Line #36 PlayingAgainstType/ForeignDubbing


1	* The Latin American dub for ''{{Manga/Bleach}}'' has ''several'' cases of Playing Against Type. Ichigo is voiced by [[Anime/InuYasha Kohaku]], Kenpachi is [[Film/HarryPotter Dumbledore]], Renji is [[Manga/TriGun Vash The Stampede]], Mayuri is Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir, Chizuru is [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Kodachi Kuno]], Byakuya is [[Manga/OnePiece Roronoa Zoro]], Yumichika is ''[[Anime/GhostSweeperMikami Tadao Yokoshima]]''...
2	** Imagine Mayuri [[Series/{{Baywatch}} running down the beach in a red bathing suit]] or [[Creator/JackieChan knowing his Kung Fu]] too. Yeah, Juan Alfonso Carralero is the usual Mexican dub voice for David Hasselhoff ''and'' Creator/JackieChan.
3	** Zoro is voiced by Gabriel Basurto and Bykuya is actually Christian Strempler. And Aloof Older Brother's aren't new to Basurto, his most famous role was Sesshoumaru from ''Anime/InuYasha''. Zoro is the role where he plays against type. And he ''nailed'' the role.
4	** Chris Strempler ''is'' playing against type here to a degree. His most popular roles until then were the DeadpanSnarker Cam Watanabe from ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' and Shiryu in the TV dub of Manga/SaintSeiya the Hades Saga.
5	** Creator/RicardoMendoza is an expert in playing TheLancer or the NumberTwo (either HotBlooded or DeadpanSnarker subtypes). His role in ''{{Manga/Bleach}}''? Sousuke Aizen. It makes TheReveal so very ''weird'' to watch - specially because some fans were betting on him playing Renji instead.
6	* Portuguese theatre actor, dancer, etc. Henrique Feist has had this at least twice: First, his most famous dub work would be in {{Manga/Dragon Ball}}, as Goku (as a plus, he voices him both as a kid and a grown-up). Not surprising, since most actors at that time (and some now) originated in such backgrounds. What's more surprising is his role in {{WesternAnimation/The Prince of Egypt}}, as ''[[BigBad Ra]][[AntiVillain me]][[AntagonistInMourning ses]]''.
7	* Dirty-mouthed comic Creator/GeorgeCarlin played Mr. Conductor in the American version of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends.''
8	** George occasionally brought this up in his stand-up, including one of his HBO specials, when talking about the problems with kids these days. "This is Mr. Conductor talking! I know what I'm talking about!"
9	** Music/RingoStarr originally had played the same role. Imagine children's surprise upon discovering the Beatles and seeing Mr. Conductor with a band singing about ''drugs''.
10	** In the Japanese dub, Creator/YasuhiroTakato, better known for playing [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]] or BigBad roles, portrayed the NiceGuy mixed-traffic engine Edward, who is bigger than Thomas, but not as big as Gordon.
11	* Mexican bass-baritone Creator/GerardoReyero usually plays TheStoic ([[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries Cyclops]]), the TeamDad ([[{{Manga/Bleach}} Ukitake]]), or the BigBad ([[Anime/DragonBallZ Freezer]]). And then he plays [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Might Guy]]. Even better: In the dub of ''Anime/TokyoGodfathers'', he's [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} Hana]].
12	* Maynardo Zavala was a Mexican voice actor typecast as fat old men with deep voices. Then he was WesternAnimation/{{Fangface}} (A teenage werewolf whose human form is skinny).
13	* Creator/LauraTorres, from Mexico, is known for [[CrossdressingVoices voicing]] innocent and naive children like [[Manga/DragonBall Son Goku]] ([[Anime/DragonBallZ and his two kids]]), [[{{WesternAnimation/Rugrats}} Tommy Pickles]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ralph]] [[TheDitz Wiggum]]. Then she voiced the all but innocent [[Anime/CrayonShinChan Shin-chan]] (Vitello/Phuuz version)... And it's pretty funny. She also voiced {{WesternAnimation/Daria}} and [[Anime/YuGiOh Mai Valentine]].
14	* The Mexican voice actor Creator/JesusBarrero is mainly known for voicing youths like [[Manga/SaintSeiya Seiya]], [[Manga/DragonBall Yamcha]] (first voice), [[Anime/MazingerZ Koji Kabuto]], [[Anime/DigimonTamers Impmon (and Beelzemon)]], and even [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Emperor Kuzco]]. Then he became the [[TheOtherDarrin second voice]] of [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Peter Griffin]]. Up until his death, he still voiced immature characters. He also voiced Professor J and ''Dekim Barton'' from the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]'' dub.
15	* Inversely to Barrero above, the late Creator/CesarArias was mostly known for voicing elderly and wise figures, with one of his most prominent roles being [[Film/HarryPotter Albus Dumbledore]]. One of the few exceptions to this was voicing Megrez Delta Alberich in the Asgard saga, who was a young EvilGenius.
