There are so many actors and actresses out there that we recognize from their time starting in movies and in TV shows, in front of the camera. We see their faces and watch them interact with their costars right in front of us and because of that, it is easy for us to recognize each and every actor for the characters that they play. When it comes to voice acting, things are a little bit different.
We see animated cartoon characters so the face of the person who’s voice is being used is not instantly associated with our brains! A lot of actors and actresses choose to try their hand at voice acting when they feel like they want a break from being in front of the camera. Other actors and actresses decide that they want to try voice acting in movies meant for kids because they have kids of their own!
21 Will Arnett Voices BoJack Horseman
Will Arnett is a great actor who does the voice of Bojack Horseman. Bojack Horseman is one of the best-animated television series to ever have been created. Before he was doing the voice work for Bojack horseman, Will Arnett starred on TV shows like Arrested Development and Flaked.
20 Angelina Jolie Voiced Master Tigress
Angelina Jolie is an incredible actress. She has won awards like the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. She did the voice of Master Tigress.
19 Mila Kunis Voices Meg Griffin
Mila Kunis is the woman who does the voice of Meg Griffin on the animated TV show Family Guy. Mila Kunis also shows her face in front of the camera on shows like That '70s Show and in movies like Friends with Benefits, Bad Moms, and Black Swan. Mila Kunis is pretty awesome if you ask us.
18 Miley Cyrus Voiced Penny In 'Bolt'
Miley Cyrus started off as Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel for years and she has also appeared on various TV shows in brief cameos! She even starred in a movie with her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth called The Last Song. She tried her hand at voice acting in the movie Bolt as the character of Penny.
17 Kristen Schaal Voices Sara Lynn
Kristen Schaal voices Sarah Lynn on the show Bojack Horseman but that is not the only voice acting that she does. She also lends her voice to Bob’s Burgers and a few other cartoons! She has such an "animated" voice that it only makes sense for someone like her to be a voice actor.
16 Cameron Diaz Voiced Princess Fiona
Cameron Diaz is one of the coolest actresses on the scene. She retired recently so we haven’t really seen her star in any new movies in the last few years. She did the voice of Princess Fiona in the Shrek movie franchise and her voice was pretty much perfect for that part.
15 Brad Pitt Voiced Metro Man
Brad Pitt is a super popular actor who has won awards like the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture, Academy Award for Best Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. He gave his voice over to the animated character of Metro Man in 2010's Megamind!
14 Jaleel White Voiced Sonic The Hedgehog
Jaleel White is the actor who played the role of Urkel back in the 90s. He will forever be known for that character. What a lot of people do not know about Jaleel White is that he also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog back in the 90s as well. It is pretty cool that he is so versatile.
13 Fergie Voiced Sally Brown
Fergie is so talented and is such an incredible singer that sometimes people forget that she is also an actress too! She starred in movies like Poseidon in 2006 and Planet Terror in 2007. She has done quite a bit of voice acting but one of her most notable characters is Sally Brown from The Peanuts.
12 Michael Cera Voiced Brother Bear
Michael Cera is a great actor from movies like Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, and Juno. He has done quite a bit of voice acting in his life but one of the sweetest characters he ever did was Brother Bear from The Berenstein Bears! We hope he continues voice acting!
11 Johnny Depp Voiced Victor Van Dort
Johnny Depp is an incredible actor. He has won awards like the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He lent his voice over to the character of Victor Van Dort!
10 James Avery Voiced The Shredder
The late James Avery is the man who voiced The Shredder, once upon a time. When James Avery was alive, he starred on the 90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. That is one of his most notable roles of all time! It is interesting to see that he also did voice acting before he passed away.
9 John Ritter Voiced Clifford The Big Red Dog
The late John Ritter was the voice of Clifford the Big Red Dog for years! John Ritter was also an actor on camera on shows like Eight Simple Rules with Kaley Cuoco! It is so interesting to learn that he also did voice acting before he passed away. Clifford the Big Red Dog is such a beloved cartoon.
8 Vin Diesel Voiced The Iron Giant
Vin Diesel is a great actor. He has been nominated for awards like the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and the VGX Award for Best Performance by a Human Male. He did voice acting as the Iron Giant!
7 J.K. Simmons Voiced The Yellow M&M
JK Simmons is an actor who has won awards like the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Many people might not know that he did voice acting as the yellow M&M!
6 Brittany Murphy Voiced Luanne Platter
The late Brittany Murphy starred in her fair share of movies before she passed away. Something that a lot of people might not know about Brittany Murphy is the fact that she also did voice acting as well. She lent her voice to the character of Luanne Platter from King of the Hill! Pretty random, but still cool.
5 Mel Gibson Voiced John Smith
John Smith is one of the best-animated princes from all of the Disney princess movies... pretty much ever! Who would have ever guessed that Mel Gibson is the man who gave his voice over to this character? We sure didn’t know! Mel Gibson is a great actor and a great voice actor too.
4 Will Smith Voiced Oscar From 'Shark Tale'
Will Smith started off as a popular sitcom star in the 90s and graduated to being in super serious and extremely powerful big-screen films over the last decade. Aside from acting in front of the camera, he has also done some voice acting. He gave Oscar, from Shark Tale, a voice!
3 Hugh Jackman Voiced The Easter Bunny In 'Rise Of The Guardians'
Hugh Jackman is a great actor and a lot of us know him as Wolverine from the X-Men movie saga. He is a great actor he knows how to pull off movie roles filled with a lot of action. It is very interesting to learn that he has also done voice acting. He lent his voice over to the Easter bunny in The Rise of the Guardians!
2 Justin Timberlake Voiced Branch From 'Trolls'
The world knows Justin Timberlake as a singer which makes a lot of sense because he has a great voice! But we can’t forget the fact that he is also an actor. He has starred in movies with the legs of Cameron Diaz and Mila Kunis for example. He did voice acting for the movie Trolls!