There are so many different cartoon characters, puppets, and other popular TV icons that we see everyday...but very rarely do we see the person whose voice is behind this creation. This thread basically shows what the person (who provides the voice for these characters) looks like or who they are.


http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0520/csmimg/p18a.jpg

This is Caroll Spinney....he plays the voice of Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird on the beloved Sesame Street.  For nearly 35 years, Caroll Spinney has been Oscar and Big Bird.

Sometimes he's inside Big Bird, moving Big Bird's wings with his left hand and his beak with his right. Other times, he's hiding behind Oscar's garbage can. Occasionally, he plays both characters at once!



This is Kevin Clash....he is the voice of the ever popular, Elmo!!  http://i.cnn.net/cnn/SPECIALS/2002/black.history/stories/28.clash/clash.jpg


Kevin Clash provides the distinctive voice for Elmo, the immensely popular Muppet character introduced on "Sesame Street" in the 1980s. Told to provide a voice for Elmo soon after joining Sesame Street as a puppeteer, Clash came up with Elmo's distinctive voice and laugh, turning the puppet into one of the show's most popular characters. It also netted Clash an Emmy Award.

I've seen the Elmo guy before, but never Oscar/Big Bird. 

Is it just me or does anyone else try to figure out the voices in commercials too?  i.e. Julia Roberts does some AOL commercials, Christian Slater does Panasonic, etc.



yes, I do that sometimes.  Some of the voices sound very familiar at times....but I usually cannot place them.

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Andy Serkis as the voice of Gollum/Smeagol  in The Lord Of the Rings. 

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/andyserkis.jpg

Andy Serkis as the voice of Gollum/Smeagol  in The Lord Of the Rings. 





awww....he kinda resembles him...in a cute sort of freakish kinda way! ;)

awww....he kinda resembles him...in a cute sort of freakish kinda way! ;)
Gollum is cool, I love his split personality, the evil murderous Gollum and the try to be good  Smeagol,  but that darn Ring screwed him up something fierce  ;D

Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody from Toy Story I love the movie and the sequel.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/tom_hanks.jpg

Tom Hanks as the voice of Woody from Toy Story I love the movie and the sequel.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/tom_hanks.jpg



those were great movies! :)

Alexander Gould (Nemo) in Finding Nemo.

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=alexander+gould/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiA3sAtEX38AGVOjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12sj3f1mf/EXP=1141703095/*-http%3A//www.thatsentertainmentonline.com/graphics/nemo_stills/nemo_ag.jpg


wow, they kinda look alike too! :o

Jodi Benson AKA...The Little Mermaid


http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=jodi+benson/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiXqsAtEBAMAkAKjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=1242eak1f/EXP=1141703274/*-http%3A//www.splicedonline.com/features/benson.jpghttp://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=jodi+benson/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiAZsQtEOoAA7jyjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=121fcm3eh/EXP=1141703321/*-http%3A//kyllir02.users5.50megs.com/arielcd.jpg

Tom Kenny "SpongeBob Squarepants"


http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=tom+kenny/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiZysQtEItUAryCjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12qfkhalj/EXP=1141703410/*-http%3A//mag.awn.com/issue8.05/8.05images/kenny01_tomKenny_spongebob.jpg

Alexander Gould (Nemo) in Finding Nemo.

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=alexander+gould/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiA3sAtEX38AGVOjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12sj3f1mf/EXP=1141703095/*-http%3A//www.thatsentertainmentonline.com/graphics/nemo_stills/nemo_ag.jpg


wow, they kinda look alike too! :o
hahhahhah he's cute.  if I had time I'd post Ellen's fishy character but I have to leave the board until later.
I've watched The Little Mermaid many times when my daughter was young. seems so long ago.  

Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson

http://www.ctforum.org/graphics/events/Yeardley-Smith%20for%20website.jpg

Of course she's also known for her role in the TV show "Hermans Head" and a guest starring role on Mama's Family ;)

(the late) Jaclyn Linetsky, the Canadian actress who was the voice of Caillou

http://ledemon09.skyblog.com/pics/132584481.jpg

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OMG...I had no idea that it was a girl who played Caillou....that is so sad how she and her bf died in an auto accident...they were only like 17 huh?



Wait, what?! She died..?? :o

Wait, what?! She died..?? :o



yes....you can read about it here... :\'(


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1109926/

OMG...I had no idea that it was a girl who played Caillou....that is so sad how she and her bf died in an auto accident...they were only like 17 huh?


Quite sad yes  :\'(

She was 16, I believe.  She was filming episodes for a Canadian series called "15/Love" when her and her co-star Vadim Schneider died in the car accident.  The show premiered after their death

Zach Braff as "Chicken Little"


http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=Zach+Braff+chicken+little/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiWkzAtEWxMA9PujzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=13h0pti7t/EXP=1141710372/*-http%3A//www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/movies/c/chicken_little/braff_chicken_split/180x180.jpg

Zach Braff as "Chicken Little"


http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=Zach+Braff+chicken+little/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiWkzAtEWxMA9PujzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=13h0pti7t/EXP=1141710372/*-http%3A//www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/movies/c/chicken_little/braff_chicken_split/180x180.jpg



I don't care what anyone says... that guy reminds me of John Ritter SO much.

I always thought Ernie and Kermit from Sesame Street sounded like the same person... does anyone know if they are?

dude, no....that kid doesn't look like John Ritter...BUT, there's this new guy on, "The L Word"....that looks SO much like him!! This isn't the greatest pic of him, but all of the others that I found on Yahoo Image search, wouldn't let the link work when I tried to post it....anyways...he is the one on the right in the purple shirt...his name is Dallas Roberts.


http://www.indiewire.com/ots/photos/onthescene_040805ipop_Open.jpg

I always thought Ernie and Kermit from Sesame Street sounded like the same person... does anyone know if they are?




Yes...Jim Henson actually played both voices from 1969 to 1990....then when he passed away...the voices were taken over by a person named, Steve Whitmire.

dude, no....that kid doesn't look like John Ritter...BUT, there's this new guy on, "The L Word"....that looks SO much like him!!


John Ritter's actor son Jason Ritter look exactly like his dad.  It's uncanny :o

http://www.poster.net/ritter-jason/ritter-jason-photo-jason-ritter-6233501.jpg

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dude, no....that kid doesn't look like John Ritter...BUT, there's this new guy on, "The L Word"....that looks SO much like him!! This isn't the greatest pic of him, but all of the others that I found on Yahoo Image search, wouldn't let the link work when I tried to post it....anyways...he is the one on the right in the purple shirt...his name is Dallas Roberts.


http://www.indiewire.com/ots/photos/onthescene_040805ipop_Open.jpg



You honestly think they don't look alike..? Wow, I guess I'm the only one who sees it.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/A_VictimOfYou/JohnRitterZachBraff.jpg

You honestly think they don't look alike..? Wow, I guess I'm the only one who sees it.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/A_VictimOfYou/JohnRitterZachBraff.jpg



not really....but gosh darnit...I am really missing John Ritter now!! :\'(

not really....but gosh darnit...I am really missing John Ritter now!! :\'(



Yeah, Me, too... I liked him a lot. Hm, is this considered an "annoying tangent" that people have been talking about so much?

I don't care what anyone says... that guy reminds me of John Ritter SO much.
I see a strong resemblance to Jack Tripper, one of my heros  ;)

and here is another entry from me. Eddie Murphy as Donkey in Shrek and Mushu in Mulan http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/donkey.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/mushugong.gif

Yeah, Me, too... I liked him a lot. Hm, is this considered an "annoying tangent" that people have been talking about so much?


No.  This is the good kind of tangent. (at least, imo) :)

Yeah, Me, too... I liked him a lot. Hm, is this considered an "annoying tangent" that people have been talking about so much?



no, it's a good one...and besides, it's my thread, so feel free to talk about John Ritter as much as you'd like! :)

Did John Ritter do any voice overs for animated characters, wasn't he a dog?

