History Main / CelebrityVoiceActor

* In the German dub of "WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity", Frank McCay is voiced by association footballer Manuel Neuer.

* In the German cub of "WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity", Frank McCay is voiced by association footballer Manuel Neuer.

** ''Videogame/MassEffectAndromeda'' has Creator/NatalieDormer as ship physician Dr. Lexi T'Perro and Creator/KumailNanjiani as Director Jarun Tann.

** Creator/EveMyles is in ''Videogame/DragonAgeII'' as Merrill.
** Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr (who was also in Mass Effect 3) voices Iron Bull in ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition''. Black returns as Morrigan in ''Inquisition''.

* Season Two of ''Videogame/TheWalkingDead'' has Creator/MichaelMadsen as Bill Carver, villain of the first half of the season.

** The voice actors for ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}''[='s=] various Marine [=NPCs=] include Creator/OrlandoJones, Creator/LauraPrepon, Creator/DavidCross, and Creator/MichelleRodriguez. Additionally, Miranda Keyes was voiced by Creator/JulieBenz (though [[TheOtherDarrin she would be replaced by Justis Bolding]] in the sequel).
** Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/AdamBaldwin, and Creator/AlanTudyk first came back together to voice minor [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' before all getting starring roles in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''. Yes, Creator/{{Bungie}} Studios is mostly staffed by [[Series/{{Firefly}} Browncoats]].

* Creator/RonPerlman narrates every ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' game except ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' and ''Videogame/Fallout4''[[note]]He makes a voiced cameo as a news anchor in ''4''[[/note]]. He does, however, have an extensive background in voice acting as well as screen acting.

** ''VideoGame/{{Until Dawn}}'' features an EnsembleCast which includes Creator/HaydenPanettiere as [[NiceGirl Samantha "Sam" Giddings]], Creator/RamiMalek (prior to his breakthrough) as [[SadClown Josh Washington]], Creator/BrettDalton as [[BigManOnCampus Michael "Mike" Munroe]], and Creator/MeaghanMartin as [[LovableAlphaBitch Jessica "Jess" Riley]]. Creator/PeterStormare appears in a smaller role as psychiatrist Dr. Alan Hill.

* Creator/ShigesatoItoi, essayist, copywriter, creator of ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' and all-around RenaissanceMan, voiced Satsuki and Mei's father in ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.

* Comedian Bussunda was Franchise/{{Shrek}} in the first two movies, with him having the advantage of a complete track done by professional dubber Mauro Ramos - who eventually took over the role, given Bussunda died a year prior to the third ''Shrek''. ''Shrek 2'' also tried to follow Larry King as the Ugly Sister by also having a journalist in the role (though he didn't return in the third).

* ''Westernanimation/SinbadLegendOfTheSevenSeas'' had Thiago Lacerda as the title character (amusingly, when he dubbed again it was another Brad Pitt role, [[Westernanimation/MegaMind Metro Man]]) and Creator/GiovannaAntonelli as Marina (who would also voice the mother from ''Westernanimation/TheBossBaby'').

* Two games had big cases of StuntCasting singers on their dub gone wrong, Cassie Cage in ''Videogame/MortalKombatX'' (once the DLC characters forced pre-match banter with a new voice, everyone started asking for a redub with that one!) and Det. Mendonza of ''Videogame/BattlefieldHardline'' (not helped by said singer [[DearNegativeReader using his Twitter for takedowns on complainers]]).

* Comedy troupe Creator/{{Backdoor}} not only did the adaptation of ''Westernanimation/SausageParty'', but had a few voice roles in the movie too. Three of the members also appeared in other cartoons, Fábio Porchat (Olaf in ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'' and Chuck in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie Angry Birds]]'', plus sequels to both), Antonio Tabet (Hank from ''Westernanimation/FindingDory'', Bunny in ''Westernanimation/ToyStory4''), and Gregorio Duvivier (Comicbook/{{Asterix}} in ''The Secret of the Magic Potion'', Bob in ''WesternAnimation/Luck2022'').
* ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' had mostly celebrities, with the biggest exceptions being Mowgli himself and his wolf father Akela. For instance, there was the aforementioned Thiago Lacerda (Shere Khan) and Tiago Abravanel (King Louie), and also Creator/AlinneMoraes as Kaa.

* Lázaro Ramos voiced the protagonists of both ''Westernanimation/TheGrinch2018'' and ''Westernanimation/SpiesInDisguise'', with the latter also featuring his wife Creator/TaisAraujo as Marcy.

[[WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa The Madagascar sequel]] had many different singers and rappers voice Moto Moto, in order to give off that sexy vibe he had:

* Sigourney Weaver’s role in ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory'' was mainly a joke about how she narrates documentaries about aquatic life. In order to keep this theme, she was replaced with:

** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' has the main character's father James voiced by Creator/LiamNeeson.

* Creator/RonPerlman narrates every ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'' game except ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' and ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}''[[note]]He makes a voiced cameo as a news anchor in ''4''[[/note]]. He does, however, have an extensive background in voice acting as well as screen acting.

