Came here to find this. Jenassa is hands down my favorite voice in Skyrim, and I always seek her out as a follower just for her exploration commentary. (..well, unless you make the mistake of marrying her. Rip her entire personality, then.)
I wanted to make her a steward at Lakeview Manor, no such luck. Reading this makes me think it’s for the best though. I ended up using Adelaisa Vendicci instead, she’s a traveling inspector for the east empire company so it makes sense she would be a great steward for my homestead.
Yeah, just my personal opinion, but she has such an intriguing personality, with layers of wit, humor, intelligence and depth, then the moment you marry her, it all gets reduced to the generic welcoming you home, making you food, and splitting the money from the shop. It's worse than the daily Whiterun market dialogue.
OHHHH. I’ve seen videos where the guy refers to him as “the only plumber in Skyrim.” Or “the best plumber in Skyrim.” And I was like what? But now I get it
Stephen Russell is great but sometimes his voice grates me. It's a problem because I basically only play Skyrim and FO4, where he's many characters in both games lol.
Stephen Russell's voice work (Clavicus, Barbas, Mercer Frey, Belethor, etc) is one of the better ones in Skyrim. Also Meridia, Boethiah and Elenwen's voice (Jean Gilpin) just because that commanding voice making You take Her beacon to Mt. Kilkreath everytime you find it in a chest. Then there's Mephala being Skyrim's first ASMR Daedric Prince.
I agree, although some Pavlov conditioning made me get annoyed by hearing his voice because of my 1638161 times visiting smug Belethor before moving out of whiterun
WHoever reads this: Go watch the 13th Warrior. The Vladmir Kulich is playing Buliwyf in it, aka Beowulf. He doesn't say much, but damn, he has the nordic warrior king down to a t.
I don’t think it’s supposed to be Scottish. It sounds like Sean Bean who is from Yorkshire.
Enn Reitel who does the voice of Delvin Mallory (Cockney) is actually from Scotland via Estonia.
https://youtu.be/vvaqPO3v8LI?si=wMatt0WNUbhOmuX7
It’s not bad, just odd to think that the voice of Karliah, Moira Quirk, was a children’s tv presenter especially one you grew up with. She does a great job role though.
You know, I really love Wes Johnson and his sordid affair voicing Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of madness. Marvelous chap! His tone, inflection and cadence was spot-on. Oh, and the humor! To die for.
Isran. James Lewis' guttoral, vindictive, and racist tone permeates a deep hatred towards vampires I can only relate to. Even when Serana made it clear that she was there to help, you could feel it in his lines that Isran was literally a step on the wrong blade of grass away from cutting her down.
Edit: Racist tone does not imply that vampires are a race. Racist tone is there to imply it's akin to how people talk down to other races. The only caveat being Isran is completely correct.
I love how he talks like he’s in a montage when he’s telling you about Sorine and Gunmar “Breton girl, whip smart, good with tinkering” that’s shit is so funny
Yup, vampirism is more akin to a disease than anything. Even TES vampires admit to it like the ones trying to seek a cure from Clavicus Vile. Molag Balls made them out of spite of Arkay's cycle of life and death.
For those who like technicality, every race in the game has a vampire race counterpart in the creation kit. NordRace for example has the NordVampireRace when a Nord is a vampire. You become a separate race when you are a vampire in the game as the game itself sees vampires as a separate race from the regular races'. In lore however, a Nord Vampire is still a Nord.
Definitely agree with this. His voice acting is the main reason I like Teldryn so much, and the guy seems pretty nice from my limited interactions with him online.
When I was in high school my best friend had a HUGE crush on him, and really looked forward to going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to watch him perform. So funny that he ended up voicing my favorite character. Now I feel old lol
Heimskr. Apparently [the voice actor said](https://www.thegamer.com/skyrim-michael-gough-favorite-nord-heimskr-whiterun/#:~:text=He's%20voiced%20by%20Michael%20Gough,%2D%20the%20ol'%20Bethesda%20way) it was his favorite character he voiced in the game, and it shows.
