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Favorite voice-actors.

Mar 28, 2012#1

Yoshimickster

This is partially inspired by some posts in the "Teenage Alien Ninja Turtles" thread.

Now OF COURSE, my number one favorite is Mel Blanc. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, he literally did them all. He was an inspiration to all vocalists every-where.

My second favorite has to be Frank Welker. Why? Because his range is Freddy Jones from Scooby Doo, to Megatron from Transformers. That is some motha-fizzuckin range right there.

And Mark Hammil, sweet strawberry Jesus Mark Hammil. He is probably my favorite Joker of all time.

Mar 28, 2012#2

ThatNickGuy

Clancy motherfucking Brown. If Hamil was Joker, then Brown was Lex Luthor. And Rhino on Spectacular Spider-Man, which was also awesome.

Mar 28, 2012#3

Yoshimickster

ThatNickGuy said:
Clancy motherfucking Brown. If Hamil was Joker, then Brown was Lex Luthor. And Rhino on Spectacular Spider-Man, which was also awesome.

He was also Mr.Freeze on Batman the Animated series. Even with-out a syntheziser, the man is GOLD! And he was also Super-moose on Jackie-Chan adventures...I'm sorry I was just ASTOUNDED by the range he'd have to have to go from Super-man's arch-nemesis to a silly cartoon within a cartoon.

Mar 28, 2012#4

General Specific

Steve Blum, probably best known for Spike in Cowboy Bebop and Mugen in Samurai Champloo

Mar 28, 2012#5

Yoshimickster

General Specific said:
Steve Blum, probably best known for Spike in Cowboy Bebop and Mugen in Samurai Champloo

YES! He is KICK-ASS! I am so glad he reprised his role as Heat-blast in Ben-10 Destroy all Aliens. And he is a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better Vilgax than that guy who's voicing him now. Blum also does a pretty sweet Wolverine from what I've heard.

Mar 28, 2012#6

PatrThom

Restricting myself to living actors...

Welker, f'sure.
Also Jim Cummings, who kinda ended up being this generation's Mel Blanc.
John Kassir, who has voiced everything from the Crypt Keeper to Deadpool.
Billy West, the hometown guy who lived my dream.

--Patrick

Mar 28, 2012#7

bhamv3

General Specific said:
Steve Blum, probably best known for Spike in Cowboy Bebop and Mugen in Samurai Champloo

He's also got a huge video game voice list too. This guy's amazing.

Mar 28, 2012#8

checkeredhat

Mel Blanc, Frank Welker and Billy West were all mentioned, but I gotta toss Maurice Lamarche into the mix here too. Not quite the range of the big 3, but nonetheless some very impressive performances.
And did anyone mention Jim Cummings yet? Mr. Bumpy himself?
*edit: Oh, geez, right there. In the same post even that Billy West was. I'm blind.

Mar 29, 2012#9

Frank

Yoshimickster said:
He was also Mr.Freeze on Batman the Animated series. Even with-out a syntheziser, the man is GOLD! And he was also Super-moose on Jackie-Chan adventures...I'm sorry I was just ASTOUNDED by the range he'd have to have to go from Super-man's arch-nemesis to a silly cartoon within a cartoon.

NOOOOOOOOO he was not. Michael Ansara was Mr. Freeze....Kang from old school Star Trek.

Oh apparently Clancy Brown played Mr. Freeze in The Batman, but that's a different show. I do love Clancy Brown, don't get me wrong but Ansara is definitely the definitive Mr. Freeze.

Also, I like Steve Blum, but the guy doesn't exactly have a huge range. He's like Nolan North, who has a good voice and does good work but rarely goes beyond his normal range.

Now, my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet: I'm a big fan of Simon Templeman, the voice of Kain from Legacy of Kain and others. He doesn't really show up in much for some reason, but the dude has a fantastic, sinister British accent and I love listening to him. He made the Legacy of Kain games. I also really like Jennifer Hale and Tress MacNeille since female voice actors rarely get much recognition and these two are both fucking fantastic. I could marry Jennifer Hale's voice.

Mar 29, 2012#10

Yoshimickster

Oh, THE Batman. I read that article wrong then. Probably my favorite voice actress would have to be Tress Macneile as well. She has literally been in everything. And yeah, Steve Blum doesn't have that much of a range but he's one of those voice-actors who doesn't need a range. He relies more on changing the frequency of his voice than out right changing it.

