11 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were Voice Actors in Avatar! ⭐️ | Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@WhiteRaven696]

Wait, isn’t Daniel Dae Kim going to be live-action Ozai on Netflix? That’s some dedication to the franchise lol

[@espeon871]

Right!!

[@walkingcubkid]

Yeah, what’re the odds????

[@maulanaaja2162]

Yes

[@mysteryxio9957]

He always plays the villains too

[@Staygttinmunyun]

Eh general fong wasn’t really a villain the war just drove him mad

[@altier1014]

JK SIMMONS has such a recognizable voice, that when i heard Tenzin's voice for the first time i knew i recognized that voice somewhere and was surprised to see him voicing the role. I can't imagine Tenzin with another voice. Perfect casting

[@REGNiZZ]

Yea thats the best reveal. Should have been saved for the last

[@somestuff7468]

@@REGNiZZ I caught his voice right away, Simmons is a treasure!

[@cassiopeiathew7406]

Isn’t Omni Man also voiced by JK Simmons, that’s impressive

[@Gamerafighter76]

Eeyup.

[@blackbulls8783]

@@cassiopeiathew7406 he voiced Stanford pines in gravity falls

[@bigblack7x3]

Serena Williams?!? that's wild

[@Steezealways]

Yup!

[@ahaanh8456]

Yes, prison guard ming

[@christophermccray6528]

I found that out just last year.

[@s.nhlonze3461]

Brooo!!!

[@robertpalatsky5017]

I thought I recognized that voice

[@darthralin]

Ah, so Eska was voiced by Aubrey Plaza... I don't recall ever being less surprised by completely new information. It all just fits so perfectly.

[@djoscartj]

But they had a slip-up and called her "April" at the end of that segment 😄

[@Sullliad]

@@djoscartjApril is the character she played in the show parks and recreation. Eska is dark and gloomy like the character April and that’s why they said April at the end I think

[@rensaudade]

I don't recall her being called April

[@devinreis5811]

She was perfect. I know her voice anywhere.

[@nikolaspapanagnou2723]

I remember her from Legion.

[@xavierwhitcraft1310]

Zelda Williams(Robin William's daughter) voiced Kuvira. And Steve Blum voiced Amon

[@stevenbrown1762]

I think this is for the lessor known characters. Both characters you named are well known

[@DrPeterLankton381]

​@@stevenbrown1762 So are Tenzin and Fire Lord Ozai lesser known characters?

[@DMFTexTex]

Nepotism alive and well, even in wholesome cartoons.

[@devinreis5811]

Zelda Williams is a really awesome actress and knew how to make people think she was a monster. And as a nod to her iconic role, she rocks emerald tones on the red carpet.

[@CaptainSweatpants90]

@@DMFTexTex Nepotism is okay in my book if the person on the receiving end has the talent to back it up. It's a fact that names and relationships matter more in showbiz than skill, but Zelda Williams awesome actress and I'll take her over some pop star voicing characters for the name recognition any day.

[@Buenomars]

Besides Rami Malek and J.K. Simmons there's another Oscar winner - Eva Marie Saint, who played the older Katara in _The Legend of Korra_ . Fun fact: Eva Marie Saint is currently both the oldest living and earliest surviving Academy Award winner today at 98 years old. She won the Best Supporting Actress award for the 1954 Elia Kazan film _On the Waterfront_ starring alongside Marlon Brando.

[@devinreis5811]

She was a Hitchcock Blonde.

[@Arjun_Kumar00]

Literally one of the pioneers of cinema she is. North by Northwest is lowkey a top 5 movie IMO and she was fantastic in it.

[@FirithPanda]

When I first heard Tenzin, I swore he was going to tell Korra to go and get pictures of Spider-Man

[@СергейМакаров-м9м]

Еvery cop in the Republic city is spider man.

[@minkusaurus]

Can you imagine if he did the "You serious?!"

[@FirithPanda]

@@minkusaurus Would be amazing.

[@dixon_481]

😂😂

[@gaming-verseandadditionalv2500]

Him to korra:SHES A MENACE

[@KuyaArbin]

and now Daniel Dae Kim is Ozai in the live action ATLA series!

[@1qstudios]

You mean ozai

[@KuyaArbin]

@@1qstudios yes you're right, my bad 😂

[@DANHP-duke15]

You mean dr Han himself?

[@KuyaArbin]

@@DANHP-duke15 Heck yeah!