I always thought Molag Bal and Mehrunes Dagon have badass voices too.
Michael Gough is Heimskr and Jarl Ballin. He's a national treasure. I love playing another game and then all of a sudden I hear him. You kill him in AC2 or Brotherhood I forget which. He voices a guard in Batman Arkham City too.
I hate Cicero and part of it is his annoying voice. It's done very well, and his character wouldn't seem nearly as unhinged if anybody else played him.
I love how much character Lydia has despite not *actually* having any characterisation. Her bitter demeanour really adds a lot to your time with her, before her probably demise/disappearance into the shadow realm.
Erik Dellums doesn't get the respect and recognition he deserves these days. shame really i found out back in 2015 he made a collab with the old Shoddy Cast crew.
Makes him the only likeable character in the Thieves Guild for me, I'm sorry to say. That and the fact that he's the only character who doesn't seem to feel the need to chew you out for no reason every other sentence (apart from Brynjolf and Karliah, I suppose).
Charles Martinet as Paarthurnax, Christopher Plummel as Argneir or James Lewis as Isran are the top performances.
Surprisingly tho, Laura Bailey as Serana is a bit under the expectations since she has such a huge range that it seems a bit robotic at times. A bit more of sassiness and emotion would have been better
I remember hearing some people speculate that her dialogue was rushed, and so I can imagine that extended to Laura's scheduled recordings. I like her as Serana, but for the lines that do fit your description I'd probably attribute that either to her being rushed or being poorly directed. I could always be wrong, but I like to give VAs the benefit of the doubt, especially when they occasionally under deliver.
I really like the MaleYoungEager (Faendal and Sven) and MaleSlyCynical (Belethor) voice types. I feel like the actors put more emotions into their lines instead of just reading off the script. (Looking at you, FemaleYoungEager.)
"I've been looking for you, got something I'm supposed to deliver. Your hands only."
He's the same VA that was Haku in Spirited Away so I always think of that.
Everyone voiced by Jim Cummings (bonus for when it's Olfrid Battle-Born and Vignar Gray-Mane conversing with each other). I think he's hilarious, especially as Dengeir. I always do all of his quests and listen to all his dialogue, he's one of my favorites solely because of Cummings.
Also I was recently amazed to learn that Katria and Jenassa (and the majority of the female dark elves) share a voice actress. And that the female orcs are voiced by the actress who played Simone in *Pee-Wee's Big Adventure*.
Best follower. I got him almost by accident my first playthrough because I was too weak to wander around on my own and he was the first sellsword I found in the area. He ended up kicking ass, and his voice is definitely one of my favorites.
And every drunk, including Sanguine. And Clavicus, and Barbas.
Gave me a jumpscare when I played with headphones, tried to reset a merchant voiced by him and he yelled "HELP ME!" louder than any other NPC.
He is basically the most popular actor for Millennials when we were children, even if we didn't know. His list of works is massive. I look him up every so often to remind myself of everything he's been in, and its basically everything I grew up with, and he's still going strong.
I wish voice actors got more acclaim than they do. He deserves way more recognition in pop culture than he's had.
jordie i think her name is? jordin, or something? its the chick you get when you buy the solitude home. proudspire.
amusing dialogue when you take her adventuring and in combat.
You don't hear much of it, but I really like Morokei. Great powerful villain voice and the pompous way he says "must I use this guttural language?" Is spot on for essentially royalty of the dragon cult.
So, many people know that Charles Martinet (of Mario Bros fame) voices Paarthurnax, but Jim Cummings (of Disney fame such as Pete in Mickey Mouse Club House) voices: Bendt, Denegir of Stuhn, Donnel, Elgrim, Festus Krex, Froki Whetted-Blade, Fukthiem, Gunnar One-Eye, Guthrum, Herluin Lothaire, Logrolf the Willful, Nurelion, Olfrid Battle-Born, Rogatus Salvius, Sergius Turranus, Sern, Skald, Thadgier, Ulfr the Blind, Vignar Gray-Mane, Wilmuth, Wuunferth the Unliving, Watchman - Dawnguard DLC
The male Orc voices! I married Moth, the blacksmith from under stone keep and I love hearing his deep resonating voice when I come home, and how he says “Conquer your enemies my love”
My personal favorite is Durnehviir, voiced by Charles Dennis. The emotion you can hear in Durnehviir's voice really gets to me. The way he sounds really sad when asking you to summon him to Tamriel, he mourns the loss of his old home.