Like how in Ben 10 he has a deeper raspier voice, but in Megas XLR as Jamie he has a calmer voice.

Mar 29, 2012#11

Covar

Anyone casted and directed by Andrea Romeo.

also how has no one mentioned Kevin Conroy after all this batman talk?!?

Mar 29, 2012#12

Yoshimickster

Covar said:
Anyone casted and directed by Andrea Romeo.

also how has no one mentioned Kevin Conroy after all this batman talk?!?

Because when you say his name 3 times he appears. Man he was a great Bat-man. Who else was glad that he reprised his role in the Arkham games?

Mar 29, 2012#13

Covar

Yoshimickster said:
Man he was a great Bat-man.

Yoshimickster said:
a great Bat-man.

Yoshimickster said:
Bat-man

Mar 29, 2012#14

Yoshimickster

Dis friggin forum. Miss one comma and then silly pictures all around.

What's everyone's opinion on Chris Sabat? I think he's talented, but a lot of the new Funimation jobs he gets don't really challenge him as a voice-actor. This dude was Piccolo, Vegeta, Yamcha, and Shenlong. That is some motha-fizuckin' range.

Mar 29, 2012#15

LittleSin

General Specific said:
Steve Blum, probably best known for Spike in Cowboy Bebop and Mugen in Samurai Champloo

Steve Blum is contractually obligated by the video game industry to be in every video game ever.

True Story.

He and Nolan North are the only ones bound to this.

Mar 29, 2012#16

Covar

comma? COMMA! :rage:

Mar 29, 2012#17

Azurephoenix

I have always thought that James Earl Jones has a super kick ass voice and needs to do more narration.

Also, Patrick Stewart has an awesome voice.

Mar 29, 2012#18

Gryfter

Christopher McCulloch, Doc Hammer, Patrick Warburton, and James Urbaniak.

What? So I like the Venture Brothers.

Mar 29, 2012#19

LittleSin

Oh! Keith David!

Mar 29, 2012#20

LordRendar

Yoshimickster said:
Dis friggin forum. Miss one comma and then silly pictures all around.

What's everyone's opinion on Chris Sabat? I think he's talented, but a lot of the new Funimation jobs he gets don't really challenge him as a voice-actor. This dude was Piccolo, Vegeta, Yamcha, and Shenlong. That is some motha-fizuckin' range.

You should see them flip,after using a similie.

Mar 29, 2012#21

Yoshimickster

Covar said:
comma? COMMA!

....wait. Are we talkin' about the dash? Are we really having this argument right now? Well, I have my reason to laugh today!

Azurephoenix said:
I have always thought that James Earl Jones has a super kick ass voice and needs to do more narration.

Also, Patrick Stewart has an awesome voice.

Definitely needs to do more narration. Also more villain roles. He could seem so much creepier if he wanted to.

And yes, Keith David is freaking awesome. Man I want to watch Gargoyles again. BUT ONLY THE FIRTS TWO SEASONS! Cos after that it's comic time.

Mar 29, 2012#22

PatrThom

Dangit. Thanks for remembering Tress MacNeille, I should have remembered her since she's dang near everywhere.
I'm going to add June Foray since she's still going after all this time.

--Patrick

Mar 29, 2012#23

Yoshimickster

PatrThom said:
Dangit. Thanks for remembering Tress MacNeille, I should have remembered her since she's dang near everywhere.
I'm going to add June Foray since she's still going after all this time.

--Patrick

I can't believe she's still doing Granny! Man she's a gem.

Mar 29, 2012#24

LordRendar

Morgan Freeman.

Mar 29, 2012#25

General Specific

Frank said:
Also, I like Steve Blum, but the guy doesn't exactly have a huge range. He's like Nolan North, who has a good voice and does good work but rarely goes beyond his normal range.

That is a valid criticism. I recognize his voice now. When he was Oghren in Dragon Age, I heard him speak for the first time and went, "Oh, hello, Steve Blum."

Mar 29, 2012#26

Yoshimickster

You know who's a real gem? Wendy Lee. I freakin' loved her in Lucky Star.