[@Prisoner_849]

I liked his character Jin-Soo Kwon on Lost(2004) I don't speak Korean but Jin-Soo Kwon and Sun-Hwa Kwon had emotional moments that made me cry many times.

[@anthonyscrima8900]

Fun fact about the boulder: apparently they tried to get The Rock himself to voice him (it’s obvious who the boulder was based off of) and he wanted to do it, but he was too busy so he asked his buddy mick foley to do it.

[@johnlucas6683]

Whaaaat?!!! Mankind!? Hahahaha So awesome that The Boulder was actually voiced by a WWE wrestler!! So cool!

[@DiscoCokkroach]

I would have loved it either way, but with Mick Foley being a master of multiple distinct wrestling personalities, I feel like it was a perfect fit. I see The Boulder as just another one of those personas, honestly XD

[@inabyss]

This series was absolutely star studded and I didn't even realise. Absolutely wholesome.

[@efes47198]

Tenzin's voice was a catch for me right away JK Simmons has a recognizable voice like Hammill. Now Serena William, Foley and Rami Malek were a surprise for me.

[@pabloc8808]

Funny, I didn't recognize Mark Hamill, but I had just watched Mr. Robot for the second time before watching LOK and so Rami Malek was instantly recognizable for me. His character in LOK speaks exactly like Elliott from Mr. Robot

[@stefdelev]

​@@pabloc8808 greatest show ever

[@puddin_hun1179]

Mick Foley did his best to act like the Rock because Dwayne Johnson was suppose to have the role but he was unavailable

[@MostlyLucid]

I think it's amazing that J.K. Simmons went from voicing Tenzin a loving and caring father and hero to voicing Omni-Man a character who couldn't be further from Tenzin if you tried.

[@elharvey5032]

And then you have Steven Yun who voices invincible

[@spectrumscribble1498]

Both former _Avatar_ franchise stars that work really well together for a father-son pair.

[@oOPPHOo]

Eh, I'd say Fletcher is further from Tenzin than Omni-man is and I didn't even have to include a different actor. All 3 are teachers to the protagonist of the story they're in but, at their core, Fletcher is the most ruthless, the most willing to use psychological harm as part of his teachings. Omni-man would punish Mark in the most gruesome of ways (I know your comment is 11 months old so I'm assuming only season 1 knowledge), but he did it out of frustration. It wasn't how he wanted it to go. For Fletcher, it's all cold and calibrated. It's all deliberate. A worthy price for greatness.

[@infinitesession5439]

Fun fact Steven Yuen and JK Simmons later work together again for INVINCIBLE!!!!!!

[@justingonzales9029]

Does Clancy Brown fit in? Incredible that while he voiced Long Feng and Yakone here, he also famously played Mr. Krabs, Lex Luthor, the 4 Brainiacs merge in "Legion of Superheroes", Mr. Sinister, Prison Captain Hadley, etc. Speaking of the Avatarverse and DC's connections, who would be excellent for Mako as a brooding Bats-related detective (excluding the true Batman Kevin Conroy and Adam West who are above us all)?: Bruce Greenwood Jenson Ackles Jason O'Mara Troy Baker Diedrich Bader William Baldwin

[@elimunguia347]

What about the actors who played Batman in live action? Michael Keaton Val Kilmer George Clooney Christian Bale Ben Affleck Robert Pattinson

[@Jin_Kai]

Clancy Brown even shows up in Star Wars Rebels.

[@mori1bund]

Clancy Brown played the Kurgan in the 1986 movie Highlander, one of the best over-the-top movie villains.

[@Prisoner_849]

@@mori1bund He was funny on Pet Sematary 2.

[@АмонЛанк]

​@@Jin_KaiAnd in the Nickelodeon's Tmnt

[@Gameflyer001]

Other famous celebrities in ATLA and LOK include Robert Patrick (T-1000 in Terminator 2) voicing Piandao, and Kiernan Shipka (Sally Draper on Mad Men) voicing Jinora.

[@spectrumscribble1498]

Oh yeah! I think Kiernan went on to play the titular character in the _Chilling Adventures of Sabrina_ Netflix series then.

[@happyswedme]

For me dave faustino was the biggest suprise of all stars but it's probably cuz i watched married with children non stop as a child

[@lukmanibrahim2993]

8:13 - 9:20 Speaking about General Fong and Hiroshi Sato, I'm even got news that Daniel Dae Kim will be playing Fire Lord Ozai in the Netflix live action series Avatar: The Last Airbender in this summer!