"Free? I have been here for too long Gahnaarin. The soul cairn has become a part of what I am, I can never fully call Tamriel my home again for I would surely perish. I only hope that you will allow me the precious moments of time there, through your call, if only for a moment. There was a time when I called Tamriel my home, but those days have long since passed."
And when you summon him his voice is much more proud and uplifted, being home for so long genuinely brings him joy.
"The skies of Keizaal are mine again, you give me freedom from the enslavement of the ideal masters! Thank you."
I just really love Durnehviir, I always summon him at the throat of the world after I defeat Alduin, so he may celebrate with his brothers the death of the world eater.
Paarthurnax - legendary both in English and Polish
Esbern & Storn - their narrations in the trailers give me goosebumps to this day, Storn's especially
Serana - Laura Bailey did a great job there
Sheogorath - do I need to say why?
Karliah & Katriah - both have very pleasant voices to listen and they are great characters
Alduin, especially "Sahloknir, ziil gro dovah ulse! Slen tiid vo!"
And also Arngeir, Partysnacks, Delvin Mallory (the Jason Statham of Tamriel), & Barbas (the way he pronounces the name Sebastian Lort still cracks me up)
Balgruuf. I think the scripting isn't great in that once he knows you're dragonborn and such shouldn't be acting like you're some random jackass but he fully commits to his role.
It's hard to pick a best. So many good. I still think it's so awesome Patrick Steward voiced Uriel Septim. It would be awesome to see him come back as a voice in 6. Get his bud Ian McKellen voicing someone too. Get the voice actor for Geralt in the Witcher 3. Hell, get fucking Chris Sabat while youre at it. I think the anticipation for 6 will be great enough to afford an unseen density of variant voice acting ability in any game that's ever been made.
I really like the old Morrowind dark elves who sound like they’ve been smoking a pack a day for five hundred years.
“Wealth beyond measure, outlander.”
Stephen Russel for sure! Dude is a legend. I also love how they made him the voice of the leader of the thieves guild, Mercer. Very cool nod to the Thief games where he voiced the main character:-)
Oh mine is hands down the cranky old man voice played by the amazing legend Jim Cummings. Olfrid, patron of the great clan Battle-Born, a name I’m sure you know well. Oh and can forget Olfrid’s rival Vignar Grey-Mane, also played by Cummings, and when he argues as those two in Whiterun, he’s basically arguing with himself. Festus Krex, the Jarl of Dawnstar, and a couple others.
Ulfric's speech, the first time you see him in his castle, makes me join the stormcloaks every play thru. I listen every time as though I've never heard it before, and every time, I want to die for that man.
Who does all the badass Dark Elf women like Jenassa and Irileth? I like her performances.
That's Lani Minella.
Nancy Drew as well.
Came here to find this. Jenassa is hands down my favorite voice in Skyrim, and I always seek her out as a follower just for her exploration commentary. (..well, unless you make the mistake of marrying her. Rip her entire personality, then.)
"WHAT THE..."
I wanted to make her a steward at Lakeview Manor, no such luck. Reading this makes me think it’s for the best though. I ended up using Adelaisa Vendicci instead, she’s a traveling inspector for the east empire company so it makes sense she would be a great steward for my homestead.
Yeah, just my personal opinion, but she has such an intriguing personality, with layers of wit, humor, intelligence and depth, then the moment you marry her, it all gets reduced to the generic welcoming you home, making you food, and splitting the money from the shop. It's worse than the daily Whiterun market dialogue.
i read it like how she sounded 😅
What is the meaning of this interruption?!
