He is a manly man, and he has a manly voice to prove it.

A character of this sort must fulfill two criteria:

# [[CaptainObvious Obviously]], the character must be a {{badass}}.
# The character must have a deep voice of baritone register. [[BassoProfundo Bass register]] is also possible but is rarer and almost always overlaps with [[EvilSoundsDeep being evil]].

Such a character may range from CoolOldGuy to TestosteronePoisoning. Such characters are frequently supporting roles, such as TheLancer.

See also EvilSoundsDeep, GutturalGrowler, PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep. Contrast TenorBoy.
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!!Examples:

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[[folder: {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* [[RyotaroOkiayu Sc]][[KentaMiyake ar]] from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
** Also [[KenjiUtsumi Alex]] [[ChristopherSabat Armstrong.]]
** [[YujiUeda Solf. J]][[HiroyukiYoshino . Kimblee.]]
** [[TravisWillingham Roy Mustang]], as well.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Roronoa Zoro has [[KazuyaNakai the deep]][[ChristopherSabat est voice]] in the crew, and is undeniably {{Badass}}.
** Jinbe, both prior to and [[TheOtherDarrin after]] his [[DaisukeGouri original voice actor]]'s death.
* Dutch from ''Anime/BlackLagoon''.
** [[TaitenKusunoki Boris]] also.
* [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire Alu]][[Creator/CrispinFreeman card]] from ''{{Hellsing}}''.
* Any character portrayed by NorioWakamoto.
* Several characters from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[FumihikoTachiki Kenpachi]], [[RyotaroOkiayu Byakuya]], [[HideoIshikawa Ukitake]], [[AkioOhtsuka Shunsui]], [[ShowHayami Aizen]], [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Ulquiorra]], [[JunichiSuwabe Grimmjow]], [[RikiyaKoyama Starrk]]... and there are most likely more of them.
* [[{{Naruto}} Gaara]] as dubbed by Liam O'Brien. Also his Japanese [[AkiraIshida seiyuu.]]
** Shino, Zabuza, Kakuzu, Neji, Kyuubi, A and Guy and a few others.
** Kakashi, Itachi, Pain, Madara.
* Souther from ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' has a voice that might well be deeper than is actually naturally possible. Oddly enough, Toki the KungFuJesus has his own BadassBaritone going on. The main character, Kenshiro, prefers high-pitched "A-TA-TA" sounds.
* Whenever English dub Version of [[DragonBall Goku]] goes Super Saiyan 3, he invokes this trope to show he means business. And let's not get started on the badassery that is Super Saiyan 4...
** The Brazilian dub turned Frieza into one of this.
* HidekatsuShibata: Voiced [[{{Naruto}} The Third Hokage]], [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist King]] [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Bradley]] and [[Manga/FairyTail Igneel]].
* JamiesonPrice: Voiced [[GurrenLagann Lord Genome]], [[{{Naruto}} First Hokage]], The Count in [[{{Gankutsuou}} The Count of Monte Cristo]], and a few others.
** [[Anime/DigimonSavers Digimon Data Squad's]] Commander Sampson qualifies, as does [[TaitenKusunoki his original Japanese counterpart.]]
* JojiNakata: [[HighschoolOfTheDead Soichiro Takagi]], [[{{Hellsing}} Alucard]], [[YumekuiMerry Chaser John Doe]], [[FateStayNight Kotomine Kirei]], and a few others.
* Shizuo Heiwajima from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', particularly in the dub where he's voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman.
* Joe the Condor from Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman, considering his VA is real life BadassBaritone singer IsaoSasaki
* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'':
** Reborn in adult form, Xanxus, Squalo, Mukuro (especially in his 25 year old form),25 year old Lambo and Alaude.
** Also, HDW!Tsuna, TYL!Tsuna. Vongola Primo may count as well; both him and TYL!Tsuna are voiced by Creator/DaisukeNamikawa.
* Shinigami-sama in ''SoulEater'' actually invokes this trope.
* The English dub of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' gave Mewtwo this type of voice.
