lot in Doom 3 and now appears in Rage as Captain Marshall, Phallina Hagar talk about awesome.

 

[DracoSuave]

Tho, here's something mind blowing... the original voice of Montgomery Burns before he passed away.

But that's not what he's known for.

This guy. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqPCT9vwhdg]

Spoiler: Don't hit spoiler until you've heard his routine.

Starscream, Cobra Commander, Sparkplug....

 

[Sunrider]

This thread also had me thinking about the voice actor revelations that don't blow my mind. There are some voices I instantly recognize, no matter what character they're playing or what medium. Coincidentally, all of them have a kickass voice.

-Jennifer Hale
-Tim Curry
-Ron Perlman
-Keith David
-Tricia Helfer

I thought that was the case for me too, but apparently I was mistaken.
I knew Hale was in MGS as Naomi Hunter, but I had no idea she voiced Emma Emmerich too.
Chances are I actually read it when playing the game, since they write the character name on screen with the voice actor name in parentheses right next to it, but my mind was still blown.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

What do Winnie the Pooh, the Master from Fallout, Ed from The Lion King and Rasputin's singing voice in Anastasia all have in common?

They're all voiced by Jim Cummings. Seriously this guy has an amazing range of voices!

He did Scar's singing voice in Lion King too. The guy is absolutely incredible, able to seamlessly replace Jeremy Irons mid-song without anybody noticing unless they happen to look it up.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Ooh, ooh! This is like my specialist subject!

Spoiler: Grey DeLisle

There's plenty more actually, but that's enough for now.

Spoiler: Scott McNeil

Spoiler: Nicole Oliver

Yes, that's right. Princess Celestia is Farseer Macha-The-Ever-Virgin.

 

[Xaio30]

Mitsuhiko (Detective Conan)
Pikachu (Pokémon)
Chopper (One Piece)

Same voice actor. Cuteness overload.

 

[James Crook]

-Snip-

But Perry doesn't talk?...
You mean, the growls he makes?

Did you guys know Seth Green voiced Chris from Family Guy, created and voiced in Robot Chicken, and plays Joker in Mass Effect 2?
He also plays Scott Evil in Austin Powers.

 

[brumley53]

Steve Blum, for badasses

http://gurrenlagann.wikia.com/wiki/Leeron_Littner

So badass he also plays flamboyantly gay guys.