It pays to read the voice credits

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
10/04/2016 at 21:33 • Filed to: None

Was re-watching Legend of Korra (judge all you want, it’s fantastic), and HOLY CRAP HENRY ROLLINS IS ZAHEER.

After that little surprise I decided to go on IMDB and see what other surprises might be in there. Here’s what I found:

J.K. Simmons (known for playing J Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man) played Tenzin

Mindy Sterling (Frau Farbissina in the Austin Powers trilogy) played Lin Beifong

Anne Heche played Suyin Beifong

Zelda Williams (Robin Williams’ daughter) played Kuvira

Daniel Dae Kim (Jin Kwon in Lost / Chin Ho in Hawaii 5-0) played Hiroshi Sato

Bruce Davison (Senator Kelly in X-Men, along with over 200 other roles) played Lord Zuko

Eva Marie Saint (the female lead in Hitchcock’s North By Northwest!!! Talk about a legend!) played Katara

And the last surprise, Serena Williams had a cameo as a sage. Neat!

DISCUSSION (16)

S65 > Dusty Ventures
10/04/2016 at 21:36

Neat!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Dusty Ventures
10/04/2016 at 22:15

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Dusty Ventures
10/04/2016 at 22:16

Who wouldn’t want to get in on some avatar action?!

f86sabre > Dusty Ventures
10/04/2016 at 22:19

Did you see that Norman Reedus was in Voltron?

Dusty Ventures > f86sabre
10/04/2016 at 22:26

I missed that one

Axial > Dusty Ventures
10/04/2016 at 22:39

Even the original Avatar series had a lot of big names make appearances, not the least of which include Mark Hamill and George Takei.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Axial
10/04/2016 at 22:54

And don’t forget Mick Foley as my favorite character in the original series, The Boulder.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Dusty Ventures
10/04/2016 at 23:54

>TLoK

>Good

Pick one

Roundbadge > Dusty Ventures
10/05/2016 at 08:11

I constantly read credits, and it irritates my gf.

We also make a game of pointing out bit-part actors across roles (including commercials). She’s actually a little quicker than I am, but I usually figure out the really obscure ones first. My proudest moment lately was picking out Leslie Hendrix in Gotham, recognizing the voice as one of the medical examiners from Law & Order before she took off the mask.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > Dusty Ventures
10/05/2016 at 08:19

That was a great show, not quite as good as Avatar, but damn close. Both really well done series. I think I need to go back and binge watch all of them now!

Scimitar7 > Dusty Ventures
10/05/2016 at 08:21

It drives my wife crazy when we watch something animated and I almost always say something like “I know that voice, who is it??”, and then I immediately go to IMDB to figure it out.

Along the same vein, there is/was a documentary on Netflix called “I Know That Voice”; great inside look at voice acting, and it features MANY well known voices, and a good number of “oh wait, it’s that guy/gal!” moments.

Dusty Ventures > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you
10/05/2016 at 09:38

To each their own

Dusty Ventures > Roundbadge
10/05/2016 at 09:45

She’d probably be less annoyed if you weren’t reading them out loud. Or, alternately, if you read them like a contestant on Who’s Line

Dusty Ventures > Scimitar7
10/05/2016 at 09:46

I’ll have to check that out

Roundbadge > Dusty Ventures
10/05/2016 at 10:39

Exactly how long have you been in my house?

Dusty Ventures > Roundbadge
10/05/2016 at 10:47

About four months now