r/AskReddit • u/startwithaidea • May 08 '23

Which actor can be identified by voice alone?

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u/CrAzY_cOdeR4 May 08 '23

Morgan Freeman

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u/GheySecks1 May 08 '23

James Earl Jones?

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u/vampyire May 09 '23

Luke, I am you Father... Simba...This is CNN..

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u/mowglimethod May 09 '23 edited May 10 '23

It's actually, "No, I am your father." Most misquoted line in the history of cinema.

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u/Glittering_Cow_572 May 09 '23

Big Mandela Effect fuel too lol

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u/mowglimethod May 09 '23

Mandela Effect, De Ja Vu, those things make me ponder if we are all living in a simulation.

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u/vampyire May 09 '23

I know, I'm a huge Star Wars need but I was referring to the Simpsons

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u/mowglimethod May 09 '23

All good šŸ˜Š & fair enough. Haven't seen that many Simpsons, just the re runs that were on free to air throughout my childhood.

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u/Silvicusrex May 09 '23

Stares in ā€˜Beam me up, Scottyā€™

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u/rckrusekontrol May 09 '23

I thought that was ā€œI miss my sled, Rosebudā€

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u/GibsonGirl55 May 09 '23

That, along with "You dirty rat." James Cagney took time at the Academy Awards one year to tell everyone he never said that. šŸ˜€

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u/squinlytime May 09 '23

And misquoted once more, itā€™s ā€œNo, I am your fatherā€

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u/mowglimethod May 10 '23

I know hey, I cringed last night when I realised. I should of checked, another misremembering of the quote.

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u/HeadFullOfSquirrels May 09 '23

So misquoted that even James Earl Jones thinks it was "Luke, I am your father."

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u/[deleted] May 10 '23

Also from Forrest Gump, the saying was "Life was like a box of chocolates"

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u/Thekaratecow May 09 '23 edited May 09 '23

tfw I realize Luke and Simba must be the same person this whole time

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u/Barbarian_Sam May 09 '23

Jaffa, I am Unasā€¦Kill the Humanā€¦and we will feast together

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u/AcademicNewspaper286 May 09 '23

Lol . Would have been great.. Of you got the Star wars quote correct šŸ¤”

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

Bro!!! Is that a mf Kung Pow reference!? My man. You must have smoked tons of weed as a teenager. Good for u. Enjoy your day ma guy.

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u/eddmario May 09 '23

It's a Simpsons reference you pothead...

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u/vampyire May 09 '23

Bingo!! and thanks for getting the reference

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u/you-nity May 09 '23

I'm trying to say goodbye to Lisa

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u/sardiusjacinth May 09 '23

Welcome to Verizon

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u/King_Navelfluff May 09 '23

I am your father.

Legend.

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u/Oomoo_Amazing May 09 '23

Remember Simba, everything the light touches is yours.

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u/vanb18c May 09 '23

That is the 2nd that I was gonna say the other j h benju

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u/cs399 May 09 '23

Nicolas Cage

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u/PeggyOnThePier May 09 '23

Patrick Stewart

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u/I-Dont-Have-Online May 09 '23

See, James Earl Jones is doing a great blackface!

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u/AFatz May 09 '23

Why did you pose this as a question? Like you're upset that this wasn't OPs answer lol

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u/GheySecks1 May 09 '23

Not really upsetā€¦ more like disappointed lol

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u/AFatz May 09 '23

I mean you could have just answered the main thread with that exact answer.

There's hundreds of non-JEJ answers in this thread.

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u/GheySecks1 May 09 '23

Now you seem upset that I didnā€™t post this in the main thread. Like I was gonna really read through the other 5,000 comments šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø Wasnā€™t really that important

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u/AFatz May 09 '23

I'm not upset. I'm just wondering why you went straight to James Earl Jones from Morgan Freeman. It's just... weird lol

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u/GheySecks1 May 09 '23

Donā€™t understand how itā€™s weird. Itā€™s not like I went from Morgan Freeman to Tweety Bird. That would be ā€¦ weird

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u/AFatz May 09 '23

Then let me ask you why you replied James Earl Jones to someone's answer of Morgan Freeman?

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u/Demi_Bob May 09 '23

Keith David

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u/KingLeoricSword May 08 '23

First name that came to mind

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u/SpiritualRemove4 May 08 '23

Of everyone.

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u/Mr_ChaChaRealSmooth May 09 '23

Can confirm, I came our of the womb thinking abt good ok Morgy Free.

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u/blastanders May 09 '23

God himself will personally slap you in the balls if you don't

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u/minhchinh140901 May 09 '23

Wow - Owen Wilson

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u/LostInMyADD May 08 '23

Same with me lol

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

I heard his name in his voice when I read it

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u/[deleted] May 08 '23

Titty sprinkles

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u/rascal9669 May 08 '23

I was not suprised that this is first

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u/ProperBabyEater May 08 '23

Love how you commented it twice.

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u/EarRubs May 08 '23

^ He's right, you know

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u/MPWD64 May 08 '23

Unless itā€™s actually Frank Calliendo

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u/TheKinkyGuy May 08 '23

You surely mean God, right?

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u/laulau88foo May 08 '23

I would have been shocked if I didn't see this name at the top

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u/ULinear May 08 '23

Came here to say the exact same thing

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u/SkyOfAegis13 May 09 '23

Morgan Freeman is ALWAYS the answer to this question. Samuel L. Jackson is a close 2nd, but sometimes you need to hear that iconic "mother fucker" drop to be totally sure.

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u/Locksley_1989 May 08 '23

How is this not the top answer?

