I was about to post Gerald McRaney. Maybe not as deep a resonance and talented cadence as Mcshanes but his voice is amazing. I think he beats out Powers Boothe, though he has a great voice too. Just one more, probably one of my favorite scenes of his.
Malcolm Tucker in 'In the Loop' is also fucking amazing. 1:56 is my personal favourite "Allow me to pop a jaunty little bonnet on your 'purview' and Jam it up your fucking shitter with a lubricated horse cock!"
To me this is a no brainer. Will Lyman. He narrates most Frontline Documentaries on PBS and the Most Interesting Man in the World ads.
Is Ted Williams the greatest voice of all time? No. However, if he wasn't an addict one wonders what he could have been...
Hal Riney, a Madison Ave. legend, did his own voiceovers for many of the commercials he wrote and campaigns he created. You may not know the name, but you'll probably recognize the voice. Here is his famous "Morning in America" spot for Reagan's 1984 campaign (granted, a lot of you are too young to remember it/weren't hatched yet). He also created the ad campaign that launched GM's Saturn division, and sustained it for many years. He was also the voice of E & J Gallo Wines in the 80s He was an original.
Al Pacino's speech starts at 0:54 If I were the man I was 5 years ago, I'd take a flame thrower to this place! Who the hell do you think you're talking to? I've been around you know. I've seen things. There was a? time I could see. And I have seen. Boys like these, younger than these: their arms torn out; their legs ripped off. But, there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There is, no prosthetic for that.
I still think this dude should be President of The United States: ...I can watch that 100 times and still fall out of my chair.
Morgan Freeman was mentioned on page 1, but if we are all playing for second I will throw in. You have to have a hell of a voice to say some of the ridiculous shit that came out of his mouth on a weekly basis, and make it funny. Having more charisma than the entirety of some medium sized countries probably doesn't hurt your cause either.
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There are 3 people I'd nominate for the best voice of all time. First off is a serious nomination... John Goodman Sure, he looks like he should've died 35 years ago from acute Arby's poisoning, but the man has the voice of an angel. A very fat angel. He hasn't really said anything important or interesting as far as I can tell... maybe because I did absolutely zero searching for anything, but that doesn't matter. The dude just has an epic voice... and it was best wielded in The Big Lebowski shouting FUCK every few minutes... but is just generally pleasant to listen to in normal conversation as well. Second nomination would be Chris Rock... ...but only on one condition, I like his comedic ideas and jokes, but hes like a broken record and repeats himself far too often. When he says something once, it sounds nice, but repeating the same set-up 8 times to make 8 different jokes with the exact same delivery... it just grates on me, so thats why I no longer watch his comedy specials. But the man sounds nice in regular conversation. And my third nomination is coming straight out of Compton and is someone that no one here has ever heard of before. No, its not Ice Cube or anyone from NWA or Death Row records.... That is B-Brazy. Before I say anything about him, I fully agree that gangs are stupid and I despise their existence and its a shame our inner cities are plagued by this kind of poverty and depravity... but... that doesn't mean I can't listen to the music these guys made and learn from them. I am not a wigger, I don't wear hip-hop style clothes or associate with gang members or anything of that sort, I'm just a quiet ass white kid from a ghetto ass suburb. Anyways. B-Brazy was a member of the Denver Lane Bloods from Inglewood based on the intersection of Century Blvd and Figueroa St. He was a member of the Bangin' on Wax 2 album and the Damu Ridaz albums and had a solo album out as well before he got set-up and killed by some latinos in 2003. The guy had a smooth voice and had great flow in his lyrics, and definitely had the confidence and general presence of being a leader and a good rapper. I always thought, ever since the first time I heard the guy, that he could've been a brilliant rapper had he focused more on music and less on killing anyone wearing blue. Its not very often I listen to a song and go "God damn, that dude had talent!". Warning: contains swearing and gang references and violence/drugs/etc. That is one of my favorite songs featuring him and another Blood from Crenshaw Mafia named Lil Hawk who is also a decent rapper. Lil Hawk is the first rapper that you hear and B-Brazy is the second one, they bounce off each other pretty well.
Russ Bray, the darts referee. You can hear the two packs a day and 14 year old scotch with enough gravel to fill a driveway. THAT is what a man sounds like.