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[Lemstar]

 

[SeventhSon]

Phil LaMarr is awesome!

 

[walking fiend]

SPEAKING OF WHICH

he is also Samurai Jack, Hermes from Futurama, and half of all black people in video games.

He has a voice, in which game?

 

[aly]

I was more shocked because I used to watch a lot of 'Living Single' when I was a kid due to lack of cable

When I found that out I was surprised too. I had to go re watch some episodes of Living Single to make sure it was the same guy.

Off topic, but the opening theme song to that show is still great.

 

[danthefan]

Ramza had a voice? Wut?

 

[ALM5252]

Had me convinced that Michael J Fox voiced Marty in the game at first until I saw the youtube video on it. Lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apKSpsNmqKI

 

[bryehn]

SPEAKING OF WHICH

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he is also Samurai Jack, Hermes from Futurama, and half of all black people in video games.

He's the black guy at the beginning of Blood Dragon and I couldn't have picked a better actor to play that guy if I tried. Phil Lamarr is a hugely accomplished voice actor. Plus he was UPS guy

 

[XJF]

I honestly thought Michael would've been voiced by Ray Liotta

 

[fu3lfr3nzy]

The only VA in this whole thread I was surprised at.

 

[Seda]

Ramza had a voice? Wut?

War of the Lions voiced cutscenes.

Example

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Really?

How on Earth did I not know this.

 

[XxSlasherMcGirkxX]

I can't believe the VA for Elena from Uncharted actually looks like Elena. PUT HER IN THE MOVIE!

 

[KalBalboa]

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What's terribly surprising about this?

He doesn't exactly do mo-cap or have many lines, and he's certainly a chubby white fella. The others listed here are much more surprising.

 

[SeventhSon]

I know everyone knows that Mark Hamill is The Joker, but watching him BE the joker while recording caught me right off guard.

This video from Batman: Arkham City is great to watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6zqFsYuhX4

Wow! And evidently Talia was voiced by the real life Talia.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Phil Lamarr is the best.

I was surprised that Kaidan from Mass Effect didn't look like his voice actor.

 

[Raticus79]

Fitting with Disgaea D2 on the way:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Goodson

(Still the case in Disgaea 2?)

 

[DBT85]

Wow! And evidently Talia was voiced by the real life Talia.

Don't get me started on Beckett.

 

[KePoW]

Fitting with Disgaea D2 on the way:

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Haha yeah, was just about to say Laharl is voice by a woman.

 

[mrjohill]

Don't get me started on Beckett.

As much as I like castle they need to end that show so they can get superhero roles both Fillion and katic

 

[MechaX]

Fitting with Disgaea D2 on the way:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Goodson

(Still the case in Disgaea 2?)

I don't think she ever stopped voicing Laharl.

She's also Rita Repulsa.

 

[Danielsan]

Ooh I thought of a good one.

She did a really convincing 9-year-old girl.

I think you just ruined The Walking Dead for me.

 

[Vooduu]

The only VA in this whole thread I was surprised at.

Awesome work

Edit: Yea the voice of Joel caught me off guard.

 

[Yasumi]

and

(in Japanese)

equals

Koichi Yamadera

He plays a ton of other characters too. I just can't associate the voice of a smooth loan shark or cheating jerk boyfriend with that chubby baby face.

 

[Cryoflar3]

Troy Baker cause I thought he'd look beefy like snow.

 

[Village]

All voiced by this man:

Always weird to remember dude was bloo.

 

[jufonuk]

Kevin conroy (batman) catches me off guard

Damn great voice , also frank welker and all his rolls, can't believe he played Fred in scooby doo lol

 

[BIGWORM]

Still throws me off to this day that Phil Lamar did Vamp in the MGS series...

 

[Rebel Leader]

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Who also voices

 

[anexanhume]

 

[TheOGB]

As a consumer, there's a "rule" in voice acting, one of many: Think of a little boy in a game or cartoon. There's a 90% chance that character's voiced by a grown woman. As such, Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball were pleasant surprises.

