"Is it any more ironic that the same guy that did the voice of Garfield [Lorenzo Music] did the voice of Peter Venkman in the Ghostbusters cartoon? While Bill Murray was the live-action Peter Venkman, and he also did the voice of Garfield in the movie!"
Full circle portraying is where two actors portray the same character on different occasions, and then do so again with regard to a second, unrelated character. Bonus points if a third or fourth actor does the same thing for the same set of characters, or the same actors do this for even more characters.
The fact that the same group of actors are cast for the same group of roles usually implies there is some similarity in the roles as well as the actors. Sometimes one actor might be considered the Poor Man's Substitute for the other. It could qualify as a Casting Gag, if Charlie was cast as the same character Bob originated, in part because Charlie and Bob were already known for both portraying some other role.
One character being portrayed by different actors may happen due to multiple installations of a franchise, reboots, adaptations or dubs. Often voice acting portrayals are elements of the full circle: the frequency of two actors sharing a character is higher since it's common to have the voice actor of a dub or adaptation be different from a contemporaneous live-action portrayal, or even to switch voice actors within the same series; the frequency of this happening twice is also higher due to the multiple roles one voice actor can play. A voice-acting studio may also have a Production Posse they cast from repeatedly, resulting in one voice actor becoming their "go-to actor" whenever adapting or dubbing roles by a specific live-action actor.
Works where it's common or specifically intended for an actor to play multiple roles don't count, especially in the case of voice actors playing multiple roles in single productions. For instance, Animal and Bunsen were both voiced by Howie Mandel in the first two seasons of Muppet Babies (1984), and they were voiced by Dave Coulier in every other season, but this is not full circle portrayal since the two roles weren't recast independently from each other.
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Japanese Voice Actors
- Ryu of Street Fighter fame was voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa in the late 90s and early 2000s, he also provided the voice of Jonouchi in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. The second Yu-Gi-Oh series saw Jonouchi voiced by Hiroki Takahashi, and he is now the official voice actor for Ryu.
- Son and father duo of Akio and Chikao Ohtsuka have both portrayed younger and older versions of the same character. Akio voices the younger version of Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and all tie in games, while Chikao voiced the older Big Boss at the very end of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Akio also voices Xehanort, the Big Bad of the Kingdom Hearts series. When prequel Birth By Sleep showed Xehanort in his original, older form, who voiced him? Chikao Ohtsuka.
- Senbei Norimaki was voiced in the original Doctor Slump anime by Kenji Utsumi, who also voiced the older Lord Slug in eponymous Dragon Ball Z film. Once Lord Slug's wish for eternal youth is granted, his voice is taken over by Yusaku Yara, who also took over for Senbei in the 1997 Doctor Slump remake and in Dragon Ball Super.
Japanese and English dubs
- In the Japanese dubs of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ and Inuyasha, the title characters are both voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi. In the English dubs, Richard Ian Cox did the voice of male Ranma in seasons 4 through 7 and he also did the voice of Inuyasha.
- In The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star, Haruhi and Konata are voiced by Aya Hirano in Japanese and Wendee Lee in English.
- Reno of Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and his Kingdom Hearts Expy Axel/Lea share the same voice actors in Japanese (Keiji Fujiwara), English (Quinton Flynn), French, Spanish, and German.
- Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, Saïx is voiced by Ginpei Sato in Japanese and Kirk Thornton in English. They were the respective voice actors for Jin in Japanese and English dubs of Samurai Champloo.
- Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z and Morrison/Masamune from Pokémon: The Series have been voiced by Masako Nozawa in Japanese, and Sean Schemmel in English.
- Morrison's Brazilian voice actor was also the Brazilian voice of Teen Gohan. Since Gohan is also voiced by Masako Nozawa, the trope works there as well.
- Masako Nozawa did the voices of Goku in Dragon Ball GT and Guilmon in Digimon Tamers, while Steven Blum provided the voices for Guilmon in the english dub and Goku's voice in Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout.
- Speaking of Digimon, similar to the Ghostbusters example, Michael Reisz played Ice Devimon in Tamers and Dave Wittenberg played him in Frontier. Takuya of Frontier was played by Reisz also in most of his forms, but to save his voice from all the insanely over-the-top screaming, he didn't do the voice of Takuya's final two forms (which, ironically, didn't scream as much as the other forms did when they were introduced.) Instead, Wittenberg did those. Dave, why do you keep stealing Mike's parts?
- Light Yagami and Setsuna F. Seiei are voiced by Mamoru Miyano in Japan and Brad Swaile in the West, leading some (even on this Wiki) to declare Swaile the English equivalent of Miyano.
- YMMV on that considering Vic Mignogna and Todd Haberkorn also both share numerous Miyano roles. Vic voiced Tamaki in the dub of Ouran High School Host Club and Zero in Vampire Knight, while Todd voiced Death the Kid in Soul Eater, Ling Yao in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and Kyrie in Sands of Destruction.
- Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass, Albert de Morcerf from Gankutsuou, and Yukio from Blue Exorcist are voiced by Jun Fukuyama in Japanese. Johnny Yong Bosch may very well be his dub counterpart, since he plays all three characters in English.
- Rie Kugimiya is the Japanese voice of Alphonse Elric, who was voiced by Aaron Dismuke in the English dub of the original series. Although growing up kept him from doing Al's voice in the second anime, Aaron did voice another character that was originally voiced by Kugimiya in Japanese: Izuno Endo in Linebarrels of Iron.
- Rie Kugimiya also voices Happy in Fairy Tail and Daisaku Bandai in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School, both of whom are voiced in English by Tia Ballard.
- Takeshi Kusao was the Japanese voice actor for Ryo in the original version of Ronin Warriors, and when it was dubbed into English Ryo was voiced by Matt Hill. Years later Kusao voiced Bankotsu in Inuyasha, and appropriately enough when he appeared in the English dub Matt Hill was his voice actor.