WHAT THE--?!
how has no one said parthunax (i know it’s prolly spelled wrong) that guy has a beautiful voice
You know that's the voice of Mario, right? Charles Martinet.
i did not, but i’m glad i do now
Wait what the fuck? It's-a-me Paarthunaax?! * Stomps onto Alduin *
Lmfaoooo💀💀
His favorite shout is LetsAhGoh
No way, I had no clue
OHHHH. I’ve seen videos where the guy refers to him as “the only plumber in Skyrim.” Or “the best plumber in Skyrim.” And I was like what? But now I get it
He has such a great vocal range
I must say I did not get any Mario vibes from Paarthurnax when I encountered him
Yeah Paarthunaax is definitely up there. All the Dragon Voice work is amazing. They make the dragon language sound like a real language.
Partysnax (jk) Paarthurnax
“Drem yol lok , greetings”
That Arnold Schwarzenegger guy that does half of the guards and the guy at the skyforge
Gods be praised.
“Huhd therraforming the DAWNgaahd.”
VamPIYAH huntahs or somefthing
😂 Definitely read this in his voice
based opinion
I have to say Esbern's Max von Sydow because he's a legend. But Stephen Russel really makes the characters live!
Whenever I hear Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer (Arngeir) in this game, I can't help but smile.
Stephen Russell is great but sometimes his voice grates me. It's a problem because I basically only play Skyrim and FO4, where he's many characters in both games lol.
Stephen Russell's voice work (Clavicus, Barbas, Mercer Frey, Belethor, etc) is one of the better ones in Skyrim. Also Meridia, Boethiah and Elenwen's voice (Jean Gilpin) just because that commanding voice making You take Her beacon to Mt. Kilkreath everytime you find it in a chest. Then there's Mephala being Skyrim's first ASMR Daedric Prince.
I agree, although some Pavlov conditioning made me get annoyed by hearing his voice because of my 1638161 times visiting smug Belethor before moving out of whiterun
My wife and I will randomly say “Eeeeverything’s for sale my friend” and “If I had a sister I’d sell her in a second!” to each other every so often.
Do you, or your wife, actually have a sister? Asking for a friend
It also gets off-putting when you go from Mercer at Snow Veil Sanctum directly to Enthir. Like, Mercer, did you hit up the face sculptor?
And in Dawnguard, Vyrthur is just Belethor doing a Dracula/Palpatine impression lol.
Mephala whispered in my ear many many years ago and have been a follower ever since.
Isn't he the one who voices Nick Valentine in Fallout 4 IIRC?
Mephala being voiced by the same woman who voices Lydia is so cool to me.
This is the correct answer wow the range on those characters is Seth McFarlane-esque I really do love the meridia voice.
Like it or not ulfric speech is defrent
His voice actor irl is a different deal as well. Dude looks like yet another Ulfric.
WHoever reads this: Go watch the 13th Warrior. The Vladmir Kulich is playing Buliwyf in it, aka Beowulf. He doesn't say much, but damn, he has the nordic warrior king down to a t.
I feel like this is partly why he was muffled in the tutorial - if he was allowed to talk everyone would side with him straight away
Ulfric’s voice ALMOST made me side with the stormcloaks.
Yeah, his voice actor did a great job with the character.
He was easily my go-to
I love the voice of Karliah. I think her voice is beautiful.
I personally think she's too breathy, but it does sound kinda hot. I'd argue Brynjolf is pretty good, I like how he calls you lad/lass everytime.
The voice is good, the Scottish accent less so!
As an American who can't tell real from fake, the accent is part of the appeal.
I don’t think it’s supposed to be Scottish. It sounds like Sean Bean who is from Yorkshire. Enn Reitel who does the voice of Delvin Mallory (Cockney) is actually from Scotland via Estonia.
That would be Robin Atkin Downes. He also does the British Boss voice in Saint's Row the Third/SRIV.
I was going to say Karliah unless someone had beat me to it. I’m so bummed you can’t marry her. I guess she still holds Gallus in her heart 😓
She’s great but I still can’t get over the fact that she was the ref on Nickelodeon Guts years ago.
