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 and producer, 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 | Winnie the Pooh
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 and writer, 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
Offbeat 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...
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 is known for her work on 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 Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012). 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 Teen Titans Go! (2013). 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 | Pinky and the Brain
Robert Paulsen is an American voice actor and singer from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for voicing Raphael in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Yakko Warner in Animaniacs, Pinky in Pinky and the Brain, Carl Wheezer in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hadji in Jonny Quest, Donatello in the ...
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
For over three decades, Nancy Cartwright has given voice to a spikey-headed-10-year-old boy even though she's a grown woman; she's often been arrested for truancy and vandalism, yet she maintains a spotless criminal record; and finally, she's repeated the fourth-grade dozens of times in spite of ...
22. Monica Rial
Actress | Dragon Ball Super: Doragon bôru cho
Monica Jean Rial is an American voice actress from Houston, Texas. She graduated from University of Houston. She is most well-known for voicing Bulma in the Dragon Ball franchise, Stocking in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt and Froppy in My Hero Academia. She is one of the most prolific anime ...
23. Maurice LaMarche
Actor | Futurama
Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian-American comedian and voice actor from Toronto. He is most well-known for voicing Brain from Pinky and the Brain, Lrrr, Morbo and Calculon from Futurama, Estroy from Evil Con Carne, Mr. Big from Zootopia, King Agnarr from Frozen, Mr. Freeze from Batman: Arkham City, ...
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 Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). She has been married to Barry Oswick since 2009. They have one child.
27. Kath Soucie
Actress | Rugrats
One of the most well known voice-over actors working today, Kath Soucie began her career in New York as a theatrical actress. While Kath has been the voice of many campaigns and award-winning commercials, it is her work voicing thousands of episodes of animation that has won her an international ...
28. Dee Bradley Baker
Actor | American Dad!
Dee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: ...
29. D.C. Douglas
Actor | Biohazard 5
Known in the video game world as the voice of the iconic villain, Albert Wesker, in the "Resident Evil" franchise, the heart string pulling Geth, Legion, in the "Mass Effect" trilogy, as well as popping up in quirky indie film roles , from Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) and Black Ops (2008) to ...
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 | Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
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 is an American voice actor from Indiana. He first became known for voicing Olmec in Legends of the Hidden Temple before voicing Daffy Duck in Space Jam. He is well-known for voicing Klaus in American Dad, the Clone Troopers in several Star Wars media, Ra's al Ghul in Batman: ...
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 is an American actress who is known for her voice acting work on cartoons and video games. She is most well-known for voicing Dr. Nora Wakeman from My Life as a Teenage Robot, Snap from ChalkZone, Nick Dean from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, Cheese and Coco ...
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), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) and Barnyard (2006).
37. Bill Fagerbakke
Actor | SpongeBob SquarePants
Bill Fagerbakke was born on October 4, 1957 in Fontana, California, USA as William Mark Fagerbakke. He is known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004). He has been married to Catherine McClenahan since...
38. Cree Summer
Actress | Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Cree Summer Francks is a Canadian-American voice actress and singer from Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Canadian actor and singer Don Francks. She is most well-known for voicing Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Tiff Crust and Queen Vexus (when Eartha Kitt is unavailable) from ...
39. Kathleen Barr
Actress | Dragon Tales
Kathleen Barr was born on April 6, 1967 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is known for her work on Dragon Tales (1999), ReBoot (1994) and Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999).
40. Jeff Bennett
Actor | Enchanted
Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor who is well-known for voicing Johnny Bravo (based on Elvis Presley's voice), Dr. Hamsterviel from Lilo & Stitch, Kowalski from The Penguins of Madagascar, Petrie in The Land Before Time, Ted Shackleford (The Man in the Yellow Hat) from Curious George, ...
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 is an American voice actor and comedian from New Jersey. He is known for voicing Bender from Futurama, Jake from Adventure Time, Zeke from Zombie College, Dr. Drakken from Kim Possible, Marcus Fenix from Gears of War, Scotsman from Samurai Jack, General Grievous from Star Wars: Clone ...
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). He has been married to Jeanine Pollock since 1999. They have two children.
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