- A mix of Western Animation and Anime: In the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) cartoon, Leonardo was voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas, and in its Japanese Dub Leo was voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara. In Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn the character of Angelo Sauper was voiced by Kakihara in Japanese and Sinterniklaas in English.
- Kappei Yamaguchi was the voice of the Wind Shinobi Jin in YuYu Hakusho, with Jerry Jewell voicing him in English. Yamaguchi voices the adult Shinichi Kudo in Case Closed, and when it was translated into English as Case Closed Shinichi (called Jimmy in the English version) was also voiced by Jerry Jewell.
- Incidentally, the Filipino and Italian voices for Shinichi, Robert Brillantes and Davide Garbolino, have also both shared another anime character: Son Gohan from Dragon Ball Z.
- Speaking of Conan, in the Japanese version Ai Habara is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara, who also voices anime icon Rei Ayanami. In the Case Closed dub, Ai (now called Sherry) is voiced by Brina Palencia, who also voices Rei in the Rebuild of Evangelion English dub.
- Brina also does of the English voice of several characters that were voiced in Japanese by Misato Fukuen: Eve from Black Cat, Yin from Darker than Black, and Kurumu Kurono from Rosario + Vampire.
- Daisuke Ono and Eric Vale are respectively the Japanese and English voices of both Kai Mikawa from My Bride is a Mermaid and Sion Astal from The Legend of the Legendary Heroes.
- Goku, Gohan, and Tetsuro Hoshino are all voiced by Masako Nozawa. Saffron Henderson does the English voice of Tetsuro and did the original English voices of Goku and Gohan.
- Kosuke Toriumi and Sean Chiplock both voiced Guido Mista in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime and Kiyotaka Ishimaru in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (though Chiplock was recast in the anime).
- Kazuya Nakai and Christopher Sabat both voice Roronoa Zoro and Mondo Owada.
- Suzuko Mimori and Kira Buckland both count Umi Sonoda and Hiyoko Saionji in their resumes.
- Takahiro Sakurai and Grant George share at least four roles: Izuru Kira, Leon Kuwata, Joe Okada and Kaiser.
- Michael Sinterniklaas and Ryunosuke Kamiki both voice Kenji Koiso and Taki Tachibana.
- Chika Sakamoto and Ben Diskin share two roles in the Digimon anime: Shoutmon and Agumon.
- Eri Kitamura and Sarah Anne Williams have both voiced Sayaka Miki and Uni.
- Tomokazu Sugita and Matthew Mercer are the Japanese and English voices, respectively, of Chrom and Yusuke Kitagawa. May be a double Casting Gag too, since both characters are blue-haired swordsmen.
- Bryn Apprill stood in for Lindsay Seidel as Fiona Frost in SPY×FAMILY episode 21 when the latter came down with laryngitis. Fiona is voiced in Japanese by Ayane Sakura, who also voices Futaba Nakano The Quintessential Quintuplets, whom Apprill voices in English.
- Kana Hanazawa and Cherami Leigh have both voiced Red Blood Cell AE3803 and Chloe Cerise.
Multi Language
- When Dameon Clarke mostly retired from voice acting, J. Michael Tatum took over two characters he voiced in the original anime series when new shows were made and dubbed: Victor Hilshire in Gunslinger Girl and Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
- Ian James Corlett was the original English voice of Goku and Master Roshi as well as Shuichi Tataki in Key the Metal Idol. After he left both series, the characters were taken over by Peter Kelamis. Adding to that, when Corlett quit doing anime dubs, the character of Dr. Tofu from Ranma ½ was voiced by Kirby Morrow in the final few episodes he appeared in. Likewise, when Ocean Studios continued their respective dub of Dragon Ball Z in Canada, Morrow proceeded to voice Goku for the rest of the series. And when Morrow suddenly died just as Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon started its dub, Corlett came out of dub retirement to voice Morrow's part of Miroku.
- In Digimon Frontier, Michael Reisz voices most of Takuya's forms, but when he got another upgrade, Reisz said his voice wasn't up for the constant screaming that had accompanied his other forms. David Wittenberg, therefore, plays him as Emperor Greymon only. Meanwhile, Ice Devimon was played by Michael Reisz in Digimon Tamers but by Wittenberg in Frontier. (Sadly. Reisz' sexy voice and Ice Devimon's sadism come together in a way that just isn't there with the second incarnation's deranged-surfer voice, which is said to be patterned after Christopher Walken.) This is poetic on two counts: One, Wittenberg has a habit of taking Reisz's characters, and two, as the original Digimon Adventure Greymon had no two forms played by the same actor, we continue that trend in Digimon Frontier. (It's broken in Digimon Data Squad, though, where he keeps the same VA as Agumon, GeoGreymon, RizeGreymon, and ShineGreymon.)
- In both, Japanese and German, Takuya Kanbara from Digimon Frontier and Mokuba Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh! are both voiced by Junko Takeuchi and Ricardo Richter, respectively. Similarly, Kouichi Kimura from Digimon Frontier and Kamui Shirou from X1999 the series are both voiced by Kenichi Suzumura and Sebastian Schulz, respectively.
- Ricardo Tejedo and Takehito Koyasu share two roles with each other, Misurugi Hanagata, and Shigeru Aoba.
- Irwin Daayán shares two role with the late Jesús Barrero, Pegasus Seiya, and Jason Lee Scott
- Idina Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway and West End productions of Wicked and is the first of several Elphabas to have also gone on to play Elsa from the Frozen franchise. Foreign dubs of the film include Maria Lucia Rosenberg (Danish), Willemijn Verkaik (German (singing only) and Dutch), Mona Mor (Hebrew) and Hyena Park [ko] (Korean) and the musical adaptation includes Caissie Levy, Caroline Bowman (Broadway), Jemma Rix (Australia) and, again, Willemijn Verkaik (Germany).