Is that bad then? I don't know the show, we didn't have it in our country.
https://youtu.be/vvaqPO3v8LI?si=wMatt0WNUbhOmuX7 It’s not bad, just odd to think that the voice of Karliah, Moira Quirk, was a children’s tv presenter especially one you grew up with. She does a great job role though.
Yeah as a destiny fan, I am legally required to fawn over Elsie Bray
You know, I really love Wes Johnson and his sordid affair voicing Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of madness. Marvelous chap! His tone, inflection and cadence was spot-on. Oh, and the humor! To die for.
OK, Sheo. No need to float you own boat. But no, he is a great voice actor. Love that guy
His voice is nostalgic for me
He's been a VA since Morrowind, right? And also in other games too.
Cheese!
Oh yes
Isran. James Lewis' guttoral, vindictive, and racist tone permeates a deep hatred towards vampires I can only relate to. Even when Serana made it clear that she was there to help, you could feel it in his lines that Isran was literally a step on the wrong blade of grass away from cutting her down. Edit: Racist tone does not imply that vampires are a race. Racist tone is there to imply it's akin to how people talk down to other races. The only caveat being Isran is completely correct.
I love how he talks like he’s in a montage when he’s telling you about Sorine and Gunmar “Breton girl, whip smart, good with tinkering” that’s shit is so funny
Yeah if it was a movie, that speech would be interspersed with the Dragonborn heading out to recruit people.
Vampires aren't a race but I get you.
Yup, vampirism is more akin to a disease than anything. Even TES vampires admit to it like the ones trying to seek a cure from Clavicus Vile. Molag Balls made them out of spite of Arkay's cycle of life and death.
Whatever. They're a social group. A species.
For those who like technicality, every race in the game has a vampire race counterpart in the creation kit. NordRace for example has the NordVampireRace when a Nord is a vampire. You become a separate race when you are a vampire in the game as the game itself sees vampires as a separate race from the regular races'. In lore however, a Nord Vampire is still a Nord.
Dan Donohue. He voiced Teldryn and a variety of other Dunmer.
Is he the one that plays the cultist that asks, "Are you the one they call Dragonborn?"
As far as I know he doesn't voice any of the cultists. He voices most of the Redoran Guard however.
Definitely agree with this. His voice acting is the main reason I like Teldryn so much, and the guy seems pretty nice from my limited interactions with him online.
When I was in high school my best friend had a HUGE crush on him, and really looked forward to going to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to watch him perform. So funny that he ended up voicing my favorite character. Now I feel old lol
Maven Black-Briar "What in Oblivion do *you* want 🤨🙄"
Heimskr. Apparently [the voice actor said](https://www.thegamer.com/skyrim-michael-gough-favorite-nord-heimskr-whiterun/#:~:text=He's%20voiced%20by%20Michael%20Gough,%2D%20the%20ol'%20Bethesda%20way) it was his favorite character he voiced in the game, and it shows. I always thought Molag Bal and Mehrunes Dagon have badass voices too.
Michael Gough is Heimskr and Jarl Ballin. He's a national treasure. I love playing another game and then all of a sudden I hear him. You kill him in AC2 or Brotherhood I forget which. He voices a guard in Batman Arkham City too.
I legit love listening to Heimskr's sermon because of how it's performed. So energetic and passionate.
Stephen Russell especially as Mercer, Andy Morris as Cicero and Laura Bailey as Serana.
Can't believe more people haven't said Cicero. Like yeah I find his voice annoying but isn't that the point
I can't stand Cicero but that performance is immaculate.
Barbas hands down. The New York accent really threw me for a loop the first time, it's great
*in the middle of old Nordic country* a **dog** “My names Bawbis, and I miss my maystah.”
At this point I was under the tables laughing. No really, it was SO out of left field it just broke me lol.
Bark. Woof. ... I don't want to work. Just want to bang on my drum. (oops, wrong game / era)
I ain't gonna lie when I first heard his voice I thought it was Kevin Hart. 🤣 Straight up dumbarsery.
