- 6/17/2025
From animation to musicals, these talented individuals proved they're more than just voice actors! Join us as we celebrate the surprising musical talents that emerged from the voice acting world. From Broadway-worthy performances to chart-topping hits, these artists showed they can do it all!
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00:00We'll begin with a spin.
00:04Validating would be an understatement, and it is nothing short of a spectacular honor.
00:10Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:11And today, we're counting down our picks for multi-talents who are already established voice actors when they revealed their more musical range.
00:19You're in my world now, not your world.
00:22And I got friends on the other side.
00:26Number 10. Jennifer Hale, Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost.
00:32I'm gonna cast a spell on you. You're gonna do what I want you to.
00:40Holding the Guinness World Record for most prolific video game actress, Jennifer Hale has lent her voice to films and shows since the early 90s.
00:47At the end of the decade, she pushed her skills to bewitching heights in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost.
00:52The movie debuted the animated goth rock band The Hex Girls, with Hale as frontwoman Sally Thorne McKnight.
00:59Her powerful and alluring belting on multiple songs helped to deliver a cult classic for Scooby-Doo fans.
01:05The Hex Girls themselves have made several appearances in the franchise and been embraced as empowering icons.
01:10Earth, wind, fire and air We look bad, but we don't care
01:18Though Hale has had an otherwise low-profile music career, it's enough to make her a rock star.
01:24And a terrified town that doesn't know what to do
01:29That's my favorite. Love that.
01:32Number 9. Tomori Tosunoki, Sword Art Online, Alternative Gun Gale Online
01:3817-year-old Tomori Kosunoki hit the ground running with several voice roles at the start of her career.
01:50She was much more understated about her experienced vocal talents.
01:54To See the Future, the theme song for Sword Art Online, Alternative Gun Gale Online,
01:58set up a bright future for the pop rocker before her 2020 breakout in the musical anime franchise Love Live.
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02:11Kusunoki then signed with a Sony Music subsidiary and cultivated a new fanbase.
02:17She also continued with Love Live, only to hand off the role of Setsuna Yuki to Koko Hayashi,
02:23following a diagnosis of EDS.
02:25Other than that, this condition doesn't seem to have slowed down her prolific acting career or inspiring music.
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02:41Number 8. Gray Delisle, The Small Time
02:45I do Vicky and the Fairly Odd Parents.
02:49Whether you know her as Gray Delisle or Gray Griffin,
02:52the versatile voice actress wasn't all that well known going into the 2000s.
02:56Her big break would coincide with the release of The Small Time, a country music album.
03:01If I called your momma nasty names
03:04Referred to you as my ballin' chainin'
03:07Delisle's breathtaking singing and equally impressive songwriting must have really shaken her first industry.
03:13She would go on to have musical numbers regularly throughout her distinguished acting career.
03:18Along the way, she has put out a massive, critically acclaimed music catalog.
03:22She even won a Grammy for her tribute to Father of American Music, Stephen Foster.
03:34With so many memorable credits and voices in several mediums,
03:37Delisle is a real renaissance woman.
03:40You are the light in my dark world
03:46Number 7. Mamoru Miyano, Kuon
03:59From Death Note to Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mamoru Miyano is one of the top names in anime voice acting.
04:05He had been in the business for almost 20 years when he shocked everyone by releasing a single.
04:10Miyano's youthful, powerful voice was at its silkiest in the sweeping ballad Kuon.
04:14Two more singles would be released over the next two years before the album Break fulfilled the promise of its title.
04:31Miyano became a pop sensation, winning multiple Seiyuu awards for both acting and singing.
04:37And with his mixing the two disciplines all the way to stage productions of West Side Story and Waitress,
04:42This legendary talent is still full of surprises.
04:46Now I know that I can see,
04:50What a beautiful world is.
04:55Number 6. Troy Baker, random thoughts on a paper napkin.
04:58Wake up in the morning to your faded halo.
05:05Best known for his work in video games,
05:07Troy Baker is considered a rock star among voice actors.
05:10That's not just because he actually looks the part.
05:13Baker was just starting to establish himself in anime English dubs
05:17when his alternative band Trip Fontaine released their debut album.
05:20Hey, hey, tell me how you feel.
05:26Random thoughts on a paper napkin bolstered the swaggering, wailing frontman's cult appeal.
05:32His mainstream success has since extended to the band Window to the Abbey and his own solo work.
05:37Baker's contribution to soundtracks even won him the Spike Video Game Award for Best Song in 2013.
05:43There's a better holiday in the sky.
06:00With many accolades for voice acting on top of that, he clearly knows how to rock a recording booth.
06:06Number 5. Ayah Hirano, breakthrough, the melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
06:21Ayah Hirano spent the early 2000s in a variety of supporting roles in anime.
