Famous Voice Actors of Today who have stared in Academy Award films
by AlexHartsell | created - 13 Feb 2015 | updated - 11 Mar 2015 | PublicAs an apology for Chris Rock's thing at the 84th Academy Awards (even though it was a little fun joke and I like Chris Rock, that makes me angry when people get offended by the stupidest things that it makes me one of the only few smart people in the world). I have made a list of famous voice actors today or have gain a cult after their death and the Academy Award movies that they stared in.
1. Frank Welker
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on ...
Raiders of the Lost Ark Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Little Mermaid City Slickers Beauty and the Beast Aladdin The Lion King Pocahontas The Hunchback of Notre Dame Independence Day Quest for Camelot Mulan How the Grinch Stole Christmas Shrek Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Alice in Wonderland Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mirror Mirror Frankwnweenie
2. John Kassir
Actor | Tales from the Crypt
John Edward Kassir is an American actor and producer from Baltimore, Maryland who is known for voicing the Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt. He also played Jibolba from Tak and the Power of Juju, Deadpool in various Marvel games and cartoons, Ralph from Reefer Madness and many more roles.
Pocahontas The Wild Thornberrys Movie The Princess and the Frog
3. 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: ...
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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 ...
War of the Worlds Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: Dark of the Moon Ted Frankenweenie The Boxtrolls
5. Bill Fagerbakke
Actor | SpongeBob SquarePants
William Fagerbakke is an American actor known for voicing Patrick Star in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, Broadway from Gargoyles and playing Dauber in Coach. He is also known for his roles in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, Jennifer's Body, Lloyd in Space, ...
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6. Clancy Brown
Actor | The Shawshank Redemption
A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proven himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theatre, feature films, television series and even animation.
Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert...
The Shawshank Redemption Dead Man Walking Starship Troopers The Hurricane
7. Rodger Bumpass
Actor | SpongeBob SquarePants
Rodger Bumpass was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 20, 1951. He attended Little Rock Central High School where he received his first training in theater. He attended Arkansas State University where he majored in radio-TV and minored in theater. He worked at the campus radio station and ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hercules Quest for Camelot A Bug's Life Tarzan Toy Story 2 The Emperor's New Grove Spirited Away Monsters, Inc. Lilo & Stitch Treasure Planet Brother Bear Shrek 2 Cars
8. Carolyn Lawrence
Actress | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Carolyn Lawrence is an American voice actress who is known for voicing Sandy Cheeks from SpongeBob SquarePants and Cindy Vortex from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, two Nickelodeon franchises. She voiced Sandy and Cindy in video games, shorts, theatrical films and commercials. She still voices Sandy ...
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9. Kevin Michael Richardson
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.
Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school...
Lilo & Stitch The Wild Thornberrys Movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Princess and the Frog Star Trek Into Darkness
10. 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 ...
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11. Malcolm McDowell
Actor | A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943 in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Edna (McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican. His father was an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life...
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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 - ...
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13. Diedrich Bader
Actor | Office Space
Diedrich Bader was born in Alexandria, Virginia, but moved to Paris, France, with his family at age two. While in the "City of Light" he developed an appreciation for movie legends like Fred Astaire and Charles Chaplin. So, when a fragile "Chaplin" movie reel burned in the theater's projector, ...
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14. Tara Strong
Actress | Batman: The Killing Joke
Tara Strong began her acting career at the age of 13 in Toronto, Canada. She landed several TV, film, and musical theater roles as well as her first lead in an animated series as the title role of "Hello Kitty." After a short run at Toronto's Second City theater company, she moved to Los Angeles ...
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15. Hynden Walch
Actress | Adventure Time
Hynden Walch was born on February 1, 1971 in Davenport, Iowa. She is an actress and writer known primarily for her work in Adventure Time, Teen Titans, Groundhog Day, and Batman Assault on Arkham. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16 she attended the North Carolina ...
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16. Mae Whitman
Actress | One Fine Day
Mae was born in Los Angeles, California to Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeffrey Whitman, a personal manager and set construction coordinator. She began her career with a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial. Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school in Los Angeles.
Whitman...
Independence Day One Fine Day The Wild Thornberrys Movie The Wind Rises
17. 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 ...
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18. 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 ...
Bolt Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
19. 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, ...
The Lion King James and the Giant Peach Enchanted Bolt Frankenweenie
20. 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 ...
