"A documentary that puts a face to the voices we all know and love"

2014

1h 35m

7.1(99 votes)

Documentary

Overview

Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

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3 videos

Cast & Crew

118 members

Acting

Charlie Adler

Self

Acting

Pamela Adlon

Self

Acting

Carlos Alazraqui

Self

Acting

Jack Angel

Self

Acting

Ed Asner

Self

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Hank Azaria

Self

Acting

Diedrich Bader

Self

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Eric Bauza

Self

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Dee Bradley Baker

Self

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Jeff Bennett

Self

Acting

Bob Bergen

Self

Editing

Robert S. Birchard

Self

No Image

Acting

Justin Birnsfield

Self

No Image

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Noel Blanc

Self

Acting

Steve Blum

Self

Acting

Chris Borders

Self

No Image

Sound

Devon Bowman

Self

No Image

Acting

Clancy Brown

Self

Acting

Corey Burton

Self

Acting

Nancy Cartwright

Self

Writing

David X. Cohen

Self

Acting

Kevin Conroy

Self

Acting

Matt Corey

Self

No Image

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Jim Cummings

Self

Acting

E. G. Daily

Self

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Grey DeLisle

Self

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Debi Derryberry

Self

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Jessica DiCicco

Self

Acting

John DiMaggio

Self

Acting

Robin Atkin Downes

Self

Writing

Mark Evanier

Self

Acting

Bill Farmer

Self

Acting

David Faustino

Self

Acting

June Foray

Self

Acting

Pat Fraley

Self

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Stan Freberg

Self

Acting

Nika Futterman

Self

Acting

Morgan Gerhard

Self

No Image

Directing

Frank Gladstone

Self

No Image

Acting

Seth Green

Self

Creator

Matt Groening

Self

Acting

Mark Hamill

Self

Acting

Jim Hanks

Self

Acting

Jess Harnell

Self

Directing

Peter Hastings

Self

Acting

David Herman

Self

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Richard Steven Horvitz

Self

Directing

Gordon Hunt

Self

Acting

Danny Jacobs

Self

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Tom Kane

Self

Acting

David Kaye

Self

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Josh Keaton

Self

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Tom Kenny

Self

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Maurice LaMarche

Self

Acting

Phil LaMarr

Self

Production

Meredith Layne

Self

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Janet Waldo

Self

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Jeff Lenburg

Self

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Rachael MacFarlane

Self

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Jason Marsden

Self

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Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh

Self

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Mona Marshall

Self

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Chuck McCann

Self

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Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Self

Production

Ginny McSwain

Self

No Image

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Jim Meskimen

Self

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Breckin Meyer

Self

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Kate Miller

Self

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Laraine Newman

Self

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Daran Norris

Self

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Nolan North

Self

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Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Self

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Gary Owens

Self

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Rob Paulsen

Self

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Don Pitts

Self

No Image

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Dan Povenmire

Self

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Kevin Michael Richardson

Self

Production

Andrea Romano

Self

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Stephen Root

Self

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Marion Ross

Self

Production

Lisa Schaffer

Self

No Image

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Dana Snyder

Self

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Kath Soucie

Self

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Tara Strong

Self

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Cree Summer

Self

Production

Lee Supercinski

Self

No Image

Acting

James Arnold Taylor

Self

Production

Jamie Thomason

Self

Acting

Alanna Ubach

Self

Acting

Kari Wahlgren

Self

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Jim Ward

Self

Writing

Pendleton Ward

Self

Acting

Billy West

Self

Acting

Gary Anthony Williams

Self

Acting

Wally Wingert

Self

Acting

Cedric Yarbrough

Self

Production

Kris Zimmerman

Self

No Image

Acting

Gregg Berger

Self

Acting

Gerald Burke

Self

No Image

Acting

Kevin Connolly

Self

Writing

Dave Filoni

Self

Sound

Kelly Ann Foley

Self

No Image

Acting

Jennifer Hale

Self

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Tom Lawless

Self

No Image

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Tom McGrath

Self

Acting

Bill Ratner

Self

Acting

Will Ryan

Self

Acting

Tom Sito

Self

Sound

Carlos Sotolongo

Self

No Image

Acting

Wes Stevens

Self

No Image

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James Patrick Stuart

Self

Acting

Fred Tatasciore

Self

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Lauren Tom

Self

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Frank Welker

Self

Production

Andrea Toyias

Self

No Image

Acting

Nancy Wolfson

Self

No Image

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David Wright

Self

Acting

Mel Blanc

Self (archive footage)

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