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1This is where an entire role mirrors or parodies an entire previous role or RealLife situation of the actor. A conscious casting choice can be assumed; thus, it can also apply to [[TheCameo cameos]] and [[SpecialGuest guest stars]]. This forms a small joke or minor piece of merriment. Note that the gag is entirely dependent on the casting and the role rather than some later effected plot or dialogue.
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3Contrastingly, an ActorAllusion is when the role being played can be nothing like the actor's real life or previous roles, but contains a Famous Role Shout Out: an allusion to the actor's work, but nothing more.
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5An actor can use this self-consciously when parodying themselves for AdamWesting. Compare with PlayingAgainstType, when an actor's role is (often consciously) very different from their typical ones, though this is less likely to be a gag. If the gag is that the character being played is untalented in something the actor excels in, then it's IronyAsSheIsCast. If the Casting Gag is that the actor appeared in an earlier version of the same story, it's a RemakeCameo. Compare also to ActorSharedBackground, when the gag doesn't reference a large part of the actor's real life but matches certain elements. See also IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine. StuntCasting is often done with the aim of shoehorning in this trope.
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11* CastingGag/{{Anime}}
12* CastingGag/LiveActionFilms
13* CastingGag/LiveActionTV
14* CastingGag/WesternAnimation
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19* A minor one in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' Spanish dub. The Sonic cameo was voiced by Creator/YamilAtala, who actually voiced Sonic in [[WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground another series.]]
20* ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToasterGoesToMars'' features Creator/FarrahFawcett voicing a [[AnimateInanimateObject sentient]] [[{{Pun}} faucet]].
21* In ''WesternAnimation/TheStar'' the voice of the Blessed Virgin Mary is supplied by Creator/GinaRodriguez, best known for playing [[Series/JaneTheVirgin another young woman who got pregnant without having sex beforehand]].
22* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'', Comicbook/{{Superman}} is voiced by Creator/NicolasCage, who was famously slated to play the character in Creator/TimBurton's unmade ''Superman Lives''.
23* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'':
24** Creator/MahershalaAli voices the Prowler, who like Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes from ''Series/LukeCage2016'', is a Marvel supervillain operating out of New York.
25** Kimiko Glenn voicing Peni Parker is reimagined by a GenkiGirl, much like Tomiko from ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', both of whom are voiced by Kimiko Glenn.
26** Albino gangster Tombstone is voiced by rapper Krondon, who is best known for playing the albino gangster Tobias Whale in ''Series/BlackLightning'', and who himself has albinism in real life.
27** Miles Morales' father Officer Jefferson Davis is voiced by Creator/BrianTyreeHenry, who's best known for his lead role in ''Series/{{Atlanta}}'' as the cousin of Creator/DonaldGlover's character. Donald Glover famously inspired the creation of Miles Morales when he campaigned for the role of Peter Parker in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', and went on to voice Miles in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', as well as playing Aaron Davis (Jeff's brother) in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
28* In ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' the goofy [[MooseAndMapleSyrup Canadian moose brothers]] are played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas - the goofy Canadian brothers from ''Film/StrangeBrew'' and ''Series/{{SCTV}}''.
29* John Ratzenberger has had a speaking part in every Creator/{{Pixar}} feature film, sometimes in throwaway bits (the construction worker in ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''), sometimes with major supporting roles (Hamm the Piggy Bank in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' franchise).
30* In ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'', Creator/IanMcKellen played a character who's trying to get rid of a species he considers inferior, only to be defeated by Hugh Jackman. He also did that in the ''Franchise/XMen'' [[Film/XMenFilmSeries film series]].
31* In the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' films, John Cleese voiced [[spoiler: a frog who wanted to become royalty]]. He also voiced one in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess''.
32* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': James Earl Jones (Mufasa) and Madge Sinclair (Sarabi) previously played a king and queen of a fictional African nation in the movie ''Film/ComingToAmerica''.
33* In ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', James and the insects face off against a giant shark. One of the insects is voiced by Richard Dreyfuss, who had another close encounter with a shark in ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. And the shark blows up in both instances.
