''Wait... they're voiced by the same person?!''

[Zipa]

I had no idea John Dimaggio voiced both Marcus Fenix and Bender.
I still couldn't hear it even after someone told me.
Only when Marcus really yells do I start to hear it.

Spoiler: Smiling Jack, too

Grey DeLisle did a TON of voices, too. She has also been in Bloodlines as Therese/Jeanette but aside from those, Azula from Avatar: the Last Airbender, Kimiko in Xiolin Showdown, Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Emily Elizabth in Clifford the Big Red Dog and more. It's also hard to distinguish her.

And for some reason, the Mass Effect Codex narration always bored me. Even though it's narrated by

Spoiler: Gary Golden

And even though Simon Templeman's voice is easy to spot...probably, especially because of it, it's a bit disturbing to hear him say this


For the people who don't get the reference, here is Kain on the matter (just to note the Wheel of fate is the cycle of rebirth)

I squeed a little when I heard Templeman say that in his best Kain voice in DS3.


Also half the good Imperial badass NPCs in SWTOR seem to be voiced by him which is fine by me.

 

[Jeremy Skitz]

The guy who voiced Tidus in final fantasy X (James arnold taylor) voiced Obi-wan in the clone wars series, Thor, magneto and spiderman in one of the marvel games, captain Jack sparrow in kingdom hearts 2, Gabe Logan from the silent filter series, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in celebrity deathmatch, Leonardo in TMNT and I could go on. XD

 

[DarklordKyo]

I flipped out when I found out that Steve Blum, Spike from Cowboy Bebop, voiced Killer Croc in the Batman: Arkham Series. Say what you will about him using his Spike voice a lot, the guy's got serious range.

I also got this type of reaction from an acquaintance of mine when I mentioned that Renton from Eureka Seven was Johnny Yong Boshe (Vash from Trigun).

 

[DoPo]

Also half the good Imperial badass NPCs in SWTOR seem to be voiced by him which is fine by me.

He seems to work a lot with BioWare - he was in Dragon Age: Origins (Teyrn Loghain), in Mass Effect 2 (one of the Quarian admirals, and Dr. Gavin Archer in the Overload DLC), in Mass Effect 3 (Dr. Archer and the Quarian again) and apparently in KOTOR, too.

By the way

xD

 

[Zipa]

Also half the good Imperial badass NPCs in SWTOR seem to be voiced by him which is fine by me.

He seems to work a lot with BioWare - he was in Dragon Age: Origins (Teyrn Loghain), in Mass Effect 2 (one of the Quarian admirals, and Dr. Gavin Archer in the Overload DLC), in Mass Effect 3 (Dr. Archer and the Quarian again) and apparently in KOTOR, too.

By the way

xD

Wow thats really odd to see the man behind the voice. Though he does look kinda like Kain I guess...

and yeah he does do a lot with Bioware it seems nowadays. Hopefully Squeenix let Crystal Dynamics do another LoK game though in the future.

 

[Spoonius]

The most shocking and amazing same-voice character...

Spoiler: This Guy

Garrus from the Mass Effect series

Spoiler: And This Guy

The American Sniper from Company of Heroes

Was just about to say that.
He also voices one of the vehicle crews, not sure which.

And this guy was the US base commander: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089710/

 

[anthony87]

Also half the good Imperial badass NPCs in SWTOR seem to be voiced by him which is fine by me.

He seems to work a lot with BioWare - he was in Dragon Age: Origins (Teyrn Loghain), in Mass Effect 2 (one of the Quarian admirals, and Dr. Gavin Archer in the Overload DLC), in Mass Effect 3 (Dr. Archer and the Quarian again) and apparently in KOTOR, too.

By the way

xD

Jesus christ that looks awful...

 

[DoPo]

Jesus christ that looks awful...

I know, right? Poor Simon - associating with BioWare so freely. Ugh.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Scott McNeil voiced Piccolo in FUNimation?s original DBZ dub, Hohenheim in their dub of the first FMA anime, and Voltar in League of Super Evil. Frankly, the man has godly voice range.

 

[Scott Rothman]

I had no idea John Dimaggio voiced both Marcus Fenix and Bender.
I still couldn't hear it even after someone told me.
Only when Marcus really yells do I start to hear it.

Also Jake the Dog from Adventure Time

And the Joker in Batman: Under the Red Hood

 

[karma9308]

The biggest surprise for me recently was when I was playing Bioshock Infinite and kept thinking the voice of Cornelius Slate sounded awfully familiar. Then it hit me, mother fucking BURNED MAN FROM NEW VEGAS. Out of curiosity, I looked up his IMDb... my mind exploded. It's this guy.

Spoiler

That my friends is Keith Szarabajka. Who's that you ask? Well besides that scene in The Dark Knight and the games I mentioned he was also...