* Gray Fullbuster, Gajeel Redfox, Panther Lily, Elfman Strauss, Laxus Dreyar, and Fried Justine of ''Manga/FairyTail''.
* [[BattleButler Sebastian Michaelis]] in any incarnation of BlackButler.
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[[folder:Film]]
* MilesGloriosus from ''AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'', especially in the movie.
* Many incarnations of {{Batman}} have him lowering his voice while in costume to sound more menacing.
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Nolan's]] incarnation of Bane has an extremely peculiar contrast between the trope (in vocal range) and jovial, eloquent word choice and mode of speech.
-->"You think darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but blinding!"
* ChristopherLee sometimes plays this when he isn't playing [[EvilSoundsDeep villains]].
** His voice is perfect when he plays the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' role of [[TheGrimReaper Death]], since Terry Pratchett has always described Death's voice being deep and foreboding like the slamming of a coffin lid.
*** Also, whenever ''Death'' speaks in the novels, his lines are rendered completely in upper-case. And who elso, but Christopher Lee knows HOW TO SPEAK IN CAPITAL LETTERS?
* Thorin, as played by Richard Armitage, in ''Film/TheHobbit''. He even gets to sing a song perfectly suited for his voice.
* Mace Windu in the ''StarWars'' prequel trilogy. Darth Vader is the more [[EvilSoundsDeep villainous]] example, but he's still one of the most badass villains on the screen.
** As a rule, though, anytime SamuelLJackson is in the film's cast, expect his character to be one of these.
** Same for Creator/JamesEarlJones.
* [[Film/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]].
* Riddick from the ''Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'' series.
* Any character played by Ron Perlman.
* Kevin Grevioux has an unnaturally deep voice, which led many people watching his character Raze in ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' to assume it has been altered in some way. He's also a GeniusBruiser, having degrees in microbiology and genetic engineering and having come up with the idea for the movie in the first place.
* [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa.]]
* [[Film/HarryPotter Severus Snape]].
* Film/JamesBond, particularly when played by Creator/SeanConnery or Creator/DanielCraig.
* [[Film/ToKillAMockingBird Atticus Finch]], as played by GregoryPeck.
* Roadblock from ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation''.
* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': BenedictCumberbatch's John Harrison delivers {{Badass Boast}}s in a deep, bass voice.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Aral Vorkosigan of the ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' has a "scratchy" baritone, as does his RetiredBadass father.
* Earl Thorfinn, aka Theatre/{{Macbeth}} from Dorothy Dunnett's ''King Hereafter'' has a voice constantly described as "subterranean."
* Harry Dresden of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.
** Also, Sanya. Knight of the Cross, and the only person manly enough to make Dresden feel inadequate, being roughly of a height with Dresden and [[HuskyRusskie muscle-bound]] enough to make ''Michael'', who is notably strong, look puny, whereas Harry is all wiry muscle.
* Bahzell Bahnakson in DavidWeber's TheWarGods series.
* Every [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos Marine]] in [[NightLords Throne of Lies]] speaks in an [[EvilSoundsDeep unusually low]] voice, but Xarl, TheSquad's resident BloodKnight, is noticeably deeper.
* Derek Sagan of ''Literature/TheStarOfTheGuardians'' by MargaretWeis has a deep baritone.
* DEATH from the Literature/{{Discworld}} is described as having a voice like a lead coffin lid slamming,even if his voice is more felt than heard.
* Private Kolya Vlasov from David Benioff's City of Thieves. Quick-fisted fighter of cannibals sings in a "strong, confident baritone"
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Castiel]]. Also, Jensen Ackles noticeably starts using a deeper voice in any extended conversation with him. It's like they're trying to out-badass each other. MishaCollins has said that he regrets it- he thought he would only be a guest star and was just trying to sound BadAss, but when he was brought back to be a [[AscendedExtra major supporting character]] he was forced to keep it, and finds using the voice so much to be annoying, difficult and mildly painful.