[@ironpulse3658]

What I'm most surprised about is that Serena Williams was in the Avatar that's crazy. But also I had no idea so many famous actors were in Avatar & Korra

[@sofxriee]

0:33 Aubrey Plaza (Eska) 1:21 Rami Malek (Tahno) 2:24 JK Simmons (Tenzin) 3:02 Steven Yeun (Avatar Wan) 4:07 Mark Hamill (Ozai) 5:03 Jason Isaacs (Zhao) 5:42 Serena Willaims (Ming) 5:47 Serena Williams (Sage) 6:20 George Takei (Ship Warden) 7:05 Mick Foley (The Boulder) 7:57 Tinashe (On Ji) 9:00 Daniel Dae Kim (Fong, Hiroshi, Ozai in the Netflix live action)

[@blackbulls8783]

What about kuvira she voiced by robin Williams daughter zelda Williams

[@jeffreygao3956]

She's got the Triforce of Wisdom for sure!

[@Purpylon]

Tenzin: "That was a 2000-year old artifact... You're fired!" Jinora: "She's the only Avatar there is" Tenzin: "Right. You're un-fired"

[@ndhickson3599]

I instantly recognized Tenzin but I didn’t know that was Steven Yeun! Father and son together in another universe

[@Batlise]

Tenzin was J K Simmons

[@usamahussain4461]

Wow. I can not believe that Mark Hamill and Jason Isaacs were playing Ozai and Zhao respectively. I could not recognize!

[@GuileTGTV]

knew about the others but these 2 !!! and i watched both avatars a bunch of times...

[@emo_link]

Wait wait wait. You’re telling me that the Daniel Dae Kim, the perfect casting for Fire Lord Ozai in the live-action show, already was in the Avatar universe, TWICE! Now that’s surprising

[@seifmasmoudi1739]

I also learned Jacob Bertrand (Hawk from Cobra Kai) also voiced young Noatak (he has one line where he asks Yakone what happend to his bending)

[@koolaidman5661]

The fact that Mick Foley was voicing "The Boulder" really set homage to the Attitude Era when he teamed up with THE ROCK!

[@palpatinerocks3260]

Honestly. Getting Mick was smart knowing how close he was to Rock at the time. I think he voiced Foley around 2005ish so a year prior wrestling evolution at Wrestlemania with Rock

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

it would have been great for the Boulder to say "Have a nice day" after his fight. But I don't think the younger audiences would catch that But Mark Hamill's voice is ICONIC. Period.

[@devinphillips9704]

What about singer, actor, author, spoken word performer, and Grammy Award winner Henry Rollins as Zaheer?

[@redwolfe7049]

Mick Foley and Sereena Williams? This just is full of surprises to me but those were the biggest 2 to me.

[@palpatinerocks3260]

I like Mindy Sterling as Lin Beifong being known previously for her Austin Powers work as Frau

[@ajlittle4073]

Don’t Forget Long Feng And Yakone Played By Clancy Brown Known For Voicing Mr Krabs From SpongeBob

[@13thwho]

Clancy Brown is better known for voicing Lex Luthor in the DCAU.

[@Mei_Brs]

How could you forget Zuko ?! Everyone who saw the movie Hook would know that voice from anywhere! “Ru-fi-ooooo!”

[@_ChineseJesus_]

Not enough people talking about how Daniel Dae Kim is also gonna be live action Ozai

[@lizzybethnj617]

I was gonna say that

[@jessetorres8738]

If there is ever a prequel series about the 6 named Avatars before Korra & Aang (Roku, Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, Szeto, & Salai), I would like George Takei to return to voice either Szeto or Salai.

[@flaziola]

He's back as a Spirit in the live action show.

[@Ryfael]

"April is the embodiment of Eska" script goof

[@JaFleuTheArtist]

I came to the comments just to confirm I heard what I heard 😂

[@NFCxRenegade]

The only one that actually caught me off guard was the R&B singer “Tinashe” lol like very random but cool. Everyone else I already knew from the first avatar books 📚

[@skyskeleton9636]

TINASHE!?!!? TINASHE?!? TINASHE!?!!!?

[@kelseymcharg9245]

you forgot firelord Sozin he's voiced by Ron perlman aka Slade by teen titans

[@pdunwin]

Stephen Yeun went to my college (years after I did) and was part of the improv group I helped found. Cricket Leigh, who plays Mai, played a lost boy alongside me in a production of Peter Pan.

[@ninoortega7946]

You guys should definitely make another list like this. 😃

[@pressplayulysses]

"Are you rushing or dragging?" That line would have been a cool Easter egg if Tenzin said those words.