06:252006 was so decisively her breakthrough that she released a pop single actually named Breakthrough.
06:31A month later, she could be heard as the title character in the melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya,
06:36which featured a number of songs by Hirano herself.
06:38The success of the anime series and its soundtrack turned the 18-year-old into an idol overnight.
06:52In addition to reprising Haruhi in spin-offs, Hirano has rivaled her prolific acting career with mega-hit singles and albums.
06:59She's also headlined into live-action films and stage productions.
07:02Both with help from and in spite of her outspokenness, Hirano has the range to be called the voice of a generation.
07:17Number 4. Kree Summer, womb amnesia.
07:20Families fell for Kree Summer for her work in animation and the live-action sitcom A Different World.
07:30Imagine their shock when she fronted the alt-rock band subject to change for the album womb amnesia.
07:44But there was no denying the power in Summer's voice or the iconoclastic edge to her songwriting.
07:49This continued on her solitary solo album Street Fairy, which was produced by Lenny Kravitz and covered a variety of genres and bold themes.
08:04That is quite the departure from the song Summer has performed in more family-friendly entertainment since 1999.
08:09The fact is that her brief taste of rock stardom was just the beginning of many musical and acting hits for all ages.
08:16And it hurts coming back to life, coming back to life.
08:23Number 3. Keith David, The Princess and the Frog.
08:27Gentlemen, enchantΓ©.
08:31A tip of the hat from Dr. Vassilier.
08:34Disney established the always great Keith David as a legendary voice actor in the 90s, but it wasn't until 2009's The Princess and the Frog that they fully utilized his glorious baritone.
08:45The villainous Dr. Vassilier steals the show with the sinister jazz jam friends on the other side.
08:55David's naturally musical voice seamlessly grooves and swings with equally infectious belting.
09:00The Randy Newman composition has since become a gold record, hailed as one of the great Disney villain songs of its era.
09:18Meanwhile, David has performed in the animated musical series Central Park and Hasbeen Hotel, as well as Disney's Mufasa, The Lion King.
09:26His musical turns may be rare, but they are consistently worth the wait.
09:30I hope you're satisfied.
09:33But if you wait, don't blame me.
09:37You can blame my friend on the other side.
09:43You know what you wanted.
09:46Who wants what you hate.
09:49I'm just as tough as Blossom and Buttercup.
10:02I'm hardcore.
10:04It always seemed like Tara Sherandoff's energetic and versatile voice would be perfect for a musical.
10:09One could definitely say that she was thrown into the deep end with her last project before changing her credit to Tara Strong.
10:15But in her Annie award-winning portrayal of Ariel's aptly named daughter, Melody, she led The Little Mermaid to return to the sea with the lilt of a true Disney star.
10:24The ever-prolific Strong has since become a go-to for authentic, often tongue-in-cheek tributes to that musical style.
10:31Watch me soar
10:34For a moment I can shine
10:37I've got a grin and a fan that works fine
10:40My fingers are wrinkly and I really don't care
10:43If all of my curls have curls out of my hair
10:47She's also made singing and live performances a big part of her public image.
10:51The music is, after all, a highlight of Strong's iconic vocal range.
10:56The music is, after all, a little bit
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11:25Number 1
11:27Seth MacFarlane
11:28Family Guy
11:29Oh, my head is filled with voices
11:33And they never go away
11:36There's a baby kind of British
11:38An alien who's skittish
11:40And might be possibly gay
11:43It's almost hard to believe that Seth MacFarlane wasn't always a superstar for his vocal versatility in music.
11:49He did develop an enthusiasm and education in singing alongside animation.
11:54But it wasn't until the second season of Family Guy that proper musical numbers became a staple of his shows.
12:00Ironically, Peter Griffin's butchery of musical theater in The King is Dead really broke out the actor's theatrical showmanship.
12:06Marshall, Will and Holly, and a routine expedition!
12:11No matter how distinct or silly his voices get, the talent is serious.
12:16Since signing with Universal Republic Records in 2010, MacFarlane himself has become a pop star in the jazz tradition.
12:23Of course, with the range that voice actors are capable of, maybe we shouldn't be surprised by such an artistic transition.
12:29But tonight it's all completely okay
12:35Cause this is SNL
12:49Who are some other actors who shocked you with their other vocal talents?
12:55Speak up in the comments.
12:57And it's my way!
13:07And it's my way!
13:09And it's my way!
13:11I'm thinking about the Video!
13:12And it's my way!
13:13I feel like I'm not sure that you're able to do that.
13:14I'm not sure that you're able to do that!
13:16I don't feel like I'm not sure that you're able to do it.
13:21But sometimes-
13:22You're able to add the type of character to the character, but you're the kind of a human being on the other side.
13:26But I don't feel like I'm really thankful!
13:28You're able to do this.
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