^yes, he played Clifford the big red dog...and to this day, when I watch it with Vaughn and hear his voice..I get all teary-eyed :\'(

Don Messick as Scooby-Doo (plus TONS of other cartoon voices)



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^yes, he played Clifford the big red dog...and to this day, when I watch it with Vaughn and hear his voice..I get all teary-eyed :\'(
I never watched it, but i thought I had heard talk of it. It must be sad, I still will watch Three's Company and enjoy the comedy, and now Mr Furley is gone too. double sad.

I never watched it, but i thought I had heard talk of it. It must be sad, I still will watch Three's Company and enjoy the comedy, and now Mr Furley is gone too. double sad.



I know....almost too unbearable to watch now! :( :\'(

no, it's a good one...and besides, it's my thread, so feel free to talk about John Ritter as much as you'd like! :)


I really liked him on that late 80's Cop Drama "Hooperman" where he co-starred with that little dog.  That was a great show :)

The famous James Earl Jones http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/jones.jpg  has lent his voice to The Lion King as Simba's father Mufasa http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/Mufasa.jpg
and is the voice for Darth Vader http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c235/badfingermike/jamesearljones.jpg

Here is Lisa Lougheed ...

http://www.nostalgia-zone.org/lisa_lougheed/image/peace_harmony05b.jpg

She was the voice of Lisa Raccoon on the very popular cartoon series "The Raccoons".  As well, she also performed the show's theme song "Run With Us" :)

http://www.gilsinan.com/raccoons/images/lisarac5.jpg

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Not forgetting the absolute genius that was Mel Blanc...

The guy who gave voices to...Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety Pie, Foghorn Leghorn...oh the list goes on and on and on...

Very sadly missed...

Not forgetting the absolute genius that was Mel Blanc...

The guy who gave voices to...Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety Pie, Foghorn Leghorn...oh the list goes on and on and on...

Very sadly missed...



Oh, yes...loved him!  :)

http://www.nndb.com/people/009/000023937/frank-oz-sized.jpg


Frank Oz

The late great Canadian actor Phil Hartman  :\'( 

http://www.makeup-artist.com/images/prosthetics/hartman.jpg


He was best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and NewsRadio, but he was also well known as the voice of several popular characters on the Simpsons ...



Lionel Hutz, Attorney at Law
http://www.thesimpsonsquotes.com/images/hutz_pointing.gif



Troy McClure, whom you might remember from such films as <film title here> and <film title here>
http://www.mashby.com/images/posts/troy_mcclure.gif



He was also the voice of Henry Mitchell, George Wilson and Ruff the Dog in the popular 80's cartoon Dennis the Menace

http://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/childrenstv/Dennis/Dennis010.jpghttp://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/childrenstv/Dennis/Dennis3.jpghttp://www.jedisparadise.co.uk/childrenstv/Dennis/Dennis009.jpg

Don Messick as Scooby-Doo (plus TONS of other cartoon voices)



http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=Don+Messick/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/;_ylt=A9gnMiWF1gtEbBgAm4ujzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=11ni9jbai/EXP=1141712901/*-http%3A//www.sergioleone.net/ma-3.jpg




Erin, I haven't a clue how to post a picture and the boy isn't here,
so I'll just mention him.Casey Casem as shaggy

so I'll just mention him.Casey Casem as shaggy


He was also the voice of Robin on "Superfriends" :)

Erin, I haven't a clue how to post a picture and the boy isn't here,
so I'll just mention him.Casey Casem as shaggy



here ya go Loki...


Casey Kasem
http://www.premrad.com/vimage/2005/08/253_show_portrait.jpg

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Nick Bakay as the voice of Salem,  Sabrina the Teenage Witch's talking black cat.  I like his cynical sarcastic attitude.  ;D

I would love to meet (or better still, be) Hank Azaria. Imagine the games you could play with little kids. I'd dress up in a green sweater, grey pants, and grow a soup-strainer and pretend to be the real Ned Flanders.

