We Found That 20+ Cartoon Characters Surprisingly Resemble the Actors Who Voiced Them
Cartoon characters often get the looks of the actors who voice them. Do you remember the fishes Oscar and Lola from the animated movie Shark Tale? Don’t you think they look exactly like Will Smith and Angelina Jolie?
At CHEERY, we decided to watch our favorite animated movies again and suddenly realized that some characters looked like the actors and actresses who lent them their voices. And at the end of the article, you’ll find the bonus which will explain how animators transfer facial expressions from an actor to their character.
Amy Poehler as Joy in Inside Out
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Phyllis Smith as Sadness in Inside Out
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Richard Kind as Bing Bong in Inside Out
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Elijah Wood as Mumble in Happy Feet
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Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel Rivera in Coco
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Jaime Camil as Papá in Coco
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Jennifer Saunders as Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2
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Katy Perry as Smurfette in The Smurfs
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David Schwimmer as Melman in Madagascar
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Jada Pinkett Smith as Gloria in Madagascar
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Jack Black as Po in Kung Fu Panda
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Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu in Kung Fu Panda
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Lucy Liu as Master Viper in Kung Fu Panda
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George Clooney as Foxy Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox
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Josh Gad as Olaf in Frozen
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Gemma Chan as Namaari in Raya and the Last Dragon
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Anne Hathaway as Jewel in Rio
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Aubrey Plaza as Claire Wheeler in Monsters University
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Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner in Soul
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Jeremy Irons as Scar in The Lion King
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Jane Lynch as Sergeant Calhoun in Wreck-It Ralph
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Bonus: Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu in Detective Pikachu
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Actor Ryan Reynolds not only lent his voice to the main character of the animated movie Detective Pikachu but also his facial expressions, with the help of the motion capture technique.
Ryan confessed that he agreed to take part in this project because he wanted to make a movie that his children could actually watch.
Do you know any other cartoon characters that look like the actors who voiced them? Tell us in the comments below.