--> '''MishaCollins''': So in the first episode that Castiel shows up in, um — he's trying to communicate with Dean, and in so doing, his voice, his angelic voice, is exploding television sets and breaking windows — and so I, consummate guest star that I am, thought - oh, you know, I'm gonna do this [''deepens voice''], really deep, [[GutturalGrowler gravelly]], commanding, kickass, kind of window-breaking voice... And I may be running into medical problems now. It has been ''brutal'' on my throat.
* ''CityConfidential'' narrator Paul Winfield, and his successor, KeithDavid.
* Shepherd Book from ''Firefly.''
* Mason Makoola from ''Pair of Kings'', although he is a bass.
* [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] himself. You could mistake BenedictCumberbatch for Creator/AlanRickman if you had your eyes closed.
** Which is funny considering that in one short story his voice is described as strident.
* Main/{{Skins}}: Gen 1's Sid, to some extent. His baritone next to Tony's tenor certainly evens the playing field.
* The Fourth Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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[[folder:Music]]
* The Swedish singer Roger Pontare is notable for his very deep voice both when talking and singing.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* Charlie Anderson from TheMusical adaptation of ''{{Shenandoah}}''.
* Count Carl-Magus in ''ALittleNightMusic'' is certainly a manly man, if conceited and stupid, with a distinct baritone voice.
* Wotan in Creator/RichardWagner's ''Theatre/DerRingDesNibelungen''. He's a bass-baritone, the ruler of the Gods, and he even has an eyepatch.
* Pick a {{Verdi}} baritone role. Any of them. Good guy or villain, all badass.
** Meta-example: any baritone who can ''sing'' Verdi automatically qualifies. Rare though they may be, "Verdi Baritones" make ordinary baritones cower in fear.
** If basses count, Sparafucile from ''Rigoletto''. Assassin AND a man of honour. He never double-crosses anyone.
* DonGiovanni. He's THE MAN.
* [[FlyingDutchman Vanderdecken]] in ''Der fliegende Holländer'' -- manly, dark, mysterious, bass-baritone.
* Escamillo from ''{{Carmen}}''. You know, the guy who sings [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nzsh60MQto that]] [[LargeHam impossibly hammy song]] about [[IAmSong how cool toreros are]].
* ''Theatre/LesMiserables'': InspectorJavert. Baritone or bass-baritone required, and he's badass enough to have his own trope. (Ask Patron-Minette how he arrested seven armed bandits plus a MamaBear (who counts herself as two) alone.)
** Enjolras is also played by a baritone and, as charismatic leader of the Friends of the ABC, qualifies.
* Sweeney Todd usually, though the Burton interpretation sent this to hell in a handcart. Also [[SexIsEvil The Judge]].
* Macheath in ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera''
* Depending on the actor, ThePhantomOfTheOpera (the role has been played by both tenors and baritones).
* The indisputably badass Beast from ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is a solid baritone role, as is the equally badass (though much more arrogant about it) villain Gaston.
* Listen to Brian Stokes Mitchell sing "Impossible Dream," and you'll realize [[ManOfLaMancha Don Quixote de La Mancha]] qualifies.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Garrus Vakarian, David Anderson, Zaeed Massani, Thane Krios and especially the Reapers from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' all have deep, distinctive voices.
* Angeal from ''CrisisCore: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fits the trope nicely.
* Kratos Aurion from VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia, who has the same seiyu as [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi.]]
* Alucard from VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight. A bit of a contrast with his [[{{Bishonen}} appearance]].
* The Grand Oak of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' definitely fits this trope. Bonus points since he ''RhymesOnADime''.
* The Arishok of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''.
** [[PosthumousCharacter Malcom]] [[BadassBookworm Hawke]], father of the player character, as well. He has the same voice as male! Hawke, only pitched much lower.
* Auron from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has a voice bordering on GutturalGrowler.
* [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]], in both the DS remake of ''[=FFIV=]'' and ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
** [[TheLancer Kain]] as well, but only [[LiamOBrien in English]]. KoichiYamadera's vocal stylings are still somewhat deep, but not ChristianBale-[[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Batman]] so.
* Most incarnations of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' BigBad Xehanort have kickass voices, but one in particular stands out. Hint: it's the one voiced by NorioWakamoto.
