{"id":102205,"date":"2016-09-18T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=102205"},"modified":"2016-09-19T07:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:15:47","slug":"11-video-game-characters-voiced-by-famous-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/102205-11-video-game-characters-voiced-by-famous-celebrities","title":{"rendered":"11 video game characters voiced by famous celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although\u00a0the world of Hollywood tends to keep the big movie stars and A-list celebrities to itself, they do occasionally appear in video games, usually behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

In fact, some of our favourite video game characters have been voiced by world-famous actors and actresses.<\/p>\n

Check out these famous video game voices below:<\/p>\n

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Sean Bean – Martin Septim<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Bean is the voice of Martin Septim in the highly-acclaimed Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.<\/p>\n

\"Sean<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kristen Bell – Lucy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Assassin’s Creed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy, a central character appearing in the early Assassin’s Creed games, is voiced and modelled on Kristen Bell.<\/p>\n

\"kristen<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elijah Wood – Spyro<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Legend of Spyro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elijah Wood provided the voice acting for Spyro the Dragon The Legend of Spyro trilogy,<\/p>\n

\"Elijah<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ellen Page – Jodie Holmes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Beyond Two Souls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ellen Page played Judie Holmes in Beyond Two Souls, with the main character’s features designed to mimic the actress.<\/p>\n

\"Ellen<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mark Hamill – The Joker<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Batman: Arkham Asylum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Hamill reprised his role as the Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum, delivering a stellar performance.<\/p>\n

\"Mark<\/a><\/p>\n

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Liam Neeson – James<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Fallout 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liam Neeson is the voice behind James, the main character’s father in Fallout 3.<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/a><\/p>\n

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Samuel L. Jackson – Officer Tenpenny<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas<\/strong><\/p>\n

The brutish Officer Tenpenny of San Andreas is voiced by the great Samuel L. Jackson.<\/p>\n

\"Samuel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Seth Green – Joker<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mass Effect<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mass Effect’s cast includes a number of famous voices, such as Seth Green, who provides the voice of the comedic pilot Joker.<\/p>\n

\"Seth<\/a><\/p>\n

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Patrick Stewart – Zobek<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sir Patrick Stewart is the voice of Zobek in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.<\/p>\n

\"Patrick<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yvonne Strahovski – Miranda Lawson<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mass Effect<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another famous voice appearing in the Mass Effect cast, Chuck’s Yvonne Strahovski provides the voice of Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect trilogy.<\/p>\n

\"Yvonne<\/a><\/p>\n

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Charles Dance – Emhyr var Emreis<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Witcher 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr var Emreis is voiced by none other than Charles Dance, who played Lord Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones.<\/p>\n

\"Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

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Everything you need to know about Xbox Scorpio<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You won’t believe who the famous celebrities behind your favourite video game characters are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":102207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20,3,11681,4],"tags":[21455,4439,21449,21447,9791,1966,2664,21461,21457,425,21451,183,21453,18743,21459],"class_list":["post-102205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-features","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-acting","tag-castlevania","tag-celebrities","tag-characters","tag-ellen-page","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-kristen-bell","tag-look-alikes","tag-mass-effect","tag-spyro","tag-video","tag-voices","tag-witcher","tag-yvonne-strahovski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}