Forget About Typecasting In Voice Over Acting!
April 24th, 2009
As an actor, when you play a successful character for years, it’s easy to get type cast. As soon as you walk into a room, everyone looks and calls you by the character’s name and not your own. That’s because unless you had to wear a lot of makeup for the character, your face goes with you from character to character.
Not so in Voice Over Acting! Some of the actors that have played the same character for years can jump right into a new role, and no one is the wiser. That means more jobs could potentially be available! Just ask the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny, who just picked up another gig.
Take a look at this article to see one of the many paths Voice Actors take to success: