Voice Actors Who Look Like Their Characters

Every now and then, a voice actor will bear an absurd resemblance to the cartoon character he or she plays. Although we’re aware that the characters at hand were likely animated with the voice actors’ features in mind, we still enjoyed discovering how much Snow White looks like the woman who provides her voice, Adriana Caselotti, and how much Up’s Carl Fredricksen looks like Ed Asner with glasses. After the jump, we’ve placed a collection of famous cartoon characters side by side with their voice actor twins. Check ‘em out, and hit the comments to add any other character and actor combinations that you’ve found to be similarly fascinating.

Adriana Caselotti and Snow White

In 1937, 21-year-old Adriana Caselotti made her debut as the very first leading Disney lady in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the years following the film’s success, Caselotti was under contract with Walt Disney and prohibited from accepting other leading roles, as they might “spoil the illusion of Snow White.” As a result, her post-Disney appearances were few. You know the voice that sings, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo” during “If I Only Had a Heart” in The Wizard of Oz? That’s Caselotti, and so is the singer in Martini’s bar as George Bailey prays in It’s a Wonderful Life. Both roles were uncredited. Life’s hard when you’re a Disney princess.

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You've left off the entire cast of Archer, with the hilarious exception of H. Jon Benjamin, who belongs on Woodsy Allen's list of characters who look nothing like their real counterparts.

@Martin Hopwood: You have a cool name. @grr: They definitely always make note of the voice actor's mannerisms and facial movements when animating a character, but they don't necessarily draw every character based on its actor's looks. For example -- Jasmine: http://thegamingliberty.com/wp-content/uploads/larkinheader.jpg

So you didn't know that disney draws the characters based on the voice actors?

Not in the same category as these, but Rachel Leigh Cook voicing Tifa Lockhart!

Ummmmmm, this list has no bearing since you didn't put down Wayne Knight from Toy Story 2. FAIL

The Beast looked even more like Benson after he was transformed back into a human: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-__Rt2VogKfE/Tymh2ECmxLI/AAAAAAAABCk/Q3Hkigjhf_c/s1600/prince+beauty+beast+2.png

in what way is a list of 8 equivalent of a list of 10?

Wow. Imagine that! Animated characters that look similar to the voice actors who portray them. That *COULD NEVER* be intentional ;) What would be more interesting is voice actors who you'd never expect to look like that based on their voice. Case in point: Kevin Conroy aka Batman. http://www.flickr.com/photos/laura-kali/6888170800/ You mean to tell me this lanky, older man is the voice of BATMAN!? Mind = Blown

Shenzi the Hyena from Lion King had flashes of Whoopi Goldberg.

As my 9 year old niece points out (and she is an expert!) what about Flynn Ryder and Zachary Levi? http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1092&bih=514&tbm=isch&tbnid=AWsgFh0-27Hm8M:&imgrefurl=http://www.fanpop.com/spots/flynn-rider/images/27019308/title/zachary-levi-flynn-tangled-photo&docid=Bn9nvYddjX5q4M&imgurl=http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/27000000/zachary-levi-as-flynn-tangled-flynn-rider-27019308-500-318.jpg&w=500&h=318&ei=QtjQT7nOCIPotQb55PH9DQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=109&vpy=100&dur=436&hovh=179&hovw=282&tx=169&ty=50&sig=103283189784405462256&page=1&tbnh=149&tbnw=219&start=0&ndsp=9&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:74

You're missing Kathryn Beaumont, Disney's original Alice! They actually based Alice on Kathryn's looks. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064607/