Bolt Tangled Transformers: Dark of the Moon Wreck-It Ralph
21. Rob Paulsen
Actor | Animaniacs
Robert Paulsen is an American voice actor and singer from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for voicing Raphael in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Yakko Warner in Animaniacs, Pinky in Pinky and the Brain, Carl Wheezer in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hadji in Jonny Quest, Donatello in the ...
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22. 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, ...
Ed Wood As Good as It Gets Wreck-It Ralph Frozen The Boxtrolls
23. Jess Harnell
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jess Harnell is an American actor and singer from New Jersey. He provided the voices of Wakko Warner from Animaniacs, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon from Spyro: A Hero's Tail, Scary Terry from Rick & Morty, Ki-Adi Mundi and Darth Maul from Star Wars video games, Captain Hero from Drawn Together,...
Quest for Camelot A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 The Emperor's New Grove Lilo & Stitch Finding Nemo Cars Surf's Up Transformers WALL-E Up Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Toy Story 3 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Wreck-It Ralph Get a Horse! Despicable Me 2
24. 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 ...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Little Mermaid Aladdin The Lion King Runaway Brain Pocahontas The Huncback of Notre Dame Anastasia Redux Riding Hood Hercules Babe: Pig in the Big City Tarzan Shrek Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius The Princess and the Frog Wreck-It Ralph
25. Christine Cavanaugh
Actress | Dexter's Laboratory
Christine Cavanaugh (birth name: Christine Josephine Sandberg) was an American actress from Layton, Utah. She emerged as a prolific voice actress in the 1990s, voicing roles in many films and television series. She chose to retire from acting in 2001, at the age of 38. Her most famous voice roles ...
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26. Eddie Deezen
Actor | WarGames
Edward Harry Deezen is an American actor and comedian. A native of Cumberland, Maryland, he initially began his career as a stand-up comedian before moving to California, where he would quickly become known for his roles as "nerd" characters in films including the Grease movies, Midnight Madness (...
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27. 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...
Beauty and the Beast The Hunchback of Notre Dame Lilo & Stitch Wreck-It Ralph
28. Elizabeth Daily
Actress | Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Elizabeth EG Daily is an American actress, singer, and one of the top talents in the world of voiceover. You might know her in the classics as Dottie from "Peewee's Big Adventure" to "Valley Girl," or the classic "Smelly Cat" episode of Friends. Maybe Candy from The Devil's Rejects.
EG is said to be...
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29. Nancy Cartwright
Actress | The Simpsons
For over three decades, Nancy Cartwright has given voice to a spikey-headed-10-year-old boy even though she's a grown woman; she's often been arrested for truancy and vandalism, yet she maintains a spotless criminal record; and finally, she's repeated the fourth-grade dozens of times in spite of ...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Little Mermaid Brother Bear
30. 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, ...
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31. Patrick Warburton
Actor | The Emperor's New Groove
Patrick Warburton is known to many for the role of "Puddy" in the hit NBC comedy "Seinfeld," the laconic, enigmatic, quirky Saab salesman and Elaine's boyfriend. Warburton starred for 7 seasons on the hit CBS comedy "Rules of Engagement" with David Spade, Oliver Hudson, and Megyn Price about two ...
The Emperor's New Grove Ted
32. James Urbaniak
Actor | Oppenheimer
James Urbaniak was born on September 17, 1963 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Oppenheimer (2023), The Fabelmans (2022) and The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023). He has been married to Sara Pocock since March 30, 2017. He was previously...
Sweet and Lowdown American Splendor Across the Universe The Boxtrolls
33. Michael Sinterniklaas
Actor | Kimi no na wa.
Michael Sinterniklaas was born on August 13, 1972 in Nice, France. He is an actor and producer, known for Your Name. (2016), The Venture Bros. (2003) and Tiger & Bunny (2011).
A Cat in Paris Ernest & Celestine
34. Stephanie Sheh
Actress | Kimi no na wa.
Stephanie Sheh is an American voice actress, ADR director, writer and producer. Born on April 10, 1977 in Kalamazoo, Michigan and raised in California, Sheh first gained interest in voice acting while attending high school, and upon graduating college would land her first major roles as Silky in ...