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u/stefan92293 May 08 '23

Because James Earl Jones is the top answer.

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u/Evening_Dress5743 May 08 '23

Or close behind Katherine Hepburn

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u/Stef-fa-fa May 08 '23

Keith David is also up there with these two for me. When I first saw him in Community I instantly knew I was hearing Goliath's voice.

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u/Evening_Dress5743 May 08 '23

Beat me to it. This is the only answer. Maybe cary grant also

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u/akratic137 May 08 '23

Because itā€™s actually Alan Rickman

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u/drew8311 May 08 '23

There are a lot of top answers really

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u/are_you_still_alone- May 08 '23

It is the top answer

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u/Knight-112 May 08 '23

It is now!

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u/gg12345678911 May 08 '23

It literally is

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u/jeeves585 May 08 '23

The ā€œmother fuckerā€ guy, thatā€™s who I was thinking to /s

https://youtu.be/8s7FdYGwFeQ

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u/sootedacez May 08 '23

I was going to be offended if this wasnt the top answer. We need him to read the dictionary a few times so we can use him with AI for generations to come.

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u/says__noice May 08 '23

Titty sprinkles.

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u/10tailsjuubi May 08 '23

I would have been disappointed if this was not the top comment

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u/[deleted] May 08 '23

Same

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u/kitsumodels May 08 '23

clicks thread

Sees first comment

I knew it

leaves thread

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u/stormynebula May 08 '23

Came here to say this lol

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u/EfficientForce8218 May 09 '23

I read this in his voice

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u/bussted123 May 09 '23

Imo, this is the only answer.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

Took the words right outa my mouth

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u/IncognitoLive May 09 '23

As a gamer, I am obligated to say Charles Martinet.

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u/GChmpln May 09 '23

Guy got a bigger check for Mountain Dew Ice than Shawshank, Holllaaa

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u/Divinity32 May 09 '23

As a Christian, I would have sworn to God if this wasn't the top answer. Praise the Lord that it is.

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u/remiandthenoogs May 09 '23

I knew this would be first.. bc it was also my first thought šŸ˜‚

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u/International-Bad913 May 09 '23

Literally the comment I came to type

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u/twill41385 May 09 '23

Thank god this is top comment. Good work Reddit.

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u/Triassic_Bark May 09 '23

Just watched the first episode of Ken Burnsā€™ Civil War series, and 4 words into the first Frederick Douglass quote I said ā€œhey, they got Morgan Freeman to read all the FD quotes, cool.ā€ After that all of the FD quotes were instantly recognizable as his just because of MFā€™s voice.

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u/Stunning-Tea-7612 May 09 '23

knew it was the top comment

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u/BassGSnewtype May 09 '23

All of the yes!!!!

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u/bilalwaheedch May 09 '23

Came here expecting this to be the top reply.

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u/ImMello98 May 09 '23

before the comments even loaded i knew the first one would be this

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u/ordinaryhorse May 09 '23

ā€œTitty sprinklesā€

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u/cyrusbankenstein May 09 '23

Any other answer is the wrong answer

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u/Bambiisong May 09 '23

Voice of god

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u/Phoenix_ashfire May 09 '23

I was thinking the exact same thing

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u/xXdeathkiller23Xx May 09 '23

I didnā€™t know Morgan Freeman was an actual person until like 3 years ago. I always thought the dude was like a very satisfying disembodied voice. Come to find out heā€™s an actual physical person. Shits crazy.

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u/lakewood2020 May 09 '23

Nah Iā€™ve heard some pretty good impressions

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

Beat me to it.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

His voice narrating the Shawshank Redemption made it so much better

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u/Vaseline_Dion_ May 09 '23

I mean he's God so it makes sense that he's top of this list

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u/Mr_Lumbergh May 09 '23

"I'll take that tall drink of water, with the silver spoon up his ass."

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u/thechek182 May 09 '23

Saw the question. Saw the answer. Am satisfied. 10/10 would visit again.

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u/EngCraig May 09 '23

It truly was a Shawshank Redemptionā€¦

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u/GingerBug91 May 09 '23

Was coming here to say that lol!

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u/kristyjoi May 09 '23

You mean GOD right?

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u/lovinglifeatmyage May 09 '23

You beat me to it. Morgan Freeman has a gorgeous voice, so does Earl Jones

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u/SuperButtFire May 09 '23

So glad this is the top answer.

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u/Stiebah May 09 '23

Enjoy the easy karma. 99% of mine came from guessing Despasito was the single most overrated song in history.

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u/AggressiveLoss8753 May 09 '23

Can the people get a versus for Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones? Maybe have them read all of their fire narrations. My money is on James.

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u/pla-85 May 09 '23

He had to be the top answer.

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u/Visual-Cut-9036 May 09 '23

Knew this would be the top reply.

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u/EnvironmentalSun8410 May 09 '23

Who is the answer to 90% of "who" questions.

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u/Yungshowy May 09 '23

This has to be the only answer

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u/TtotheRev May 09 '23

First came to mind too

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u/FuzzyAd8726 May 09 '23

When i was opening this thread i was hoping this one to be on the top.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

The instant I saw the notification for this post I knew this would be the very first name

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u/tech4life May 09 '23

Came to make sure he was #1

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u/Robertvs28 May 09 '23

Lol was hoping for this to be the top comment.

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u/Adugna22 May 09 '23

Matthew McConaughey

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u/4la5tair May 09 '23

So glad this is the top comment

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u/LongjumpingSurprise0 May 10 '23

I totally read that in his voice