* The Heavy from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' stands out as having perhaps the deepest voice of the cast.
** Although the Sniper comes in at a close second.
* Any character voiced by KeithDavid is almost guaranteed to be this. Vhailor from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', The Arbiter from ''{{Halo}}'' (notable for being the [[TheStoic least hammy]] [[EliteMook Elite]]), and Captain Anderson from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' come to mind.
* Jorge-052 from ''HaloReach'', all the way.
* Meta Knight in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' speaks in a deep, gravelly voice. He's also the only character in the game who administrators are considering ''[[GameBreaker banning from tournament play]]'' because he's [[{{Badass}} "too powerful".]]
* Tychus Findlay of ''{{Starcraft}} II'' has a voice that makes Barry White sound like a boy soprano.
* Ezio Auditore da Firenze from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''. His voice gradually deepens as he gets older, in addition to growing a BadassBeard.
* [[KazuyaNakai Shinjiro]] [[BadassLongCoat Aragaki]] from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' in the original Japanese version.
** Although Grant George's English voice is hardly high pitched itself.
* Harman Smith, voiced by Dwight Schultz, in ''{{Killer7}}''
* Shao Kahn and Quan Chi in ''{{Mortal Kombat}}''
* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', Legate Lanius from the base game and Joshua Graham from the Honest Hearts DLC are both badass and have very deep voices. Doubly notable for both being [[TheStoic extremely cool, competent, and collected]] and neither of them using profanity in a game where it is plentiful.
* Even more impressive than the above-mentioned Vhailor is [[spoiler: The Transcendent One]] from ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', voiced by TonyJay. He's also a PhysicalGod.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Lee]] [[GeniusBruiser Everett]] of ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead''.
* Jazz from EternalSonata. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJWFz5SPB5k Here, have an example.]]
* A few ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' characters have this, like Deus, Asura and the Rasho Mooks.
* [[StreetFighter Guile's]] voice has become deeper as the series advances. His latest VA's are HirokiYasumoto and TravisWillingham, and that says a lot.
** Also [[TomomichiNishimura Bi]][[NorioWakamoto son]], [[TomomichiNishimura Akuma]], [[ToshiyukiMorikawa Charlie]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Thunder Hawk]], [[AkioOhtsuka Se]][[Creator/MichaelMcConnohie th]], [[Creator/WataruTakagi Zan]][[KentaMiyake gief]], [[FinalFight Guy]]...
* Logan Cunningham, the voice of the Narrator in the game Bastion. As Yahtzee said in his review, it sounds like his voice has been replaced with a "chocolate profiterole."
* In [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]], [[AwesomeMccoolname Ulfric Stormcloak]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy is a]] [[RebelLeader manly]] [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething man]] and he most definitely has a manly voice to prove it (naturally, since he's voiced by Vladimir Kulich). May overlap with EvilSoundsDeep depending on your stance on the Skyrim Civil War.
* Adam Jensen, the OneManArmy PlayerCharacter of ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', has a very low voice with [[SmokingIsCool extra huskiness from the smoking habit]].
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* No one has a baritone like [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast Gaston]]! Except Beast.
* Goliath from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. His voice is practically deeper that those of the other characters. Only natural, since he's voiced by KeithDavid.
* The main character of ''KorgothOfBarbaria'' (as well as a [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy number]] of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold characters]] voiced by DiedrichBader).
* LexLuthor as voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown in TheDCAU.
** {{Batman}} as voiced by KevinConroy as well, especially when Batman is older, demonstrated in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PETk8eBbfN0 this video.]]
** {{Darkseid}} as voiced in both the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLZu_X8YBE English]] and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6UXDxkXQE&feature=related Latin American]] dub.
* ''{{Transformers}}''' Optimus Prime is universally this, with a voice so deep and weighty it would crush the vocalizers of lesser 'bots.
* Smaug in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'', as befits a titanic dragon. It really adds to the effect of his BadassBoast.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury'', Moriarty.
* ''Megabyte,'' the resident BigBad and MagnificentBastard of ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}''. He retained that certain refined bass voice even as he became more feral and dangerous throughout the series, which made him all the more terrifying. Voiced by TonyJay.