* ''VideoGame/{{Payday 2}}'' has Creator/SharltoCopley reprise his character from ''Film/HardcoreHenry'', Jimmy. Furthermore, one of the later heisters, Rust, was a [[{{Turncoat}} former]] [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Overkill MC]] BadassBiker, played by Creator/RonPerlman. On a smaller scale, Ethan and Hila Klein of Webvideo/{{h3h3productions}} voice [[AsHimself fictionalized versions of themselves]]. [[spoiler:The GoldenEnding of the game has Creator/JohnDeLancie as the President of the United States]].

* The English dub of ''Animation/KungFuWa'' is notable for being the voice acting debut of American [[Platform/{{TikTok}} TikToker]] WebVideo/SofiaGomez (who voices TZ), an avid anime fan who gained popularity on the video platform primarily for cosplaying as various anime, comic book and manga characters.[[note]]In addition to a few [[BuxomBeautyStandard bikini “thirst traps”]] (most notably, a video that was part of a Summer 2020 trend set to the Creator/AmandaSeyfried[=-=]Creator/DominicCooper cover of Music/{{ABBA}}[='=]s “Lay All Your Love on Me” from ''Film/MammaMia'', which Gomez filmed after doing a photoshoot) that helped gain her a sizeable male following (along with the cosplays she soon became more known for), among the videos that earned Gomez (then 17/18) [=TikTok=] fame in 2020 was that of her spot-on impression of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Perry the Platypus]], which even earned recognition from ''Phineas & Ferb'' creator Creator/DanPovenmire.[[/note]]

* The English dub of ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' features three actors from Creator/{{Marvel}}'s films around the time of its release in key rolls: Creator/AnnaPaquin ([[Film/XMenFilmSeries Rogue]]) as James Steam, Creator/AlfredMolina ([[Film/SpiderMan2 Doctor Octopus]]) as Edward Steam, and Creator/PatrickStewart ([[Film/XMenFilmSeries Professor Xavier]]) as Lloyd Steam.

* Popular television personality and drag queen Akihiro Miwa has done voice acting in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' and ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''. He was also the Pokemon God Arceus in ''Anime/PokemonArceusAndTheJewelOfLife''.

** Website/{{YouTube}}rs Dylan Haegens, Noah Zeeuw, Thomas “Theaumes” Smagge, Bardo Ellens and musician Jelle Amersfoort voice them in the Dutch dub.

** Let’s players Luca "WebVideo/ConCrafter" Scharpenberg and Viktor “iBlali” Roth voice these characters in the German dub.

** Website/{{YouTube}}r Lorenzo “Favij” Ostuni voices the character in the Italian dub.
** Kevin Tran of “Le Rire Jaune” voices him in the European French dub.
** Let’s player iBlali voices him in the German dub.

** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' continues this trend, where Creator/DannyTrejo and Creator/DanielDaeKim provide voices in the English dub. WebAnimation/KsonOnAir, a popular Japanese[=/=]English VirtualYoutuber, also provides the voice of [[AsHerself Kei]] ([[RoleReprisal reprising her role]] from ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'').

** ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' continues this trend, where Creator/DannyTrejo and Creator/DanielDaeKim provide voices in the English dub.

* Creator/RonPerlman narrates every ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' game except ''VideoGame/FalloutBrotherhoodOfSteel'' and ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}''[[note]]He makes a voiced cameo as a news anchor in ''4''[[/note]]. He does, however, have an extensive background in voice acting as well as screen acting.

* The Tagalog dub of ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' had prominent band vocalists such as Jett Pangan (of The Dawn and the Jett Pangan Group), Raimund Marasigan (of Music/TheEraserheads and Sandwich), Yael Yuzon (of Spongecola), Ney Dimaculangan (of [=6cyclemind=]), and Teddy Corpuz (of Rocksteddy) voice many of the characters.

* The English dub of ''Animation/KungFuWa'' is notable for being the voice acting debut of American [[Website/{{TikTok}} TikToker]] WebVideo/SofiaGomez (who voices TZ), an avid anime fan who gained popularity on the video platform primarily for cosplaying as various anime, comic book and manga characters.[[note]]In addition to a few [[BuxomBeautyStandard bikini “thirst traps”]] (most notably, a video that was part of a Summer 2020 trend set to the Creator/AmandaSeyfried[=-=]Creator/DominicCooper cover of Music/{{ABBA}}[='=]s “Lay All Your Love on Me” from ''Film/MammaMia'', which Gomez filmed after doing a photoshoot) that helped gain her a sizeable male following (along with the cosplays she soon became more known for), among the videos that earned Gomez (then 17/18) [=TikTok=] fame in 2020 was that of her spot-on impression of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Perry the Platypus]], which even earned recognition from ''Phineas & Ferb'' creator Creator/DanPovenmire.[[/note]]

** Vivian Hsu voiced Aisha in the TV and HD Remaster versions; she was replaced in the TV Movies.

* One episode of ''Series/OnceUponATime'' had [[Literature/PeterPan the Shadow]] voiced by, of all people, Creator/MarilynManson.
** Its spin-off series ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'' had Creator/JohnLithgow as the White Rabbit and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as his wife, as well as Creator/KeithDavid as the Cheshire Cat and Creator/IggyPop as the Caterpillar.

