Prancibald wrote:Urrano wrote:Hi im really intrigued about the actors who voice the EQ2 world , some of the voice overs are fantastic, especially the Halfling, they crack me up all the time, and I just adore the Ratongas, so anyone know who does the voice overs , were can I read up about them and the actors work, they do a fantasic job!
Yeah, some of you may not believe this, but it's true.
My Dad is one of them. Brian Cummings is his name. He's more famous for some of his character voices from the 80's that people my age (26) tend to watch. Papa Bear in Berenstein Bears, Dr. Mindbender in G.I. Joe, Bumblelion in the Wuzzles, and a whole slew of others.
In EQ2 I think he did Hwal (the dwarven boots guy? I don't remember)...
His most famous video game thing is that he did Sokolov in Metal Gear Solid 4. He's just getting into video games. It's a rough transition because voice actors don't get paid very well for video games in comparison to other stuff. The union hasn't caught on to the popularity and isn't able to negotiate higher prices for them, but that's hollywood for ya, eh? I'm sure it will change, and he is doing some video game stuff still, but he mostly does announcing since he's getting older and his voice is changing.
Here's another one that people like... the one voice he does that makes people the most impressed is "And now for your feature presentation" on any Disney home video.
Watch the trolls come out and try to dis me. Sorry guys, it's entirely true. He's my Dad.
LOL i just looked it up and it turns out he did a bunch of voices in EQ2... Never knew. I'm gonna call him and ask him about it.