[@Zaiqahal]

0:47 Nice slip-up there. Calling her April.

[@oswaldojimenez5683]

Eska's voice makes so much sense now...

[@megacrashthehedgehog5377]

Another worthy mention is Lance Henriksen. Best known for The Terminator and Aliens. He voiced Amon's Lieutenant in Legend of Korra.

[@nielskoolstra]

He also voice some bigshot admiral in Mass Effect. Where he as Hackett gives a chilling speech at the end of ME3

[@jeffmaesar]

Love how Micck Folley impersonate The Rock as The Boulder.

[@robertlunderwood]

He was supposed to be impersonating The Rock, but it sounded much closer to Macho Man Randy Savage.

[@jeffmaesar]

@@robertlunderwood oh yeaaaaah

[@modifyxhavoc]

That's why I was excited for ozai in the live action btw

[@linkthehero8431]

This video made me want to hear "Curse you, He-Man!" in Ozai's voice 😆💀

[@Hartsinck1]

I always new Aubrey Plaza voiced Eska because she’s April Ludgate if in anime form. 0:52

[@jonathanbien-aime5187]

As soon as I heard osai talk, I knew it was mark hamill. I hadn't known mark hamill for star wars or arkham joker yet, so I never noticed. I actually shocked, he played a character completely opposite to luke.

[@bradtobin839]

I had no idea Rami Malek was Tahno! I only recognized him as Ahkmenrah from the night at the Museum film trilogy!! Thank you so much for including his photo. Those two roles were way better than what little I saw of the character in Mr. Robot.

[@SubPour]

I LOVE the fact that Mr. Cave Johnson is in the Avatar universe

[@SuperBoy-ps9dz]

These guest stars are incredible.

[@CM1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

I love JK Simmons, and it's really cool that he voices Tenzin! I was really surprised when I found that out for the first time! The actor of Luke Skywalker voiced Ozai! WHAT?! I didn't know that! Daniel Dae Kim is great! And it's so cool that he's also getting one of the main roles in the live action Avatar Netflix series! He's playing ozai! And he's literally perfect for the live-action ozai! 😆😆😆😆 THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING!

[@johnlucas6683]

In case you also didn't know, Mark Hamil(Luke Skywalker), voiced The Joker as well.

[@CM1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

@@johnlucas6683 👍

[@spectrumscribble1498]

​@@johnlucas6683It completely made sense to me after rewatching old clips of BTAS and ATLA. The voices are _way_ too similar to be a coincidence.

[@MishaSims]

the boulder part cracks me up every time i hear/see that scene 🤣🤣🤣

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

this makes me like these actors even more! stephen and jason 😍🔥 ugh!

[@jeannguyen3199]

Daniel Dae Kim is the Fire Lord now!

[@Kevnn01]

This list was very surprising 😮 I can’t believe JK simmons, Serena Williams and Mick foley were voices on TLA!!

[@malcolmferguson4869]

Ron Perlman as Sozin Robert Patrick as Piandao Steve Blum as Amon Zelda Williams as Kuvira Tress MacNeille as Hama James Hong as Monk Tashi and Mayor Tong René Auberjonois as the Mechanist and the Gan Jin leader Lance Henriksen as Amon's Lieutenant

[@zinja0830]

Funnily enough, I recognized Daniel Dae Kim by the jawline in his silhouette rather than his voice lol

[@monique-octowhale]

Rami Malek 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@LNC4P]

Should have mentioned Mae Whitman and Dante Basco.

[@baneoflibtards2197]

Suyin Beifong was voiced by the late Anne Heche who tragically passed away in a brutal car accident. Why is nobody talking about her?

[@Killua_Morales]

So, you forgot Ron Perlman who voiced Firelord Sozin.

[@waalex11]

I know almost all of these actors, knew half when I first watched it, was more familiar with them today, but I still never recognized them when I rewatched the franchise two years ago. Solid voice acting and casting.

[@DavidSiebert]

I can not believe Rene Auberjois! He played the Mechanic and the leader of the GanGin. Plus he was Odo on DS9!

[@jackson2531]

I even know Rene for voicing Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas.

[@Prisoner_849]

Tewksbury on Frasier.

[@TheGregory53]

the fact that the actor for hiroshi also played ozai in the live action is insane

[@SlothfulSins]

Mark Hammel turned into the Firelord after he saw the script for the new Starwars arc.

