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Greatest Voice Actor Performances
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:21 pm
Can’t remember if we’ve ever debated this before, but here are some of my choices
Jeremy Irons as Scar
Robin Williams as the Genie
Mark Hamill as the Joker
Kevin Conroy as Batman
James Woods as Hades
Minnie Driver as Lady Eboshi
Grey Delisle as Princess Azula
Tony Jay as Judge Claude Frollo
Alan Tudyk as King Candy
And then there’s Mel Blanc who is next level.
Any other suggestions?
Jeremy Irons as Scar
Robin Williams as the Genie
Mark Hamill as the Joker
Kevin Conroy as Batman
James Woods as Hades
Minnie Driver as Lady Eboshi
Grey Delisle as Princess Azula
Tony Jay as Judge Claude Frollo
Alan Tudyk as King Candy
And then there’s Mel Blanc who is next level.
Any other suggestions?
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 9:27 pm
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:29 pm to OMLandshark
Anthony Daniels as C3PO and Frank Oz as Yoda.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:31 pm to OMLandshark
Hamill and Williams are the big standouts for me.
To your list, I'd add Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and Trey Parker as Eric Cartman.
To your list, I'd add Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and Trey Parker as Eric Cartman.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:48 pm to OMLandshark
Every time someone brings up Mel Blanc, I have to post this story about Wabbit/Duck season.
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James Woods was awesome in Hercules. I’m glad he’s on the list.
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James Woods was awesome in Hercules. I’m glad he’s on the list.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:52 pm to alajones
I liked Bob Newhart as Bernard and Eva Gabor as Miss Bianca in the Rescuers.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 9:56 pm to OMLandshark
Walter Tetley was next level...mostly because of his work in radio. But he was also the voice of Sherman on the old Mr Peabody cartoons.
He's mostly forgotten now. But he was one of the most in demand radio actors of the 1940s and 1950s.
He's mostly forgotten now. But he was one of the most in demand radio actors of the 1940s and 1950s.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:01 pm to OMLandshark
Not to raise a semantic point, but you almost need two different categories:
Greatest voice actor performance &
Greatest celebrity voice over.
There's a massive difference between the two.
Mel Blanc is in a class of his own, for sure.
Most everyone you named would go in the Celebrity VO category. (Except Hamill. He's earned his way into the Working Voice Actor circle)
Out of the rest you nominated, Grey Delisle and Kevin Conroy are the only two that I would classify as true voice actors.
The others are great performances, but Grey clocks more studio time than practically everyone else on the list combined. Her body of work is prolific on a level that only 20 other English VO acts can rival.
Greatest voice actor performance &
Greatest celebrity voice over.
There's a massive difference between the two.
Mel Blanc is in a class of his own, for sure.
Most everyone you named would go in the Celebrity VO category. (Except Hamill. He's earned his way into the Working Voice Actor circle)
Out of the rest you nominated, Grey Delisle and Kevin Conroy are the only two that I would classify as true voice actors.
The others are great performances, but Grey clocks more studio time than practically everyone else on the list combined. Her body of work is prolific on a level that only 20 other English VO acts can rival.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:05 pm to VoxDawg
Smarmy VO "Akctchually" aside, all of those are great, but James Earl Jones as Darth Vader immediately came to mind.
My favorite regular Joe VO guys are Rob Paulsen and Bob Bergen. Thanks to Facebook's memories reminder, I saw this morning that I got to work with Bob 7 years ago today in the studio for a 3 day workshop he did here in Atlanta. He helped me develop 2 different character voices that I still book work with on a regular basis.
My favorite regular Joe VO guys are Rob Paulsen and Bob Bergen. Thanks to Facebook's memories reminder, I saw this morning that I got to work with Bob 7 years ago today in the studio for a 3 day workshop he did here in Atlanta. He helped me develop 2 different character voices that I still book work with on a regular basis.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:10 pm to OMLandshark
Mel Blanc is the greatest voice actor ever. There is a reason he is called the man of 1000 voices...
A lot of voice actors can do multiple voices in one scene but he was one of the few who can have 2 characters imitate each other in the same scene but still sound like unique voices.
A lot of voice actors can do multiple voices in one scene but he was one of the few who can have 2 characters imitate each other in the same scene but still sound like unique voices.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:13 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:21 pm to OMLandshark
Billy West
Futurama (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg, etc)
Doug
Ren & Stimpy
Space Jam (Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd)
YouTube video of him breaking down some of his voices.
Futurama (Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Zoidberg, etc)
Doug
Ren & Stimpy
Space Jam (Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd)
YouTube video of him breaking down some of his voices.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:29 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:33 pm to Kafka
Does Darth Vader w/ James Earl Jones count?
Posted on 6/1/21 at 10:36 pm to OMLandshark
Claude Raines as the Invisible Man. That voice is iconic.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:06 pm to EuphoricSSP
quote:
Does Darth Vader w/ James Earl Jones count?
Indeed it does
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:06 pm to dbeck
quote:Heard him on an NPR interview years ago - he said he frequently recorded dialogue scenes for Futurama in continuous takes, speaking as Fry/Farnsworth/Zoidberg as needed - even carrying on conversations between the characters in real time
Billy West
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:29 pm to OMLandshark
Mercedes McCambridge as The Devil in The Exorcist
film school rejects
quote:
The sounds that seep out of that 12-year old’s throat are not of this world; they are pained, guttural, and raw like an open wound. It’s a voice that is full of ancient rage and disarmingly dry wit. Ultimately, it isn’t really fair to say that McCambridge’s contribution to The Exorcist was merely vocal. Her performance made Pazuzu an entity — something evil and angry that clawed its way out of hell straight into a little girl’s body.
The retrospective documentary The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist details how McCambridge put herself through hell to achieve her performance. She broke her sobriety, gargled raw eggs, and chain-smoked to make her bronchial voice wheeze, gurgle, and wail. She was restrained during some sessions because, according to McCambridge, that kind of performance is only possible “when you have no freedom.”
film school rejects
Posted on 6/2/21 at 1:00 am to OMLandshark
One guy whose voice acting I like is Keith David.
Spawn in the 90s cartoon show
Goliath in the Gargoyles show(my personal favorite roll of his)
The villain guy in Princess and the Frog.
Spawn in the 90s cartoon show
Goliath in the Gargoyles show(my personal favorite roll of his)
The villain guy in Princess and the Frog.
Posted on 6/2/21 at 3:13 am to OMLandshark
Peter O'Toole
Tim Allen
Keith David
Tim Allen
Keith David
This post was edited on 6/2/21 at 3:15 am
Posted on 6/2/21 at 6:55 am to EuphoricSSP
quote:came here to post
Does Darth Vader w/ James Earl Jones count?
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