Greatest Voice Actors
by Tetsugatai | created - 29 Jun 2012 | updated - 12 Jun 2013 | PublicWhere the voices count.
And where list continues to grow.
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1. Steve Blum
Actor | Star Wars Rebels
With hundreds of V/O credits to his name, Veteran Voice Monkey Steve Blum is best known as the voice of "Spike Spiegel" from Cowboy Bebop, "Wolverine" from several incarnations of X-Men (animated movies, games, the Wolverine and the X-Men TV Series, The Super Hero Squad Show, X-Men Anime and more),...
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2. Mel Blanc
Actor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of Thousand Voices" is regarded as the most prolific actor to ever work in Hollywood with over a thousand screen credits. He developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices with precision and a uniquely expressive vocal range. The legendary specialist from ...
3. Paul Frees
Actor | The War of the Worlds
Actor, composer, songwriter, voiceover artist and author. He joined ASCAP in 1956, and his chief musical collaborators included Tony Romano, Ruby Raksin, Walter Gross, and Ed Brandt. His popular-song compositions include "Hollywood Soliloquy", "The Clown", "Drowning My Sorrow", and "Voice in the ...
4. Tom Kenny
Actor | SpongeBob SquarePants
Tom Kenny grew up in East Syracuse, New York. When Tom was young he was into comic books, drawing funny pictures and collecting records. Tom turned to stand-up comedy in Boston and San Francisco. This led to appearances on every cable show spawned by the stand-up epidemic of the '80s and '90s as ...
5. Jeff Bennett
Actor | Enchanted
Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor who is well-known for voicing Johnny Bravo (based on Elvis Presley's voice), Dr. Hamsterviel from Lilo & Stitch, Kowalski from The Penguins of Madagascar, Petrie in The Land Before Time, Ted Shackleford (The Man in the Yellow Hat) from Curious George, ...
6. Mako
Actor | Conan the Barbarian
Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S...
7. Jennifer Hale
Actress | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Jennifer Hale is a Canadian-American voice actress and singer who voiced Commander Shepard from Mass Effect, Samus Aran from Metroid Prime, Killer Frost from Injustice: Gods Among Us, Gladys from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Trinity from The Matrix: Path of Neo, Princess Morbucks, Sedusa ...
8. Kevin Conroy
Actor | Batman: The Killing Joke
Kevin Conroy was born on November 30, 1955 in Westbury, New York. At age 17, Kevin earned a full scholarship to attend Juilliard's drama division, where he studied under actor John Houseman. In 1978, after graduating from Juilliard, he toured with "The Acting Company", Houseman's acting group, and ...
9. Joshua Seth
Actor | Digimon: The Movie
Joshua Seth is one of the most legendary voice actors in anime. Millions of kids grew up listening to him as the starring role of Tai, the leader of the Digimon on the hit TV series and in all 8 movies over the past 20 years.
Other fan favorite roles include: Hige in Wolf's Rain, Shobu in Dual ...
10. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Actress | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is a voice over actress, writer, singer and director. As an actress, she plays Governor Pryce in Star Wars: Rebels (2014), Dr. Maheswaran in Steven Universe (2013), Valkyrie in Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016), Talis in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), Johanna in Heroes of...
11. Dante Basco
Actor | Hook
Dante Basco was born on August 29, 1975 in Pittsburg, California as Dante Roman Titus Basco. He's an American actor & producer. He's best known as the voice actor for Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) & Jake Long in American Dragon: Jake Long (2005). He's also known for his roles in ...
12. Mark Hamill
Actor | Star Wars
Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - ...
13. Laura Bailey
Actress | The Legend of Vox Machina
Laura Bailey is an award-winning Los Angeles-based voice actor known for her roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in ...
14. Richard Epcar
Actor | Mortal Kombat 11
Richard Epcar is an actor/voice actor-director who has voiced over 1,200 characters in Video games, Animation and Anime. Best known as the voice of Batou in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, The Joker in several Batman games, including Injustice: Gods Among Us and Injustice 2, Raiden in Mortal ...
15. Dee Bradley Baker
Actor | American Dad!
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: ...
