re: Non-Voice Actors that killed it in a voice role

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It's hard to put together a good list because most theatrical releases use celebrities instead of actual voice actors...troy baker in the last of us or mark hammill in arkham city bests any of the performances listed in the OP or my list. Billy West is fricking great, you shouldn't exclude him.

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exactly. that's why the questions there. those people do it for a living and voice is all they do. I would expect them to do a great job every time.

Zach Levi was phenomenal in Tangled and elevated a boring "superstar" Mandy Moore. I wouldn't think, hey Zach Levi is an amazing voice actor, because it's not a part of his repertoire. he picked up a role and did fantastic with it. Whereas Mandy Moore or Idina Menzel sang pretty, but weren't fantastic. I'd expect Seth McFarlane to be hilarious as the voice of Ted, because he's a millionaire for his voice.