- Andrea Arruti has been the Latin American Spanish voice actress for two of Madison Pettis' roles, those being Adyson Sweetwater and Izzy.
- Sean Schemmel was the English voice of Kuroobi in the 4Kids dub of One Piece; when it was dubbed by Funimation, Kuroobi was voiced by Patrick Seitz. Additionally, when Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn was dubbed in English Schemmel was the original voice of Flaste Schole in the first half of the series; during the second half he was replaced by Seitz.
- Venus Terzo voiced Patch for the first half of My Little Pony Tales, before she was replaced by Brigitta Dau in the second half. In a reversal of this, Dau was the original voice of Female Ranma in the English dub of Ranma ½, providing her voice in the first six episodes and first two OAV specials. Terzo took over as Female Ranma's voice for the remainder of the TV series, the rest of the OAV releases, and all of the films.
- Brazilian Portuguese: three actors shered the roles of Spider-Man and Robin: The late Carlos Marques voiced Spidey in several shows in The '80s – like The Amazing Spider-Man (1978) and Spider-Man (1981) – and Robin in Superfriends and The New Adventures of Batman; Manolo Rey voiced Spidey in the Raimi trilogy and Robin in both Teen Titans (2003) and Teen Titans Go!; Sérgio Cantú voiced Spidey in The Amazing Spider-Man Series starring Andrew Garfield and Robin (Dick Grayson) in Titans.
Live-action films and Animated series
- As stated above, Garfield and Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters are portrayed by Bill Murray in the live-action movies and Lorenzo Music did their voices in their respective animated series.
- Michael J. Fox portrayed Marty McFly in Back to the Future trilogy and Stuart Little in... Stuart Little. David Kaufman did their voices in the animated series.
- Kamen Rider Dragon Knight dub: Kivat's voice actor plays JTC and Kiva-la's VA plays Kase. That makes their battles the Duel of the Cute Talking Transformation Trinket Bats. Also, Len is voiced by the actor for Len's Japanese counterpart Ren.
- Both Ryan Reynolds and Nolan North have played Deadpool and the Hal Jordan Green Lantern (2011), the former both in live-action and the latter both in animation. For bonus points, they're both alliterative names.
- Ben Affleck portrayed Daredevil in the 2003 film and Batman in the DC Extended Universe. Frank Welker provided Daredevil's voice for an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and portrayed a version of Batman (specifically, the version from The New Scooby-Doo Movies) for an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Likewise, Roger Craig Smith first voiced Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins and voiced Daredevil in Lego Marvel Avengers. Steve Blum voiced Batman in the first LEGO Batman game, as well as Nightmare Batman in Infinite Crisis, and voiced Daredevil in both The Punisher (THQ) (albeit only as Matt Murdock) and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (actually voicing Matt in his alter ego this time).
- George Newbern famously provided the voice of Superman beginning with Justice League and Sephiroth of Final Fantasy VII fame. Tyler Hoechlin, who plays Superman in the Arrowverse shows, provided Sephiroth's voice in the Final Fantasy VII Remake.
- Both Khary Payton and Cress Williams played Steel and Black Lightning. Payton first voiced a pre-Steel John Henry Irons in the DC Animated Movie Universe installment Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (and the unrelated Justice League: Gods and Monsters) and Black Lightning in Young Justice (2010). Williams was cast as The Other Darrin to Payton when it came time for the DCAMU Irons to finally become Steel in The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen and stars as BL in Black Lightning's self-titled series.
- The Injustice (2021) animated movie gives two:
- Justin Hartley, who played Green Arrow in Smallville, voices Superman, which makes him the second person to play both Superman and GA. The first was Alan Tudyk, who voiced Ollie in Young Justice (2010) (and reprised the role in the Injustice games and Infinite Crisis) and was the original voice actor for the DCAMU Superman in Justice League: War.
- Anson Mount is the voice of Batman, a role he now shares with Bruce Greenwood. Both men also played Star Trek's Christopher Pike: Mount in Star Trek: Discovery and Greenwood in the Kelvin timeline.
- Both Frank Welker and Fred Tatasciore have both voiced Transformers Big Bad Megatron and the Mortal Kombat villain Shao Kahn. Welker, of course, started the role of Megatron in The Transformers while Tatasciore started the role in Transformers: War for Cybertron. Welker also voiced Shao Kahn's cameo at the end of Mortal Kombat: The Movie (he even reused the voice he uses for Soundwave) while Tatasciore voiced Shao in the Mortal Kombat Legends series (he even reused his Megatron voice — which itself sounded like Steve Ritchie's turn as Shao in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks).
- Jerry O'Connell, Yuri Lowenthal, David Kaye, Brandon Routh, and P.M. Seymour have voiced both Superman and Captain Marvel/Shazam!.:
- O'Connell voiced Captain Marvel in Justice League Unlimited, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam, and Infinite Crisis before replacing Alan Tudyk as the voice of the DC Animated Movie Universe Superman.
- Lowenthal, Routh, and Kaye all went in the opposite direction, playing Superman first (Lowenthal in Legion of Super Heroes (2006), Routh in Superman Returns, and Kaye in DC Super Friends and the DC Nation Tales of Metropolic shorts), then playing Captain Marvel/Shazam (Lowenthal in Injustice (2021), Routh in LEGO DC Super-Villains, and Kaye in DC Nation Shazam shorts).
- P.M. Seymour voiced both in the game DC Battle Arena.