Spoiler

Didact from Halo 4

Spoiler

Herschel Biggs from L.A. Noire.

Spoiler

Yeah you saw that right, Harbinger.

Frankly, this guy has been in everything and I was shocked to see how much of his work I missed.

Haha, I had the same revelation the other night. I knew Slate sounded really familiar and looked him up and found out he did Biggs, but that it was Keith Szarbajka!? Blew my mind.

For me, it's Jennifer Hale. That she's commander Shepard and Bastilla Shan wasn't a surprise. That she was Samus wasn't a surprise, what surprised me? Was that she was Billy's mom.

Spoiler: Seriously

But that's not all! She was also the teacher from Powerpuff girls and also a recurring character on Kids Next Door. One of my favorite voice actresses was a part of my childhood and I didn't even notice.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

I've had many of these, so I'll just mention one:

So I was watching my brother play Tales of Symphonia for the first time (great game by the way), and I couldn't help but notice that the main character sounded very familiar... until I realized it was the same person who voiced Robin in the Teen Titans cartoon!

...Which is why I'm pissed they changed most of the voices in the sequel. Yes, there were some good voices, but damnit, I could have had Scott Menville and Johnny Yong Bosch, two of my favorite English language voice actors in the sequel to one of my all-time favorite JRPGs!

 

[Pescetarian]

The baboon would go on...

... to play a buffoon.

Or something.

 

[Arbi Trax]

Remember Vhailor, from Planescape: Torment? He's the voice of the Arbiter from Halo 2, and Sgt Foley from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Oh, and how can a thread like this pass without a mention of the man himself...Tony Jay. The voice of:

The Transcendent One from Planescape: Torment


Frollo from the Hunchback of Notre Dame


Shere Khan from the Jungle Book


The Elder God from the Legacy of Kain series


Megabyte from Reboot


The Lieutenant from Fallout

Basically this guy is the king of the evil voice, and one of the greatest voice actors to grace video games.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

The only time you can objectively say subs are better is when 4kids is involved.

4kids: Subs > Dubs
Any Gundam Series not named G Gundam Dubs > Subs
G Gundam SUBS ONLY... my god Mark Gatha can't VA to save his life
Almost all others Subs = Dubs

Though I prefer Dubs.

I actually thought G Gundams dub was pretty good. The only gundam Dub I thought thought was sub par was Zeta Gundam's.

Since we're on the subject of Gundam dubs, did you know Bernie from 0080: War in the Pocket was voiced by David Hayter?

That's right the same person who voices Solid Snake voices Bernie. Completely blew my mind when I found out especially since Bernie doesn't sound like he just smoked a pack of Marlboros.

Another fun one from everyones favorite Solid Snake VA...

David Hayter voiced Lupin The Third in the original Manga Video dub (and hence the Disney rerelease as well) of The Castle of Cagliostro under the alias Sean Barker.

Another good one that blew my fricking mind when I realized it...

Spoiler

Isamu Dyson from Macross Plus is voiced in the English Version by...

Spoiler

Yup... I was pretty surprised but it's definitely him if you listen to the voice.

 

[gorfias]

This guy:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0029460/

Played the voice of a robot teddy bear in A.I.


He also voiced something similar in this:

[spoiler spoiler=some adult language][/spoiler]

 

[martyrdrebel27]

I remember some character, in some game, sounding just like Julius from Saint's Row 1. I think I'm thinking of the Mass Effect series, but I'm not sure.

i just watched Barbershop on Comedy Central and Julius' voice is in the human in that. i forget all the other shit i've heard him in, but everytime i do,all i hear is Julius.


Norbert from Angry Beavers and Salem the Cat from Sabrina are both Nick Bakay.

 

[Jumjummju]

My main one is with whoever voices the librarian in the College of Winterhold in Skyrim. I was like "WOAH! That's the same voice actor as the colonel from that Defender remake on the PS2!" Ah, lesser-known games are always the most nostalgic. T'was fun shooting over-size bugs in spaceships with lazers and missiles.

Also, any time Johnny Yong Bosch does anything. First heard him as Lelouch in Code Geass, then both Yu and Adachi in Persona 4 and I was like WOAH. 'Specially since Code Geass is my favorite anime and Persona 4 is my favorite JRPG. :3

 

[martyrdrebel27]

oh, also i'm sure it's been mentioned, but Cortana and Zoey from L4D. Same person. Pills here!

 

[MidnightSt]

just once so far, in Dishonored

Spoiler

after finishing it twice, I was watching an LP of it, and the LPer started talking about the Heart as if it was the Empress. I wrote a comment asking what made him assume that, and much later, in the end of the LP I noticed in the credits that both were voiced by the same person. Still doesn't make me think those two entities are related within the game world, though.