Your Top 50 Voice Actors Revealed!

[anais.butterfly]

12 Phil Hartman

(100 points, 8 lists of 16, highest ranking: #5 Anais.Butterfly)
Fan Favorite:
The Simpsons – Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure

From Wikipedia:
Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998; né Hartmann) was a Canadian American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family moved to the United States when he was 10. Hartman joined the comedy group The Groundlings in 1975 and there helped comedian Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the screenplay for the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.

Hartman became famous in the late 1980s when he joined the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and he stayed on the show for eight seasons. Called "the Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989. He has had frequent roles on The Simpsons as Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure, and others, and appeared in the films Houseguest, Sgt. Bilko, Jingle All the Way, and Small Soldiers.

Hartman had been divorced twice before he married Brynn Omdahl in 1987; the couple had two children together. However, their marriage was fractured, due in part to Brynn's drug use. On May 28, 1998, Brynn shot and killed her husband while he slept in their Encino, Los Angeles, home, then committed suicide several hours later. In the weeks following his death, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly opined that Hartman was "the last person you'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper...a decidedly regular guy, beloved by everyone he worked with".[1] Hartman was posthumously inducted in to Canada's Walk of Fame in 2012.

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[anais.butterfly]

11 Tress MacNeille

(101 points, 7 lists of 16, highest ranking: #6 Kete, Gofyblind, Compound)
Fan Favorite:
Animaniacs – Dot Warner
Futurama – Mom

Additional Roles:
The Simpsons – Agnes Skinner, Lindsey Naegle, Dolph, Brandine Spuckler, Cookie Kwan, Bernice Hibbert, Crazy Cat Lady, Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon,
Futurama – Linda, Tinny Tim, Munda, Ndnd, The Slurm Queen
Tiny Toon Adventures – Babs Bunny

From Wikipedia:
Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series The Simpsons, Futurama, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Disney's House of Mouse, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Dave the Barbarian.

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[CJones]

15 Jim Cummings

I had Jim Cummings at #2, but at the time I couldn't think of any speaking roles other than Winnie the Pooh. I know he's been in a ton of Disney stuff. You'll find his name somewhere in the credits of nearly everything Disney has done in the last 20 years. But I particularly like his singing:

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In Be Prepared, according to Jim Cummings himself, all the singing lines, including everything after "You won't get a sniff out of me" is him. There's also a story that Jeremy Irons blew out his voice after that line, but there's some contention over that. He also played Ed, who doesn't actually have any lines.

Also, is it just me, or does he look a lot like Kevin?

[Pak-Man]

I love Jim Cummings as Hondo Ohnaka. He's my favorite thing to come out of the Clone Wars cartoons. :^)

[Johnny Unusual]

Jim Cummings is great, but he didn't make my list.  The guy is EVERYWHERE!  And that's in an industry where people need to be everywhere.

I love Tom Kenny.  He was fantastic on Mr Show and has proven to be an amazing voice talent.  Though Spongebob is probably the one closest to his sensibility (despite being in the alt-comedy community, he always struck me as a fan of old-timey Vaudeville).  But my favourite is probably the Ice King.  I didn't choose him to represent since I think Spongebob is most representitive of Kenny, but with Ice King he knocks it out of the park every time in terms of humour and in later episodes proves he can make the character scary and sympathetic as well.

Hey, let's meet the LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD!
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Also, some great non-animated acting.

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[Compound]

Fun fact: Tom Kenny (whom I spaced on) was for a few years the spokesperson for a local radio station. During their early days, you'd see TV commercials with him running energetically around downtown Denver promoting  them. (This was pre - Mr. Show.)

A few years later this same station had Phil Hartman come in and be their DJ for a weekend. so they've got two connections to the list.

Sadly, these days their format is "Mexican Language" so they're not nearly as interesting.

[Johnny Unusual]

A few years later this same station had Phil Hartman come in and be their DJ for a weekend. so they've got two connections to the list.

Sadly, these days their format is "Mexican Language" so they're not nearly as interesting.

