Actors with Voices You Love

Yes, her voice is amazing. I loved her in 24. (and her guest spot on Will and Grace years back was hilarious)

Christine Baranski in anything

Shohreh's voice is great but she has trouble delivering long sentences (like on The Expanse) so she pauses at the most awkward points and stresses the wrong words all the time. Breath control is hard when you're a smoker, I guess.

Anyway, I call her Shohreh "instant gravitas" Aghdashloo. She's great in anything she does.

Loved her in The Exorcism Of Emily Rose.

^^^^sorry, forgot link^^^^

Brenda Strong. Her voice overs in "Desperate Housewives" are seldom appreciated.

PS Terri Hatcher is a cunt.

Bette Davis - seriously, such a cool, old raspy guttural voice. Plus the phenomenal personality - even when she was super old.

Shohreh is also lovely to work with, a class act. Not afraid to smile and say hi to anyone on set, including sweaty PAs. I was pleasantly surprised to see her in, "The Punisher".

Sherry Stringfield

Shohreh also has one of the best goddamned scenes I've ever seen on telly sci-fi. It's quite the smackdown.

Alicia Vikander

I love Don Cheadle's voice. I could listen to him in anything. So soothing.

Alan Rickman, Richard Armitage, and David Niven.

Alan Rickman (of course) John malcovich (did I spell that right?)

I've come to appreciate malcovich's voice quite a bit more this past year. His diction is just. So.

Pamelyn Ferdin who played the voice of Lucy and the Shea brothers who played the voice of Linus

Allison Janney. Those Kaiser Permanente radio commercials she did a few years ago genuinely made me want to get KP health insurance (which turned out not to be available in my area)

Also Benedict Cumberbatch.

Gilbert Gottfried

Bobcat Goldthwait

ARCHER...not Bob!...I'm shallow!

Richard Burton

Everyone needs to watch the clip at r10. Pure fury!

British actor Richard Armitage (aka Thorin in the Hobbit films) has a deep, sexy baritone voice and I could listen to him read the dictionary. He recites the poem "How Do I Love Thee".

Christopher Lee, anyone?!

I love Kathleen Turners voice

James Earl Jones.

Depth and clarity like no other.

Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," as read by Sam Elliott.

Vincent Price.

It's his voice that made him a star of horror: part Shakespeare, part stage-actor ham, and part scary-bedtime story.

R26

A+++

[QUOTE]Shohreh's voice is great but she has trouble delivering long sentences (like on The Expanse) so she pauses at the most awkward points and stresses the wrong words all the time.

I think she doesn't understand some of her lines. She still sells the performance though.

Always been in love with JAne Fonda's voice (And acting)

R28 Either that or she's trying to apply the flow and melody of Farsi (which you can hear in OP's video) to English sentences and it just comes across as awkward.

She swallows the word "corporations" and completely butchers the line about civil servants. I don't think the acting was that great either; the hand movements especially smack of a first take. I love Shohreh but that clip makes me cringe.

Good one, R29. I love Jane Fonda's voice too.

Boris Karloff had a great voice.

R30, I was speaking generally and not about that specific scene. We could quibble about particular scenes, or whether the character could be written better, or speculate about the role of the director. But on the whole I like her as Avasarala. Her, Thomas Jane, and the guy who plays Amos are the best things about the show IMHO.

Idris Elba. It doesn't matter if he's using his real accent or an American accent his voice is amazing.

Jennifer Tilly

Kathleen Wilhoite

Dianne Wiest

Phoebe Dinsmore

Lina Lamont

Tom Hiddleston

r29 & r31: Jane Fonda narrates the film Better Living Through Chemistry with Sam Rockwell.

And at the end, we discover that the person narrating the film isn't just a disembodied voice; Jane Fonda actually shows up in the movie!

Yves Montand.

Supremely sexy voice, speaking or singing.

Iain Glen (Jorah) and Richard Dormer (Beric Dondarrion) of Game of Thrones and James Mason.

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• Antonio Cupo

• Viola Davis

• Tom Hanks

• Nicole Kidman

• Katharine McPhee

• Bette Midler

• Susan Sarandon

• Martin Sheen

• Denzel Washington

Some names (in alphabetical order):

• George Clooney

• Antonio Cupo

• Viola Davis

• Tom Hanks

• Nicole Kidman

• Katharine McPhee

• Bette Midler

• Susan Sarandon

• Martin Sheen

• Denzel Washington

Eartha Kitt has a fascinating voice, totally commanding, full of sharp intelligence.

