Favorite voice actor in ESO

ThePrinceOfBargains

The guy that does Madara Uchiha in Naruto.

Also, Azura’s voice actress.

Linaleah

NordSwordnBoard wrote: »

John Cleese (see signature)

same. Cadwell wouldn't be the same without him.

my least favorite is whoever voices this incredibly fake and highly annoyingly slavic accented khajiits. most khajiits sound fine and Raz sounds downright fantastic, but omg... that one voice actress... she makes me want to stab my own ears, whenever I hear that voice is the only time I actively turn off sound and just read subtitles. she is the reason why I had zero problems with killing Khali, becasue all i wanted was not to hear her voice anymore. which sucks becasue the character is fine its just the voice. /shudder

kip_silverwolf

For me it's an even tie between Michael Gough & Steve Blum, followed closely by Malcolm McDowell (Lol he's one reason why I love doing dolmens! )

RABIDxWOLVERINE

Denyiir wrote: »

Kate Beckinsale obviously, so hawt

Nuff Said lol

deano469

I also like the Tour Guide in Grahtwood showing off the Tree.


Same here.

It's just done so well. Even after hearing it many times, it still makes me smile.

Cronopoly

Denyiir wrote: »

Kate Beckinsale obviously, so hawt

Definitely Kate Beckinsale as Queen Eyren. She nailed it with the accent.

Soleya

Malukah (random bards). She has an awesome singing voice.

FrancisCrawford

Ilsabet wrote: »

Getting me started looking up voice actors is dangerous. Especially when I don't already know who they are.

Me on Robin Atkin Downes' Wiki page:

*scrollingscrollingscrolling*
stuff I haven't seen
haven't seen that
haven't played that
haven't played any of those
*gasp* HE WAS BRYNJOLF

He was awesome in his Babylon 5 arc. (Season 5, after the main storylines had been completed.)

Alchemical

Gideon Emery.

I'm a big fan of mr demon wolf, and he voices quite a lot of elves, so it makes them tolerable characters despite being elves.

WhiteCoatSyndrome

Ooo, favorite instance of voice acting or favorite voice in general? Because I adore the Thief constellation's voice, it makes me want to cuddle her every time she opens her mouth. But for voice actor overall...

Stania wrote: »

Who does The Warrior's voice? One reason of why I like HRC is because I can hear him.

^This. I get irrationally happy and excited every time I notice an NPC using the same voice actor as the Warrior. Even when they're unimportant NPCs or unrelated bosses.

capahab

None of us is getting any younger, you know.

Megabear

Megabear wrote: »

"Have they come looking for the plane, brother"

Does.. anyone know the voice actor for the twin? Was kind of hoping someone would eventually point him out but nada so far

FrancisCrawford

deano469 wrote: »

I also like the Tour Guide in Grahtwood showing off the Tree.


Same here.

It's just done so well. Even after hearing it many times, it still makes me smile.

Yeah. That's an awesome bit.

There's a lot of great voice acting. Besides the ones mentioned already, I'd have to include whoever voices Rolis Hlaalu. He's brilliant, and makes me look forward to turning in crafting writs. I also love the banker assistant, but hate the merchant one -- she's about the one female Redguard character whose voice I don't like.

The major monarchs are generally very well voiced, IMO, but I think Jorunn is an exception.

The voice acting for Jakarn is underrated. "Charming rogue" characters are commonly over-the-top, but he's just perfect.

The strident female Khajiit voice (constable in Rawl'kha, "For the Dominion!" on Khenarthi's roost) is just terrible. I like most other Khajiit.

The females of all three elvish races are generally excellent. Ditto Breton males. Breton females are generally whiny, even when their characters aren't supposed to be. Redguard males too often sound like third-rate James Earl Jones knock-offs.

Shadow-Fighter

Eveli and Naryu but i think Naryu hate me in Morrowind. I don't know why. Pre MW she was sympathetic and lovingly and a little bit dangerous

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Esha76

There are so many... I think the voice acting is one of the strongest assets in this game. I'll just list the top 5 I am thinking of right now... but there are so many more...

Malcolm McDowell's Molag Bal
John Cleese Cadwell
Naryu Virian (I believe the Actress's name is Kath Soucie)
Christopher Corey Smith's Razum Dar
Eveli Sharp-Arrow (I believe the actress's name is Mary Faber)

I have to stop there otherwise this will turn into a wall of text. And now i feel bad as there are so many I have left out.

MrGarlic

I like Naryu's suggestive, sensual voice.
Milleneth's positive, happy voice. (The crafting certifier)
Crafty Lerisa's confident, self assured voice.

PlagueSD

It's a tie between Malcolm McDowell and John Cleese.