34* Creator/CaseyKasem voiced a DJ in ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis''. Kasem was a well-known DJ himself.
35* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}'', two minor characters are Bravo and Victor, two Navy F-18s, who feel "The Need for Speed". The characters were voiced by Creator/AnthonyEdwards and Creator/ValKilmer, both of whom flew in F-18s in ''Film/TopGun''.
36* ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'':
37** UsefulNotes/RichardPetty voiced one of the cars, named The King (a ShoutOut to his FanNickname). It's a Plymouth Superbird with a #43 on it (his most famous car), [[spoiler:and in the climax, it even crashes in a frame by frame recreation of his famous 1988 Daytona 500 crash.]]
38** Mrs. The King, voiced by Petty's RealLife wife, is depicted as the same car she used to drive to his early races before he became famous.
39* Creator/SigourneyWeaver's role in ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' is a deliberate nod to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', with director Andrew Stanton noting to her "You realize you get to be 'Mother' now?" (with the obvious difference that Weaver is playing a ''good'' ship computer). Also ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', where her "one stupid job" was to be the mouthpiece for (and to) the ship's computer.
40* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2'', [[KnightOfCerebus Shere Khan]] (now voiced by Creator/TonyJay) actually ends up being defeated by being plunged into a fiery pit, similar to Frollo in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''.
41* In ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'', [[ChildProdigy Lewis]] goes through each member of the Robinson family and how they're related to each other, with his mental family tree shown to the viewer; however, he hasn't met [[KidFromTheFuture Wilbur]]'s dad [[WalkingSpoiler Cornelius]], so he asks Wilbur what he looks like. After a {{Beat}}, Wilbur says "Tom Selleck" in a deadpan tone, and a RealLife picture of Selleck is used for Lewis' thoughts. In reality, Cornelius is voiced by Selleck but looks like [[spoiler:Lewis as an adult]]. The line was actually written first, and that gave them the idea of offering Tom Selleck the role. In most of the dubbed versions (except for the Brazilian and Dutch), they replace the "Tom Selleck" line with whoever is voicing Cornelius in that language.
42* Don Bluth's ''WesternAnimation/{{Thumbelina|1994}}'' features Jodi Benson voicing a redhead who wishes to find love with someone of a different species - who also has most characters comment on her beautiful singing voice. It wasn't the first time she lent her voice to such a film, that also happened to be based on [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale]].
43* In the Brazilian Portuguese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', main character Emmet is played by Renan Freitas, who previously voiced another [[WesternAnimation/HandyManny notorious builder]].
44* ''Westernanimation/{{Hercules}}'' already has Creator/BobcatGoldthwait as Pain. The Brazilian dub decides to one-up the casting right into this trope by making Pain and Panic be a reunion of Zed and Sweetchuck from ''Film/PoliceAcademy''.
45* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'', it wouldn't be Dee Bradley Baker's first time playing a fish. He previously did that in ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', with Klaus.
46* ''WesternAnimation/WonderWoman2009'': Hippolyta's voice actress, Creator/VirginiaMadsen, is no stranger to playing a demigoddess' mother since she also played Arella from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
47* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'':
48** Creator/ZachGalifianakis plays ComicBook/TheJoker, making this his second role as a clown after ''Series/{{Baskets}}''.
49** [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] is voiced by [[UsefulNotes/NewZealand New Zealander]] Creator/JemaineClement (the ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' movies were famously filmed in New Zealand). Clements' Music/FlightOfTheConchords bandmate Bret [=McKenzie=] also famously had a bit part as an unnamed Elf in ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing'', who later became an EnsembleDarkHorse thanks to [=McKenzie=]'s [[RetroactiveRecognition subsequent fame]].
50* ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' has an example similar to the ''Meet The Robinsons'' one above. Anger is constantly seen reading a newspaper that updates him on things in Riley's life, wears a white button-down shirt and tie, and, as to be expected, has a HairTriggerTemper. He's voiced by Creator/LewisBlack, who is famous for his "angry yelling" comedy persona. Black also wears the same clothes for his stand-up act and often uses stories from newspapers as fodder for jokes. This is all very deliberate--during the first pitch meeting of the movie, the writers, perhaps jokingly, told the studio heads to imagine getting different people to voice the emotions, specifically remarking "We could get Lewis Black to play Anger!" Sure enough, that's exactly what happened.