Mar 29, 2012#27

figmentPez

Cree Summer
Ashley Johnson
Keith David
Rob Paulsen

Mar 29, 2012#28

Yoshimickster

figmentPez said:
Cree Summer
Ashley Johnson
Keith David
Rob Paulsen

FUCK YEAH! Rob FUCKIN' Paulsen. Man I wanna watch Animaniacs or Pinky and the Brain right now. From Yakko to Pinky, that's some range baby.

Mar 29, 2012#29

figmentPez

Yoshimickster said:
FUCK YEAH! Rob FUCKIN' Paulsen. Man I wanna watch Animaniacs or Pinky and the Brain right now. From Yakko to Pinky, that's some range baby.

On my list for:

Mar 29, 2012#30

sixpackshaker

No loving for John DiMaggio?

Mar 29, 2012#31

Necronic

LittleSin said:
Oh! Keith David!

That guy was my choice. His narration in Princess Monoke was some of the only good voice acting in the entire movie (still liked the flick).

Edit: Oh wait he was the voice of Okkoto.....but I could swear he also narrated the intro....anyways he also did these.

Halo - Arbiter
Gargoyle's - Goliath

Mar 29, 2012#32

David

Covar said:
Anyone casted and directed by Andrea Romeo.

also how has no one mentioned Kevin Conroy after all this batman talk?!?

Mar 29, 2012#33

Yoshimickster

sixpackshaker said:
No loving for John DiMaggio?

Probly the second best animated Joker. Also-BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS!

Mar 29, 2012#34

General Specific

Yoshimickster said:
Probly the second best animated Joker. Also-BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS!

Also:

Mar 30, 2012#35

Yoshimickster

Quite. That guy is gonna have work for a looooooooooooong time. Cos on Cartoon Network, we got nothin' else!

Speaking of the Simpson, who else misses Phil Hartman? Man, he was a great for sure. Ah, the best die too soon.

Mar 31, 2012#36

Bowielee

Tony Jay... I was so sad when he died. He voiced Frolo in the Disney Hunchback movie and the Elder God in the Legacy of Kain series.

OOOO, speaking of LoK, Micheal Bell. Yo JOE!

Mar 31, 2012#37

Yoshimickster

Richard Horvitz. Not that much of a range, but he can sure deliver lines that's for sure.

Mar 31, 2012#38

PatrThom

Bowielee said:
Tony Jay... I was so sad when he died. He voiced Frolo in the Disney Hunchback movie and the Elder God in the Legacy of Kain.

For me he will always be associated with Megabyte and the guy who runs the loony bin in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

--Patrick

Mar 31, 2012#39

Yoshimickster

PatrThom said:
For me he will always be associated with Megabyte and the guy who runs the loony bin in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

--Patrick

Ah, Reboot. I am not sure what to call that series. Good? Bad? Horrifying?! Seriously that show got all kinds of creepy-weird.

Mar 31, 2012#40

LittleSin

...you call it excellent.

That's the only word for it.

Mar 31, 2012#41

Yoshimickster

LittleSin said:
...you call it excellent.

That's the only word for it.

Quite. I remember them going into a sewer or something and then there was some tentacle thingy. It was creeeeeeeeeepy.

Harry Schearer! This guy has done it freakin' all! I wish I had Skinner as my principal.

Mar 31, 2012#42

Bowielee

I remember Hexadecimal scaring the piss out of me.

Mar 31, 2012#43

Yoshimickster

Bowielee said:
I remember Hexadecimal scaring the piss out of me.

Yeah...her too. *shivers*

Mar 31, 2012#44

Dave

Patrick Warburton. All of his voices are the same and yet they all make me laugh.

Mar 31, 2012#45

Yoshimickster

Man he's great. Loved him as Putty on Signfeld too!

Mar 31, 2012#46

Norris

Going for people I haven't seen mentioned yet (though I didn't read the whole thread super closely),

1) Bruce Greenwood is probably the second best animated Batman out there.

2) Hank Azaria. The voice of Moe, Comic Book Guy, Professor Frink, Chief Wiggum, Apu, and Frank Grimes (just to name a few) on The Simpsons. Guy's got range.

3) Billy West! Stimpy, half the main cast of Futurama, etc.

4) Phil LaMarr. Most famous for being Samurai Jack, Hermes Conrad, Green Lantern, and Static (and for not even having an opinion before being shot in the face by John Travolta in Pulp Fiction) but the dude shows up everywhere.