- Both Jim Carrey and Rob Paulsen have played Stanley Ipkiss/The Mask and the Riddler. Carrey, of course, played the respective roles in The Mask and Batman Forever, whereas Paulsen took over as Ipkiss in the Mask cartoon and voiced Nigma in LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.
- Chris Pine, Josh Keaton, and Yuri Lowenthal have played both Wonder Woman love interest Steve Trevor and Spider-Man. Keaton first voiced Spider-Man in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Lowenthal first voiced Spider-Man in the Spider-Man Unlimited game (and most famously is his voice in Spider-Man (PS4)), and Pine played the Peter Parker native to Miles Morales's Earth in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Pines also played the DC Extended Universe version of Steve, whereas Keaton and Lowenthal voiced Trevor in, respectively, the 2015 and 2019 version of DC Super Hero Girls.
- Dennis Haysbert and the late Michael Clarke Duncan share two roles: Green Lantern Kilowog (Haysbert in Justice League and Duncan in Green Lantern (2011)) and Sin City villain Manute (Duncan in the first film and, given it was filmed and released after Duncan's passing, Haysbert being The Other Darrin in A Dame to Kill For).
- Hades in Justice League and Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants were voiced by John Rhys-Davies in their first appearance. Starting in their second appearances, Bob Joles took on both roles. Additionally, Joles has filled in for Rhys-Davies as Gimli in a number of Lord of the Rings video games. In a case that doesn't involve The Other Darrin, both men also played the Kingpin: Davies in the The Incredible Hulk (1977) reunion film Trial of the Incredible Hulk and Joles in the tie-in game for Spider-Man 3.
- Corey Burton, James Marsters, and Jason Isaacs have voiced two of Superman's greatest enemies: Lex Luthor and Brainiac. Burton voiced Brainiac is several projects, starting with the DC Animated Universe, Isaacs voiced Luthor in Justice League: Gods and Monsters — and the two swapped roles for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, with Burton replacing Keith Silverstein as the Batman: Arkham Series version of Luthor and Isaacs as Brainiac. Marsters also played Brainiac in Smallville and voiced Luthor in Superman: Doomsday and DC Universe Online (another project that has Burton as Brainiac).
Video Games
- One of Nolan North's most famous roles is Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series. In one expansion of Destiny 2, North had to play Nathan Fillion's character, Cayde-6, because Fillion was busy at the time playing Nathan Drake in a live-action Fan Film, resulting in North and Fillion being The Other Darrin for each other at the same time.
- Both Kelly Hu and Gwendoline Yeo have played Lady Shiva, Lady Deathstrike, and Kairi. Hu played Lady Deathstrike in X2: X-Men United while Yeo voiced her in the barely-related X2: Wolverine's Revenge; Hu would later voice Shiva in Batman: Arkham Origins (and later Batman: Soul of the Dragon) and Yeo would voice her in Young Justice (2010); and Hu would voice Kairi in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and Yeo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.note
- Both Josh Keaton and Nolan North have voiced Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Iron Man. Keaton first voiced Hal in Green Lantern: The Animated Series (and continued the role in DC Super Hero Girls (2015) and LEGO DC Super-Villains) and voiced Tony Stark in Iron Man VR. North voiced Hal in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (and his Atomic counterpart in Infinite Crisis) and voiced Tony in Marvel's Avengers.
- Keith David and Kevin Michael Richardson voiced the Spider-Man villain Tombstone, the Justice League of America villain Despero, and the titular character of Spawn. David voiced Despero's appearance in Justice League, Tombstone's appearance in the first episode of The Spectacular Spider-Man, and starred as Spawn in the HBO series (and returned to the role in Mortal Kombat 11). Richardson voiced Despero in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, was The Other Darrin for David as Tombstone in Spectacular, and voiced Spawn in Soulcalibur II and Spawn: Armageddon.
- Tara Strong and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn have voiced both Jessica Jones and the Jessica Drew Spider-Woman. McGlynn voices Drew in the PS2 and PSP version of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows and Strong in Marvel Heroes. Marvel Heroes also saw Jones's default form, based on the original comics, voiced by McGlynn, whereas Jones as "Jewel" was voiced by Strong in LEGO Marvel's Avengers, who then replaced McGlynn for the Jessica Jones (2015)-based skin in Heroes and voiced her in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
- John Eric Bentley shares the role of Nick Fury with Samuel L. Jackson, Bentley having first voiced Fury in the tie-in game to Iron Man 2 alongside a returning Jackson and then reprising the role in a number of animated series and games. He also shares another role with Jackson: John Arnold from Jurassic Park (1993), who Bentley voiced in LEGO Jurassic World.
- Roger Craig Smith and Jeff Schine share two roles: Captain America and Resident Evil's Chris Redfield. Smith voiced Steve Rogers in several projects, most notably Avengers Assemble and its sister series, and Schine in Marvel's Avengers. Smith also voiced Redfield in a number of games starting with Resident Evil 5 and Schine in Resident Evil Village.
Western Animation
- Mako did the voices of Aku From Samurai Jack and Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender. After his death, Greg Baldwin took over both roles. note
- Shaggy from Scooby-Doo and the Dick Grayson Robin from Batman have both been voiced by Casey Kasem and Scott Menville. This would end up getting lampshaded in one issue of Scooby-Doo! Team-Up.
- Many Starscream voice actors have also played the Cobra Commander - more than not, actually. Chris Latta was the original version of both, Michael Dobson was the Unicron Trilogy Starscream and the Commander in two OVAs, and Charlie Adler was movie Starscream and the current voice of the Commander. Tom Kenny (Transformers: Animated) and Steve Blum (Transformers: Prime) will have to wait their turns! In the case of Adler, he voiced another character voiced by Latta in addition to the Commander in Resolute: Gung-Ho.