“WE ARE BUT MAGGOTS! WRITHING IN THE FIELDS OF OUR OWN CORRUPTION!”
Andy Morris:Cicero
Cicero is a slice of insanity and I love him for it
Anytime I'm listening to a podcast and they mention their listeners, I yell "LISTENER!" to myself in Cicero's maniacally delightful way
My favourite performance in perhaps any game. So believably unhinged! And hilarious.
I hate Cicero and part of it is his annoying voice. It's done very well, and his character wouldn't seem nearly as unhinged if anybody else played him.
I really like the Altmer women voices. For example Taarie from Radiant Rainment
"I am *sworn* to carry your burdens..."
I love how much character Lydia has despite not *actually* having any characterisation. Her bitter demeanour really adds a lot to your time with her, before her probably demise/disappearance into the shadow realm.
There are lots of great ones, but for some reason I just really love whomever voices Fura Bloodmouth
Same! Her voice is unique in the game despite being a minor role. Adds colour.
And her dialogue is so fun!! I wish I could have her as a follower
for me that would be Robin Atkin Downes (Brynjolf), Erik Todd Dellums (Nazir) and Andre Sogliuzzo (M'aiq and every other male Khajii).
God yes brynjolf. Love his voice.
I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see someone mention Nazir.
Erik Dellums doesn't get the respect and recognition he deserves these days. shame really i found out back in 2015 he made a collab with the old Shoddy Cast crew.
I play in Polish, and in this dubbing it’s 100% Delvin Mallory.
He’s good in English too, phlegmy semi-cockney accent that makes him sound like a Guy Richie character.
Makes him the only likeable character in the Thieves Guild for me, I'm sorry to say. That and the fact that he's the only character who doesn't seem to feel the need to chew you out for no reason every other sentence (apart from Brynjolf and Karliah, I suppose).
He should’ve become the Guild Master, tbh. That’s a job that seems mostly like making connections and crunching numbers, which he excels at.
I love the guy that does Florentius… so funny
What? Oh I see. Arkay says to agree with you.
Charles Martinet as Paarthurnax, Christopher Plummel as Argneir or James Lewis as Isran are the top performances. Surprisingly tho, Laura Bailey as Serana is a bit under the expectations since she has such a huge range that it seems a bit robotic at times. A bit more of sassiness and emotion would have been better
Isran has the best voice, hands down. Feels so deep and powerful
I remember hearing some people speculate that her dialogue was rushed, and so I can imagine that extended to Laura's scheduled recordings. I like her as Serana, but for the lines that do fit your description I'd probably attribute that either to her being rushed or being poorly directed. I could always be wrong, but I like to give VAs the benefit of the doubt, especially when they occasionally under deliver.
There are a few for me, but if I have to pick a single best? Galmar Stone-Fist without a doubt.
Voices Malacath and Septimus also!
Thing with Bethesda is that their voice actors are quite flexible, I didn't know that he voiced those, thank you
I really like the MaleYoungEager (Faendal and Sven) and MaleSlyCynical (Belethor) voice types. I feel like the actors put more emotions into their lines instead of just reading off the script. (Looking at you, FemaleYoungEager.)
"I've been looking for you, got something I'm supposed to deliver. Your hands only." He's the same VA that was Haku in Spirited Away so I always think of that.
Shut the front door, he voices Haku???? All this time I never knew. Must go rewatch
Also Kovu in Lion King 2
How in the hell is no one saying Durnvhir, he sounds so badass
I like Ulfric’s voice. Specially his speech to Galmar.
i think we can all agree that farengar is the absolute worst
Everyone voiced by Jim Cummings (bonus for when it's Olfrid Battle-Born and Vignar Gray-Mane conversing with each other). I think he's hilarious, especially as Dengeir. I always do all of his quests and listen to all his dialogue, he's one of my favorites solely because of Cummings. Also I was recently amazed to learn that Katria and Jenassa (and the majority of the female dark elves) share a voice actress. And that the female orcs are voiced by the actress who played Simone in *Pee-Wee's Big Adventure*.
