Familiar Character Voices

[imaloony]

So, in Cartoons I often notice characters who do voices in other cartoons, or in completely different styles of shows. What sort of actors have you noticed this about?
There are four main ones I've noticed.

Kath Soucie plays both Maddie Fenton from Danny Phantom and Mom from Dexter's Laboratory.
Gray DeLisle plays both Vicky the Babysitter from Fairly Odd Parents and Samantha from Danny Phantom.
David DeLuise plays Coop from Megas XLR and Jerry Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place.

Now, I'm sure everyone knows what a god Steven Blum is when it comes to voice acting. Not counting all the games he's been in, he played Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop, TOM from Toonami, several Naruto characters including Orochimaru and Zabuza, Jamie from Megas XLR, a handful of aliens from Ben 10, and so many other roles that it's probably just easier to go to Wikipedia and look them up.

So have you noticed this about any characters and shows in particular? Hell, ever since connecting Vicky and Sam like that, I can never look at Sam in the same way...

 

[Irridium]

Yeah, Steve Blum has been in damn near everything [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Blum]

I also love Jennifer Hale [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354937/]. She's in a bunch of stuff.

 

[Rylot]

Scott Menville is in everything, I'm not kidding: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579914/

 

[Veret]

Jennifer Hale and Steve Blum have both been mentioned, so I have nothing to add here. But a question, since it's relevant: Can anyone confirm that Kimberly Brooks [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2003743/] voices the banshee pilots in Starcraft 2? IMDb is worthless here, and it's been bugging me all week.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

If you enjoy Funimation's anime dubs, then I'm sure you're familiar with Vic Mignogna.

 

[viranimus]

Hrm...

Cree summer
Tara Strong

Phil Lamar
Mark Hamil

These are the four most noted and identifiable in my book, Although if you listen to phil Lamar in Darksiders... he sounds amazingly close to hamil in alot of his work, but Lamars got alot more range and stylization than Hamil.

 

[Marter]

Tara Strong does a bunch of voices that I can recognize.

 

[Applejack]

Nolan North voiced Nathan Drake and about 10 other characters last year.

Brad Swaile was Amuro Ray and Light Yagami, he has a very distinct voice

 

[Lust]

Johnny Yong Bosch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Yong_Bosch] has been in a few things.

Bleach and Devil May Cry were the ones that I remembered him being in.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

Richard Steven Horvitz did the voices of...fuck, he's done a lot of shit. Here's his wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Steven_Horvitz
Christ, he's been in everything from Angry Beavers and Brutal Legend to Invader Zim and Power Rangers. I owe this man my childhood.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

God damn, this thread makes me want to get into voice acting. You don't even need to do that many voices, you just need to get your foot in the door.

 

[madcap2112]

Jim Cummings in virtually every Disney movie and TV show since the 90s. He's Pete in Goof Troop, the head guard in Aladdin, and about a hundred other minor roles. Even if you don't know him by name, you've heard him if you've watched Disney shows and movies within the last twenty years.

 

[MercurySteam]

Yeah, Steve Blum has been in damn near everything [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Blum]

I also love Jennifer Hale [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354937/]. She's in a bunch of stuff.

These two are in just about everything. I don't think anyone knows what Hale looks like as she always acts in animated productions.

 

[Code Monkey]

Johnny Young Bosch, Steve Blum, and Wendy Lee are three people you've heard if you've ever watched a dub anime, ever.

Also, JYB was the black ranger! That's kind of cool.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Sometimes I hate it when you realize a character has the same voice as a character in a different piece of work, since it can really alter your perception of said character. The most recent example for me is when I quickly came to the painful realization that the scientist in Starcraft 2 has the same voice as Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia. I can't even bother memorizing his name since he's just Lloyd to me. And I really don't think that voice works with that character. In ToS Lloyd is a moron that is constantly berated throughout the game for his lack of common sense and intelligence. Him being a very intelligent science type character just doesn't work for me. Every time he talks all I see is Lloyd masquerading as a scientist on my ship. And I don't like it one bit.

 

[Dango]

Minoru Shiraishi is a pretty recognizable voice to me. The two roles I always remember him as are himself in Lucky Star and Taniguchi in Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), and I'm talking about the original Japanese voice actor, by the way.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

Nolan North voiced Nathan Drake and about 10 other characters last year.

Brad Swaile was Amuro Ray and Light Yagami, he has a very distinct voice

He was also Quatre Raberba Winner in Gundam Wing, Adult Gohan in the Ocean Group dub of DBZ, and (of all things) Maxwell in Hamtaro.

This is kinda my area of expertise, especially voice actors who work for Funimation. The VA world is this tiny but convoluted web. (And no, I don't do VA work. I just wish like hell I did.)

Spoiler: More than you ever wanted to know behind this.

Johnny Yong Bosch starred in Trigun as Vash, Bleach as Ichigo, Claus Valca in Last Exile, Kiba in Wolf's Rain, and Persona 4 as the MC/Toru Adachi.

Crispin Freeman starred as Alucard in Hellsing, but he also played Alex Rowe in Last Exile, Hideki in Chobits, Kyon from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Itachi Uchiha in Naruto.

Wendee Lee was Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, as well as Azusa Fuyutsuki and Mrs. Sakurai in Great Teacher Onizuka, and Haruhi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Vic Mignogna starred as Ed in Fullmetal Alchemist, the creepy lawyer in Nerima Daikon Brothers, Tamaki in Ouran High School Host Club, Takenaga in The Wallflower, and Death Scythe in Soul Eater.

Justin Cook starred as Yusuke in Yu Yu Hakusho. John Burgmeier was Kurama, Christopher Sabat was Kuwabara, and Laura Bailey was Keiko. Later on, all four teamed up again for Fruits Basket (Cook as Hatsuharu, Burgmeier as Shigure, Sabat as Ayame, and Bailey as Tohru). Sabat is also known as the voice of Vegeta in DBZ, Bailey currently stars in Soul Eater, and Cook's cousin Aaron Dismuke not only was Hiro in Fruits Basket, but starred as Al in Fullmetal Alchemist.

Luci Christian starred alongside Chris Patton in Full Metal Panic!, and joined him again in Nerima Daikon Brothers. Patton has most recently done work for The Wallflower, Welcome to the NHK, and Soul Eater.

Yuri Lowenthal is married to Tara Platt, and they team up often. Recently, Lowenthal starred in Persona 3 as the Main Character/Pharos/Ryoji, and in Persona 4 as Yousuke. You might also recognize Lowenthal and Platt from Naruto, as they play Sasuke and Temari respectively.

Melissa Fahn was Ed in Cowboy Bebop, as well as Gaz in Invader Zim. She's related to Jonathan Fahn, a.k.a. Jonathan Charles, the voice of Yusuke in the Yu Yu Hakusho movie (but not the anime) and Tom Fahn (a.k.a. Tom Charles, whose most recognizable role is Sho in Guyver). Tom is married to Dorothy Elias-Fahn, who, under the name Dorothy Melendrez, starred as Meryl Stryfe in Trigun.

Quinton Flynn might be recognizable as Axel from Kingdom Hearts 2, Raiden from Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4, and Reno in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. He's best friends with Jeff Nimoy, who is well-known for his performance as Nicolas D. Wolfwood in Trigun.

Phew.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

aaaand there it goes. Sorry, please delete this post.

 

[Gabriel Xollan]

If you enjoy Funimation's anime dubs, then I'm sure you're familiar with Vic Mignogna.

Kakorot! Kakorot! Kakorooootttt!!!

Broly for the win.