- Transformers' tendency to self-reference also leads to much homage casting. Several voice actors have played different incarnations of the same character, even when the new version is very different from the previous version. The current Optimus and Megatron are also the first Optimus and Megatron, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. Beast Wars and the Unicron Trilogy also share their Optimus and Megs, with Gary Chalk and David Kaye, yesssss.
- For that matter, Chalk and Kaye have voiced both sides of the Optimus Prime/Megatron rivalry, as during Beast Wars, Chalk filled in for Frank Welker as the Megatron of Generation 1 after the producers couldn't get him back and one of Kaye's first LA roles was the Transformers: Animated version of Optimus.
- Spider-Man: Friend or Foe saw Spidey voiced by James Arnold Taylor and Harry Osborn voiced by Josh Keaton (reprising his role from the movie games). When The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon came out less than a year later the roles were reversed: Keaton voiced Spider-Man and Taylor voiced Harry. The two voice actors have provided the voice of Cyclops as well: Taylor in X-Men: The Official Game, which bridged the events of the second and third films, and Keaton in the second X-Men Legends game.
- Scott Porter has also voiced both the roles of both Harry Osborn and Cyclops like Keaton and Taylor; voicing Cylops in Marvel Anime: X-Men and Harry in Spider-Man (PS4). While he hasn't voiced the regular version of Spider-Man, he has voiced an incarnation of him as the Scarlet Spider in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012).
- Keaton, Taylor, and Christopher Daniel Barnes, who voiced Spidey in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, have voiced also voiced one of Peter's foe, Electro: Taylor in the Ultimate Spider-Man game, Keaton in Spider-Man (PS4), and Barnes first voiced Dillon in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012).
- Josh Keaton and Nolan North have shared the roles of Cyclops and Hal Jordan. Keaton voiced Cyclops in the aforementioned X-Men Legends game, while North voiced Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men (2009). North voiced Hal Jordan in the DTV film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, and Keaton currently voices Jordan in Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
- Rob Paulsen and Nolan North have both respectively voiced Snow Job and Raphael. Paulsen was the voice of both in each of their respective original animated series from the 1980s. North voiced Raphael in the CGI film and Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades.
- Paul Winchell was the original voice of both Winnie the Pooh's Tigger, Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races, and Zummi Gummi from Adventures of the Gummi Bears. After he stepped down from the roles, they were both voiced by Jim Cummings.
- Sterling Holloway was the original voice of Disney's Winnie the Pooh, the Cheshire Cat and Kaa. Years after his death, Jim Cummings took on those roles.
- Yuri Lowenthal and Jason Marsden have both portrayed a teenage Clark Kent and Iceman of X-Men fame.
- Quinton Flynn, who voiced Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four: The Animated Series, voiced Spider-Man in the video game Marvel Ultimate Alliance. In that same game, Johnny was voiced by Josh Keaton, who would go on to voice Spidey in a few other projects himself.
- Alan Tudyk, Neal McDonough, and James Arnold Taylor have voiced the Barry Allen Flash both and Green Arrow. Taylor and Tudyk voiced Green Arrow and the Flash respectively in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and McDonough voiced Green Arrow in DC Showcase: Green Arrow. Young Justice (2010) and Injustice: Gods Among Us would later see Tudyk as Green Arrow while the latter would also see McDonough as Flash and the former would see Taylor voice Barry for the first time (replacing George Eads).
- Kellie Martin was the voice of Daphne in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and would voice Max's girlfriend Roxanne in A Goofy Movie. Years later, Grey DeLisle would take over as the voice actress for Daphne starting in the film Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, and voiced Roxanne in an episode of House of Mouse.
- Charlie Schlatter and Michael Rosenbaum have voiced of Barry Allen and Wally West, starting with the DC Animated Universe version of Wally as Schlatter voiced him in Superman: The Animated Series and Rosenbaum replacing him in Justice League. They then went on to voice Barry elsewhere, with Schlatter voicing Barry in the last season of The Batman, as well as the Batman Unlimited films and Justice League Action and Rosenbaum voicing him in Justice League: Doom and Infinite Crisis.
- Wilma from The Flintstones and Rosie from The Jetsons were both voiced by Jean Van Der Pyl. After her death in 1999, Tress MacNeille inherited both roles.
- Scooby Doo from Scooby-Doo and Astro from The Jetsons were both voiced by Don Messick. After his death in 1997, Frank Welker eventually took on both roles.
- Sticking with Don Messick, he also voiced Dr. Quest on Jonny Quest and both Bamm Bamm and Hoppy on The Flintstones. Flash forward to the 2010s, and Eric Bauza would inherit the roles.
- Rino Romano and Robbie Daymond have both portrayed Tuxedo Mask and Spider-Man. Romano was the first voice of Tuxedo Mask in the original English dub of Sailor Moon, while he provided the voice of Spidey for Spider-Man Unlimited and the video games Spider-Man (2000) and Spider-Man 2 – Enter: Electro. Daymond is the voice of Tuexdo Mask in the 2014 re-dub as well as Sailor Moon Crystal, while providing the voice of Spidey for the 2017 animated series, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, and the two anime titles.
- While it doesn't involve a specific acting pair, it does involve a casting style on The Jetsons . It's very common for the actor playing Elroy to be older than the actress playing Judy despite Judy being older than Elroy. The original 60s and 80s runs had them voiced by Daws Butler (1916) and Janet Waldo (1920). Jetsons: The Movie had them voiced by Patric Zimmerman (1954) and Tiffany (1970). The 2017 WWE movie had them voiced by Trevor Devall (1972) and Danica McKellar (1975).
- Pinto Colvig and Billy Bletcher respectively voiced Goofy and Pete in the Classic Disney Shorts, and as the Practical Pig and the Big Bad Wolf in The Three Little Pigs. On House of Mouse, Bill Farmer voiced Goofy and Practical, while Jim Cummings voiced Pete and the Wolf.