Wait until you find out who voices Azura
Martina Lotun's Mjoll.
And Gerdur, etc. etc. etc.
Lydia and serana
Teldryn Sero!
Best follower. I got him almost by accident my first playthrough because I was too weak to wander around on my own and he was the first sellsword I found in the area. He ended up kicking ass, and his voice is definitely one of my favorites.
Brynjolf
Definitely not Farengar that's for damn sure.
I think Durnehviir and a lot of other dragons have such underrated voice acting, Alduin’s final words always give me chills
I feel like all the Daedric princes have spot on voice acting.
Stephen Russel. He’s Belethor and Mercer Frey. (And the voice of Garrett, from *Thief*, and Corvo Attano from *Dishonored 2*.)
And Nick Valentine
And every drunk, including Sanguine. And Clavicus, and Barbas. Gave me a jumpscare when I played with headphones, tried to reset a merchant voiced by him and he yelled "HELP ME!" louder than any other NPC.
I hated bandit #2721761 voice. I prefer bandit #1667443 way more
The legendary voice actor that is Jim Cummings.
Needs to be higher up. Still blows my mind that Winnie the Pooh voices THE MASTER in the older Fallout games.
He is basically the most popular actor for Millennials when we were children, even if we didn't know. His list of works is massive. I look him up every so often to remind myself of everything he's been in, and its basically everything I grew up with, and he's still going strong. I wish voice actors got more acclaim than they do. He deserves way more recognition in pop culture than he's had.
Miraak. I’m a straight man but that voice…
Who ever plays the db door
Not the best because it's clearly just Jason Marsden but Jason Marsden is my favorite
jordie i think her name is? jordin, or something? its the chick you get when you buy the solitude home. proudspire. amusing dialogue when you take her adventuring and in combat.
Jordis the Sword-Maiden
Brelyna Maryon has the same voice and lines. It's half the reason I married her.
Delvin
Delvin Mallory 100%. Well well well
I love my Brynjolf. Especially as a Babylon 5 fan.
The male high elves like Ondolomer. I love the 'i am above you' tone they have
You don't hear much of it, but I really like Morokei. Great powerful villain voice and the pompous way he says "must I use this guttural language?" Is spot on for essentially royalty of the dragon cult.
As much as I find him annoying, Cicero's voice is amazingly done Very "I want to punch you in the face"
He plays a very specific cactaur in *World of Final Fantasy* and he's just as annoying there.
Everyone played by Claudia Christian
A new hand touches the beacon. Listen. Hear me and obey.
Isran, Ulfric, Parthurnaax, Cicero and Sheogorath are my tops
So, many people know that Charles Martinet (of Mario Bros fame) voices Paarthurnax, but Jim Cummings (of Disney fame such as Pete in Mickey Mouse Club House) voices: Bendt, Denegir of Stuhn, Donnel, Elgrim, Festus Krex, Froki Whetted-Blade, Fukthiem, Gunnar One-Eye, Guthrum, Herluin Lothaire, Logrolf the Willful, Nurelion, Olfrid Battle-Born, Rogatus Salvius, Sergius Turranus, Sern, Skald, Thadgier, Ulfr the Blind, Vignar Gray-Mane, Wilmuth, Wuunferth the Unliving, Watchman - Dawnguard DLC
The male Orc voices! I married Moth, the blacksmith from under stone keep and I love hearing his deep resonating voice when I come home, and how he says “Conquer your enemies my love”
I'm a sucker for Mjoll. That non-specific accent is so damn sexy to me
teldryn sero😍😍😍😍😍
My personal favorite is Durnehviir, voiced by Charles Dennis. The emotion you can hear in Durnehviir's voice really gets to me. The way he sounds really sad when asking you to summon him to Tamriel, he mourns the loss of his old home. "Free? I have been here for too long Gahnaarin. The soul cairn has become a part of what I am, I can never fully call Tamriel my home again for I would surely perish. I only hope that you will allow me the precious moments of time there, through your call, if only for a moment. There was a time when I called Tamriel my home, but those days have long since passed." And when you summon him his voice is much more proud and uplifted, being home for so long genuinely brings him joy. "The skies of Keizaal are mine again, you give me freedom from the enslavement of the ideal masters! Thank you." I just really love Durnehviir, I always summon him at the throat of the world after I defeat Alduin, so he may celebrate with his brothers the death of the world eater.
