"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

Acting

Hank Azaria

Self

Acting

Diedrich Bader

Self

Acting

Eric Bauza

Self

Acting

Dee Bradley Baker

Self

Acting

Jeff Bennett

Self

Acting

Bob Bergen

Self

Editing

Robert S. Birchard

Self

No Image

Acting

Justin Birnsfield

Self

No Image

Acting

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

Acting

Jim Cummings

Self

Acting

E. G. Daily

Self

Acting

Grey DeLisle

Self

Acting

Debi Derryberry

Self

Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

Richard Steven Horvitz

Self

Directing

Gordon Hunt

Self

Acting

Danny Jacobs

Self

Acting

Tom Kane

Self

Acting

David Kaye

Self

Acting

Josh Keaton

Self

Acting

Tom Kenny

Self

Acting

Maurice LaMarche

Self

Acting

Phil LaMarr

Self

Production

Meredith Layne

Self

No Image

Acting

Janet Waldo

Self

Acting

Jeff Lenburg

Self

No Image

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Rachael MacFarlane

Self

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Jason Marsden

Self

Acting

Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh

Self

Acting

Mona Marshall

Self

Acting

Chuck McCann

Self

Acting

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Self

Production

Ginny McSwain

Self

No Image

Acting

Jim Meskimen

Self

Acting

Breckin Meyer

Self

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Kate Miller

Self

Acting

Laraine Newman

Self

Acting

Daran Norris

Self

Acting

Nolan North

Self

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Colleen O'Shaughnessey

Self

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Gary Owens

Self

Acting

Rob Paulsen

Self

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Don Pitts

Self

No Image

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Dan Povenmire

Self

Acting

Kevin Michael Richardson

Self

Production

Andrea Romano

Self

Acting

Stephen Root

Self

Acting

Marion Ross

Self

Production

Lisa Schaffer

Self

No Image

Acting

Dana Snyder

Self

Acting

Kath Soucie

Self

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Tara Strong

Self

Acting

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

Acting

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

Acting

Tom Lawless

Self

No Image

Acting

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

Acting

James Patrick Stuart

Self

Acting

Fred Tatasciore

Self

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Lauren Tom

Self

Acting

Frank Welker

Self

Production

Andrea Toyias

Self

No Image

Acting

Nancy Wolfson

Self

No Image

Acting

David Wright

Self

Acting

Mel Blanc

Self (archive footage)

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