- On Young Justice (2010) and Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Vandal Savage and the Stretch Monster were respectively voiced by Miguel Ferrer. After his death, David Kaye takes over.
- Both Kari Wahlgren and Laura Bailey have voiced different incarnations of both of Spider-Man's love interests, Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy. The former respectively voiced them in the video games based on Spider-Man 3 and the first The Amazing Spider-Man movie, while the latter respectively voiced them on Spider-Man (PS4) and Marvel's Spider-Man.
- Melissa Joan Hart voiced TJ's older sister Becky in Recess: School's Out and Saturn Girl in Super Man The Animated Series . When they respectively returned in Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade and Justice League vs. The Fatal Five , Tara Strong took on both roles.
- Yuri Lowenthal, Nicolas Cage, and Jack Quaid have voiced both Superman and Spider-Man (well, sort-of in Quaid's case with the latter). Lowenthal voiced Superman in Legion of Super-Heroes and voiced Spider-Man in both Spider-Man (PS4) and the video game for The Super Hero Squad Show among others; Cage voiced Superman in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies and a version of Spider-Man Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Quaid as Superman in My Adventures with Superman and the Peter Parker of Spider-Gwen's Earth in ItSV's sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse''. Both Cage and Quaid can even boast to play both projects in projects released the same year as Cage's time in the roles were in 2018 and Quaid's were in 2023.
- Kathryn Beaumont was the original voice for Alice and Wendy. Starting in the 2000s, Hynden Walch took on both roles.
- Michael Clarke Duncan voiced Massive and Groot in their first appearance. Kevin Michael Richardson would take over in their second appearance onward. note Both men also played Green Lantern Corps. Kilowog: Duncan in Green Lantern (2011) and Richardson starting the role by filling in for him in the tie-in game Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
- Mark Moseley has served as Eddie Murphy's voice double for Mushu and Donkey.
- Tom Kenny and William Salyers have voiced The Penguin and Dr. Octopus. The former voiced them in The Batman and Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) while the latter voiced them in the Adam West Batman movies and Spider-Man (PS4).
- Frank Welker and Michael Leon Wooley voiced Darkseid and Kalibak in the same series (Super Friends and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, respectively). 00000
- Jennifer Hale, Vanessa Marshall and Tara Strong have all voiced Poison Ivy and Mary Jane Watson. The first voiced them in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (first appearance) and Spider-Man Unlimited, the second respectively voiced them in Batman: The Brave and the Bold (second appearance) and The Spectacular Spider-Man while the third voiced them in LEGO Batman and Ultimate Spider-Man (2012).
- In addition to Poison Ivy and Mary Jane, Jennifer Hale and Tara Strong have also both voiced the Scarlet Witch. Hale voiced her in X-Men Legends II: Rise of the Apocalypse, while Strong voiced her in The Superhero Squad Show.
- Jessica DiCicco and Kari Wahlgren have voiced Supergirl and Star Sapphire. The former voiced them in Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash and DC Super Hero Girls while the latter voiced them in LEGO Batman and both Young Justice (2010) and DC Super Hero Girls
- Frank Welker and Dee Bradley Baker have voiced The Aracuan Bird and Bubba The Cave Duck. The former voiced them in House of Mouse and DuckTales (1987) while the latter voiced them in Legend of the Three Caballeros and DuckTales (2017).
- Grey DeLisle Griffin and Rachel Kimsey have both voiced Wonder Woman and Bleez. The former has voiced Wonder Woman in many projects since JLA Adventures: Trapped In Time and voiced Bleez in Green Lantern: The Animated Series. The latter voiced both of them in Justice League Action.
- Vanessa Marshall and Kari Wahlgren have both voiced Hela and Wonder Woman. The former voiced them in Avengers Assemble and Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and the latter voiced them in Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) and Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League Vs Bizarro League.
- Josh Keaton and Jason Spisak have voiced Hal Jordan and Jason Todd/Red Hood. The former voices them in Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice (2010) while the latter voices them in DC Super Hero Girls and Lego DC Batman: Family Matters.
- Paget Brewster and Tara Strong have voiced Lois Lane and Poison Ivy. The former voiced them in Justice League: Gods and Monsters and Batman and Harley Quinn while the latter voiced them in Justice League Action and LEGO Batman.
- Jason Isaacs and Travis Willingham have both voiced Lex Luthor and Superman. The former voiced them in Justice League: Gods and Monsters and Superman: Red Son respectively, while the latter voiced them in DC Super Friends and LEGO Batman, also respectively.
- Kim Mai Guest and Stephanie Sheh have both voiced Crystal from The Inhumans and Katana from The Outsiders. The former voiced Crystal in the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance game and then Katana in Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The latter first voiced Katana in DC Super Hero Girls and then Crystal in Avengers Assemble and the English dub of Marvel Future Avengers.
- What do Leonardo and Triton have in common aside from being green? If you said they've both been voiced by James Arnold Taylor and Michael Sinterniklaas, you'd be right. The former voiced them in the 2007 film and the cartoons Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., while the latter voiced them in the 2003 show and the English dub of Marvel Future Avengers.
- Nolan North and Darren Criss have voiced Superman and Raphael. The former voiced them in Young Justice (2010) and TMNT. The latter voiced them in Superman: Man of Tomorrow and both Turtles Take Time And Space
and Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .
- Yuri Lowenthal and James Arnold Taylor have both voiced Spider-Man and Iceman multiple times. Most notably among their other times playing the respective roles, the video game LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has Lowenthal as Iceman and Taylor as Spidey, while Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order has Lowenthal as Spidey and Taylor as Iceman.
