# Celebrity voices in unlikely places **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345 "2018-08-09T14:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/1 "2018-08-09T14:52:21Z")
In the thread about Robert Redford retiring, poster Blondbear mentioned Redford’s voice is heard on the tourist radio at Arches national park, which I thought was kind of cool. So rather than hijack that thread, I thought I would start a new one to list the unexpected places you have encountered celebrity voices. My offering: John Stamos narrates the self-guided tour of Graceland ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/2 "2018-08-09T15:41:32Z")
I fly to Birmingham, Alabama regularly, as that’s where my clients are located. At Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, the prerecorded PA announcements (such as reminders to report suspicious / unattended baggage to TSA) are done by Morgan Freeman. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/3 "2018-08-09T16:12:50Z")
Hearing T.J. Miller’s voice on “Dragons:Race To The Edge” sounds so wrong to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/4 "2018-08-09T16:17:04Z")
for a long time NC native and CBS newsman Charles Kuralt was the narrator of a video you saw when you were picked for jury duty in NC. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/5 "2018-08-09T16:52:52Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I fly to Birmingham, Alabama regularly, as that’s where my clients are located. At Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, the prerecorded PA announcements (such as reminders to report suspicious / unattended baggage to TSA) are done by Morgan Freeman. That is awesome! And made me remember that Nashville’s airport has various country music singers welcoming you to Music City on the PA. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/6 "2018-08-09T16:58:45Z")
I was very surprised to hear Stephen Merchant as the main voice of Wheatley in Portal 2. Worked really well though. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/7 "2018-08-09T16:59:05Z")
Quite a coincidence that I now see this thread. I was recently wondering who voiced the DJ on Raider Radio in Fallout 4. Turns out it’s Andrew W.K. He’s semi-famous for that song “Let’s Get A Party Started”. > **[Tribune withdraws from Sinclair merger, sues for $1 billion in damages over...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/08/09/tribune-withdraws-sinclair-merger-saying-it-will-sue-breach-contract/?utm_term=.094e516088db)** Lynda Carter is in the game, too, as Magnolia. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/8 "2018-08-09T17:13:03Z")
I was looking at the credits for Jonny Quest and it features Tim Mathiesson and Johnny Carson. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/9 "2018-08-09T17:48:36Z")
I was surprised to hear Richard Kiley doing the narration on the Jurassic Park tour. Apparently they spared no expense. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/10 "2018-08-09T19:56:43Z")
I haven’t been able to verify that it’s her, but the voice of the automated payment station in the parking lot of a nearby university sounds an _awful_ lot like Sigourney Weaver’s. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/11 "2018-08-09T21:10:35Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > I was looking at the credits for Jonny Quest and it features Tim Mathiesson and Johnny Carson. OK, I give up. I can’t find a reference for Johnny Carson in the credits for Jonny Quest. I’ve checked IMDB and Google and have failed miserably. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/12 "2018-08-09T21:15:26Z")
A quick clip I found on Youtube, in which someone recorded one of Freeman’s PA announcements at the Birmingham airport: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qBa5560mPs4/maxresdefault.jpg "Morgan Freeman birmingham airport Voice") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBa5560mPs4) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/13 "2018-08-09T21:24:35Z")
Leonard Nimoy narrates part of orientation video for the Mugar Omnimax Theater at the Boston Museum of Science - [Mugar Omni Theater Introduction - Who Put the Bomp? - YouTube](https://youtu.be/MHK2-BVfUzs?t=1m2s) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/14 "2018-08-09T21:25:11Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Quite a coincidence that I now see this thread. I was recently wondering who voiced the DJ on Raider Radio in Fallout 4. Turns out it’s Andrew W.K. He’s semi-famous for that song “Let’s Get A Party Started”. > … Oops, wrong link. Sheesh, that coulda been a lot worse! [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew\_W.K](http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_W.K). ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/15 "2018-08-09T21:30:30Z")
Donald Sutherland did the narration on a video for the University of Toronto. Not all that surprising, maybe, since he had ties to the school. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/16 "2018-08-09T21:38:18Z")
I was watching “Jakers!” [Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakers!_The_Adventures_of_Piggley_Winks) (with my toddler) some years back and thought that one of the voices was familiar, and indeed, it was Mel Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/17 "2018-08-09T23:53:17Z")
Michael Dorn (Worf in the Star Trek franchise) voices multiple tauren NPCs in World of Warcraft. ---
**Author:** ![jimmydingo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jimmydingo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmydingo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/18 "2018-08-10T01:42:56Z")
Seth Rogan recently recorded announcements for the subway In Toronto. Haven’t heard them myself yet. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/19 "2018-08-10T02:07:29Z")
> [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](#): > > OK, I give up. I can’t find a reference for Johnny Carson in the credits for Jonny Quest. I’ve checked IMDB and Google and have failed miserably. sorry! I must have hallucinated something or was skimminng a page w/out glasses yesterday. I see it now. I had synesthesia of the paragraph. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345/20 "2018-08-10T02:23:00Z")
Leonard Nimoy reads some of the q[uotes about technologies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCykB4mCytE) in Civilization IV. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-voices-in-unlikely-places/819345.md?page=2)