50 Worst Voice Actors Ever
by Syggys | created - 24 Sep 2014 | updated - 25 Sep 2014 | PublicAll of these English voice actors are terrible. I would rather watch cartoons with subtitles than to listen to any of these godawful voice actors. i'm sick of voice actors who make my ears bleed!! STICK TO SUBS AND ENOUGH WITH THE ENGLISH VOICE ACTING ALREADY! they're the disgrace of the media! To the people disagreeing with me, GO KILL YOURSELF!
1. Billy West
Actor | Futurama
William Richard Werstine is an American actor and radio personality with autism and ADHD. He grew up in both New Jersey and Boston. He became a regular cast member of the Howard Stern show. He became known for The Ren & Stimpy Show, Futurama, Doug, Space Jam and several commercials featuring the ...
2. Mel Blanc
Actor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Mel Blanc, known as "The Man of Thousand Voices" is regarded as the most prolific actor to ever work in Hollywood with over a thousand screen credits. He developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices with precision and a uniquely expressive vocal range. The legendary specialist from ...
3. Hynden Walch
Actress | Adventure Time
Hynden Walch was born on February 1, 1971 in Davenport, Iowa. She is an actress and writer known primarily for her work in Adventure Time, Teen Titans, Groundhog Day, and Batman Assault on Arkham. She started her professional acting career on stage at age 11. At 16 she attended the North Carolina ...
4. Harry Shearer
Actor | The Simpsons
Harry Shearer was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. His film debut was with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), followed by The Robe (1953). Probably best known for his Saturday Night Live (1975) gigs, his NPR satire program "Le Show" and The Simpsons (1989)...
5. Hank Azaria
Actor | The Simpsons
Hank Azaria was born on April 25, 1964 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA as Henry Albert Azaria. He is an actor, known for The Simpsons (1989), Free Agents (2011) and The Birdcage (1996). He was previously married to Helen Hunt.
6. Frank Welker
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on ...
7. Jim Cummings
Actor | Christopher Robin
Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.
Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his ...
8. Tony Jay
Actor | The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tony Jay was born on February 2, 1933 in London, England. He was an actor, known for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Time Bandits (1981) and Beauty and the Beast (1991). He was married to Marta MacGeraghty and Kathy Rogers. He died on August 13, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
9. Tara Strong
Actress | Batman: The Killing Joke
Tara Strong began her acting career at the age of 13 in Toronto, Canada. She landed several TV, film, and musical theater roles as well as her first lead in an animated series as the title role of "Hello Kitty." After a short run at Toronto's Second City theater company, she moved to Los Angeles ...
10. Tress MacNeille
Actress | The Simpsons
Tress MacNeille is one of the most talented women in the voice-over industry to date. With her versatile talent has done the voices of Dot Warner from Animaniacs, Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures to being a featured singer in the Weird "Al" Yankovic song "Ricky", She has also appeared in a ...
11. Tom Kane
Actor | Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Tom started doing voiceover work professionally at the age of 15, in his hometown of Kansas City. By the time he got out of college he had done several hundred commercials, then he moved to Hollywood and started landing Movie Trailers, Network Promos, Games, Feature Films and Cartoons.
First came ...
12. Yeardley Smith
Actress | The Simpsons
Comic actress and voice specialist Yeardley Smith has made a virtue out of her odd looks, small figure and distinctive, child-like nasal tones. Lending vocal life to the animated role of "Lisa Simpson" - the intelligent, caring, saxophone-droning, vegetarian member of the Simpson family - has been ...
13. Russi Taylor
Actress | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Russi Taylor was born on May 4, 1944 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA as Russell Taylor. She was an actress, known for DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990), The Simpsons Movie (2007) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). She was married to Wayne Allwine. She died on July 26, 2019 in ...
14. Michelle Ruff
Actress | Akira
Michelle Ruff was born on September 22, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan, USA as Michelle Suzanne Ruff. She is known for her work on Akira (1988), Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) and Bleach (2004). She has been married to Eddie J. Correa since July 27, 2017.
15. Scott Menville
Actor | Teen Titans
Scott Menville was born on February 12, 1971 in Malibu, California, USA as Scott David Menville. He is known for his work on Teen Titans (2003), Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018) and Lego Dimensions (2015). He has been married to Jacquie Menville since 1999.