- Both Vanessa Marshall and Laura Bailey have voiced Black Widow and Mary Jane. Marshall voiced Widow in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, while Bailey has been the character's primary voice actress since 2013, beginning with Avengers Assemble. Marshall voiced Mary Jane in The Spectacular Spider-Man, while Bailey voiced her in Spider-Man (PS4).
- Tara Strong and Laura Bailey have both voiced Mary Jane Watson and Harley Quinn. Strong has been the regular voice actress for Harley in most media since 2011 beginning with Batman: Arkham City, and Bailey voiced Harley in the second LEGO Batman game. Strong has voiced Mary Jane in several works including Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) and Bailey voiced her in Spider-Man (PS4).
- Kari Wahlgren, Vanessa Marshall, and Laura Bailey have all voiced Mary Jane Watson and Wonder Woman. They respectively voiced MJ in Spider-Man 3, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Spider-Man (PS4), and respecively voiced Diana in Lego DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League Vs Bizarro League, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, and the LEGO Batman games.
- Crispin Freeman and Yuri Lowenthal have both voiced Superman and the Winter Soldier. Freeman respectively voiced the two in the 2006 video games Justice League Heroes and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Lowenthal voiced Superman in Legion Of Superheroes and the latter in Super Hero Squad Online and Marvel Future Avengers.
- Michael Sinterniklaas and Eric Bauza have both voiced Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Tunnel Rat from G.I. Joe. Sinterniklaas respectively voiced the two in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) and the first season of G.I. Joe: Sigma 6. Bauza voiced the former in Turtles Take Time And Space and Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the latter in G.I. Joe: Resolute.
- Kevin Schon has served as a voice double for Nathan Lane, most notably with Timon and Spot. Nathan would voice Timon in the Lion King movies and some episodes of Timon & Pumbaa, while Kevin would voice him for the remainder of that series, the video games, as well as The Lion Guard. Some episodes of season 2 of Teacher's Pet would have Kevin fill in for Nathan when he was unavailable, but he would return for the show's series finale movie.
- Grey DeLisle Griffin and Wendi McLendon-Covey have voiced both Lola's mother and Mrs. Claus. For the former, Grey voiced her in season 1 while Wendi voiced her in season 2. For the latter, it's switched, with Wendi voicing her in seasons 2-3 and Grey in season 4.
- In various video game adaptations, Jim Hanks has taken over the roles of Woody from Toy Story and several The Polar Express characters from Tom Hanks. This is a bit of a unique case though, as Jim Hanks is actually Tom Hanks' brother, hence why he's the first choice for anyone who needs a Tom Hanks replacement.
- Eric Loomis is most famous as the voice of Iron Man in a number of projects, most notably The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Mick Wingert fills-in for Jack Black as Po in a number of projects, including Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. However, both men have also voiced the other character as well in some projects, most notable being Loomis voicing Po in the game Legendary Warriors and Wingert being The Other Darrin for Adrian Pasdar as Iron Man in Avengers Assemble and its various sister series.
- Fred Tatasciore, Rick D. Wasserman, and Darin De Paul have voiced both the Hulk and Solomon Grundy. Tatasciore voiced both characters in several projects, including the Hulk in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Marvel Universe series and Grundy in the Batman: Arkham Series and Injustice series. Wasserman voiced the Hulk in one of the few projects Tatascoire didn't do, Planet Hulk, and Grundy in Justice League vs. Teen Titans. De Paul voices the Hulk in Marvel's Avengers and will be The Other Darrin for Tatasciore as the Tomorrowverse version of Grundy (who Tatasciore voiced in Batman: The Long Halloween) in Legion of Super-Heroes.
- A meta/twisted example when Jackie Chan played Monkey in the Kung Fu Panda films, while James Sie played him in the TV series...and Sie also played Jackie Chan in Jackie Chan Adventures! Chan, of course, plays himself in real life.
- Neither men are related, but Bumper Robinson and Zeno Robinson do share two roles: Cyborg and Alan Albright. Bumper voiced Cyborg in Justice League: Doom, Infinite Crisis, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, LEGO Dimensions, and LEGO DC Super-Villains, while Zeno voiced him when Young Justice (2010) came back. Conversely, Zeno was the original voice actor for Alan during Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, while Bumper was The Other Darrin for him in Ben 10: Omniverse.
- Dorian Harewood and Jim Cummings have replaced the late James Avery in two series. Avery was the first voice actor for the Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) with Harewood filling in for him in season 3 and Cummings in season 5 thanks to Avery's role in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Avery's role as Phillip Banks also saw Cummings fill in for Avery for ADR work in Iron Man: The Animated Series as War Machine, Blacklash, and Whirlwind before Harewood was permanently cast to replace Avery in the roles in the middle of season 1.
- Mark Hamill, John DiMaggio, and Fred Tatasciore have voiced two DC Comics characters: the Joker and Swamp Thing. Hamill first voiced the Joker in the DC Animated Universe and voiced Swamp Thing in Justice League Action (where he also reprised the roles of the Joker and the Trickster); DiMaggio first voiced the Joker in Batman: Under the Red Hood and voiced Swampy in Batman and Harley Quinn; and Tatasciore voiced the Gotham by Gaslight-inspired Joker in Infinite Crisis and voiced Swamp Thing in Injustice 2.
- In addition to Swamp Thing and the Joker, DiMaggio and Tatascoire voiced Commissioner Gordon: Tatasciore in DC Super Hero Girls 2019 and DiMaggio in Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham.
- Yuri Lowenthal and Alan Tudyk have voiced both Superman and The Flash. Tudyk was Superman in Justice League: War, while Lowenthal voiced Superman in Legion of Super-Heroes. Tudyk also voiced the Flash in Batman: The Brave and the Bold while Lowenthal voices the Flash in DC Super Friends and Injustice (2021).
