# People with deep voices **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677 "2011-05-21T13:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/61 "2011-06-12T19:32:03Z")
Kelsey Grammer’s sexy ‘Frazier’ voice is acting, I’m sorry to report. Out of character is voice is much higher. I notice Tony Jay isn’t on the list. Remember that [cartoon](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=612156)/[video game](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKE2eXOpsY) [villain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSPDD9_nHyw) with the [awesomely](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9T8Z_Ayhw) [cool voice?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeKH-N3mh0w) Yeah, that was him. I’m blanking on other voice actors. Paul Dobson, maybe? – It should be noted that the VA for System Shock’s [SHODAN](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZMD_eCpEo) (the evil AI bent on godhood, not the poster) actually sounds[like this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwRpr-pZYuQ&feature=related) in real life. Which is much closer than I’d have expected. ---
**Author:** ![ladysorrowfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@ladysorrowfree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladysorrowfree)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/62 "2011-06-13T04:49:03Z")
If thunder could sing, it would sound like this. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sR8ezoes6E&feature=related&wl\_token=LFJKLNCpWtOgQfYFsKsVWqwO8FR8MTMwODAyNjU0OUAxMzA3OTQwMTQ5&wl\_id=9sR8ezoes6E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sR8ezoes6E&feature=related&wl_token=LFJKLNCpWtOgQfYFsKsVWqwO8FR8MTMwODAyNjU0OUAxMzA3OTQwMTQ5&wl_id=9sR8ezoes6E) ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/63 "2011-06-22T19:37:48Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Whatshisname that played Gob on _Arrested Development_. Will Arnett. Yes, his voice is quite badass. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/64 "2011-07-01T00:46:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Heath Ledger did not have a deep voice. Really? His voice is very popular, and it is in fact rather deep. At least the way I see it. What, you don’t recognize a deep voice unless it sounds like Barry White? I do declare, however, that his Australian accent sometimes rubbed me the wrong way. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/65 "2011-07-01T00:47:40Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Kelsey Grammer’s sexy ‘Frazier’ voice is acting, I’m sorry to report. Out of character is voice is much higher. It’s still quite deep. Besides, I don’t hear much of a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/66 "2011-07-01T05:48:55Z")
Brad Jones. He reviews porn. [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/tcs/30488-alice-in-wonderland-an-x-rated-musical-fantasy](http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/bj/tcs/30488-alice-in-wonderland-an-x-rated-musical-fantasy) Linked in the spoiler tag is his review of the 1970s Alice in Wonderland Musical Porn (NSFW, of course). Not only is it very funny, but he sounds deeply sexy delivering the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/67 "2011-07-01T06:55:31Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > Kelsey Grammer’s sexy ‘Frazier’ voice is acting, I’m sorry to report. Out of character is voice is much higher. > [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](#): > > It’s still quite deep. Besides, I don’t hear much of a difference. Sometimes he uses more of a midrange voice, like when he’s presenting, but I’ve heard him on talk shows where he uses quite a higher voice. I was surprised at how much higher his natural voice is than Frazier’s. It didn’t seem to suit him at all. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/68 "2011-07-01T15:32:54Z")
Josh Turner, a country singer, has an amazing bass range. I’m not a big fan of country music, but listen to “Long Black Train” on youtube. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/69 "2011-07-10T13:26:28Z")
Nothing in 9 days? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/70 "2011-07-15T05:35:50Z")
Judgement Day doomsayer Harold Camping [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KBevUZE0TNw/hqdefault.jpg "Evangelical apocalypse preacher Harold Camping admits failed Judgement Day prediction for May 21") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBevUZE0TNw) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/71 "2011-07-15T13:35:06Z")
> [@Romeo\_and\_Whatsherface](#): > > Kelsey Grammer? I’m listening. Not if you heard him in real life. I’ve talked to doorknobs with more intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/72 "2011-07-15T13:47:42Z")
> [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](#): > > Nothing in 9 days? First of all: listen, it’s the nature of a messageboard that threads stop getting replies. It’s just what happens. Second-of-ly: If he hasn’t already been listed, let me add Anthony Howell (of _Foyle’s War_ and _Wives and Daughters_) and his beautiful, deep, soft-spoken voice. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/73 "2011-07-15T17:55:21Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Michael Dorn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpD5cr_WZmA&NR=1) (Lt. Cmdr. Worf) +1 My own I-could-listen-to-him-read-the-phone-book is Vin Diesel ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/74 "2011-07-15T18:13:32Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > No love for [Alan Rickman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8rxa4SPbJk)? (youtube link to him reading poetry) TVtropes has him in their [Badass Baritone](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BadassBaritone) section; “Bass register is also possible but is rarer and almost always overlaps with being evil.” Of course, he’s done the evil thing, too. (See also Audio Erotica.) Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock) does a pretty good [Rickman impression](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnyrFJda7i0&feature=related). (And fits into some of the same TVtropes categories.) ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/75 "2011-07-15T18:41:37Z")
Isaiah Mustafa [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/owGykVbfgUE/maxresdefault.jpg "Old Spice | The Man Your Man Could Smell Like") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owGykVbfgUE) ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/76 "2011-07-16T11:10:36Z")
Jason Momoa also has a deep voice. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/77 "2011-07-16T18:43:42Z")
> [@Lobelia\_Overhill](#): > > +1 > > My own I-could-listen-to-him-read-the-phone-book is Vin Diesel He’s alright, but his speech patterns are mighty bizarre IMO. Kind of like Sylvester Stallone, only more gravelly. ---
**Author:** ![Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyrannosaurus_Volcano)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/78 "2011-07-16T18:45:42Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Second-of-ly LOLOLOLOLOLOL That’s excellent. Would you mind if I steal that? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/79 "2011-07-16T18:45:52Z")
> [@Tyrannosaurus\_Volcano](#): > > Nothing in 9 days? > [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > First of all: listen, it’s the nature of a messageboard that threads stop getting replies. It’s just what happens. Agreed. **Tyrannosaurus Volcano** , please don’t bump this thread again. ---
**Author:** ![Fourtyfold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Fourtyfold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fourtyfold)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677/80 "2011-07-16T19:16:38Z")
I missed the thread originally, but I can’t let it pass without mentioning [Neil Nunes](http://neilnunesshowreel.typepad.com/neil-nunes-showreel/), who is an announcer on BBC radio. Brit Dopers who listen to R4 should know who I mean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-deep-voices/582677.md?page=5)