History Main / GutturalGrowler

* [=Mr. T=] has become this later in life, fools!

** Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse has a more subtle version, as Creator/BenAffleck offers only a slightly deeper version of his natural voice as Batman. But he takes to using a voice modulator built into the costume to artificially distort and drop his voice even lower. In his fight with Superman in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', when his armor gets damaged you can hear the distortion effect come in and out.

* Frank Welker also reused the Darkseid/Soundwave/Dr. Claw voice for Malebolgia in the ''Film/{{Spawn|1997}}'' movie, resulting in the demon having a guttural, raspy voice.

* Creator/VinDiesel, whose deep voice shines through in all his roles, particularly [[Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick Riddick]], who sounds even deeper and more guttural than usual in his internal monologue, and ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', where his voice work had less computer assistance than you'd think.

* Brazilian MTV show ''Garganta & Torcicolo'' had the first character, aptly named "Throat" because of this. (the voice actor also did the other one - Portuguese for wry neck - with a high-pitched voice made the duo - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eooIgGgyfmA see a sample here]] - basically a reverse SopranoAndGravel) The voice actor would credit this role for when he did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hU4w9GEpY8 the local version of]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Treebeard]], which apparently impressed the distributors, who even thought the voice had an added filter!

* Creator/MichaelKeaton, again, as Film/Beetlejuice...appropriate, since the Ghost With the Most's been dead and buried for a good few centuries and his vocal cords are quite rotten. Stephen Ouimette emulated this throaty growl as best he could for the [[Radar/BeetleJuice animated series]], at least initially, but given time [[VocalEvolution eventually made it his own]].

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' once featured an intimidating-looking, deep-voiced [[BadassBureaucrat process server]]. As [[http://lordjazor.tumblr.com/post/160916141174/been-seeing-this-speculation-around-a-lot-that his voice actor demonstrated]], it's a voice that comes from deep in the throat (to the point most fans thought he had some filter in).

** Apparently, the drastic upgrade in Snake's growling from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' was Creator/DavidHayter's idea; he thought that Snake's voice would completely fall apart as he prematurely aged. His voice for Naked Snake/Big Boss in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' is almost as growly, but still young-sounding, while his older Big Boss voice for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' is as harsh as Old Snake's but doesn't sound as sickly.

** In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidV'', Kaz slides into this over the course of the story as the TraumaCongaLine marches him deeper into Hell.

* Wolverine in the '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONy4BR68siw Pretty much everyone who's ever voiced Wolverine makes him sound this way.]]

** Herry Monster,also from ''Sesame Street''.

* Hank Voight from ''Series/ChicagoPD'' has a deep bass growl that sounds like he gurgles glass shards for fun. Notable because that's actor Jason Beghe's actual voice, thanks to damage to his vocal cords sustained after an automobile accident in '99.
* William Adama from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. This is how he got the callsign "Husker"

* Creator/MichaelKeaton, again, as Film/Beetlejuice...appropriate, since the Ghost With the Most's been dead and buried for a good few centuries and his vocal cords are quite rotten. Stephen Ouimette emulated this throaty growl as best he could for the [[Radar/Beetlejuice animated series]], at least initially, but given time [[VocalEvolution eventually made it his own]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' has a CrossDressingVoice example of this with Mac's [[BigBrotherBully cruel older brother]] Terrence, who is voiced by Creator/TaraStrong. Yes, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic THAT]] [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Tara]] [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Strong]]. This is actually the main reason she declared Terrence to be her least favorite character to voice since his husky voice inflicted an acute strain to her vocal cords.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* If John Casey of Series/{{Chuck}} slips into this, you'd best be ready to run, because it means you've just pushed his BerserkButton (of which there are ''many''). Chuck also affects one when masquerading as an assassin who also perpetually speaks with this.

* Garland (Garr) sounds like this when fighting in VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII.

* As a rare [[TomboyishVoice tomboyish female example]], Ronnie Anne Santiago from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' often speaks with a deep, rough and raspy voice, [[VocalDissonance despite being just a young girl on her early teens]].

* Takkar TheBeastmaster in ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' has a low, serious, gravelly voice appropriate for a [[BarbarianHero Caveman Hero]]. A lot deeper than his enemy Warchief Ull. Also applies to Takkar's ally, Tensay the Shaman, voiced by Creator/TerrenceCCarson (aka. the man who voiced [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]]), though Tensay is less soft-spoken than Takkar, basically a CreepyGood LargeHam.

*** Also Kefka at times. It's actually [[MoodWhiplash a bit jarring]] to hear him go from high-pitched, gleeful cries of joy at the prospect of maiming his opponent to snarling in a way that is most definitely ''not'' humorous.

* Ghouls in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe speak this way, due to their decomposition (even the women, though they have a slightly higher register). Chris Haversam, a perfectly normal human who believes he is a ghoul, speaks with a similar rasp; as you first hear him over a PA it leads you to believe he actually is a ghoul. It's averted in the case of Dean Domino of the ''Dead Money'' DLC, who seems to have kept his lounge singer voice after all these years. Super Mutants and Nightkin also apply. However, as of ''Videogame/{{Fallout 4}}'' a ghoul's voice varies from sounding growly to sounding like any other human.
** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has at least three Super Mutants that, oddly, speak in a normal human voice: Neil from Black Mountain, Marcus from ''Fallout 2'', and an unnamed Super Mutant Master in Jacobstown. Raul the ghoul companion has a much less gravelly voice than other ghouls, one ghoul member of the Followers has a clear voice, and Jason Bright has an echoey synthetic-sounding voice (electronic voicebox?).

** Megatron gets this voice full-stop for [[Film/{{Transformers}} the film series]]. Likewise for Soundwave, whose voice wasn't vocoded this time.
** On the newer TF side of things, ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has Megatron reprised by Creator/FrankWelker with VocalEvolution, Starscream voiced by Creator/SteveBlum, and Dreadwing voiced by Creator/TonyTodd. The second season also introduced Hardshell, an Elite Insecticon voiced by Creator/DavidKaye (imagine a more growling ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' Megatron).
*** If Hardshell counts, so does ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'''s Lugnut, with whom he shares his voice actor.

* Manfred von Karma from the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series (both versions).

* In ''Series/TheMandalorian'', the title character speaks with a tough-sounding rasp. It usually seems like his helmet distorting his voice, but he still sounds hoarse after removing it.

* In ''Film/{{Birdman}}'', the protagonist's ImaginaryFriend (played by Creator/MichaelKeaton) speaks in a deep, growling voice that's reminiscent of Batman. Keaton described it in an interview as a "bastardization" of his Batman voice.

* As a rare [[TomboiyshVoice tomboyish female example]], Ronnie Anne Santiago from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' often speaks with a deep, rough and raspy voice, [[VocalDissonance despite being just a young girl on her early teens]].

* As a rare [[tomboiyshvoice tomboyish female example]], Ronnie Anne Santiago from ''WesternAnimation/{{TheLoudHouse}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' often speaks with a deep, rough and raspy voice, [[VocalDissonance despite being just a young girl on her early teens]].

* As a rare ''tomboiyshvoice/tomboyish female example'', Ronnie Anne Santiago from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' often speaks with a deep, rough and raspy voice, ''VocalDissonance/despite being just a young girl on her early teens''.

* As a rare tomboyish female example, Ronnie Anne Santiago from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' often speaks with a deep, rough and raspy voice, despite being just a young girl on her early teens.