The actors in the MCU may have dominated with their big-screen characters, but many of them are also talented voice actors. Some MCU actors are well known for voicing popular roles in animated superhero movies, like Samuel L. Jackson in The Incredibles movies, otherwise known as Nick Fury. Even Doctor Strange's Benedict Cumberbatch has voiced a version of everyone's favorite Christmas character, The Grinch.
The funny thing about voice acting, though, is that those in the audience may not immediately catch on to what actor is voicing a character. Paul Rudd, for example, was one of the many Hollywood actors who took part in the adult dark comedy, Sausage Party, and many might be surprised that quite a few other MCU actors have voiced characters on the small and big screen.
10 Chris Pratt: Emmet (The Lego Movie)
Legos have, for a long time, been a favorite childhood toy. The toys range from many themes and even popular movies. In 2014, The Lego Movie was a computer-animated comedy based on the Lego line of construction toys and it centered around a Lego character named Emmett.
The role was voiced by actor, Chris Pratt. Pratt's character is mistaken for "the Special" from a prophecy and gets tangled in a resistance movement. Emmett aids the resistance in stopping a tyrannical villain from gluing the city to his perfect image.
9 Paul Rudd: Derek Dietl (Monsters Vs. Aliens)
Paul Rudd has an extensive filmography, from being well known as Mike from Friends to Ant-Man in the MCU. Amongst his long list of accolades is a voice role in the 2009 computer-animated movie, Monsters Vs. Aliens. Rudd played a supporting role as Derek Dietl, a local weatherman.
His role was also the ex-fiancé of the main character Susan, voiced by Reese Witherspoon. Derek takes any opportunity to further his career, even if it strains his relationship. On their wedding day, Susan is struck by a meteorite, causing her to grow big. She and a group of misfit monsters have to fight off an alien invasion.
8 Tessa Thompson: Lady (Lady And The Tramp)
One of Disney's classic movies, Lady and the Tramp, from 1955, got a makeover in 2019 when the movie of the same name was recreated into an alive-action/CGI hybrid. An upper-class Cocker Spaniel named Lady becomes friends with a homeless Schnauzer-mutt named Tramp (Justin Theroux).
Lady was voiced by MCU actor Tessa Thompson. The movie was sweet, as two dogs of different social classes fall in love, all while in the midst of a misunderstanding, as Lady believes her owner will abandon her after the birth of their baby. The movie even kept the famous pasta scene from the original animated film.
7 Tom Hiddleston: James Hook (The Pirate Fairy)
Tom Hiddleston took part in a direct-to-video feature-length animated movie that is part of Disney's Tinker Bell franchise. In The Pirate Fairy, Hiddleston voiced a different yet similar version of the most despicable pirate from the fairytales, Hook, James Hook to be exact.
The character disguises himself as a cabin boy, while Zarina (Christina Hendricks), a fairy, takes control of the crew after promising to make the ship fly using fairy dust. In true Hook fashion, he double-crosses Zarina and reveals he's the leader of the pirate crew.
6 Robert Downey Jr.: Patrick Pewterschmidt (Family Guy)
Robert Downey Jr. is coveted as being the best and only portrayal of the MCU character, Iron Man. While Downey also became well known for his on-screen portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, he also did one voice role on television. In the fourth season of Family Guy, Lois learns that she has a brother.
Voiced by Downey, Patrick was sent to a psychiatric hospital after walking in on his mother's affair as a child. Lois, who is actually his long-lost sister, goes to visit him and deems him mentally fit and has him released, unaware that Patrick really is mentally unwell and a serial killer.
5 Samuel L. Jackson: Lucius (The Incredibles)
There have been countless memes made of the comical moment in The Incredibles when Lucius can't find his super suit. The superhero character was voiced by none other than Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson is well-known for lending his impressive voice for television and animated movies.
His role as Lucius is almost more recognizable than some of his other roles in Quentin Tarantino movies or as Nick Fury in the MCU. It's comical to realize that the voice role is also that of a superhero, but this one has the real power to freeze water.
4 Tom Holland: Walter Beckett (Spies In Disguise)
The animated spy-comedy movie, Spies in Disguise, not only had Tom Holland voicing the main character of Walter, but also Karen Gillan as Eyes. Holland played the socially inept super-scientist who gets entangled with the worlds' best spy. After a fluke accident, the spy gets turned into a pigeon.
It's up to Walter to help the spy stop a major villain while also looking for the antidote to turn the spy human again. Shortly after Holland's role, he would again voice another character in the remake Dolittle, as Jip, with Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role.
3 Scarlett Johansson: Princess Mindy (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie)
Scarlett Johansson has been a part of the MCU since her debut in the second Iron Man movie in 2010. But before MCU stardom, she also voiced a character in a movie about a yellow sponge when the acclaimed children's animated show, SpongeBob SquarePants got its first movie in 2004.
It's up to SpongeBob and Patrick to save the Krabby Patty formula and stop Plankton, who stole King Neptune's crown and framed the crime on Mr. Krabb's. Along the way, SpongeBob meets Princess Mindy who gives them encouragement and tricks them by making them think she's "turned them into men" so that they have the guts to continue their journey. Mindy was voiced by Johansson.
2 Benedict Cumberbatch: Grinch (The Grinch)
Jim Carrey's famed holiday movie and character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas got a reboot in 2018. There were some differences and similarities between both versions and instead of Carrey, the green and grumpy character was voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.
The animated version followed a similar idea to the original. The Grinch becomes increasingly grumpy as Whoville is ready to celebrate Christmas. To get some peace and quiet, the Grinch hatches a plan to steal Christmas and all of Whoville's holiday joy.
1 Zoe Saldana: María Posada (The Book Of Life)
In 2014, Guillermo Del Toro produced a new 3D animated movie, The Book of Life, centered around the colorful and heartfelt storyline of a Mexican bullfighter. The story starts with a fight between Manolo Sánchez (Diego Luna) and Joaquín Mondragon (Channing Tatum), wagering on who will get to love María, voiced by Zeo Saldana.
When Maria and Manolo confess their love, they are interrupted and Maria is bitten by a snake. Manolo thinks she's dead and dies as well, hoping to be reconnected in the afterlife. Once he learns that she is alive, he fights for a way to leave the afterlife and return to his love.
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March 28, 2021 at 05:30AM