16. Pamela Adlon
Actress | Better Things
Pamela Adlon comes from an acting family and began her career in television in 1983. She has appeared in many popular TV shows, including as a voice actress in a number of animated TV series including, most famously, King of the Hill (1997) for which she won an Emmy for her role as Bobby Hill.
17. Peter Cullen
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Peter Cullen was born on July 28, 1941 in Montreal, Québec, Canada as Peter Claver Cullen. He is known for his work on Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).
18. Rob Paulsen
Actor | Animaniacs
Rob Paulsen was born on March 11, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, USA as Robert Fredrick Paulsen III. He is an actor, known for Animaniacs (1993), Pinky and the Brain (1995) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012). He has been married to Parrish Todd since 1983. They have one child. He was previously ...
19. Rodger Bumpass
Actor | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Rodger Bumpass was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 20, 1951. He attended Little Rock Central High School where he received his first training in theater. He attended Arkansas State University where he majored in radio-TV and minored in theater. He worked at the campus radio station and ...
20. Nolan North
Actor | Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
Nolan North was born on October 31, 1970 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA as Nolan Ramsay North. He is known for his work on Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (2015), Con Man (2015) and Pretty Little Liars (2010). He has been married to Jill Murray since June 4, 1999. They have two children.
21. Nancy Cartwright
Actress | The Simpsons
Nancy Jean Cartwright is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons (1989). Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Database,...
22. Monica Rial
Actress | Dragon Ball Super: Doragon bôru cho
Monica Rial was born on October 5, 1975 in Houston, Texas, USA as Monica Jean Rial. She is an actress and writer, known for Dragon Ball Super (2015), Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) and Gen: Lock (2019).
23. Maurice LaMarche
Actor | Futurama
Maurice LaMarche was born on March 30, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Futurama (1999), Pinky and the Brain (1995) and Zootopia (2016). He has been married to Robin Eisenman since May 19, 1991. They have one child.
24. Mark Hamill
Actor | Star Wars
Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - ...
25. Grey Griffin
Actress | Batman: Arkham City
Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her grandmother was a singer and performed often with Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in goth ...
26. Jennifer Hale
Actress | Mass Effect
Jennifer Hale was born on January 1, 1965 in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada as Jennifer Leigh Hale. She is an actress, known for Mass Effect (2007), Mass Effect 3 (2012) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019). She has been married to Barry Oswick since 2009. They ...
27. Kath Soucie
Actress | Zootopia
Her vocal talents have enabled her to voice a wide variety of characters of all ages, from Fifi La Fume and Little Sneezer in Tiny Toon Adventures, to Dexter's mother in the popular cartoon Dexter's Laboratory, Grace in Bruno the Kid, Janine Melnitz in The Real Ghostbusters, Linka from Captain ...
28. Dee Bradley Baker
Actor | American Dad!
Dee Bradley Baker was born on August 31, 1962 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for American Dad! (2005), Phineas and Ferb (2007) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). He has been married to Michelle Baker since 1990. They have two children.
29. D.C. Douglas
Actor | Biohazard 5
D.C. Douglas was born in Berkeley, California, but lived and performed theatre throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 70's and early 80's. His family history of the circus, vaudeville and burlesque led him to pursue a film and television career in Los Angeles.
He produced several plays in...
30. Dan Castellaneta
Actor | The Simpsons
Daniel Louis Castellaneta is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. Castellaneta is best known for voicing Homer Simpson on the animated series The Simpsons (1989) (as well as other characters on the show such as Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, ...
31. David Kaye
Actor | Fido
David Kaye's voiceover career began with 'The Great American Hero', General Hawk in the D.I.C. animated series, G.I. Joe in 1989. Working as an on-air talent for radio station C.K.L.G. (L.G.73) quickly became less interesting as both on-camera and behind-the-microphone roles started taking up more ...
32. Dee Bradley Baker
Actor | American Dad!
Dee Bradley Baker was born on August 31, 1962 in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for American Dad! (2005), Phineas and Ferb (2007) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). He has been married to Michelle Baker since 1990. They have two children.
33. Charlie Adler
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Charles is an Emmy Award winning Dialogue Director, Annie Award Acting Nominee, Dramalogue Winning Actor, Helen Hayes Award Acting Nominee and Casting Director. Successfully going from genre to genre, he has lent his Dialogue Direction talents to the remake of "The Nutty Professor" starring legend ...