16. Daran Norris
Actor | Team America: World Police
Daran Norris has been voicing characters in animation, film, tv, radio, and games for over three decades. He is also a busy on-camera actor and has appeared in over 100 television shows and films. He can be currently be seen as news anchor Johnny Frost on "iZombie" for the CW. Other recent ...
17. Vic Mignogna
Actor | Star Trek Continues
Victor Joseph Mignogna is an American actor and singer. He voiced Broly in Dragon Ball films and games, Oscar H. Genius from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, Obito Uchiha from Naruto Shippuden and E-123 Omega from Sonic the Hedgehog. He also played Captain ...
18. Richard Steven Horvitz
Actor | Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus
Richard Horvitz began acting professionally at the age of 10. As a child, he appeared in numerous stage productions. Among the most notable, the musical "Oliver!", starring Dick Shawn and Stubby Kaye. Also as a child, Richard starred in numerous commercials and made many television guest ...
19. Grey Griffin
Actress | Batman: Arkham City
Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her grandmother was a singer and performed often with Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in goth ...
20. Billy West
Actor | Futurama
William Richard Werstine is an American actor and radio personality with autism and ADHD. He grew up in both New Jersey and Boston. He became a regular cast member of the Howard Stern show. He became known for The Ren & Stimpy Show, Futurama, Doug, Space Jam and several commercials featuring the ...
21. Danny Cooksey
Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Danny Cooksey was born on November 2, 1975 in Moore, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Salute Your Shorts (1991) and Diff'rent Strokes (1978). He has been married to Amber Leigh Cooksey since March 3, 1998. They have two children.
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22. Jim Cummings
Actor | Winnie the Pooh
Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.
Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his ...
23. Phil LaMarr
Actor | Pulp Fiction
A Los Angeles native, Phil is a graduate of Harvard-Westlake School, Yale University and The Groundlings Theater and is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of Mad TV (1995) and as Marvin in Pulp Fiction (1994).
In addition to numerous appearances on stages across the country, in ...
24. Maurice LaMarche
Actor | Futurama
Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian-American comedian and voice actor from Toronto. He is most well-known for voicing Brain from Pinky and the Brain, Lrrr, Morbo and Calculon from Futurama, Estroy from Evil Con Carne, Mr. Big from Zootopia, King Agnarr from Frozen, Mr. Freeze from Batman: Arkham City, ...
25. John DiMaggio
Actor | Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
John DiMaggio is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and producer from Plainfield, New Jersey. He is best known for voicing Bender on Futurama, Jake the Dog on Adventure Time, King Zøg on Disenchantment, The Joker from Batman: Under the Red Hood and Jerry Jumbeaux Jr from Zootopia. He can ...
26. Kath Soucie
Actress | Rugrats
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. One of the most well known voice-over actors working today, Kath Soucie began her career in New York as a theatrical actress. While Kath has been the voice of many campaigns and award-winning commercials, it...
27. Hank Azaria
Actor | The Simpsons
Hank Azaria is an American comedian and actor from Queens, New York. He is known for voicing several characters in The Simpsons including Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Bumblebee Man, Lou and Superintendent Chalmers. The latter became well-known due to the "Steamed Hams" scene. He also acted in Godzilla, ...
28. Dan Castellaneta
Actor | The Simpsons
Daniel Louis Castellaneta is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and television writer. Castellaneta is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons (1989) (as well as other characters on the show such as Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, ...
29. Harry Shearer
Actor | The Simpsons
Harry Shearer was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His film debut was with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), followed by The Robe (1953). Probably best known for his Saturday Night Live (1975) gigs, his NPR satire program "Le Show" and The Simpsons (1989)...
30. Paul St. Peter
Actor | Paprika
Paul St. Peter is an American voice actor and narrator from North Dakota. He voiced in several anime, animated series, films and video games including Kingdom Hearts, Akira, Bleach, Hunter X Hunter, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Naruto, What's New Scooby-Doo, Digimon, SoulCalibur, Cowboy Bebop: The...
