Celebrity voice-overs in commercials

Originally posted by Garand@Oct 11 2007, 08:28 AM
Wil Lyman - I believe he also does the recent Dos Equis Beer Most interesting man in the world commercials. Love Lyman voice on Frontline, NOVA, and other documentaries.
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I love him too!!! :wub:
 
I registered here because of this thread, which I found from searching for exactly this sort of info., which is a longtime obsession. Will Lyman has been voice I've enjoyed for years on PBS and was surprised to see him in episode of Law & Order (one of the spin-offs), acting (not v/o).

Capital One ad-I thought the voice was Tom Arnold, though I read here that it could be Randy Quaid-which seems reasonable possibility as well. Anyone agree it could be Tom Arnold (or am I the only one to have made that guess) ?

Yesterday got confirmation that it is Steve Buscemi & Norm MacDonald as gingerbread men voices in AT&T ad, (I felt so validated !) but took longer than I anticipated finding a site that gave me the answer. Glad to have happened across this site/forum.
 
Matt Dillon for Cool Mint Zantac 150

Wanda Sykes for Applebee's

And I heard that above-mentioned AT&T commercial...
 
A vehicle commercial I have been seeing lately has a voiceover from either a British or Australian male actor. Seems like it is for an SUV. Does anyone know who it is?
 
Originally posted by Belfast@Dec 6 2007, 03:35 PM
Yesterday got confirmation that it is Steve Buscemi & Norm MacDonald as gingerbread men voices in AT&T ad, (I felt so validated !) but took longer than I anticipated finding a site that gave me the answer. Glad to have happened across this site/forum.
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Most actors' voices are very recognizable to us since we hear them so often...such as Norm McDonald in the GoPhone ad. I just thought it was weird that the gingerbread son had a deeper voice than the father!

Has anyone else noticed this? In some cases a celebrity will provide the voice for an ad, but at some later time a celebrity voice impersonator is used in place of the actual celebrity. So far I've only noticed this for male voices. I guess it's cheaper to hire an impersonator than to pay for the real thing. As if we wouldn't notice!
 
Don't think I've seen a post yet about Robert Redford doing a few United Airlines commercials.
 
Anyone know who does the voiceover on the AIG ad with the belly laughing baby and mention about how laughter adds 8 years to your life? "Don't outlive your money..." TIA
 
"Nah, he got me, too. It's Steven Barr... check out his website; it's only this commercial where he changes his voice enough to sound like John G."

Thanks Cathoga, I was even thinking it might be Blake Clark from Home Improvements. Trying to find that voiceover brought me to this site. I will keep this site as a good resourse from now on. Excellent. :)
 
Originally posted by MoonZing@Dec 28 2007, 10:11 PM

Has anyone else noticed this? In some cases a celebrity will provide the voice for an ad, but at some later time a celebrity voice impersonator is used in place of the actual celebrity. So far I've only noticed this for male voices. I guess it's cheaper to hire an impersonator than to pay for the real thing. As if we wouldn't notice!
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This is very noticeable with Lowes where sometimes its Gene Hackman and sometimes an impersonator.
 
Not Confirmed, but it sounds like Jeff Bridges on the Hyundai commercials.
 
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