History Main / CelebrityVoiceActor

* The Tagalog dub of ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' had prominent band vocalists such as Jett Pangan (of The Dawn and the Jett Pangan Group), Raimund Marasigan (of Eraserheads), Yael Yuzon (of Spongecola), Ney Dimaculangan (of [=6cyclemind=]), and Teddy Corpuz (of Rocksteddy) voice many of the characters.
* In the 2013 Tagalog dub of ''Anime/VoltesV'', Megumi is voiced by Sandara "Dara" Park of the KPop group Music/TwoNEOne.
* The Tagalog dub of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' had the late actor Marky Cielo voice Ichigo Kurosaki and Daytime Soap actress Yasmien Kurdi as Rukia Kuchiki.

* The Tagalog dub of ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' had rapper Andrew E., famous for very explicit lyrics in his songs, voice the titular character, leading to rather hilarious memes among Filipino fans of the series.

* In WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda's dub, Master Tigress is voiced by Yoshino Kimura, who played the Japanese wife in ''Film/{{Blindness}}''.

* The ''Westernanimation/KungFuPanda'' movies had Lúcio Mauro Filho as Po, and the first also had Creator/JulianaPaes as Tigress.

Celebrities do a lot of voice acting in big-budget animated movies. Maybe the producers figure more people will see movies with big-name stars in them. Maybe John Q. Public just loves his celebrities. Maybe fans enjoy hearing a voice they recognize. The fact that celebrities can enjoy acting work without having to deal with costumes, script memorization, and travel to remote shooting locations and other elements of live-action filmmaking is another factor (although {{motion capture}} acting has many of those demands, and the actors behind these performances generally aren't considered only voice actors). Regardless, experienced voice actors often get cast aside in favor of someone more famous when a big, important animated movie is made.

As it turns out, professional voice actors (''especially'' Creator/BillyWest and Creator/TaraStrong) are not pleased that their jobs are being poached by actors from other disciplines, which makes sense, as it implies that the performing skills are interchangeable. While professional voice actors are capable of [[ManOfAThousandVoices utilizing a wide vocal or acting range]] to create a given character's personality, celebrities are usually cast for marketing purposes because audiences will recognize the popular actor.

It's important to note that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is not always a recipe for disaster]]. Some celebrities prove to be very talented at voice acting, and would likely be among the most prolific at the profession if they did it exclusively. For instance, the master actor Creator/DustinHoffman won an Annie Award for performing the voice of Master Shifu in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1''. Indeed, there are a fair number of performers who have managed strong careers in both fields and do not qualify for the pitfalls of this, although becoming equally famous in both is unusual. Some on-stage/Hollywood actors -- Creator/MarkHamill and Creator/EdenRiegel, to name two -- transitioned to primarily working as voice actors later in their careers.[[note]] Also, if anyone ever visits a FanConvention, professional voice actors will often recommend newcomers be on-stage theatre actors before entering the voice acting business.[[/note]]

* The English dub of ''Anime/{{Steamboy}}'' features three actors from Marvel's films around the time of its release in key rolls: Creator/AnnaPaquin ([[Film/XMen Rogue]]) as James Steam, Creator/AlfredMolina ([[Film/SpiderMan2 Doctor Octopus]]) as Edward Steam, and Creator/PatrickStewart ([[Film/XMen Professor Xavier]]) as Lloyd Steam.

* In the French dub of ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'', two of the corpses interrogated in the graveyard scene (ItMakesSenseInContext) are voiced by Frédéric Molas and Sébastien Rassiat, the hosts of the ''WebVideo/JoueurDuGrenier'' Youtube channel.

* In the local dub of ''Film/Paddington2014'' and ''Film/Paddington2'', the eponymous bear is voiced by comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was eventually elected president of Ukraine in 2019.

* For the English dub of ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'', Creator/GiancarloEsposito -- best known for his roles as Gustavo Fring in ''Series/BreakingBad'' and Stan Edgar in ''Series/TheBoys'' -- portrays the villainous fixer Faraday.

* As a reference to cyberpunk/mercenary roles he'd played in previous projects, such as Neo in ''Film/TheMatrix'' and the title character in ''Film/JohnWick'', Creator/KeanuReeves was cast as the rockerboy and anarchist Johnny Silverhand in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''.

* The ''VideoGame/XCOM2'' expansion "War of the Chosen" features a number of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' alumni in the role of the factional [[HeroUnit Hero Units]]: Creator/JonathanFrakes (Cmd. Riker) as Volk, Creator/MarinaSirtis (Counselor Troi) as Outrider, Creator/MichaelDorn (Lt. Worf) as Mox [[note]]If the player also has "Shen's Last Gift", Dorn can also be heard as [=SPARKs=] with the "Warrior" voice setting[[/note]], Creator/DeniseCrosby (Lt. Yar) as Betos, and Creator/JohnDeLancie (Q) as Geist. John Soloman, the lead developer, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6wkiqj/were_the_developers_of_xcom_2_war_of_the_chosen/dm8scfa/ assures us that it's a complete coincidence that he got five actors from his favorite sci-fi TV series]].