Unique places you've heard well-known voice actors

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Iceeprincess

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Hearing our favorite voice actors in animated features is one thing. But what about when we hear them in places we wouldn't expect to hear them?

For example, the radio station that I work at plays a weekly syndicated radio show called Adventures in Odyssey. From what I can gather, most of the VO work is done by a bunch of in-house actors who aren't well-known by many. To my surprise, though, while I was getting the file prepped for air, I heard Jim Cummings portraying one of the characters in one of his unmistakable voices.

Also, I'm not sure if this is the case or not, but I could swear the man who does the VOs for the advertisements when you purchase gas at Murphy USA is Dan Green. It certainly sounds like him.

What are some interesting places you've heard well-known voice actors?
 
Oh, Adventures in Odyssey has tons of well known VAs in it.

Also I thought I heard G1 Megatron in an Energizer ad back in the 80's before the bunny. Around '85 if I'm not mistaking. It revolved around a kid and an RC car.

Plus many VAs do commercials.
 
Bill Ratner, who voiced Flint on G.I. Joe, does nearly all of the promo spots for KCRA3, the local NBC affiliate out of Sacramento. I get to hear him practically only a daily basis, and it's just too cool.


As Philmister978 said, Adventures In Odyssey has a lot of well-known VAs. I know Townsend Coleman (the original Michaelangelo) has been involved with it for years now.
 
I saw an ad for a car dealership with a character called "Mr. Oppurtunity". The voice was clearly Rob Paulsen.

Also, on episodes of the Twilight Zone I've recognized Searling Holloway, the original Winnie the Pooh, based on his voice alone. The final episode also had June Foray dubbing over a girl actor's voice because it didn't carry.
 
I heard Chris Sabat on a commercial once. I forgot what it was though. I wasn't paying attention, then I was like "What? Zoro?" and looked up and realized it was Sabat doing a commercial.
 
I love those commercials just for the opportunity (no pun intended) to hear Rob Paulsen at seemingly random intervals. He's been doing them for several years now and they started out, I believe, as just narration, then they added the animated character. I also hear them on the radio occasionally, too.
 
blanking on the name but the voice of eeyore also did the voive of optimus prime. when i saw the commercial i was like i know that name, and then whoa.

granted this is probably not that weird or uncommon but it surprised me.
 
I remember hearing Veronica Taylor voicing for a couple of My Little Pony toy commercials a year or so ago. Or at least sounded a lot like her. While I don't think that he's well known, I think I heard Matthew Charles, the voice for Jaden in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, in a Winnie the Pooh toy commercial a couple of years ago too. I was so surprised when I realized that it was them for the first time.
 
Probably not in the vein of what you're going for but Jason Gray Stanford (Randy Disher on the TV show Monk) is the voice of Raditz in the Ocean Dub.

The Japanese VA for Hiei in Yu Yu Hakusho is the voice of Link in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
 
It caught me a little off guard to hear those Prius commercials with Superman/Sephiroth/Ren from PODW as the announcer, but I've seen him on a couple CSIs so not totally unexpected.
 
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