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[anais.butterfly]

10 NARF! Rob Paulsen

(Hey Cole, can you guess what website this pic is from )
(107 points, 7 lists of 16, highest ranking: #2 Cole Stratton, Compound)
Fan Favorite:
Animaniacs – Yakko Warner; Pinky
Pinky and the Brain – Pinky
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) – Raphael


Additional Roles:
  The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange –  Broccoli Captain / Dr. Banana / Dr. Frutenstein
The Fairly OddParents – Mark Chang / Bucky McBadbat / King Grippulon

From Wikipedia:
Robert Fredrick "Rob" Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956), often credited as Rob Paulsen, is an American voice actor and singer, best known as the voice behind Raphael from the 1987 cartoon of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko Warner and Dr. Otto Scratchansniff from Animaniacs, Pinky from Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs, Rev Runner from Loonatics Unleashed, and Throttle from the 1990s and 2006 versions of Biker Mice From Mars.[1] His role as Pinky won him a Daytime Emmy Award for male vocal performance.

In total, Paulsen has been the voice of over 250 different animated characters and performed in over 1000 commercials. He continues to play parts in dozens of cartoons as well as characters in animated feature movies.

As of 2012, Rob Paulsen is the voice of the Broccoli Commander on The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Mac Gopher in The Looney Tunes Show, Mark Chang in Fairly OddParents, and Toodles in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He is on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series as the voice of Donatello.

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[anais.butterfly]

9 Seth McFarlane

(136 points, 11 lists of 16, highest ranking: #4 ZombieMonty)
Fan Favorite:
Family Guy – Brian Griffin and Stewie Griffin
Amercian Dad – Stan Smith

Additional Roles:
Ted – Ted
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder –  Mars Vegas Singer
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie – I.S.R.A.E.L. (Intelligent Smart Robot Animation Eraser Lady

From Wikipedia:
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director, and singer. He is the creator of Family Guy (1999–present) and co-creator of American Dad! (2005–present) and The Cleveland Show (2009–present), for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.

As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward. MacFarlane's interest in science fiction and fantasy has led to cameo and guest appearances on Star Trek: Enterprise and voicing the character of Johann Kraus in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. As a singer, MacFarlane has performed at several venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.

MacFarlane has won several awards for his work on Family Guy, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. For several years, Family Guy has been the subject of criticism from television watchdog groups, such as the Parents Television Council, who regularly condemn it for its alleged indecency. He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and is a supporter of gay rights.

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[anais.butterfly]

8 Hank Azaria

(168 points, 10 lists of 16, highest ranking: ##4 ScottotD, Goflyblind)
Fan Favorite:
The Simpsons – Moe Szyslak

Additional Roles:
The Simpsons – Apu, Chief Piggum, Comic Book Guy
Futurama – Harold Zoid
Happy Feet Two – The Mighty Sven

From Wikipedia:
Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director, voice actor, and comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons (1989–present), on which he performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and numerous others. Azaria, who attended Tufts University, joined the show with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season. Many of his performances on the show are based on famous actors and characters; Moe's voice, for example, is based on actor Al Pacino. He has won four Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Azaria was married to actress Helen Hunt from 1999 to 2000.

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[anais.butterfly]

So my internet or computer (one of the two) is effing up tonight. I will post the remaining 7 tomorrow (all of them). 

[Compound]

(Hey Cole, can you guess what website this pic is from )
(107 points, 7 lists of 16, highest ranking: #6 Cole Stratton, Compound)

I had Rob at #2 BTW, and I suspect Cole did as well. I don't know if that changes the points or if you just typed 6 instead of 2.

Oh, and while Phil Hartman would have been a great Ice King, I'm pretty sure he wasn't on Adventure Time.

[Gunflyer]

Darn, I was hoping

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Jennifer Hale

made the list.

[Pak-Man]

It ain't over yet...

[Gunflyer]

It ain't over yet...

Perhaps no, but we are in the top 10, and even though i love

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Jennifer Hale

.... this is the part of the list where we see the very very best... personally, I think one of the top entries is actually going to be...

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David Hayter

... or perhaps

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Douglas Rain

for his excellent portrayal of

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Hal 9000

in

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2001

?

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Yes I know I'm really pushing it with the spoiler nuke thingy

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