But since I'm really into VAs and finding out who voices who, the only surprises I have are when characters look just like their VA. GTA V made me say 'wow.' And yeah, watching them do their work is magical, one of those phenomena that are well within the realm of possibility, but just as amazing and awe-inspiring as seeing a unicorn, to me.

Also, holy shit T.C. Carson was totally on Living Single

 

[HarlockJC]

Funny times the voice of Charles Martinet Mario was at a Con. That night he been drinking some and was walking around the hotel saying “It’s me Mario.” On a side note he made a personal video on my cam for my daughter…Really Really nice guy and loves being the voice of Mario

 

[Fresh Face]

whhhhaaatttttt

Women do little children voices all the time.

 

[Dead Prince]

Women do little children voices all the time.

or male anime guys like luffy

 

[FluxWaveZ]

At first, I wouldn't have imagined that these two characters, with a crazy personality and interesting accent respectively:

were voiced by her:

Wish we knew how Naoto Shirogane's VA (from Persona 4) looked like...

 

[Mr_Antimatter]

Women do little children voices all the time.

Yep, because those voice doesn't change as much as they age compared to a guys.

 

[The Goat]

Totally caught me off guard.

Fred Tatasciore is also, this guy...

 

[brickarts295]

I know i know this has been mentioned a lot but I STILL couldn't believe it was him until the credits.

 

[Pikawil]

Fred Tatasciore is also, this guy...

He's also this guy in video games 'cause the real deal won't do video game voice acting:

 

[MrCunningham]

Women do little children voices all the time.

Indeed, women are generally much better at doing male children's voices than guys are.

I dunno, it's pretty close in comparison to some of the others listed already:

Give the guy on the left a haircut and shave off his mustache, and he could pass for Trevor.

Also:

Though in all fairness, he never did the voices for the games.

 

[ThatCrazyGuy]

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man, he looks like Chris Matthews from NBC news, heh. *not Mario.

 

[Fox318]

Mass Effect: Ashley Williams

Voice Actor: Kimberly Brooks

What !!!! I thought that was Mila Kunis!!!

 

[Alcoholikaust]

it always startled me the voice
of Bender from Futurama is also the voice of Marcus Fenix

edit: and Claire Redfield voiced by the girl from THe Big Red Couch is wierd

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Phil LaMarr is a goddamn national treasure.

 

[gigantor21]

it always startled me the voice
of Bender from Futurama is also the voice of Marcus Fenix

Knowing Bender, Wakka and Kimahri from FFX and the Joker in Under The Red Hood were voiced by the same guy really screwed me up, LOL.

 

[SpikedGunner]

Totally caught me off guard.

Fred Tatasciore is amazing, he also plays the Hulk in most Marvel animated projects (including a few games), Largo in Valkyria Chronicles, Megatron in the HMS Cybertron games, Leland in Alpha Protocol, Beast in a few X-men projects, etc. The man is truly ranged

and

equals


He plays a ton of other characters too. I just can't associate the voice of a smooth loan shark or cheating jerk boyfriend with that chubby baby face.

He was also Dan Marshal in the Japanese dub of Binary Domain and the main villain Dahau in Valkyria Chronicles 3...his appearance does surprise me a tiny bit only because I probably forgot seeing him in one of Yakuza cast videos and I don't follow Japanese voice actors these days as do with English actors.

Corey Marshall from the Shenmue games did surprise me a bit with his photo teasing a recent project.

 

[Red Chocobo]

Kevin Miller:

 

[poopninjamvc3mk]

Honestly wasn't that surprising to me when I found out since whenever she does a mocking voice in some movies a lil bit of Huey/Riely come out.

 

[Maron]

MOTOKO!

She also does this guy!

 

[Lotto]

Gary Schwartz

 

[Vodh]

Wish we knew how Naoto Shirogane's VA (from Persona 4) looked like...

You mean Romi Park:

or Mary Elizabeth McGlynn:

?