nPostednon September 2, 2015
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nWhatndoes Professor Coldheart from the Care Bears and the SupremenIntelligence in the Marvel universe have in common?
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nTheynwere both voiced by voice actor Len Carlson.
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nVoicenactors are used to help bring to life many different kinds ofnentertainment, including animated movies and television shows,ncommercials, radio dramas, video games, amusement park rides,ndocumentaries, audiobooks, and even puppet shows.
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Voicenactors often provide voices to fictional characters. Most of thesencharacters are animated, but of course Darth Vader was acted by DavidnProwse but famously voiced by James Earl Jones!
Voicenactors often provide voices to fictional characters. Most of thesencharacters are animated, but of course Darth Vader was acted by DavidnProwse but famously voiced by James Earl Jones!n
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nVoicenactors also provide narration, translation, and announcements.
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nAnlot of voice actors are also live actors or other sorts of famousnentertainers / celebrities. Here is a short list of famous actors /ncomedians / musicians / entertainers who have done voices fornanimated movies, commercials, or documentaries.
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n EllennDeGeneres – Finding Nemo
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n RobinnWilliams – Aladdin
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n AngelinanJolie – Shark Tale
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n GeorgenClooney – AT&T commercials n
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n QueennLatifah – Pizza Hut commercials
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n MorgannFreeman – March of the Penguins
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n BeatlenRingo Starr – Thomas the Tank Engine
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n “WeirdnAl” Yankovic – Transformers
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nButna lot of voice actors are not live actors. I once worked with a mannwho could do hundreds of – maybe even a thousand – differentnvoices. He easily and quickly read a script using five different (andnfun!) voices, always remembering which fictional animal character hadnwhich fictional voice. I was so impressed!
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Unfortunately,nprofessional voice actors who aren’t otherwise celebrities – peoplenwhose names and faces we DON’T know – are used less and less oftennby big-time entertainment giants like Disney and Pixar. I thinknthat’s too bad – it just takes one more way of “making it” outnof the mix, and it loads into the baskets of the rich-and-famous morenplums than they could ever possibly want (because they already havenso many plums!).
Unfortunately,nprofessional voice actors who aren’t otherwise celebrities – peoplenwhose names and faces we DON’T know – are used less and less oftennby big-time entertainment giants like Disney and Pixar. I thinknthat’s too bad – it just takes one more way of “making it” outnof the mix, and it loads into the baskets of the rich-and-famous morenplums than they could ever possibly want (because they already havenso many plums!).n
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nSontoday I salute dearly departed Len Carlson in the hope that the trendnreverses a bit!
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nBison-Ten-YellnDay
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nIndependencenDay in Vietnam
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nAnniversarynof the installation of the first ATM
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nAnniversarynof the cancelation of StarnTrek
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nAnniversarynof the last day of the Julian calendar
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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