[@norradiah3625]

Glenn Rhee as Avatar Wan!!!!????? I can't believe it!! 😭😭😭

[@joser4573]

Also, Lisa Edelstein (Cuddy from House) voices Kya in the legend of Korra!

[@aaronfield7899]

Fun fact: Dwayne Johnson was actually appointed to voice the boulder but he declined the offer

[@revinhatol]

1:58 *What a scene!*

[@cresar369]

9:02 how the tables turned now he's playing the FIRELORD in live action

[@AshesOfDarkness_666]

Isn’t Daniel Dae Kim is going to play FireLord Ozi in the Netflix live action remake series?

[@spectrumscribble1498]

Yep. 😺

[@MasterOfTheElements]

Steven Yeun is also Mark Grayson from Invincible

[@jaytee1903]

Daniel BAE Kim was amazing and he will make us proud when he becomes FIre Lord Ozai

[@_Rome]

This was awesome 😩😩❤️❤️

[@DonnyRoy91]

Why didn’t you mention Steven Yuen is also Mako?

[@Saimeren]

Interestingly enough, Aubrey was asked about her experience voicing Eska one time and she didn't even know who that was. She had no memory of even doing it and didn't really seem to care for the franchise. "Eska? I don't know who that is.... Oh yeah... I did do a character for that show. I don't remember much of it."

[@isaiahfarmer65]

When i first watched this, i knew it was Aubrey Plaza. i loved it!

[@RonanJaPianist]

3:39 LORD JOKER 🃏

[@juggie19]

Whoa Daniel Dae Kim in all 3 Avatar projects

[@joellee6142]

Wow did all these actors really work on the avatar? this always had that movie like feel to it, the story and the voices

[@mavvynne444]

Mark Hamill is the GOAT

[@СергейМакаров-м9м]

No, I am a firelord like my father before me

[@LiciaShenice]

This was awesome 👍🏾

[@cocogoaat]

5:42 didn’t know that the goat voiced Ming

[@MsFeleyra]

i need to binge watch this series again now

[@LaCorvier]

DAE KIM NOW THE TRUE FIRE LORE OZAI !

[@mybrainsondrums]

Ohh myy, how did I not hear some of these?! Only knew Aubrey and Mark

[@spinjitzumasterfalcon]

JK Simmons and Mark Hamil were probably the easiest one. NOW GET ME PICTURES OF SPIDER-MAN!!! Oh what the heck, I'll laugh anyway!

[@SongofIceandTea]

What ?!! i didn't know all of it, now i know why Avatar is one of the best of animated series of all time, they didn't messing around.

[@Charles-7]

with the boulder, he was planned to be voiced by Dwayne Johnson, and sadly it couldn't happen cause of budget limits, maybe there might be a chance he'll be in the live action remake.

[@portal2walkthroughpc]

if it going to be Dwayne Johnson, he would demand that his character could never lose, as it would hurt his ego

[@Charles-7]

@@portal2walkthroughpc well that might be alittle tho, cause toph never likes losing when in the arena, perhaps this one might end at a draw then, like with she face king bumi on who's the best earthbender ever.

[@tristan4454]

he should be tuff in the ember island show

[@johnnytee911]

His cost only went up.. if they couldn't afford him then they certainly wouldn't be able to afford him now

[@maggie_e2]

Why’d she call Aubrey, April at 0:47 were they referencing April ludgate?

[@Erin7lee]

I love how this show has touched everyone’s heart 🥹

[@Prisoner_849]

René Auberjonois(Odo on Deep Space 9) did the voice of Mechanist and Gan Jin leader.

[@joelh2796]

I recognized jk Simmons and George takei's voice fairly quickly in this. Mark Hamill's voice I recognized just before they revealed him as I heard the joker voice at the last second

[@999davek]

I didnt know Fire Lord Ozai voiced characters

[@GenAqua]

Did NOT know Daniel Dae Kim was in Avatar, and I should have caught his voice right away, considering how much I played Saints Row.

[@arthursnyder6935]

He will be voicing the Netflix incarnation of Ozai

[@thrillseeking142]

Cool actors even if I barely know them. Nice transition from ozai to zhao

[@rigomartinez1983]

2:38 this was definitely planned when making this video. Having both Jk Simmons (Omni Man) and Steven Yeun (Invincible) next to each other

[@TimpossibleOne]

The Boulder was supposed to be someone like The Rock but since Dwayne Johnson want available his friend Mick Foley stepped in and did his best Rock impression.

[@pyrrhasg]

My mind got blown away when they said Avatar Wan was Steven Yeon. Super Proud😂