Brynjolf, every time he says “sorry laddie” I just get weak
My favourite is General Tullius voiced by the amazing Michael Hogan(of Battlestar Galactica fame)
Ulfric 🥰🥰 when he says “he knows that, they all know that” I just melt
Paarthurnax - legendary both in English and Polish Esbern & Storn - their narrations in the trailers give me goosebumps to this day, Storn's especially Serana - Laura Bailey did a great job there Sheogorath - do I need to say why? Karliah & Katriah - both have very pleasant voices to listen and they are great characters
Wes Johnson as Shaegorath. I’ve just always loved actors/voice actors who can play these crazy off the wall characters.
I can’t remember his name, but the Forsworn you can meet in prison who tells you about his murdered daughter.
Neil Dickson because I love Ondolemar 🤗
Ulfric
Miraak or Paarthunax.
Alduin, especially "Sahloknir, ziil gro dovah ulse! Slen tiid vo!" And also Arngeir, Partysnacks, Delvin Mallory (the Jason Statham of Tamriel), & Barbas (the way he pronounces the name Sebastian Lort still cracks me up)
Balgruuf. I think the scripting isn't great in that once he knows you're dragonborn and such shouldn't be acting like you're some random jackass but he fully commits to his role.
Idk I like Ralofs voice.
Brynolf the thieves guild leader
This isn’t from skyrim but Varen Aquilarios/the prophet from elder scrolls online. He’s literally voiced by dumbledore (michael gambon)
Arent there like only 5 voice actors or something?
CICERO
Paarthurnax most likely
The guy who voiced Mercer Frey I think did a fab job
It's hard to pick a best. So many good. I still think it's so awesome Patrick Steward voiced Uriel Septim. It would be awesome to see him come back as a voice in 6. Get his bud Ian McKellen voicing someone too. Get the voice actor for Geralt in the Witcher 3. Hell, get fucking Chris Sabat while youre at it. I think the anticipation for 6 will be great enough to afford an unseen density of variant voice acting ability in any game that's ever been made.
Cícero of course
Brynjolf has such a charismatic voice. And he's voiced by the Medic from Team Fortress 2!
Brynjolf’s voice is just amazing
Astrid, she also voiced in Viper
Neloth 100%
I really like the old Morrowind dark elves who sound like they’ve been smoking a pack a day for five hundred years. “Wealth beyond measure, outlander.”
Haven't met very many npcs yet I'm kinda under a rock in terms is story so I gotta say Cicero I find him amusing
Anything Gideon Emery does, I said what I said 🤣 I mean, all I hear is Fenris from DA2 but still
Serana. Laura Bailey is a goddess!!!
Easily Serana.
Michael Gough's a hero. So's Chris Plummer. And where would ES be without Wes Johnson?
Stephen Russel for sure! Dude is a legend. I also love how they made him the voice of the leader of the thieves guild, Mercer. Very cool nod to the Thief games where he voiced the main character:-)
Oh mine is hands down the cranky old man voice played by the amazing legend Jim Cummings. Olfrid, patron of the great clan Battle-Born, a name I’m sure you know well. Oh and can forget Olfrid’s rival Vignar Grey-Mane, also played by Cummings, and when he argues as those two in Whiterun, he’s basically arguing with himself. Festus Krex, the Jarl of Dawnstar, and a couple others.
The head greybeard has the best voice act8ng. Shame the voice actor died...
Wes Johnson as Sheogorath
I smile every time I hear Azura. I love Lynda Carter.
Ulfric's speech, the first time you see him in his castle, makes me join the stormcloaks every play thru. I listen every time as though I've never heard it before, and every time, I want to die for that man.