51* In ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' the mayor of New Urbem is voiced by Barry Bostwick, who played the bumbling mayor of New York City in the sitcom ''Series/SpinCity''.
52* In ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'', Elsa sings an IAmBecomingSong about embracing her snow powers. Elsa's voice actress, Creator/IdinaMenzel, originated "Defying Gravity" on ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', another IAmBecomingSong of a misfit witch finding herself.
53* Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, a guy known for being typecast as the ScaryBlackMan, voices a cute, tiny animal in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''...whose got an aggressive personality that is not that far off from the ScaryBlackMan character he usually plays. It's just that, this time, he's not intimidating at all due to his looks and stature, while in his live-action movies, he's very intimidating.
54* ''WesternAnimation/HeidisSong'': Music/SammyDavisJr, a member of the Creator/RatPack, voices the leader of a group of actual rats.
55* ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'':
56** Creator/ChrisEvans voices Buzz, who much like ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is sent decades into the future.
57** Creator/JamesBrolin voices BigBad Zurg, who's a big purple character and squares off against Evans's character... much like Thanos from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, played by his son Creator/{{Josh|Brolin}}.
58* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'':
59** Two of them happen in the Japanese dub and both involve Creator/MutsumiTamura, Priya's dub voice actress:
60*** She previously voiced a girl with glasses hanging around with a girl able to transform into a giant creature, except [[Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid replace "red panda" with "dragon", and being her maid]].
61*** Likewise, Tamura previously voiced [[Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken Sayaka Kanamori]], another DeadpanSnarker BespectacledCutie having to tolerate the antics of her more hyperactive nerdy friend.
62** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Priya's dub voice actress, Alicia Velez, also voiced another girl hanging around with a dragon girl who also transforms into a human and vice versa, [[Literature/IveBeenKillingSlimesFor300YearsAndMaxedOutMyLevel and said dragon is also red like Mei]]. Curiously enough, Estefania Piedra (Mei) voiced Eno, which also sports red hair like Mei after her Red Panda form was awakened.
63*** Also from the same dub, Estefania Piedra (Mei) [[Film/{{Cuties}} previously voiced a girl who is the child of immigrants, having a defying personality against her conservative mother]], and just like Mei, [[spoiler:she also [[ShakingTheRump twerks]]]], except all of this is being PlayedForLaughs here.
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67* ''Literature/TheFinalGirlSupportGroup'': The audiobook is read by actress Adrienne King, who played Alice Hardy, the FinalGirl in ''Film/FridayThe13th'', and who the character of Adrienne in the novel is named after.
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71* For his album ''Rock Swings'' Music/PaulAnka covered Music/BonJovi's "It's My Life" which references the song "Music/MyWay" by Music/FrankSinatra, which Anka wrote.
72* Music/PeterGabriel's "The Barry Williams Show" is from the point of view of a trashy RealityTelevision show host, but the title wasn't meant to reference any specific celebrity, and the name "Barry Williams" was just meant to be as ordinary-sounding as possible. Peter Gabriel subsequently learned that there ''was'' in fact a TV star of that name, the American actor is best known for playing Greg from ''Series/TheBradyBunch'', so he got him to make a cameo in the music video... Ironically enough, he plays an audience member, not the host.
73* Music/{{Pink}}'s "Revenge", a RevengeBallad about her and her friends getting back on an ex who treated her badly, has a [[AWildRapperAppears guest verse]] from Music/{{Eminem}}, infamous for channelling his real-life DestructiveRomance with Kim Scott into songs about getting ([[MurderBallad bloody]]) revenge on her. Pink doesn't give any details about what her revenge is, and all Slim describes is intentionally cheating on his girl to make her feel bad... but his presence is enough to imply some violence to the plans. This is reinforced by the video, which is pretty gory for Top 40 pop.
