While many of these actors and actresses may be more famous in other pursuits (such as live-action films), a few key roles in animated films [[StarMakingRole helped them gain recognition]] among a different target audience.

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!English voice actors
* Creator/TonyJay in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''.
* Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, Creator/DaveighChase, and Creator/KevinMcDonald in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch''.
* Creator/JodiBenson in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
* Creator/MaxCharles in ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman''
* Creator/JohnCReilly, Creator/JackMcBrayer and Creator/AlanTudyk (as voice actors) in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''.
* Creator/DebiDerryberry and Jeff Garcia in ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
* Creator/BillHader (as a voice actor) in ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs''.
* Creator/ChrisPratt and Creator/ElizabethBanks (as voice actors) in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie''
* Michael-Leon Wooley in ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''.
* Creator/GilbertGottfried and Creator/RobinWilliams (as voice actors) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''.
* Music/MandyMoore (as a voice actress) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}''.
* Creator/FredTatasciore in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers''.
* Creator/JayBaruchel and Creator/TJMiller in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''.
* Paige O'Hara and David Ogden Stiers (coupled with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'') in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* Creator/MingNaWen and Creator/MiguelFerrer (as a voice actor) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
* Creator/JonathanAdams in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths''.
* Creator/BruceGreenwood and Creator/JensenAckles (as voice actors) in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood''.
* Creator/KellyMacdonald (as a voice actress) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''.
* Creator/ChrisSarandon and Music/DannyElfman in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.
* Creator/ArielWinter (voice-acting wise) in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. Though she's more-so associated with ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''.
* Creator/ZachCallison (coupled with ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'') in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanShazamTheReturnOfBlackAdam''.
* Creator/IdinaMenzel, Creator/KristenBell, Johnathan Groff, Santino Fontana and Creator/JoshGad (in voice acting) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}''. For Bell, it brought her back into the spotlight for the first time since ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'', and for Menzel and Gad, it made them better known outside of the theatre fan demographic.
* Creator/TomHanks, Creator/TimAllen, Creator/JoanCusack, and Creator/JohnRatzenberger (as voice actors) in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' series.
* Ryan Potter and Scott Adsit in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. Also considered an overall breakthrough for Ryan Potter; Adsit was already well-known from ''Series/ThirtyRock'', ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'', and ''Series/MrShow'' whereas Potter's series ''Series/SupahNinjas'' gained far less recognition.
* Creator/DakotaFanning (as a voice actress) in ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''. She would again prove her VA credentials in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''.
* Creator/MikeMyers, Creator/EddieMurphy and Creator/AntonioBanderas (as voice actors) in the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}} series''.
* Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee in ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''.
* Creator/ShameikMoore and Creator/HaileeSteinfeld (as a voice actress) in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse''.

!Mexican Voice Actors (both dubbing and original acting)
* Creator/MariaFernandaMorales in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' as adult Nala, along with [[Manga/SaintSeiya Saori Kido/Athena]] and [[Anime/SailorMoon Minako "Sailor Venus" Aino]].
** Raul Aldana and Genaro Vasquez in the same film as Timon and Rafiki respectively. Aldana is also well known in Mexico for voicing [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Stitch]] and Vasquez for voicing [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]] and [[Anime/SailorMoon Mamoru "Tuxedo Mask" Chiba]] ([[TheOtherDarrin at first]]).
** Singer Kalimba Marichal as the singing voice of young Simba also counts. Kalimba even lampshades that fact continuously in many interviews that he is better known for that character than ''any other thing'' he did in his singing career.
* Diana Santos in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' as Mowgli, along with [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 Maid Marian]], [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies Miss Piggy]] and [[Anime/HeidiGirlOfTheAlps Peter]].
* [[Creator/MemoAponte Guillermo Aponte Jr.]] in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' as the titular Nemo and also recently in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' as Hiro Hamada; along with WesternAnimation/{{Phineas|AndFerb}}.
* Creator/RominaMarroquinPayro in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' as Anna and also in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' as Judy Hopps.
* Ruben Trujillo in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' as the Genie, along with [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]], [[Series/QuantumLeap Sam Beckett]] and the titular Film/MrsDoubtfire.
** Jorge Santos in the first case as Jafar, along with [[Anime/VisionOfEscaflowne Folken Fanel]].
* Alicia Velez in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' as Boo, plus [[Manga/HiScoreGirl Akira Ono]].
* Estefania Piedra in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as Meilin Lee.
* Hector Estrada in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' as Bowser, together with [[Series/TwistedMetal2023 Sweet Tooth]].

!European French Voice Actors (both dubbing and original acting)
* Creator/RogerCarel as the title character in the animated movie adaptations of the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic, starting with ''WesternAnimation/AsterixTheGaul'' in 1967.
* Claire Guyot as Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.

!Canadian French Voice Actors (dubbing only)
* Violette Chauveau as Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
* Joël Legendre as the title character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', along with Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio's Jack Dawson in ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}''.

!Japanese Voice Actors (dubbing only)
* Creator/HaruhikoJo, Tomie Kataoka and Ben Hiura in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' as Scar (plus [[Franchise/PiratesOftheCaribbean Barbossa]]), Shenzi (plus [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Kanga]]) and Banzai respectively.
* Yumi Fukamizu in ''Film/SpaceJam'' as WesternAnimation/LolaBunny.
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