34. Carolyn Lawrence
Actress | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Carolyn Lawrence was born on February 13, 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She is an actress, known for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (2002) and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001).
35. Candi Milo
Actress | My Life as a Teenage Robot
Candi Milo was born on January 9, 1961 in Palm Springs, California, USA as Candyce Anne Rose Milo. She is known for her work on My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003), Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004) and W.I.T.C.H. (2004).
36. Cam Clarke
Actor | Akira
Cam Clarke was born on November 6, 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Cameron Arthur Clarke. He is known for his work on Akira (1988), Barnyard (2006) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987).
37. Bill Fagerbakke
Actor | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Bill Fagerbakke was born on October 4, 1957 in Fontana, California, USA as William Mark Fagerbakke. He is an actor, known for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). He has been married to Catherine McClenahan since ...
38. Cree Summer
Actress | Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Cree Summer was born on July 7, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Cree Summer Francks. She is known for her work on Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000) and Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016). She is married to Angelo Pullens. They have two children.
39. Kathleen Barr
Actress | Dragon Tales
Kathleen Barr was born on April 6, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for Dragon Tales (1999), ReBoot (1994) and Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999).
40. Jeff Bennett
Actor | Enchanted
Jeff Bennett was born on October 2, 1962 in Houston, Texas, USA as Jeffrey Glenn Bennett. He is known for his work on Enchanted (2007), The Penguins of Madagascar (2008) and Johnny Bravo (1997). He has been married to Susan E. Welby since October 8, 1988. They have one child.
41. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Actress | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is a voice over actress, writer, singer and director. As an actress, she plays Governor Pryce in Star Wars Rebels (2014), Dr. Maheswaran in Steven Universe (2013), Valkyrie in Lego Marvel's Avengers (2016), Talis in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), Johanna in Heroes of ...
42. John DiMaggio
Actor | Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
John DiMaggio was born on September 4, 1968 in North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA as John William DiMaggio. He is known for his work on Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (2020), Disenchantment (2018) and Historical Roasts (2019). He has been married to Kate Miller since October 22, 2014.
43. Pamela Hayden
Actress | The Simpsons Movie
Pamela Hayden born November 28, 1953 is an American actress and voice actress, known for providing various voices for the animated television show The Simpsons (1989) including Bart Simpson's unlucky best friend Milhouse Van Houten, teenage thug Jimbo Jones, Ned Flanders' first-born son Rod, Chief ...
44. Corey Burton
Actor | Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Corey Burton was born on August 3, 1955 in West Los Angeles, California, USA as Corey Gregg Weinberg. He is known for his work on Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), The Transformers: The Movie (1986) and Batman: Arkham City (2011).
45. James Arnold Taylor
Actor | Star Wars: The Clone Wars
James Arnold Taylor's versatile vocal range has given him success in every facet of the voice-over industry. His voice is heard all of the world daily, and you would never know it's one person. His list of credits range from leading roles in major summer blockbuster films, starring roles in the ...
46. Kevin Michael Richardson
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.
Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school...
47. June Foray
Actress | Mulan
Legendary voice actress June Foray was born June Lucille Forer on September 18, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Maurice Forer and Ida Edith Robinson, who wed in Hampden, Massachusetts. Her father, who was Jewish, emigrated from Novgorod, Imperial Russia, while her Massachusetts-born mother ...
48. Laura Bailey
Actress | The Last of Us: Part II
Laura Bailey was born on May 28, 1981 in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA as Laura Dawn Bailey. She is known for her work on The Last of Us: Part II (2020), Gears 5 (2019) and Spider-Man (2018). She has been married to Travis Willingham since September 25, 2011. They have one child.
49. Richard Grieco
Actor | If Looks Could Kill
Richard Grieco was born to an Italian father (Richard Grieco) and an Irish mother (Carolyn O'Reilly). He is a musician and, in 1995, released a CD ('Waiting for the Sky to Fall') in Germany. In 2009, several years after being encouraged by Dennis Hopper, Grieco publicly revealed that he has been ...
50. Mike Pollock
Actor | Une vie de chat
Mike Pollock was born on March 9, 1965 in New Hyde Park, New York, USA. He is known for his work on A Cat in Paris (2010).
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