31. Christopher Sabat
Actor | Doragon Bôru Zetto Kami to Kami
Christopher Robin Sabat is an American voice actor and dubbing director who is known for his English-language dubs of anime and video games. He voiced Vegeta, Piccolo, Yamcha, Mr. Popo, Korin and Kami from Dragon Ball. Other voices include All Might from My Hero Academia and Garterbelt from Panty ...
32. Crispin Freeman
Actor | Fainaru fantajî sebun adobento chirudoren
Crispin is the oldest of three. He has a younger brother, Clark, and youngest sister, Cassidy. All three attended the Latin School of Chicago, where Crispin graduated in a class of 60 in 1990. Crispin had a Mac in 1985. To this day he is still an avid computer geek. He played no official team ...
33. Johnny Yong Bosch
Actor | Akira
Johnny Yong Bosch (born John Jay Bosch) was born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Garland, Texas. While growing up, he had taken an interest in martial arts after having seen the works of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, winning several martial arts competitions as a result. After being informed ...
34. Eric Stuart
Actor | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions
Eric Stuart was born October 18, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is known for his work on Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000). He was married to Jenna Malizia, but they later divorced. He married his ...
35. Dan Green
Actor | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions
Dan Green was born on February 7, 1975 in San Rafael, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (2016), Yu-Gi-Oh! (2000) and Sonic X (2003). He was previously married to Michal Friedman.
36. Lara Jill Miller
Actress | Gimme a Break!
Perhaps best known for her six seasons on camera as tomboy Samantha on NBC's hit sitcom Gimme A Break!, Lara Jill began her career on tour and Broadway in The Music Man with Dick Van Dyke. Lara Jill graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from New York University and then Fordham School of Law...
37. Sam Riegel
Actor | The Legend of Vox Machina
Sam Riegel is a Los Angeles-based voice actor and Emmy Award-winning voice director, known for his roles in animation and video games, as well as co-founding the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role and executive producer of "The Legend of Vox Machina".
Critical Role has become ...
38. Kari Wahlgren
Actress | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Kari Wahlgren is an American actress from Kansas. She is most well-known for voicing Kitana and Mileena from Mortal Kombat, Starfire from Injustice 2, Velma Green the Spider Queen from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Kagami Hiiragi from Lucky Star, Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire ...
39. Liam O'Brien
Actor | Asura's Wrath
Liam O'Brien is an accomplished actor, writer, director, and producer in the world of animation and games. He's lent his voice to the worlds of Star Wars, Transformers, the Marvel universe, and beyond. He is also a founding member of "Critical Role (2015)", the long running, live-streamed RPG game ...
40. Megan Hollingshead
Actress | Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ - Myûtsû no gyakushû
Megan Hollingshead was born on September 22, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998), Ergo Proxy (2006) and Valkyrie Profile (1999).
41. Peter Cullen
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Cullen is a Canadian-American voice actor who is widely known for voicing Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise as well as the Michael Bay film series. He is also known for providing the vocal effects of the Predator from the 1987 film of the same name, Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, ...
42. James Earl Jones
Actor | Rogue One
Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native USA and internationally, James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred ...
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43. Ron Perlman
Actor | Hand of God
Ron Perlman is a classically-trained actor who has appeared in countless stage plays, feature films and television productions.
Ronald N. Perlman was born April 13, 1950 in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York. His mother, Dorothy (Rosen), is retired from the City Clerk's Office. His father, ...
44. Haley Joel Osment
Actor | The Sixth Sense
Haley Joel Osment is an American actor who has proven himself as one of the best young actors of his generation. He is the first millennial male to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting.
Osment was born in Los Angeles, California, to Theresa (Seifert), a teacher, and actor Eugene ...
45. Kirk Thornton
Actor | Pâfekuto burû
Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor who voiced in several animated series and video games including Shadow the Hedgehog, Saix and Isa from Kingdom Hearts, Brandon Heat in Gungrave, Hotohori in Fushigi Yugi, Klein in Sword Art Online, Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin, Don Patch in Bobobo-bo ...
46. Mona Marshall
Actress | Ao no ekusoshisuto
Mona Marshall was born on August 31, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Blue Exorcist (2011), Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015) and .hack//Mutation (2002). She was previously married to Sal Iannotti.
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