# Voice actors/actresses under 18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294 "2007-01-01T14:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/1 "2007-01-01T14:02:52Z")
Most cartoon kids, like Bart Simpson, are voiced by adults. Any kids who play kids on animated TV shows or movies? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/2 "2007-01-01T14:09:25Z")
The perrenial holiday special, [_A Charlie Brown Christmas_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_Christmas), was voiced entirely by children. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Norder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@Dan\_Norder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Norder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/3 "2007-01-01T15:36:38Z")
I think it was from having to replace all the voice talent on Charlie Brown specials when the kids grew up and not being able to match many of them reliably that demonstrated why y ou should pic adults who sound like kids instead of real kids. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/4 "2007-01-01T15:46:02Z")
The little kid in Monsters Inc was voiced by a [little kid](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316701/) ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/5 "2007-01-01T15:56:29Z")
Jonathan Taylor Thomas (one of the kids from Home Improvement) voiced Simba as a cub in The Lion King and I think had other voice acting credits as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/6 "2007-01-01T16:04:37Z")
Daveigh Chase did the voice of Lilo in \*Lilo and Stitch[\i] at age 8, then did the voice of Chihiro in _Spirited Away_ three years later. She then did her most famous non-voice role, playing Samara in _The Ring_ the year after that at 12. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/7 "2007-01-01T16:51:36Z")
Andrew Chalmers (aged 12 according to the cast bio for a live action show he’s in, _Darcy’s Wild Life!_) voices Harry in the cartoon, _Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/8 "2007-01-01T17:01:21Z")
Ike from **South Park** is sometimes (apparently) voiced by a young kid, but another voice actor whose work stretches back to 1989 is also credited at IMDB. I think they just reuse the same sound clips over and over… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/9 "2007-01-01T17:23:38Z")
Mike Lookinland (aka Bobby Brady on “The Brady Bunch”) voiced Oblio in 1971’s “The Point.” FWIW, when I took a refresher course in voice work a couple of years ago, we were told that women should always have a little kid’s voice in reserve (bonus points if it can be a boy’s voice, like Nancy Cartwright on the Simpsons can do), while men should have an old man’s voice ready to go. The implication was that for a TV series that may go on for a while, you wanted a child’s voice that didn’t change the longer the series went. Adult women could supply such a voice. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/10 "2007-01-01T18:07:33Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] The perrenial holiday special, [_A Charlie Brown Christmas_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_Christmas), was voiced entirely by children. [/QUOTE] In fact, all of the _Peanuts_ specials since 1965 have had all-child casts (with the exception of Snoopy and Woodstock, who are voiced by producer Bill Melendez). As far as I know, only one of those myriad stars over the years has made a name for herself- Stacy Ferguson, who voiced Sally in two _Peanuts_ specials in the 1980s. You know her better as Fergie. Young Dakota Fanning replaced Chase as the voice of Lilo in one of the direct-to-video _Lilo and Stitch_ sequels, then provided the voice of Satsuke in the Disney-produced English translation of _My Neighbor Totoro_. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/11 "2007-01-01T18:12:34Z")
[Gabby Soleil](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204270/) provides the voice of Jazmine Dubois in _The Boondocks_. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/12 "2007-01-02T00:04:54Z")
_Hey Arnold_ used a few underage actors for it’s voice work—the title character (at least) was actually recast a couple of times as they aged, though other actors (like [Francesca Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Smith)) stayed through the entire run. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/13 "2007-01-02T00:28:56Z")
Judith Barsi was the voice of Ducky for the first Land Before Time movie and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven . (sadly, she was murdered by her father not long afterwards.) ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/14 "2007-01-02T01:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] Judith Barsi was the voice of Ducky for the first Land Before Time movie and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven . (sadly, she was murdered by her father not long afterwards.) [/QUOTE] That is so sad ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/15 "2007-01-02T02:21:53Z")
Hayden Panettiere played Dot in Pixar’s _A Bug’s Life_ as a child, around 8 years old at the time. She is currently playing the cheerleader in _Heroes_. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/16 "2007-01-02T02:28:42Z")
Most of the kid characters in Avatar: The Last Airbender are voiced by kids/teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/17 "2007-01-02T04:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] Hayden Panettiere played Dot in Pixar’s _A Bug’s Life_ as a child, around 8 years old at the time. She is currently playing the cheerleader in _Heroes_. [/QUOTE] :eek: I’mmmm…soooo…ooooooolddd… Worse than when that little kid called me “sir.” Five years ago. Oooooog… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/18 "2007-01-02T04:50:11Z")
Disney’s **Pinocchio** was voiced by 12-year-old Dickie Jones, and **Peter Pan** was voiced by a then-16-year-old Bobby Driscoll. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/19 "2007-01-02T12:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Daveigh Chase did the voice of Lilo in _Lilo and Stitch_ at age 8, then did the voice of Chihiro in _Spirited Away_ three years later. She then did her most famous non-voice role, playing Samara in _The Ring_ the year after that at 12. [/QUOTE] I came in here for that; Dakota Fanning voiced Satsuki in the English adaption of _My Neighbor Totoro_, although since the original came out before she was born, I’m not sure when she did that (IMDB lists the “Disney Version” as 2005, but our English language version predates that by sometime. Kirsten Dunst voices Kiki in _Kiki’s Delivery Service_, although it’s also not clear to me at what age she did that, probably not at seven years old when the original was released, but possibly still as a young teen. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-actors-actresses-under-18/386294/20 "2007-01-02T13:25:00Z")
I seem to recall that Dunst also voiced young Anastasia in the movie of the same name.