74* The voice provider of Music/{{Vocaloid}}'s Megpoid[=/=]Gumi is Creator/MegumiNakajima, who had previously voiced the IdolSinger, Ranka Lee, from ''Anime/MacrossFrontier''. Her design is also very similar to Ranka's and has the same color scheme as her.
75* For her video for duet with Chris Stapleton "We Don't Even Fight Anymore", Carly Pearce cast Lucy Hale, who Pearce used to sing backup for, as the female lead
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79* In The Quandary Phase of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1978'', original [=H2G2=] producer Geoffrey Perkins plays Arthur's boss at BBC local radio; a character with the same relationship to Creator/DouglasAdams' AuthorAvatar as Perkins had to Douglas himself.
80* In the AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio drama ''Pier Pressure'' 1930s comedian Max Miller is played by Roy Hudd, president of the Max Miller Appreciation Society.
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84* In 2009, Creator/CateBlanchett played the title character in an Australian production of ''Theatre/RichardII''. Richard and Queen Elizabeth I (who Blanchett previously played in ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'') have famously been compared--Elizabeth herself allegedly even said: "I am Richard II; know ye not that?"
85* Creator/AnneHathaway's role as the lead in the 2009 Shakespeare in the Park production of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'', though it's more of a casting pun. Her name is the ''same'' as Shakespeare's wife.
86* Jesse L. Martin, the original Collins in ''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', was in the RockOpera ''Bright Lights Big City'' as the protagonist's best friend, who expressed disdain for "yuppies" and enjoyed using certain, um, recreational substances.
87* Creator/DarrenCriss, known for playing [[Literature/HarryPotter Harry]] in ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'', took over Creator/DanielRadcliffe's role in ''Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying''.
88* ''Theatre/ArsenicAndOldLace'' inverted this in the original stage version. The psychotic older brother berates his surgical henchman because someone said he looked like Creator/BorisKarloff. In the original Broadway cast, he was ''played'' by Boris Karloff. As the production was still making money at the time the film was set to be produced, the stage producers wouldn't allow Karloff out of his contract long enough to appear in the film version, and so the film producers had to make do with a heavily-made-up Raymond Massey. Karloff did get to reprise the role for a TV movie adaptation in 1962.
89* For the 1951 West End production of ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'', Creator/TennesseeWilliams personally cast Vivien Leigh--who was still best known for playing [[Film/GoneWiththeWind Scarlett O'Hara]] at the time--as the mentally damaged SouthernBelle Blanch Dubois, whose inability to cope with the loss of her family's ancestral plantation [[spoiler: tragically costs her her sanity]]. The casting choice carried over to [[Film/AStreetcarNamedDesire the well-known film adaptation]] released the same year (see "Film" above).
90* The 2011 production of ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]'' cast Neil Patrick Harris, an openly gay engaged man, as a bachelor who strings women along and disdains marriage.
91* The original Broadway production of ''Theatre/ShrekTheMusical'' cast John Tartaglia, a famous Broadway puppeteer and Muppet performer, as Pinocchio, a puppet.
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95* ''9: The Last Resort'' has [[{{Music/Aerosmith}} Steven Tyler and Joe Perry]] voicing a pair of antagonists only known as The Toxic Twins - "the toxic twins" is a long-standing nickname for the two musicians dating back to the 1970s.
96* ''VideoGame/AkanesasuSekaiDeKimiToUtau'', Creator/ShinichiroMiki voices [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Sakamoto Ryōma]]. He has also voiced Sakamoto ''Tatsuma'' from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''.
97* Who's that playing übercapitalist Andrew Ryan in ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}''? Why it's Creator/ArminShimerman, who you might remember as Quark the Ferengi from ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space 9]]''!
98** Shimerman also voiced one of the villains from the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series - the main rival of a character named 'Qwark'.
99** Amusingly, his AlternateCompanyEquivalent, the security-obsessed [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Robert House]] is played by Creator/ReneAuberjonois, a.k.a. Odo.
100%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', the casting of Creator/LyndaCarter (famous for playing Series/WonderWoman1975) as the voices of the female Orcs and Nords certainly qualifies.
101* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' has Michelle Ruff and Laura Bailey, both who played the Lovers Arcana social link ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'', respectively, play the two K/Catherine characters in this game, vying for the same man.
102%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* The ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' series is rife with this trope, with Creator/SamuelLJackson, Ice-T and Peter Fonda in ''San Andreas'', Phillip Michael Thomas, Jenna Jameson and Burt Reynolds in ''Vice City'', and Michael Madsen, Robert Loggia and Joe Pantoliano in ''GTA III'', as well as pretty much every DJ on every [[Radio/GTARadio radio station]] ever since ''III''.
103%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample** James Woods as a jittery, paranoid government agent sure seems to fit.
104* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
105** Creator/NathanFillion voices one of the main characters in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''. Who plays his character's ex-girlfriend (and boss)? His ex-girlfriend Creator/TriciaHelfer. Who plays two of his squadmates? His old ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' and ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' castmates Creator/AlanTudyk and Creator/AdamBaldwin.
106** ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'' has a hilarious bit where you can find an audio recording showing that [[spoiler: a Sangheili warrior is in love with Commander Palmer. Palmer is voiced by Creator/JenniferHale, who as [[Franchise/MassEffect Commander Shepard]] also had aliens lusting after her]].
107* Creator/GaryOldman as the Russian Commander Reznov in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty World at War''. Oldman had previously played the Russian terrorist Ivan Korshunov in ''Film/AirForceOne''. His American counterpart is voiced by Kiefer Sutherland, of ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'' fame. Sutherlands's previous voice-acting job was as the American general W.R. Monger in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens''.
108* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps'':
109** Ed Harris plays a CIA agent in the 1960s involved in many missions in Southeast Asia, especially during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. In ''Film/TheRock'', he played a Marine general who was famous for his black ops exploits in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.
110** Creator/GaryOldman reprising his role as Reznov? [[Awesome/VideoGameLevelsAToF Vorkuta]] isn't his [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban first time]] escaping from prison. Nor is it the first time [[spoiler:he [[Film/AirForceOne dies only seconds away from escape]].]]
111* Male protagonist Joshua Radcliff of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'' is voiced by Creator/YuuichiNakamura in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]''. This means players will see a robot-piloting [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Tomoya Okazaki]] (since both Tomoya and Joshua have blue hair and near-similar hairstyle), surrounded by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam]] [[{{Expy}} lookalikes]] (Nakamura's role in Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 is Graham Aker who memetically [[BeamMeUpScotty shouts]] "I LOVE YOU, GUNDAM!!"), fighting creatures empowered by despair (making him an anti-[[VideoGame/BlazBlue Hazama]]), alongside [[Literature/{{Oreimo}} an orange-haired younger sister that can't be this cute]]. For bonus gag, said sister is to be voiced by [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Tomoyo Sakagami's]] [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima seiyuu]].
112** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' is not the first time [[spoiler:Creator/HideyukiTanaka]] voices the BigBad of a Banpresto-developed video game, who also turns out to be a [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky giant monster with divine powers]]]].
113** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'' marks Creator/KeiichiNoda returning to voice another {{Familiar}} for an OriginalGeneration protagonist ([[Characters/MasouKishin Ranshao for Hwang Yang Long]]), [[spoiler:nor is this the first time he is cast as the game's TrueFinalBoss [[VideoGame/TengaiMakyou before]]]].
114* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'':
115** Creator/MarkHamill plays Master Eraqus, [[Franchise/StarWars one of the few remaining masters of an ancient, inter-world knighthood with distinctive and iconic weapons. He is struck down halfway through the game by one of his pupils who embrace the darkness in his heart, but has appeared to transcend death, at least for the time being.]]
116** Additionally, Master Xehanort is voiced by Creator/LeonardNimoy. The English localization team confirmed that this was an intentional reference to the Franchise/StarWars vs Franchise/StarTrek fandom rivalry.
117* Clara Hananokoji from the ''VideoGame/PowerInstinct'' series was created as an AffectionateParody of the MagicalGirl genre, so of course Creator/{{Atlus}} hired [[Creator/KotonoMitsuishi Sailor Moon herself]] to voice her.