A couple that were watched by my kids alot in the 80s

http://www.juanitogrillo.com/C964303215/E20050928054518/Media/don_adams.jpg

Don Adams as Inspector Gadget

http://thetoonspark.tripod.com/Inspector%20Gadget%201983.jpg

Tom Bosley as David The Gnome

http://www.nndb.com/people/725/000022659/bosley-sm.jpg

http://www.er.uqam.ca/pasteur/e320170/tel18-david.jpg

John Alderton does the voice of Fireman Sam (my sons favourite)

A couple that were watched by my kids alot in the 80s

http://www.juanitogrillo.com/C964303215/E20050928054518/Media/don_adams.jpg

Don Adams as Inspector Gadget

http://thetoonspark.tripod.com/Inspector%20Gadget%201983.jpg

Tom Bosley as David The Gnome

http://www.nndb.com/people/725/000022659/bosley-sm.jpg

http://www.er.uqam.ca/pasteur/e320170/tel18-david.jpg




Tom Bosley also did the voice of the Father on the show "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home".

Dan Castellaneta

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/41/200px-Dan_Castellaneta.jpg

Julie Kavner

http://eldar.cz/simpsonovi/Dabing/Julie_Kavner/julie2.jpg

Nancy Cartwright

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/walt_disney/the_incredibles/nancy_cartwright/incredpreg.jpg

They provide the voices for Homer, Marge, and Bart on The Simpsons

Mike Judge

The voice of Hank Hill on King of The Hill and also created Beavis and Butthead

http://www.nowe-panstwo.pl/np_46_2001/46_obyczaje_1.jpg

Hank Azaria

The voice of Moe and other charecters on The Simpsons.

http://www.cnn.com/1999/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/02/tuesdays.morrie/hank.azaria.jpg

Here is the late Lorenzo Music ...

http://povonline.com/images3/lorenzomusic.jpg

He was of course the voice of Garfield the Cat, but you might also recognize his voice work else where ...


Carlton the Doorman (Rhoda)
Super-Pac (Pac-Man Cartoon)
Tummi (Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears)
Peter Venkman (The Real Ghostbusters)
Sgt. Dunder (Disney's Tale Spin)

Alan Young

He provides the voice of Scrooge McDuck

http://www.nndb.com/people/844/000022778/alan-young-1-sized.jpg

WHOA. Nancy Cartwright has NOT aged well.  :o

If anyone remembers, she was in the Twilight Zone movie.  She was the young blonde girl in the story about the boy who could use his mind to control reality. He could turn people into things.  Ironically enough on one of the Treehouse of Horror episodes of The Simpsons, they do a spoof of this story with Bart. Anyway, she didn't look too old then. Maybe early 20s if not younger looking. And that was the early 80s I think.. So she shouldn't even be 50 I don't think. But god she looks it. Anyway, sorry for the tangent.

About Mike Judge:

He took the name "Arlen" for the fictional town in King Of The Hill by by combining Arlington, and Garland. These are both suburbs of Dallas, and infact, Garland is Judge's hometown. I'm originally from very close to Garland. I am from a neighborhood in East Dallas called Casa View/Casa Linda. If you'll ever notice, on King of the Hill the apartment complex where Hank's dad and several other characters live is called Casa Linda.

Frank Welker

One of the busiet voice actors out there.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919798/

http://www.coldhardslag.com/interviews/frankwelker.jpg

Billy West

Does the voices for Stimpy and Philip J. Fry

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/lithium/900/billy_west/billy_west.jpg

Here is D

Wayne Allwine

The voice of Mickey Mouse

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3253/guest/a/allwine_wayne_216.jpg

WHOA. Nancy Cartwright has NOT aged well.  :o

If anyone remembers, she was in the Twilight Zone movie.  She was the young blonde girl in the story about the boy who could use his mind to control reality. He could turn people into things.  Ironically enough on one of the Treehouse of Horror episodes of The Simpsons, they do a spoof of this story with Bart. Anyway, she didn't look too old then. Maybe early 20s if not younger looking. And that was the early 80s I think.. So she shouldn't even be 50 I don't think. But god she looks it. Anyway, sorry for the tangent.