16	* Creator/RossyAguirre is best known for voicing [[CrossCastRole either young, pre-teen boys]] or [[{{Bokukko}} tomboyish girls]]. One of her most famous anime roles however is Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in ''Anime/SailorMoon'', who is feminine and soft-spoken, a stark contrast to her usual roles for females.
17	* Although said characters are actually in line with his regular typecasting, it's still uncanny to hear characters speaking with Creator/EdAsner's voice in Creator/LucioFulci gore films.
18	* The Italian dubber of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] was Tullio Solenghi, a comedian who usually plays light and sympathetic roles.
19	* The late Lydia Simoneschi was an Italian actress who voiced many characters of old Disney movies. She almost always voiced good-hearted characters, especially fairies ([[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Blue Fairy]], [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty fairy Flora]], and the Fairy Godmother of WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}, as well as [[WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}} Bambi's mother]]). Then she voiced the comically evil [[WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone Madam Mim]].
20	* Due to his high-pitched voice, Italian actor Davide Garbolino is typecast as kids and/or {{talking animal}}s. Somehow he was also [[Franchise/DragonBall Adult Gohan]] and [[Manga/CaseClosed Shinichi Kudo]].
21	* Italian actress Patrizia Scianca is often known for voicing little boys such as [[Manga/{{Doraemon}} Suneo]] or [[Franchise/DragonBall Kid Goku, Kid Gohan and Kid Goten]] or silly female roles like [[Manga/DoctorSlump Arale]]. But she also occasionally voiced aloof women like [[Manga/OnePiece Nico Robin]] and [[Franchise/SailorMoon Sailor Neptune]].
22	* Danish actor Mathias Klenske is usually type-cast as teenage heroes such as [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash]]. Then he became [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Chris McLean]].
23	* In Brazil, Fábio Lucindo usually voices teenage heroes (i.e. [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash]] and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]). Then he became [[Film/KickAss Red Mist]].
24	* Brazilian dubber Márcio Seixas has a baritone which landed him the roles of James Bond, Batman, and Clint Eastwood. He was also the voice of Creator/LeslieNielsen, changing the delivery to become a SimpletonVoice (he also reused that voice as Baloo from ''Westernanimation/TaleSpin'').
25	* Similarly, another Brazilian voice actor, José Santanna, tends to use his natural, low-pitch voice for most of the characters he voices, like Creator/ChuckNorris in ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', Meteor Man in ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio'' and Derek Powers in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''. But, in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', he used a high-pitched intonation for [[TheStarscream Starscream]], being faithful to Chris Latta's rendition. It worked amazingly well.
26	* German dubber Hannes Maurer is usually typecast as sweet little boys such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike]]. Somehow he became [[Film/KickAss Red Mist]], who is anything but sweet.
27	* Hungarian voice actor Csongor Szalay usually voices children or teen heroes. Then he became [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Gaara]].
28	* Mario Scarabelli is an Italian voice actor with a rough voice, usually voicing either old or grumpy characters, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]] or [[Franchise/DragonBall Muten Roshi]]. For some reason he also voiced [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Cheetor]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Big Macintosh]].
29	* In Hungary, Janka Solecki voices villainous women such as [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace Josee]], [[Manga/FullMetalAlchemist Lust]], and [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Azula]]. However, one of her roles where she didn't portray a villain, was [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Applejack]].
30	** This is reversed in Poland, where Monika Pikula voices nice ladies, such as [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Anne Maria]], [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Sam Manson]], and [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Sandy Cheeks]]. However, she voiced Azula, who wasn't nice.
31	* Hungarian dubber Szabolcs Palmai is usually typecast as teenagers or {{Adorkable}} characters. [[Anime/CowboyBebop Vicious]] is how brutally he played against type.
32	** Likewise, Tamas Markovics is usually cast as [[TheScrappy disliked characters]], {{Butt Monkey}}s, {{Jerkass}}es or {{Adorkable}} characters. [[WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011 Lion-O]] is neither.
33	* Polish actress Ewa Smolinska is known in her few voice acting roles as a number of HotWitch characters such as [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] (replacing notable actress Zofia Mrozowska), [[WesternAnimation/SupermantheAnimatedSeries Mala]], [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresoftheGummiBears Lady Bane and Marzipan]], and [[{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} Mirage]]. She is also notable for being one of the female voices of [[WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster Lampy]].
34	* Ruben Cerda is a Mexican comedian that have dubbed a lot of [[BigGuy big and good]] guys, and his two most known roles in dubbing are WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]]. Then he gave voice to the big, but not so good [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]].
35	* French voice actress Sauvane Delanoë is typically heard on the BrattyHalfPint ([[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail Fievel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Skippy Squirrel]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}} Ben Tennyson]]) or the PluckyGirl ([[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Cera]], [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerPuffGirls Blossom]]). So knowing she's part of the cast of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' which got its share of both, you would be forgiven to expect her to get one of these parts... instead of AxCrazy [[TheBaroness Baroness]] Adiane... and clearly having a hell of a time with all the profanities and funny faces.
