Top 10 English Dub Voice Actors

TV & Film

Apr 21

There is a serious discussion currently going on in the anime community, and that is whether the original audio or the dub is better. I love subtitled and dubbed anime, so it makes me sad that fans discourage others simply because of a language preference. If there is both a sub and dub option for a series, I will always go for the dub, but I have recently been really getting into series that only have subtitles as an option, and they are just as good as the dubs. Since dubs are my favorite and huge among anime fans, I wanted to shine a light on ten of the best English dub actors of all time.

10. Colleen Clinkenbeard

Colleen has hundreds of anime credits under her belt. She has voiced characters such as Princess Hibana in Fire Force, Momo Yaoyorozu in My Hero Academia, and Mai in Dragon Ball Super. While these are all incredible characters, she is most notably known for voicing Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece. These characters are all completely different from each other and show how much range she has as a voice actor.

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9. Sarah Wiedenheft

I feel like Sarah Wiedenheft is one of the most unknown voice actors on this list. She has plenty of anime credits under her belt, but she just isn’t talked about as much as I think she should be. She has voiced characters such as Suika in Dr. Stone, Tohru in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid, and Charmy Pappitson in Black Clover. She is most known for voicing Power in Chainsaw Man, which was when her voice first really grabbed the attention of the mainstream audience. Over her career, she has voiced many background characters and side characters, but more recently, she has started getting to voice larger roles. Her voice is perfect for the hyperactive character that is either a villain or a character that doesn’t really fit any stereotype.

8. Eric Vale

Eric Vale is an absolute legend in the English dub voice acting world. It would be impossible to pick which character he is most known for because he has been just about everywhere. He has voiced Sanji in One Piece, Future Trunks in the Dragon Ball franchise since 1992, Yuki Soma in Fruits Basket, and Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia. His range is incredible, and you sometimes miss that he is voicing a character because it sounds so different from his most notable roles like Future Trunks.

7. Bryce Papenbrook

Bryce Papenbrook is one of my favorite voice actors because he typically plays the unhinged characters in anime. He has the ability to create characters that shout almost everything they say, and yet it works and never becomes annoying. He has voiced characters such as Kanta Higurashi in Zom 100, Meliodas in The Seven Deadly Sins, and Kirito in Sword Art Online. He is most notably known for voicing Inosuke Hashibira in Demon Slayer and Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan.

6. Monica Rial

I love Monica Rial and her ability to voice high-pitched characters. Anime is full of characters that have higher voices, but they typically grow out of those voices throughout the show. Monica Rial voices characters that keep that voice for the entirety of their series, and it is truly a feat. She has voiced characters such as Tsuyu Asui in My Hero Academia, Asirpa in Golden Kamuy, and Mitty in Made in Abyss. She is most notably known for voicing Bulma in Dragon Ball Z Kai and all future projects.

5. Justin Briner

Justin Briner is a unique voice actor because he always sounds exactly the same regardless of the character he is voicing. This would typically be a negative, but he always voices characters that fit that type of voice perfectly, making it always work out. He has voiced characters such as Ginro in Dr. Stone, Hanako in Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, and Yoo Jin-ho in Solo Leveling. He is most notably known for voicing Izuku Midoriya in My Hero Academia.

4. Aleks Le

Aleks Le has really taken the anime world by storm this year, and it is easy to see why. He has an incredible ability to go from voicing a soft and shy character to voicing the most domineering and powerful character in the world. This is an incredible talent to have in English dub voice acting, and I am excited to see where it takes him. He has voiced characters such as Nagumo in Sakamoto Days, Jin ‘Jiji’ Enjoji in Dandadan, and Lui Bei in Record of Ragnarok. He is most notably known for voicing Thorfinn in Vinland Saga, Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer, Mash Burnedead in Mashle: Magic and Muscles, and most recently, Jin-woo Sung in Solo Leveling.

3. Ian Sinclair

Ian Sinclair is another one of my very favorite voice actors. He is a one-of-a-kind voice actor, and his ability to switch from high-pitched and loud characters to terrifying deep deep-voiced characters is incredible. He has voiced characters such as Tsukasa Shishio in Dr. Stone, Jong-in Choi in Solo Leveling, and Magna Swing in Black Clover. He is most notably known for voicing Brook in One Piece, Whis in Dragon Ball Super, and the Narrator in Kaguya-sama: Love is War.

2. Alexis Tipton

Alexis Tipton is the most talented female English dub voice actor around. Similarly to Justin Briner, she always has the same voice, but it works perfectly for the characters she voices. She also has the ability to change the tone of the voice she uses, so she can voice happy-go-lucky characters and serious, domineering characters all with the same voice! She has voiced characters such as Iris in Fire Force, young Trunks and Gotenks in Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Daima, and Zina Boyd in How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?. She is most notably known for voicing Mei Hatsume in My Hero Academia and Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama Love is War.

1. Christopher Sabat

If you are any level of anime fan, then you know this man’s voice. He has so much range that sometimes you can immediately tell that it is him, but other times you won’t have any idea until you look it up. He is by far my very favorite voice actor, and that is regardless of the type of voice acting. Similarly to Eric Vale, it would be impossible to list what he is known for because he is literally everywhere! He has voiced characters such as Piccolo, Vegeta, Korin, Shenron, and multiple other characters in the Dragon Ball franchise, All Might in My Hero Academia, Yoon-ho Baek in Solo Leveling, Yami Sukihiro in Black Clover, Roronoa Zoro in One Piece, and Ayame Soma in Fruits Basket.

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