It's an odd mix of old-school Hollywood mid-Atlantic accent and hyper-precision.

It's no wonder she was cast as Catwoman, but that's just a tiny slice of her life. I wish more people got a chance to see her perform live. She was fantastic, and no one did onstage patter better.

Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Patrick Stewart Eve Arden Judi Dench Gregory Peck Miss Barbara Stanwyck Humphrey Bogart And the Mrs., Betty Marjorie Main Howard Keel

Alan Rickman. His voice was the equivalent of brandy and dark chocolate.

Paul Newman

Baranski

Sarandon

Bacall

Diana Muldaur. Her voice is slightly snobbish but intoxicating

Joanna Lumley

Daniel Day-Lewis

Dianne Wiest

The late Miguel Ferrer. Loved his gravelly voice.

Ricardo Montalban.

Sensuous enough to sell a fucking Chrysler.

Jeremy Irons

K: Two packs of Vantage, please.

- Anything else?

K: Yes, a vial of insulin. Just kidding.

Laura Dern has a great voice.

Russell Crowe

Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon.

Kathleen Turner.

Excuse the Victoria Jackson element.

Listen to Bollywood actress and Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta

Peri Gilpin from "Fraser." She was the voice for some Wells Fargo commercials years ago. I loved her as Roz!

Frasier not Fraser.

Suzanne Pleshette owns this thread! (Ok, co-owns with Shoreh, Alan, and a few others.)

This is a bit (a lot) out of left field, because he hasn't been in that many films, but I absolutely adore Dylan Moran's voice. It's Shakespearean, and whimsical, and sexy, and purring, and raspy. In a word, perfection.

James Remar-mostly from SATC/Jericho/other random stuff where you may think, 'oh I've heard that guy before.'

Clip is from 1980's 'Cruising' (only clip on youtube that was worthy)

James Remar is so sexy.

Frank Langella

Garrett Hedlund's voice makes my hole twitch.

Masculine and soulful.

The ultimate lesbian. The divine Garbo. Voice and accent. Sexy AF.

Brenda Vacarro.

George Sanders.

Droll and mellifluous.

Aaron Paul - sexy and soothing.

Patricia Clarkson and Emma Thompson

I never thought about Jane Fonda’s voice before, but it’s what makes Klute so spellbinding.

Agnes Moorehead--especially in her pre-Endora work (Welles' films, radio versions of Sorry Wrong Number, etc.). Great vocal talent and training.

Top of the list for me: the inimitable Miss Joan Greenwood!

Cary Grant. James Mason. Jean Arthur. Margaret Sullavan

Cherry Jones

Sam Elliot

Mary McDonnell

Patricia Clarkson

Agree with the others about Sam Elliot.

Sexy Dominic Purcell. Great voice which he plays up a bit in the Chobani ads.

Oops. Yoplait, not Chobani.

Morgan Freeman

OP, was she the bitch who wore red at the Golden Globes?

Another set of votes for Kathleen Turner, Sam Elliott and Brenda Vacarro

I would add Colleen Dewhurst

Ralph Fiennes and Greer Garson

Adding Suzanne Pleshette to the list

Sir Ralph Richardson

Donald Pleasence and Robert Shaw

Ted Levine

Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch

James McAvoy

Reese Witherspoon

I'm shocked no one has said James Earl Jones...the original Darth Vader himself.

The following is fairly off topic, but the OPs mention of Shohreh Aghdashloo reminds me of how - based on her voice - I had always imagined her playing a specific character from the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series (aka the 'Game of Throne' books). Unfortunately, the character is excised from the television adaptation.

It's the only time while reading that series where I 'fan casted' a real world actor for a specific character. Her voice was THAT ideal for the character in question.

^ I’m shocked r87 missed r24, which even had a fucking sample as evidence.

Yeardley Smith

Fuck your bitch ass mother fuckers.

R49, that Cordoba was a sweet looking Chrysler, it deserved Ricardo.

Shohreh's translator needs to be smacked around. It should be "for you and me to share," not "for you and I to share."

Oliver Jackson Cohen:

Keanu Reeves and his sleepy, earnest voice.

Cillian Murphy

Kathleen Turner and her tough-broad smoker’s larynx. Her accent varies, though.