* The English dub of ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' features three actors from Creator/{{Marvel}}'s films around the time of its release in key rolls: Creator/AnnaPaquin ([[Film/XMen Rogue]]) as James Steam, Creator/AlfredMolina ([[Film/SpiderMan2 Doctor Octopus]]) as Edward Steam, and Creator/PatrickStewart ([[Film/XMen Professor Xavier]]) as Lloyd Steam.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' features comedian duo Luca and Paolo as Kuzco and Kronk and another comedian, Anna Marchesini, as Yzma.

* The theatrical Korean dub of the first ''{{WesternAnimation/Madagascar}}'' movie has Alex voiced by Creator/SongKangHo, one of South Korea's most successful actors.

* In fact, [[http://es.doblaje.wikia.com/wiki/Startalent the Latin dubbing wiki]] has a list of celebrity voice actors.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': The titular character and Rhino are voiced by Claude Legault and Guy Jodoin respectively, two popular actors in Quebec who are also known for having worked together on ''Series/DansUneGalaxiePresDeChezVous''. As for Penny, she's voiced by Frédérique Dufort, who at the time played one of the main characters in a live-action series titled ''Tactik''.

* Creator/RodrigoSantoro was Film/StuartLittle in the first two movies. Once his international career took off, it's somewhat common for him to dub himself in American movies, and he also had a proeminent role in ''Westernanimation/{{Klaus}}''.

* The Japanese dub of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'' features a voice cameo by Inugami Korone, a long-time Sonic fan and famous VirtualYoutuber of WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} fame.

* In the local dub of ''Film/{{Paddington|2014}}'' and ''Film/Paddington2'', the eponymous bear is voiced by comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the creator and star of ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'', who was eventually elected president of UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} in 2019.

* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' has actors (who don't primarily do dubbing) Charlotte Le Bon, Gilles Lellouche, Creator/MelanieLaurent and Creator/PierreNiney voicing Joy, Sadness, Disgust and Fear respectively.

** Scientist and doctor Nikolay Drozdov (mostly known in the country as the narrator for “In The World of Animals”) for the Russian dub.

* The Tagalog dub of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' had the late actor Marky Cielo voice Ichigo Kurosaki, Daytime Soap actress Yasmien Kurdi as Rukia Kuchiki, actor Ranier Castillo as Uryu Ichida, Dion Ignacio as Yasutora "Chad Sado", and actress and model Nicole Anderson as Orihime Inoue. Following Cielo's death, Ignacio takes over as Ichigo while Chad is then voiced by comedian Jan Manual.

* Popular actress Creator/KathrynBernardo voiced Giselle in the Creator/{{ABSCBN}} dub of ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.
* Klariz Magboo, a well known radio broadcaster and sometimes TV personality in the country, voiced protagonist Ash Ketchum in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' from the very beginning until [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the Kalos season]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoBatmanMovie'', Batgirl is voiced by vlogger Nathalie “Natoo” Odzierejko, while Robin is voiced by ''Danse avec les stars'' winner Rayane Bensetti. Professional football players Antoine Griezmann and Blaise Matuidi voice Superman and the Flash, respectively. Journalist and radio[=/=]television host Stéphane Bern voices Alfred.

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* In France, it’s extremely common for comedians to lend their voice in dubbing, animated or live-action. For example, Anthony Kavanagh has voiced many characters including but not limited to [[Franchise/{{Madagascar}} Marty]], [[WesternAnimation/HappyFeet Lovelace]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Moana}} Maui]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'', Batgirl is voiced by vlogger Nathalie “Natoo” Odzierejko, while Robin is voiced by “Danse avec les stars” winner Rayane Bensetti. Professional football players Antoine Griezmann and Blaise Matuidi voice Superman and the Flash, respectively. Journalist and radio[=/=]television host Stéphane Bern voices Alfred.

** The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' episode had Scooby voiced by his actual voice actor.

* In ‘’WesternAnimation/{{CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2}}’’, MTV Home host Palina Rojinski; replaces Luisa Wietzorek as the voice of Sam Sparks. Stand-up comedian Ilka Bessin voices Barb, but only for the theatrical release.

* Videogame developer and journalist Erik “Gronkh” Range voices the Joker in [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''
** The first ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' game featured big-name actors, including Creator/ElizaDushku as Yumi, Creator/MichaelMadsen as Shimano, and Creator/MarkHamill as [[EnsembleDarkHorse fan favorite]] Majima.

* The {{Yakuza}} series has started featuring [[InkSuitActor photoscanned]] Japanese celebrities as in-game characters since ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'' (and even earlier than that with the unlocalized spinoff game ''Ryū Ga Gotoku Kenzan!''), with one notable example being Creator/TakeshiKitano in ''VideoGame/Yakuza6''.