12-16-2004, 07:26 PM | #1 |
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Famous Voice Actors
i was just wondering, which famous voice actors have done computer games? and who are peoples favourites. I know Cam Clarke ( Leonardo from Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles, and other cartoons) did Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmasist, and i believe John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones Movies, Manhunt International) did a Quest for glory game, just wondering if theres any more out there.
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12-16-2004, 08:04 PM | #2 |
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Plenty of actors (even more famous than John Rhys-Davies) have done videogames. The latest Bond game was full to the brim with celebrities, and GTA: San Andreas was overflowing.
If you're just talking about voice actors, then yes, predictably, a lot of the same people doing cartoons also pop up in games. For example, the guy who was the voice of Fry from Futurama was Tidus in Final Fantasy X. David Hayter, the voice behind Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid does a lot of Anime voices... I'm sure there are a ton more examples. The problem is that voice actors are usually not as well known as TV and movie actors. |
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Any even moderately well-known voice actor has always been in about a gajillion different projects. Those guys really get around.
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12-16-2004, 08:21 PM | #4 |
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I can name a few off the top of my head; tim curry did the voice of gabriel knight in the 1st and 3rd games, people like cher and robert deniro in 9:the last resort. That is about all I can think of off the top of my head.
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12-16-2004, 08:33 PM | #5 |
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Well, as I said somewhere else, Chiara Mastroianni (sp?), who is the daughter of Marcello Matroianni and Catherine Deneuve and has been in a bunch of (mostly French) films herself, did the voice for my former avatar, who shall be making her return after the holidays. (That is to say, Chiara did the voice for the main character in Beyond Atlantis II, as it's called in the states.)
I got a weird feeling playing a game recently that the same person who did the voice for Oscar in Syberia did the voice for . . . hm . . . can't put my finger on it, but I will. Weird if you ended up specializing in computer game voiceovers, no? |
12-16-2004, 09:10 PM | #6 |
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I know Mark Hammil (Luke Skywalker) and MIchael Dorn (Worf) both did voices in Gabriel Knight.
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I remember him being Ripburger and that truckdriver guy, but I don't remember any other characters of his in FT.
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If you check out the trivia game at www.MysteryManor.net, you'll find that one of the games is entitled "Big Screen Meets Little Screen." It is a whole trivia game about famous actors who have appeared in adventure games.
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And who could forget Gary Collman doing the voice of the snotty lemonde/weapons salekid in Curse of Monkey Island.
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Earl Boen(terminator) - LeChuck
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12-17-2004, 11:31 AM | #13 |
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Eric Idle - Rincewind
And they couldn't have chosen anyone else for his voice. It's just perfect. -
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I thought I'd chime in on this topic.
The voice actor who played Sam Fisher, in Splinter Cell was Michael Ironside. He starred in movies like Starship Troopers, and Total Recall. I remember his role in Total Recall, very vividly. He was the lead villian's henchman, and man was he mean in that movie!. |
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And who can forget Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf) as the butler in Discworld Noir?
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Charlotte Rampling played the voice of Erda in the Ring.
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I recalled whom the Oscar voice belonged to. (I think) it's a metalworker in the underworld of Ptah in the Egyptian Prophecy. Weird. |
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Oh yeah, and Serious Sam did a voice in Splinter Cell. (Look in the credits, there's a Sam Stone in the voice talent.)
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