Dame Judi

Ian McKellen

Jennifer Tilly

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Jean Carson

Lief schreiber

R19 I can’t listen to anyone but Burton doing Thomas. It just isn’t right.

Speaking of melodious Welsh tones..

Ioan Gruffudd reciting Taliesin...swynawl.

He was an abusive asshole but Bing Crosby's voice was great even when he was just speaking.

Ralph Fiennes & Cumberbatch. Both very sexy.

Sir Ian

Ben Whishaw

Eleanor Audley voice of Maleficent and Lady Tremaine

Tina Turner. Such elocution!

I wish she’d done more films, but she said she made so much more money from touring that the time it took to make a movie paled in comparison financially.

She’s one of the few people in the world who I am happy about being filthy rich.

Dominic West

Benedict Cumberbatch. Garrett Hedlund. Armie Hammer. Ralph Fiennes. Ben Whishaw. Cate Blanchett. Helen Mirren.

Cate

Sharon Tate

Over a hundred posts and nobody has mentioned the dulcet tones of Marlee Matlin? DL you are slipping.

What about Anjelica Huston? Love her voice.

Bob Odenkirk. So scratchy! So sexay!

Dominic West is supremely hot, and the voice is a big part of it.

R116 of course. As Tish “Pastels..?” Addams, particularly.

Sir Anthony Hopkins

Sam (of course) Elliot

Al Pacino...... in the Godfather

Almost any Irish, Welsh, Scottish voices........Gabriel Byrne

Ray Winstone (sexy beast)

Sally Kellerman

The late and missed Alan Rickman had a voice that to listen to it, felt like getting a head massage with velvet gloves, while sipping spiced champagne. Ioan Gruffudd. River Phoenix. Greta Garbo. Lili Taylor.

More Ioan for you, R121...

A bit of poetry, ‘Ar Lan Y Mor’ by the sea. Lovely.

Jon Hamm

Thanks for that r122. Lovely. Welsh fascinates me. You can hear the ancient roots of the entire region in it. Cornwall and Wales share that quality. Something tells me there's some strong ancient thread between the Basque language and Welsh, as well.

Whishaw, McAvoy, Redmayne, Cumberbatch

Edward Platt, who played Chief on Get Smart and also had roles in Rebel Without a Cause, Cape Fear, and Written on the Wind.

His voice is soothing and sexy with a slightly gravelly commanding edge. Superb enunciation as well.

Boris Karloff!

Lots of well-known actors from classic Hollywood trademarked themselves with their voices: Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, et al.

Bette Davis may be my favorite. It's not a pretty voice, and certainly not soothing, but it's definitely distinctive and hooks the audience onto every syllable.

It's almost like she's snapping bites out of the air.

^^ I agree with Bette and couldn't have said it better. I love her. I also love listening to River Phoenix talk; like an angel. Also, when Benicio Del Toro talks I just want to suck to soul out of him. It does things to me...

CLIVE OWEN !

Nick Stahl.

He always sounds like he just woke up and is adorably confused about it.

Shirley Booth owns this thread

Richard Griffiths (Pie In the Sky). He voiced Mr. Mulliner (PG Wodehouse) in a couple of audiobooks. I could listen to him forever.

[quote]He voiced Mr. Mulliner (PG Wodehouse) in a couple of audiobooks. I could listen to him forever.

Surely you can't forget me.

Cate Blanchett - her voice elevates her acting; it's a very full-throated voice... velvety when speaking quietly and loud and booming when she's mad and yelling.

Elizabeth Ashley

Seconding Bing Crosby. I never cared for his singing particularly but his speaking voice in movies is wonderfully lush and soothing to hear, when I can forget about his parenting.

Yes to Jean Arthur as well. Could be a voice that grates after awhile but never does.

'Tippi' Hedren too. She lilts the "o" at the end of "San Francisco" a few times in "The Birds." Possibly an affectation of studio training, but I love it.

Scarlett Johansson

Woody Harrelson

Chris Cooper

Timothy Olyphant

Those voices from the crypt

Sam Elliott

Delroy Lindo

Karloff

James Earl Jones

Barry White

Morten Suurballe

Seconding R35.

Hiddleston has a very rich, textured, soothing voice, with an elegant Cambridge cadence. There’s a reason the Brits chose him to narrate so many audiobooks.