- Diedrich Bader and Roger Craig Smith have voiced both Batman and the Masters of the Universe character Trap Jaw. Bader first voiced Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Smith first voiced Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins. They also voiced Trap Jaw in each of the 2021 series for Nelfix: Bader in Masters of the Universe: Revelation (in addition to voicing King Randor) and Smith in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021).
- Mark Hamill, Richard Epcar, and Fred Tatasciore have voiced the Joker and Solomon Grundy: Hamill first voicing the Joker in the DC Animated Universe and, in addition to returning as the Joker and Trickster, voicing Grundy in Justice League, Epcar first voiced the Joker in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and voiced Grundy in the DC Super Friends web series, Tatasciore voiced the Gotham by Gaslight-inspired Joker in Infinite Crisis and first voiced Grundy in Batman: Arkham City.
- Additionally, both Epcar and Tatascoire have voiced Commissioner Gordon: Epcar in the Batman Unlimited films and Tarascoire in DC Super Hero Girls 2019.
- Will Arnett and Diedrich Bader have voiced both The Missing Link and Batman. Arnett voiced The Missing Link in the original film, the video game and the two follow-up specials, and voiced Batman in the LEGO Movie, sequel and spin-off. Bader voiced Link in the short-lived Nickelodeon series and Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
- Phil LaMarr has been The Other Darrin for Chris Rock for three roles: the title character of Osmosis Jones in the spin-off series Ozzy & Drix, Roger "Booda" Sack in King of the Hill, and Marty in various Madagascar tie-in games.
- Both Benjamin McKenzie and Jeffrey Wright have played two Batman characters: the Dark Knight himself and the Trope Namer for The Commissioner Gordon. When Batman: Year One was adapted into an animated film, McKenzie was cast to voice Batman, then went on to play a young Gordon (when Bruce was a kid) in Gotham. Wright played a somewhat older Gordon (one a few years into Bruce's career) in The Batman (2022) and voiced Bruce in Batman: The Audio Adventures.
- Frank Welker, Kevin Michael Richardson, Corey Burton, and Troy Baker have voiced both ends of the Batman/Joker feud. The Joker was one of Welker's roles in the last season of Super Friends and voiced Batman when the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Bat-Mite Presents Batman's Strangest Cases!" did its throwback to the Batman episodes of The New Scooby-Doo Moviesnote ; Richardson voiced the Joker in The Batman and Bruce himself in a number of the DC Nation shortsnote ; Burton voicing both the [[Manga{{/Batman}} 1960s manga version of Bruce]] and the Scooby-Doo Movies version of the Joker in the aforementioned Batman: TBatB episode; and and Baker first voiced as Batman in the LEGO Batman games, first voiced the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, and — unlike the others — even did both as a one-man show in Batman vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, when the two interacted.
- Tom Kenny and Dana Snyder voiced Plastic Man and the Penguin. Kenny first voiced Oswald Cobblepot in The Batman and Eel O'Brien in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, while Snyder voiced Cobblepot in the first and third Batman Unlimited films and Plas in Justice League Action. Both men even voiced both characters in the same production: in addition to returning as Plas in the sequel film Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Kenny also other darrined Stephen Root as the Penguin and the Action episode "Double Cross" sees Snyder voice both Plas and the Penguin.
- Steve Blum and Kevin Michael Richardson have voiced both Batman and Wolverine. Blum voiced Batman in the first LEGO Batman game and has been Marvel's go-to voice for Wolverine since 2004's X-Men Legends, and Richardson voiced Batman in a number of the DC Nation shortsnote and Wolverine in BET's Black Panther (2010) cartoon.
- Matt Lanter and Max Mittelman have voiced the same two DC characters and the same Marvel character: Aquaman, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) (Lanter as Aquaman in the DC Animated Movie Universe and Ted in DC Showcase: Blue Beetle, Mittelman in the respective roles in the 2015 and 2019 versions of DC Super Hero Girls, also respectively) and Harry Osborn (Lanter in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) and Mittelman in Marvel's Spider-Man).
- Robin Atkin Downes and JB Blanc have both Batman supporting character Alfred Pennyworth and Mortal Kombat villain Kano. Downes voiced Alfred in a few projects, starting with Justice League: Doom, while Blanc voiced Alfred in the short-lived Beware the Batman. Conversely, Blanc voiced Kano in Mortal Kombat 11 and Downes in Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge.
- Barry Flatman and Jim Ward voiced the same two Marvel characters: Henry Peter Gyrich and Alpha Flight's James MacDonald Hudson: Flatman voiced both in X-Men: The Animated Series, while Ward voiced Hudson in X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse and Gyrich in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
- Ron Perlman and Troy Baker have both two Batman character: Bruce Wayne himself (Perlman in Justice League Heroes and Baker in a number of projects, starting with LEGO Batman 2) and one of his more obscure foes, Dr. Double X (Perlman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Baker as Dr. Ecks in Young Justice (2010)).
- Cedric Smith and Ross Marquand have played the same two Marvel characters X-Men founder Professor Charles Xavier and Captain America's archenemy, the Red Skull. Smith voiced Xavier is X-Men: The Animated Series, where in one of the final episodes, who also voiced the Red Skull. Marquand became The Other Darrin for the Red Skull in the MCU after Hugo Weaving made it clear he didn't want to come back and similarly replaces Smith as Xavier in TAS's Sequel Series X-Men '97.
- Drake Bell and Yuri Lowenthal have voiced both Spider-Man and the Ben 10 villain Michael Morningstar. Bell voiced Spider-Man in most of the Marvel Universe (Disney XD) shows, starting with Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) and was the original voice actor Morningstar in Ben 10 (2016)note , Lowenthal first voiced Peter in the mobile game Spider-Man Unlimited and famously voiced him in the Spider-Man (Insomniac) seriesnote and took over for Bell in later season of the 2016 Ben 10 seriesnote .