About Mike Judge:

He took the name "Arlen" for the fictional town in King Of The Hill by by combining Arlington, and Garland. These are both suburbs of Dallas, and infact, Garland is Judge's hometown. I'm originally from very close to Garland. I am from a neighborhood in East Dallas called Casa View/Casa Linda. If you'll ever notice, on King of the Hill the apartment complex where Hank's dad and several other characters live is called Casa Linda.


Re-posting this so people will see it, lol.

Voices for charecters on Rugrats

Elizabeth Daily

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/dreamworks_skg/the_mexican/elizabeth_daily/mexicanpre2.jpg

Christine Cavanaugh

http://entimg.msn.com/i/150/ce/june/ccavanaugh_150x207.jpg

Kath Soucie

http://www.ecto-web.org/~spookcentral/cast_crew_kath_soucie.jpg

Cheryl Chase

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/23/images/FLO_1_voicecropped.jpg

Tara Strong

http://www.nndb.com/people/866/000088602/tara-strong-1-sized.jpg

John Kricfalusi

The voice of Ren

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/RenStimpy2000/kricfalusi.gif

John Di Maggio

The voice of Bender on Futurama

http://ffmedia.ign.com/filmforce/image/dimaggio_160.jpg

Trey Parker and Matt Stone

Creators of South Park and also provide voices on the show.

http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/images/trey-parker.jpg

http://www.thekrazykennyshow.net/images/mattandtrey/matt.gif

here's one of my favourite cartoon villains of recent ...

Mark Hamill as the voice of The Joker in "Batman: The Animated Series", "Batman: Gotham Knights" and "Justice League"

http://usuarios.lycos.es/BoigCinema/Stars/luke2.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/jokercdi/jkrart02.gif


- AND -

Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn, the Joker's right hand woman

http://www.classictvhits.com/cast/1518.jpghttp://www.blackwolf-images.com/images/wbg/dc/sq_harl.jpg

Alan Reed

Provided the voice for Fred Flintstone

http://www.wingnuttoons.com/flntAlan.jpg

WHOA. Nancy Cartwright has NOT aged well.  :o

If anyone remembers, she was in the Twilight Zone movie.  She was the young blonde girl in the story about the boy who could use his mind to control reality. He could turn people into things.  Ironically enough on one of the Treehouse of Horror episodes of The Simpsons, they do a spoof of this story with Bart. Anyway, she didn't look too old then. Maybe early 20s if not younger looking. And that was the early 80s I think.. So she shouldn't even be 50 I don't think. But god she looks it. Anyway, sorry for the tangent.


Age certainly has not been kind to her.  I remember her from the Twilight Zone movie :)

Kevin Conroy

The voice of Batman

http://www.animationartgallery.com/images/promotional/comiccon2004/kevinconroy.jpg

James Avery

Played Phillip Banks on Fresh Prince of Bel Air and provided the voice of Shredder, on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

http://www.nndb.com/people/663/000051510/avery-sm.jpg

Peter Cullen

The voice of Optimus Prime

http://www.unicron.us/tf2004/botcon2004/100_0310.jpg

Robert Smigel

Voice of Triumph The Insult Comic Dog

http://i.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/040311/14414__smigel_l.jpg

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Steven Joel Krazner

Puppeter behind Ed The Sock

http://image26.webshots.com/27/9/95/29/374599529fAepgC_ph.jpg

Steven Joel Krazner

Puppeter behind Ed The Sock

http://image26.webshots.com/27/9/95/29/374599529fAepgC_ph.jpg


Ed the Sock is so annoying ;D