5) Danica McKellar. OK, I haven't heard her in much but she is utterly fantastic on Young Justice.

6) Tim Daly. In my book, he is to Superman as Kevin Conroy is to Batman.

7) Tara Strong. Batgirl, Ben 10, Bubbles, Raven, Timmy Turner, Sari Sumdac, Billy Batson, Princess Ilana, and Twilight Sparkle...to name just a few.

Mar 31, 2012#47

Yoshimickster

All good choices. I remember Tara Strong was on 3 eps on the Boondocks too. She was so vulagar compared to her silly kid-show roles. And yeah, Phil Lamarr is in everything. Dude get's freakin work.

Mar 31, 2012#48

Bowielee

Every time I hear Phil LeMar, I still picture him from Mad TV. He was one of the original cast members.

Mar 31, 2012#49

Yoshimickster

Was he on Mad-Tv during Pulp-fiction? Man I haven't seen Mad-TV in forever, I miss it. Beats the hell out of most SNL sketches that's for sure.

Mar 31, 2012#50

blotsfan

I feel like Seth McFarlane deserves some mention too.

Mar 31, 2012#51

Yoshimickster

blotsfan said:
I feel like Seth McFarlane deserves some mention too.

Gotta love that awesome baratone of his. Dude's a ranged voice-actor I'll give him that.

Mar 31, 2012#52

Bowielee

He can also sing like a mofo.

Mar 31, 2012#53

Yoshimickster

Over a million videos I could post in response to this. BUT-might as well go with the classics.

Apr 1, 2012#54

Norris

Yoshimickster said:
Was he on Mad-Tv during Pulp-fiction? Man I haven't seen Mad-TV in forever, I miss it. Beats the hell out of most SNL sketches that's for sure.

I don't know about during, but I do know he was on MadTV after. They did a fake trailer sketch called "Gump Fiction" and there was a shot of Phil LaMarr screaming "Not again!".

Apr 1, 2012#55

Yoshimickster

Found it!

Apr 1, 2012#56

Frank

As a wonderful happenstance, the Nerdist podcast has Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen on it. It starts with Pinky and the Brain being filthy. Fucking awesome.

Apr 1, 2012#57

Yoshimickster

Frank said:
As a wonderful happenstance, the Nerdist podcast has Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen on it. It starts with Pinky and the Brain being filthy. Fucking awesome.

LINK PLEASE!

Apr 1, 2012#58

Frank

http://www.nerdist.com/2012/03/nerdist-podcast-rob-paulsen-and-maurice-lamarche/

Sorry, I should've thought of that.

Apr 1, 2012#59

Frank

Whoa, and looking up that link I just learned that Rob Paulsen has a podcast.

Fuck. It's like 30 episodes in.

http://robpaulsenlive.com/category/podcasts/

Apr 1, 2012#60

Yoshimickster

I was looking up Rob Paulsen on wikipedia and apparently he played Yakko on an episode of Foster's home for imaginary friends. WHY DOESN'T IT SAY WHICH ONE DAMMIT!

Apr 5, 2012#61

linglingface

I think this applies here, so I'm putting this here:

Emerald City ComiCon had voice actors this year. This is them reading Star Wars with different voices! BUBBLES as Darth Vader? YES PLEASE! Porky Pig as Obi Wan? A lot of amazing things happen here! XD This is video 1/8. The youtuber also has their other panel where they do other movies too like Princess Bride with Pinky & the Brain!

Apr 5, 2012#62

Yoshimickster

....yeah. That is the greatest thing I have ever seen. Darth Bubbles for the mother-fucking WIN!

Apr 5, 2012#63

PatrThom

Frank said:
Whoa, and looking up that link I just learned that Rob Paulsen has a podcast.

Yup. April Winchell (Daughter of famous voice actor/inventor of the artificial heart Paul Winchell (Tigger, Gargamel)) often plugs the Paulsen Podcast over at her regretsy blogsite.

--Patrick

Apr 5, 2012#64

Yoshimickster

PatrThom said:
Yup. April Winchell (Daughter of famous voice actor/inventor of the artificial heart Paul Winchell (Tigger, Gargamel)) often plugs the Paulsen Podcast over at her regretsy blogsite.

--Patrick

A voice actor...and inventor of the artificial heart? That guy must be getting all KINDS of high-fives in the after-life.

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