A Cat in Paris Ernest & Celestine
35. Maile Flanagan
Actress | Lab Rats
Maile Flanagan won an Emmy for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (2003) in 2006.
She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She lived in Bangkok, Nurnberg and Munich, and then attended Boston College. After Boston College, she was in the improv comedy ...
Rango Transformers: Dark of the Moon
36. Fred Tatasciore
Actor | Team America: World Police
Fred Tatasciore is a voice actor/animator known for his work in film, television and games. He can be heard regularly on Fox's "Family Guy," "American Dad," and "The Cleveland Show." He plays Aaarggggh! and many characters on the new show, "Trollhunters" (for Netflix by Guillermo Del Torro), For ...
Wonder Boys Enchanted The Princess and the Frog Tangled Kung Fu Panda 2 Prometheus Wreck-It Ralph Star Trek Into Darkness Frozen The Boxtrolls
37. Pat Fraley
Actor | Mononoke-hime
Patrick Howard Fraley is an American voice actor and teacher from Seattle, Washington who is widely known for voicing Krang, Casey Jones and Baxter Stockman from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. He also voiced Buzz Lightyear in various Toy Story media whenever Tim Allen isn't available. ...
The Fisher King Toy Story 2 Monsters, Inc. Tangled The Lego Movie The Boxtrolls
38. Nika Futterman
Actress | Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Nika Futterman has been involved in world of acting and singing since early childhood when she performed in plays, musicals and student films. She spent a few years as an on-camera actress doing television, co-starring in such shows as Chicago Hope and Murphy Brown. Most recently, however, she has ...
The Boxtrolls
39. 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),...
Lilo & Stitch A Cat in Paris The Boxtrolls
40. 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 ...
Howl's Moving Castle
41. Tony Jay
Actor | The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tony Jay was a British actor and narrator. He is known for his deep and distinctive British voice. He was well-known for voicing Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Megabyte from ReBoot, Monsieur D'Arque from Beauty and the Beast, Shere Khan from The Jungle Book 2, Magneto in X-Men ...
Little Dorrit Beauty and the Beast The Hunchback of Notre Dame Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Treasure Planet
42. Tim Curry
Actor | Congo
Timothy James Curry was born on April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England. His mother, Maura Patricia (Langmead), was a school secretary, and his father, James Curry, was a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain. Curry studied Drama and English at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with ...
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43. Jack Angel
Actor | A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Jack Angel was born on October 24, 1930 in Modesto, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Balto (1995) and The Iron Giant (1999). He was married to Arlene Thornton and Barbara Champion. He died on October 18, 2021 in Malibu, California, USA.
Funny Lady Beetlejuice Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Little Mermaid Beauty and the Beast Aladdin Toy Story The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hercules Quest for Camelot A Bug's Life The Prince of Egypt Tarzan Toy Story 2 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Spirited Away Monsters, Inc. Lilo & Stitch Treasure Planet Finding Nemo Cars Toy Story 3 Despicable Me 2
44. Paul Eiding
Actor | The Transformers: The Movie
Paul Eiding, is an American actor, who is equally comfortable on stage, in front of the camera or behind a microphone. He is the voice of Perceptor, from the original Transformers, cartoon series (1985) and Transformers: The Movie (1986).
He is probably best known as Colonel Roy Campbell, in the ...
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45. Yuri Lowenthal
Actor | Spider-Man
Originally from Alliance, Ohio, which was the first of many homes for Yuri: he lived in Virginia, Tennessee, West Africa, Japan, and New York before settling in Los Angeles.
Yuri discovered his talent and passion for acting near the end of high school and since then has made a reputation of being a ...
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46. 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 ...
Prometheus The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
47. Ben Diskin
Actor | Kindergarten Cop
With nearly 30 years of voice acting experience, Diskin has voiced a multitude of characters in video games, anime, and western animation. Some of his more recognizable roles include Eugene in "Hey Arnold!," Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 in "Codename: Kids Next Door," Sai in "Naruto Shippuden," Eddie Brock...
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48. Jason Marsden
Actor | Boy Meets World
You've seen him. You've heard him. Appearing across platforms such as television, feature film, animation, video games, commercials, talking toys, promotion, narration, and internet; as a result, Mars is affectionately referred to as "That Guy From That Show".
Originally from Warwick, RI, Marsden ...
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49. 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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50. 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 ...
Hook
51. 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 ...
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