118* The ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series did this several times: Perseus is voiced by Creator/HarryHamlin and Hercules is voiced by Creator/KevinSorbo, roles the actors previously played in ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}'' and ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' respectively. Carole Ruggier, the voice of Athena, also previously voiced the same character in ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology''.
119* ''Franchise/MassEffect'' franchise:
120** [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 The first game]] had Marina Sirtis (Counselor Troi in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'') playing Matriarch Benezia, an ''evil'' psychic from a highly spiritual culture of alien empaths. Not to mention Creator/LanceHenriksen (Bishop in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'') as Admiral Hackett, the MissionControl for the SpaceMarine protagonist.
121** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Tricia Helfer of ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' voices the ''Normandy'''s AI, EDI. In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' [[spoiler: she gets a sexy female robot platform to travel around in]]. Several of her conversations have comments that are obvious references to her role as a Cylon, including at least once when she specifically says "By your command."
122* In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/MugenSouls'', the protagonist Chou Chou (voiced by Creator/YukariTamura), conquers and makes friends with everyone through the power of making them obey her. [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Does that remind you of someone?]]
123* ''VideoGame/FarCry3BloodDragon'', a tongue-in-cheek AffectionateParody of [[TheEighties '80s action movies]], features a badass [[{{Cyborg}} "Cyber-Commando"]] as its protagonist. Naturally, said protagonist is played by Michael Biehn, who made his career battling cyborgs in ''Film/TheTerminator'' and leading a platoon of {{Space Marine}}s in ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
124* In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestHeroes'', Creator/RieKugimiya voices Homiron, a slime. She already voiced a slime before, [[Anime/QueensBlade except it was a humanoid-looking, evil one]].
125* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Morrigan's son Kieran is voiced by Odin Black, who is Creator/ClaudiaBlack's [[RealLifeRelative real-life son]].
126* ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'' has a few voice actors voice alternate versions of the characters:
127** Unlike Creator/VanessaMarshall and Creator/JoshKeaton, who are reprising the respective roles of Wonder Woman and Aquaman, their ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' co-star Creator/NolanNorth voices Green Lantern's Atomic counterpart[[note]]Norman Hal Jordan is voiced by his Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongsUs'' voice actor, Creator/AdamBaldwin[[/note]].
128** Creator/SteveBlum and Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor, who were in ''VideoGame/LegoBatman'', as the respective voices of Batman himself and Robin/Nightwing, voice the characters' [[ComicBook/BatmanVampire Nightmare counterparts]]. Likewise, Creator/TravisWillingham and Creator/LauraBailey voiced Superman and Wonder Woman respectively in its sequels, voices the characters' Mecha counterpart.
129* ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'' did this with the Spider-Men, with them being voiced by past Spidey voice actors: Creator/NeilPatrickHarris (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'') as [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Amazing Spider-Man]] (albeit only on the consoles), Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'') as ComicBook/SpiderManNoir, Dan Gilvezan (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'') as ComicBook/SpiderMan2099, and Creator/JoshKeaton (''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'') as ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan (and Amazing Spider-Man on the DS). Its sequel ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime Edge of Time]]'' also did this with two of the aforementioned and an interesting variation of TheOtherDarrin with Keaton and Barnes replacing Harris and Gilvezan in the respective roles of Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099.
130* The US dub of ''VideoGame/ApeEscape 2'' features Creator/VeronicaTaylor and Creator/RachaelLillis, best known as the voices of [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Ash and Misty]] respectively. They play the lead roles of Jimmy and Natalie, who are ''very'' similar to Ash and Misty. Jimmy is accompanied by a Pikachu-like RidiculouslyCuteCritter monkey named Pipotchi, and Natalie looks very similar to Misty, both of them being redhead {{tomboy}}s with pigtails. Plus they're in a game where you GottaCatchEmAll.
131* ''VideoGame/{{Injustice 2}}'' has the fear-obsessed villain the Scarecrow voiced by [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] himself, Creator/RobertEnglund.