36	* The late French theater comedian Creator/JeanPiat, who provided the French voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Frollo]], two purely evil animated Disney villains, did the French dubbing for the famous Creator/IanMcKellen portrayal of the wise and heroic [[WizardClassic Gandalf]] in both ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Film/TheHobbit'' film trilogies, which is pretty uproarious considering the fact that, due to the dubber being in his 70s in the 1990s (born in 1924), his role of Scar was nothing short of DawsonCasting since Scar was supposed to be Mufasa's YOUNGER brother. He would be more suitably elderly for the roles of Frollo and Gandalf.[[note]]Some French Disney fans probably felt Piat was more perfectly cast for Frollo than he was for Scar.[[/note]]
37	* French-speaking Mauritanian filmmaker Creator/MedHondo, who has been known as the French voice for comic actor Creator/EddieMurphy, did the French voice for the elderly and all-knowing [[MagicalNegro Rafiki]] in [[Franchise/TheLionKing Disney's Lion King franchise]], yet by listening to Hondo's voice coming out of Rafiki, he sounded slightly younger than Scar's French dubber.[[note]]Jean Piat (Scar) was born on September 23rd 1924, but Hondo (Rafiki) was born on May 4th 1936, making him 11 years, 7 months and 11 days younger than Piat. It should be acknowledged that, in terms of character design, Rafiki is the movie's wise and elderly character, not Scar.[[/note]] Even though Hondo was the French voice for other animated characters like Yar from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' and Bloat from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' - along with Eddie Murphy's [[Franchise/{{Shrek}} Donkey]], making quite jarring that a veteran French dubber would go from voicing a wise, old baboon sage to voicing a fast-talking, simple-minded donkey.
38	* Japanese seiyuu Creator/TakashiNagasako is best known for voicing TheBigGuy characters like [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Donkey Kong]], intimidating villains like [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], and muscular badasses like [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Nathaniel "Rock" Adams]], but amongst his western dubbed roles are BigFun [[TheDitz ditz]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie Patrick Star]], respective NiceGuy and ShrinkingViolet [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Happy and Bashful]], BumblingDad [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Dr. Lincoln]], and PluckyComicRelief [[WesternAnimation/Epic2013 Grub]].
39	* Creator/YujiMitsuya, the Japanese voice of comical, sometimes panicky characters like [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Petrie]], [[Franchise/TheLionKing Timon]] and [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Pleakley]], did the Japanese voice of the creepily strict MadScientist [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Dr. Finklestein]].
40	* Greek actor Nikos Pogkas has been the JerkWithAHeartOfGold [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]], the BigFun [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears Tummi]] and the {{Faux Affably\|Evil}} EvilChancellor [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]].
41	** Alexis Stavrakis is the opposite: he's been [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}} Governor Ratcliffe]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Clayton]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Zeus]].
42	* Norwegian actor Even Stormoen has played three pretty dark Disney villains. [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}} Clayton]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Judge Claude Frollo]], and then he played the GentleGiant [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 James P. "Sulley" Sullivan]].
43	* Italian voice actor Fabrizio Mazzotta has a very peculiar and recognizable loud voice that is usually cast as goofy/zany/loud-mouthed characters like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Krusty the Clown]], [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Pinky]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs Clumsy Smurf]], [[WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa Belly Bag]], and [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Barry Kripke]]. But at some point he also voiced the suave, handsome [[Manga/UruseiYatsura Shutaro Mendo]] (though, being in a GagSeries, he's still a silly character in his own way).
44	* Bad papa Creator/FumihikoTachiki subverts his type in the Japanese dubs of the ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' films, in which his character is a space pirate who raised Peter like he was his own son [[spoiler:and ultimately proves to be a good father compared to his actual father]].
45	* The Mexican actor Ernesto Lezama is mostly known by voicing comical cartoonish characters, such as WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales, WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife Filburt]],[[Franchise/DragonBall Oolong]]... And he also voiced Kaworu Nagisa, a completely serious character from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
46	* Creator/PhilippeNoiret was a French actor, but he did at least one voice role, that of Draco in the French dub of ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}''. While he played in many {{Period Piece}}s, Noiret was as stranger as can be to both the {{Fantasy}} genre and voice acting.
47	* Olof Thunberg, a man known for being the ever familiar narrator of the family friendly ''ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'' animated features would also go on to record narration for Creator/HPLovecraft audio books.
48	* Marlies Somers is a Dutch voice actress who usually voices cute little sweethearted girls, like [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Bubbles]] for example. Somehow, when Nelvana made the Dutch dub of WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents in 2002, they cast her as [[BabysitterFromHell Vicky]], who is anything but sweethearted.

Context PlayingAgainstType / ForeignDubbing