Malcolm McDowell has a knack for "evil" characters, and John Cleese is the king of comedy.

swippy

Alfred Molina is always my favorite actor in anything he's in. i couldn't figure out why i was SO into Abnur Tharn, and one day i'm raving to my mom about Molina, so she pulls up his wikipedia page and i see ESO on there; "that explains it!"

also, just yesterday i rescued this ghost from some dude's mom who was trying to overthrow the Tribunal, well this ghost's voice was enchanting. once she turned "solid," well, the character model designer hadn't spent an excessive amount of time on her face, so i knew i wasn't distracted by the visuals. i almost went out of my way to memorize the ghost's name to hunt down who's the voice actor and really indulge this crush, but who knows if the same thing would happen. better to enjoy beauty as it reveals itself

Adernath

There are many many good ones. My top 3 favorites are:

1. Michael Gambon
2. John Cleese
3. David Shaughnessy

ZunaRoath

Uh... I wouldn't be able to chose just one.

Velidreth is amazing tbf lol
I like the Warrior and the Mage.
Normal Nord NPCs too.
Stoneheart.
Gheric Bullblood.
Caillaoife. (Gotta say I just love Bloodroot Forge)

Malic

I was heartbroken when I found out that Micahel Gambon would be Varen. I was banking on Stephan Russel reprising Barbas's voice as Varen, that would have been great.

Who is Barbas? The greatest companion in Skyriim, he gets so close he will nudge you off a cliff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fN6BCJrx4

Alchemical

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

The major monarchs are generally very well voiced, IMO, but I think Jorunn is an exception.

I feel like the voice direction he was given was 'try to sound drunk, but also majestic'. It's like he never really reaches the comical slurring of the other nords, but he doesn't sound especially kingly, or even skald-ly. He just sounds... Swedish.

BrightOblivion

Malic wrote: »

I was heartbroken when I found out that Micahel Gambon would be Varen. I was banking on Stephan Russel reprising Barbas's voice as Varen, that would have been great.

Who is Barbas? The greatest companion in Skyriim, he gets so close he will nudge you off a cliff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fN6BCJrx4

I just realized I'vd been repeatedly killing off (or planning to kill off) Dumbledore.

That's...a little sad. But he totally told me to do it.

BrightOblivion

Alchemical wrote: »

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

The major monarchs are generally very well voiced, IMO, but I think Jorunn is an exception.

I feel like the voice direction he was given was 'try to sound drunk, but also majestic'. It's like he never really reaches the comical slurring of the other nords, but he doesn't sound especially kingly, or even skald-ly. He just sounds... Swedish.

Then there's the jarl of Falkreath.

"I said to keep the fight out there!

So, we won, then?"

DarcyMardin

Lots of great ones, but I have a soft spot for Bill Nighy (King Emeric).

Here he is as the hilarious aging rocker from Love Actually: https://youtu.be/yVcieIZb3_U

NME_ReAL

I don’t have a favorite but I can say without a doubt my least favorite is the voice that names the enchanting runes. Why couldn’t it be faster and quiet like alchemy -.-

I know I can just lower the volume but that’s poor design when things in a category (crafting) aren’t standardized. Imo

xXMichonneXx

deano469 wrote: »

I also like the Tour Guide in Grahtwood showing off the Tree.


Same here.

It's just done so well. Even after hearing it many times, it still makes me smile.

That bit at the tree always reminds me of the Tell of Captain Walker from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Love it.

Ilsabet

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

Stania wrote: »

Who does The Warrior's voice? One reason of why I like HRC is because I can hear him.

^This. I get irrationally happy and excited every time I notice an NPC using the same voice actor as the Warrior. Even when they're unimportant NPCs or unrelated bosses.

That's Crispin Freeman. He happens to be my favorite anime voice actor. I giggle a little every time I hear him pop up. I miss him saying HEY FANCY MAN every time I'm in Mournhold.

Okay so for anyone who only reads this far into the thread for some reason, apparently the Warrior is actually Travis Willingham. Who is also one of my favorite voice actors.

Oh and high five for Steve Blum's Jakarn. And pretty much every other voice Steve Blum does.

Also Keith Silverstein as Narsis Dren. I spent half of the quest in Wrothgar with him trying to place the voice, and then after I looked it up I was like OH. It was fun hanging out with him in the dungeon after that.

agingerinohio

Velidreth hands down lol she cracks me up

16BitForestCat

I don't know the voice actor's name (and believe me, I have searched!), but whoever does Revus Demnevanni's voice? Rawr. It doesn't hurt that Revus is one of my favorite characters, either. Dem flustered but very sweet mages! Who does that voice??

Also any character voiced by Steve Blum, though a lot of that is because he's a lovely person in general. But he does also have a very cool voice!

I also rather like Sees-All-Colors's voice. Normally I'm not even that big on scratchy/husky Argonian voices, but something about hers really sounds nice.

Same with Naryu (whose name I will never NOT misstype as "Nayru"). Other characters voiced by the same actor as Naryu don't sound as nifty as she does (she also does some more "posh" characters who talk really snobby-like).

Least favorite is easily any character voiced by Crispin Freeman. Partly because my own opinion is that he's just not that great a voice actor, but mainly because he's a pretty awful person in real life (my convention staffer friends have personal accounts for days about the crap that guy has pulled as a convention guest...dude has been shadow-blacklisted from so many cons for being racist/sexist/etc., it ain't even any funny. I wince every time he pops up on Steven Universe.)

[When you type "voice" a lot, it starts to look really weird, haha....]