132%%Needs more context about Mizuki's characters.* Just as Creator/NanaMizuki finished voicing Ange from ''Anime/CrossAnge'', she was cast almost immediately as half-Japanese Ann Takamaki in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' where the first boss is essentially Embryo as he is perverse and as despicable as Embryo was. Bonus point for Ryuji's voice actor being Creator/MamoruMiyano aka Tusk.
133* In ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' and ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'', Creator/PhilMorris voiced Legal Lee, who is a lawyer, much like his ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' character Jackie Chiles.
134* ''VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarLostParadise'' features the voice cast of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series as characters from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', with each actor's characters sharing qualities with each other. To name a few examples:
135** Creator/TakayaKuroda voices Kazuma Kiryu and Kenshiro, stoic badass protagonists.
136** Kazuhiro Nayaka voices Akira Nishikiyama and Shin, former best friends to the protagonist whose jealousy drives them to betrayal.
137** Hidenari Ugaki voices Goro Majima and Jagi, crazed {{Combat Pragmatist}}s who are obsessed with defeating their rivals.
138* In ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'' Creator/WilliamMapother voices the target Dino Bosco, a PrimaDonnaDirector and B-list actor. This is significant as not only is Mapother an actor who is a cousin of Creator/TomCruise, he was originally cast as the replacement voice actor for Agent 47 in ''VideoGame/HitmanAbsolution'', but the original [=VA=], Creator/DavidBateson came back at the last minute after recording some lines in secret with IOI to prove Square Enix wrong (to which they agreed, and Bateson was added proper). His level in ''2016'' "The Icon". also has a pair of [=NPC's=] that references this backlash, and one of them wants Dino replaced with a guy named "Dave Bateson", and will form a petition to do so.
139* In ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', Creator/SeanBean voices the Elusive Target codenamed: "The Undying", real name Mark Faba, a target known for coming back from the dead when the [=ICA=] tries to assassinate him, and has canonically two separate contracts from the ICA as even 47 can't keep him dead for long. He's basically his ''Film/GoldenEye'' character Alec Trevelyan in videogame form, crossed with the notoriety of Sean Bean being a ChronicallyKilledActor.
140* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersBattleForTheGrid'' features Creator/DanSouthworth [[RoleReprise returning to his role as]] Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce''. Eric's dialogue, however, is now peppered with references to Southworth's most famous video game role, Vergil from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'', while his fighting style is reminiscent of TheMusketeer fighting style used by Dante.
141-->'''Eric Myers''': I need more Quantum Power!
142-->'''Eric Myers''': Foolishness, Lord Zedd. Foolishness.
143* The 2020 game ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', or 原神 ''yuánshén'' in Chinese casts Creator/AoiYuuki as the female lead Lumine for its Japanese soundtrack. The gag is in Chinese: back in 2011, the [[spoiler:shock]] from the series ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' tied, in many Chinese viewers' minds, the name Aoi Yuuki with her character [[NaiveEverygirl Madoka Kaname]], or [[spoiler: the omniscient being [[MessianicArchetype Madokami]], or directly translated]] in Chinese, 圆神 ''yuánshén''. Fast forward to 2017, when Yuuki appeared as [[IdiotHero Yoshiko Hanabatake]] in ''Manga/AhoGirl'', and the huge contrast between the two characters gave the latter the nickname 猿神 ''yuánshén'' meaning "the monkey goddess". The homonymic pun got a third member later that year with [[NoSocialSkills Akiho Kosaka]] from ''Manga/MyGirlfriendIsShobitch'' as 援神 ''yuánshén'', voiced by, you guessed it, Aoi Yuuki. As the voice actress of three successive ''yuánshén'''s, it makes sense for a game titled ''yuánshén'' to cast her as the leading character[[note]]There is yet another ''yuánshén'' 园神, Sonoko Nogi from ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'', but she is not voiced by Yuuki and the nickname is based more on the similarity in character to Madoka.[[/note]].
144* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': The creators of ''{{TabletopGame/Cyberpunk}}'' have said that POV character Morgan Blackhand is pretty much grimyfuture Film/JohnWick, so when CD Projekt Red had the chance to cast Creator/KeanuReeves, who played John Wick, in their adaptation... they cast him as ''the other'' prominent POV character Johnny Silverhand, who himself is based on Film/JohnnyMnemonic, also played by Reeves.
145* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', the final conflict is between two sides led by two of the ''Podcast/ChapoTrapHouse'' hosts - Felix Biederman's deranged mercenary Kourtenaer, and Matt Christman's Union strongman Titus. This appears to be a reference to how, on ''Chapo'', when they argue it's usually over the cultural value of video gaming, with opposing positions that somewhat resemble the characters (Matt thinks it's a boot on our necks keeping us from rising up and destroying capitalism; Felix just likes that they let him pretend to be a soldier with a big gun).
146* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Johnny Cage was originally modeled after action star Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme (specifically as he appeared in ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}''), and the series itself actually began life as an attempt at [[DivorcedInstallment doing a licensed game starring Van Damme himself]]. Decades later, Van Damme would lend his voice and likeness to an alternate DLC skin for Cage in ''Videogame/MortalKombat1'', bringing things full circle.
147* ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'': Razputin, voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz, gains the ability to summon a small, hyperactive oddball minion to help him with certain tasks. Said minion is voiced by Rosearik Rikki Simons. This is a reference to Simons' role on ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' as GIR, a small, hyperactive oddball minion working for a character voiced by Horvitz.
148* The Latin American dub of ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' casts Creator/MarioCastaneda as Sun Wukong. One of Castañeda's most famous roles is, of course, Son Goku in ''Franchise/DragonBall'', who is probably the best known {{Expy}} of Sun Wukong (at least in anime).
149* In both the Japanese and English versions of ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', Sage, a ReiAyanamiExpy, is voiced by [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami's]] [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara voice]] [[Creator/RyanBartley actress]].
150* ''VideoGame/TheFeebleFiles'': The Oracle is voiced by Creator/PeterTuddenham, who was best known for voicing the all-knowing computer Orac in ''Series/BlakesSeven'', whose name was itself a play on "oracle".
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155* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has the [[EnergyBeings light being]] Huggins. When we meet their parents, they are voiced by two lighting artists.
156* In ''Webanimation/GenLock'', Creator/RoosterTeeth CEO Matt Hullum voices the guy who financed the gen:LOCK project.
157* ''WebAnimation/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'' has Vincent being voiced by Curtis "[[=Takahata101=]]" Arnott, well-known for playing [[WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged another gun-wielding vampire clad in red]], while being credited as [[OpenSecret ???]] [[spoiler: It also lasts for all of 10 seconds before he's revealed to actually be voiced by Faulerro in what sounds like an impression of Music/TheBeatles.]]
158* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Season 4 introduces Creator/AaronDismuke as Oscar Pine, who is at one point referred to by Qrow Branwen (voiced by Dismuke’s former co-Star Creator/VicMignogna) as “pipsqueak” (which is a BerserkButton for Mignogna’s previous character of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 Edward Elric]]).
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162* ''WebVideo/TheTimeGuys'' made their three-person cast a joke. One actor plays every single historical character the gang meets.
163* Canadian programmer Ian Kirby, one of the PowerTrio of artists behind ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', makes a CreatorCameo on the DVD voice track as a Canadian soldier.
164* In WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/LesMiserables2012'' makes fun of the LoveAtFirstSight trope by having that happen between WebVideo/PawDugan and [[WebVideo/VampireReviews Maven of the Eventide]]; Paul Schuler and Elisa Hansen are engaged in real life.
165* The antagonist of the Irish film ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ayE0Ebuvc Undefeated]]'' is a bully who gives a speech about how repulsed he is by the thought of people being gay. His actor James Stephen Walsh is bisexual.
166* In ''WebVideo/MrPeterson'' Robbie is a reckless driver who murdered the titular character with CarFu. Bobby Calloway didn't know how to drive when his scenes were shot.
167* ''WebVideo/TheNutters'': Luke is portrayed as a clueless ditz. His actor Liam Gaynor was noted to be one of the most intelligent and insightful members of the cast - even winning arts scholarships.
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