# Suggest voice actors for a talking animal movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863 "2023-02-16T02:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/1 "2023-02-16T02:45:55Z")
Suppose Pixar did a movie starring talking animals. This is not an entirely original concept. A more original concept might be selecting voice actors that are puns on animal names. What I think is, they might have an otter named Ray Lee, voiced by Ray Liotta. And they might have a rhinoceros named Neil, voiced by Ryan O’ Neil. Help me fill out the cast. What other funny animal/ actor names are there? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/2 "2023-02-16T03:11:41Z")
Sesame Street already used [Placido Flamingo](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Placido_Flamingo) and [Meryl Sheep](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Meryl_Sheep). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/3 "2023-02-16T03:26:00Z")
Ray Liotta would be a difficult get now. They could have a bird from the family Apodidae that makes custom clothing. Voiced by, oh, I donno, Miley Ray Cyrus? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/4 "2023-02-16T03:31:51Z")
Don’t forget [Flo Bear](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Flo_Bear)! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/5 "2023-02-16T03:50:43Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Ray Liotta would be a difficult get now. (checks wiki) I hadn’t heard he died. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/6 "2023-02-16T09:16:05Z")
So, a rat named Chris P., kind of thing? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/7 "2023-02-16T12:28:13Z")
Back in the Olden Days, you could have a [lory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loriini) or a [lori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loris) named [Peter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/8 "2023-02-16T13:19:02Z")
Good one. New thread rule - dead actors allowed. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/9 "2023-02-16T15:35:27Z")
Not quite that funny because it’s straight up his name, but it would be funny to have [Trevor Peacock (RIP)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Peacock) be a chicken or a pigeon or something, who THINKS he’s a peacock. ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/10 "2023-02-16T22:48:32Z")
A crow named Russell, voiced by Russell Crowe. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/11 "2023-02-17T02:30:04Z")
A cat movie starring Kitty Forman. A dog movie featuring Dobie Gillis. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/12 "2023-02-17T22:32:40Z")
A lion with a red mane, voiced by Eddie Redmayne ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/13 "2023-02-18T23:01:12Z")
When eels congregate in rivers and streams the waters can become congested as they all writhe together. These traffic jams are however relieved by the behaviour if certain eels who are able to direct the others and ease congestion. All if which is a long winded way if saying that the role of Jamil the jam eel will be played by Jameela Jamil ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-voice-actors-for-a-talking-animal-movie/979863/14 "2023-02-19T00:04:20Z")
Jack Black as a [black jack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caranx_lugubris) that deals blackjack.