* Bracket, Tennie's father in ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}''.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* ChristopherLee. Played many of the [[HammerHorror most]] [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun iconic]] [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings villains]] in film history, aided much due to his magnificent baritone voice. He's also a trained operatic singer, a metalhead, speaks at least [[{{Omniglot}} five languages fluently]], is a MasterSwordsman, and was a member of the Special Operations Executive during WorldWarII (whose exploits inspired the character of JamesBond).
* TimCurry.
* Liam Neeson
* Alan Rickman
* Vladimir Kulich.
* Musician First Class Courtney R. Williams, Concert Moderator for the United States Navy Concert Band.
* Till Lindeman of Music/{{Rammstein}}.
** However, his normal speaking voice is actually [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__RTqqmeGI surprisingly high-pitched]] and gentle, compared to his singing voice in most (not all, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvePEzdMI-M case in point]]) Rammstein songs.
* Despite common depictions, this trope is subverted in the two most legitimately {{badass}} American presidents: AbrahamLincoln is said to have had a shrill, nasally voice and TheodoreRoosevelt had a mid-range voice - his voice was the first president's to ever be receorded and a sample can be found [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roosevelt_-_Address_to_the_Boys_Progressive_League.ogg here ]]
** So did [[GeneralRipper General Patton]], George C. Scott portrayal notwithstanding.
* SteveBlum.
* JohnnyCash, ladies.
* Creator/MichaelMcConnohie, one of the closest we have to an English-speaking Norio Wakamoto.
* The late Peter Steele of ''TypeONegative''.
* Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin of Jag Panzer. He can (and does) go higher, but his natural register is baritone and he's the living embodiment of badass in metal. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgN2VJ2JsZ8 I'M A MAN WHO SHOWS NO MERCY FOR THE WEAK!]]
* Music/{{Metallica}}'s James Hetfield. Accidentally stepped into a pyrotechnic, and lived.
* TheUndertaker. Walking, talking embodiment of {{Badass}}. Once got [[KillItWithFire set on fire by his pyro]] and ''never broke character''.
* Japanese singers Takayuki Miyauchi (known for singing the [[AwesomeMusic awesome]] Opening song to KamenRiderBlack RX) and IsaoSasaki aka "The Japanese ElvisPresley".
** {{Gackt}}'s voice is surprisingly deep for such a [[DudeLooksLikeALady feminine-looking guy]], and his songs are pretty awesome as well.
* Among Mexican dubbers, the big prize for ''the'' deep and badass voice-overs goes to GerardoReyero (who's actually a bass). Though it's not to say that guys like Mario Castañeda, Gabriel Basurto and Marcos Patiño are slouches either.
* NorioWakamoto.
* Creator/JamesEarlJones is made of this.
* '''{{BRIAN BLESSED}}''', complete with [[LargeHam giant pieces of ham]].
* The late TonyJay, so much that he was usually typecast as [[EvilSoundsDeep villains]].
* The late DonLaFontaine.
* Benedict Cumberbatch
* RichardArmitage.
* TravisWillingham.
* Ettore Bastianini, a famous Italian operatic baritone in the 1950-60s.
* PatrickSeitz.
* JamiesonPrice.
* LiamOBrien.
* DCDouglas
* RyuzaburoOhtomo.
* FredTatasciore tends to play these roles, with good reason whenever he's not playing monster roles and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
* The late, great DaisukeGouri.
* GeorgeTakei
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WahBH9sANg&feature=player_detailpage#t=25s OH MY...]]
* LanceHenriksen.
* Creator/CrispinFreeman.
* AkioOhtsuka
* Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.
* The late [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dailey Mark Dailey]] of [=CityTV=] in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}. Originally a crime reporter and good friend of the Toronto police, he frequently did live voice-overs between programs and, by the time of his passing in 2010, he was a regular anchor on the evening news and was considered "the voice" of the channel.
-->'''Mark Dailey''': [[StationIdentification This is CityTV,]] ''[[CatchPhrase everywhere]]''.
* TayZonday.
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