''Wait... they're voiced by the same person?!''

[Subscriptism]

Fem Shep is the same actress as the female character whose name I can't remember in the Cowboy Bebop movie.

Garrus and Grunt from mass effect also have been in tons of other things.

 

[theguitarhero6]

Tara Strong, but you may also know her as Timmy Turner, Bubbles, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Clarra and Toot, young Ben Tenneson, Truffles, Kiera from Jak, teenaged Dil Pickles, Harley Quin, Juliet form Lollipop Chainsaw, Raven, Mushi Sanban, and countless other roles.

 

[RaeveSpam]

I was terrified when I heard Tricia Helfer voice as EDI in Mass Effect 2, I only knew her as Caprica Six in Battlestar Galactica. And then she went on and voiced Kerrigan in StarCraft II (both WoL and HotS) aswell!

 

[TheSchaef]

I had no idea John Dimaggio voiced both Marcus Fenix and Bender.

yea, watch adventure time after playing some Gears and watching some Futurama.

What really got me was that he was Joker in Under the Red Hood. It just made me miss Hamill all the more.

I'm surprised this thread got to page 6 with no mention of Cam Clarke:
- Max Sterling on Robotech
- Leonardo (and Rock Steady) on Ninja Turtles
- Tetsuo in the original English dub of Akira
- Die Fledermaus on The Tick
- Liquid Snake in Metal Gear Solid
- Yasochika in Bleach
- He-Man in the newer cartoon series
- Aoi in Naruto
- Kartos Aurion in Tales of Symphonia

and a hundred others that I'm leaving out.

 

[gibbles545]

Frank Welker is my favorite voice actor, mainly cause of his versatility

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

i never noticed how hearing familiar voices can spoil things but

Spoiler: minor bioshock infinite spoilers and don't spoil me i am only halfway through

i knew immediately that the people in boat at the very beginning were not random minor characters because femshep

Jennifer Hale does occasionally voice random background characters though (Gears of War 3, for example) so it's not necessarily a guarantee.

 

[Godhead]

Tom Kenny is the voice actor for Spongebob, and yet he also does this guy.

Spoiler

My head hurts.

 

[teebeeohh]

i never noticed how hearing familiar voices can spoil things but

Spoiler: minor bioshock infinite spoilers and don't spoil me i am only halfway through

i knew immediately that the people in boat at the very beginning were not random minor characters because femshep

Jennifer Hale does occasionally voice random background characters though (Gears of War 3, for example) so it's not necessarily a guarantee.

But she is not a random background character, even if she just showed up in the first scene she would be a minor character, not random civilian#42.

 

[shadyh8er]

What do Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, and Sylvester the Cat have in common?

Mel Blanc voiced ALL OF THEM.

 

[xmbts]

Spoiler: This.

Spoiler: And this

And people say he only has that one voice.

 

[Alexander Kirby]

Practically 90% of the Simpsons cast is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, also Bart is voiced by a girl.

 

[AlbertoDeSanta]

Not sure if it's been said, and I'm NOT looking through 6 pages, but Viridi from Kid Icarus: Uprising has the same voice actress as Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time.

 

[deathbydeath]

It took me forever to realize that Zog was Samuel L Jackson.

 

[drh1975]

I just found out that Charles Martinet (the voice of Mario) also voiced Paarthurnax in Skyrim.

 

[DanielBrown]

Certinally not Liam O'Brien. He seems to only use one voice, and I hate it. Fits well on War in Darksiders, but I guess it's because it was the first game I noticed his voice in. Might be because the voice is very unique and hard to change... Though I'm sure someone will correct me soon.

John DiMaggio would be my nominee. Apart from O'Brien he's pretty much the only voice actor I'm aware of, and I only know Bender and Fenix from his work, however I wouldn't have guessed it was the same guy.

 

[CMDDarkblade]

For anyone who really likes voice actors, I'd advice listening to "Allworknoplay" podcast hosted by Liam O'Brien (voice of Akihiko Sanada from Persona) and Sam Riegel (voice of Teddie). Granted, there are only 4 episodes available and they go for less than an hour each, but they are quite entertaining. In episode 3 they play recording of their DnD game session with a bunch of other VAs, including Laura Bailey, and episode 4 is recorded in Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's (voice of Naoto) hot tub.

Thanks for posting that; I didn't know about that. If I may piggyback on your post. Some VAs at Funimation have been making a podcast for the last couple years called "That Anime Show" hosted by J. Michael Tatum and Terri Doty. They usually have a guest with them for each episode such as fellow VAs and other people at Funimation. The episodes are hilarious and a lot of fun to listen to. Most episodes start out with them talking about random but awesome stuff for about an hour then they take a break. The second part has them answering questions they received from Twitter, Facebook, etc. and both the questions and the answers are interesting and enjoyable.

If you would like to hear about the lives of some prolific voice actors outside of the booth, then I'd suggest giving these podcasts a try.

 

[Valkrex]

When I found out that John De Lancie, a.k.a. Q from Star Trek, voiced Discord on MLP:FiM my mind was blown.

Which is actually kind of funny, seeing as Discord and Q pretty much have the exact same personality, and are both reality-altering beings of chaos.

 

[waj9876]

The Ice King/Simon Petrikov is voiced by the same guy who voiced Spongebob. Also he voiced the announcer in the Power Puff Girls. And a TON more stuff.

 

[Metal_Head]

Mufasa and Darth Vader are voiced by James Earl Jones.

 

[Worgen]

I had no idea John Dimaggio voiced both Marcus Fenix and Bender.
I still couldn't hear it even after someone told me.
Only when Marcus really yells do I start to hear it.

He also voiced the Great and Powerful Trixie from MLP

Tabitha St. Germain does allot of voices for MLP.

Spoiler

And more I'm unwilling to bother linking