THE SECRET LIVES OF THE ARCANUM/VOICE ACTORS! (a MUST read,

OH, DID YOU ever wonder why some games like Baldur's Gate or Arcanum have great voice actors (or any game with good voice acting)?

Go to the Internet Movie Database, they have a casting list/bio/history on voice actors for video games. Search word: Arcanum, for example will bring up all the voice actor names. Click on the names of the actors and you'll see that alot of them have an extensive career history in voice acting, and some in regular acting.

-Like, I didn't know Dwight Shultz did Simeon Tor in Arcanum (he's the guy who played Murdock on the A-Team and Barclay on StarTrek: The Next Generation/Voyager).

-I didn't know the guy who was Virgil also did the voice of the main character in StarTrek:Voyager.

-The chick who did Raven's voice was in a bunch of "Space: Above and Beyond" episodes, and some 80s movies, like "My Demon Lover" and "Rappin'".

-The guy who voiced Kan Hua and the Narrator is like 80 years old and was in "Warlock", "The Last Starfighter", and various TV shows.

-And the craziest I've found so far, is the guy who played Pontius Pilate in "Jesus Christ Superstar", one of my favorite movies, is the same guy who did the voice of Loghaire! He was also in the Kentucky Fried Movie and The Shining.

-The guy who did the voice of Kerghan, was a game announcer voice in "Love and Basektball". Who would ever have thought?!

-The voice of Franklin was provided by the guy who played the Notary in Sleepy Hollow, better known as the bulter Alfred in the Batman movies.

-Zan'al'urin's voice was by some lady who was in a bunch of old late 70s/early 80s shows like T.J. Hooker and stuff, now doing shows like Digimon and stuff.

And more!
Totally crazy!

 

hmmm, ok

 

This isn't a must read thread. Hell, I have been demeaned by reading this thread. Has the gerbil in your head finally died, and the fumes coming out of your ears gone up your nose, inducing a drug-like effect to make you think that people actually care about what you like? Or is this still your normal behaviour?

 

Stop that Jar. Do not speak for everybody. You might end up surprised.

 

very interesting actually as i can picture what a couple of those names look like as i remember watching them in those shows.
i like your sigpic too bortis.

 

Come on guys.....I mean, I think Bortiss did some stupid stuff in the past, but he appears to be making a sincere effort here. Let's give him a second chance. Lordy knows we've all probably had one at one time or another...

That's interesting Bortiss. I didn't know that about the voice acting. I just assumed they woulda used some people already working for them.

"Hmmm. You're the janitor? Well, hells bells, you gotta nice voice.. We could use you!"

:smile:

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I don't knew who you are. Never heard of you.

 

Okay, seeing as Bortiis hasn't done anything bad yet...

I'll lay off. Sorry about the previous post.

 

I think the guy who did Virgil's voice plays Peter Parker (aka Spiderman) in the new Spiderman movie...

 

That's Tobey Maguire, and no, he didn't do Virgil's voice. The two best voices in the game are Simeon Tor's and Loghaire Thunderstone...

 

Ah well, I guess I'm wrong...

Note: never listen to Calis!

 

what, I get blamed for *everything* these days? :smile:

 

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