Final Fantasy 16 | Characters and Voice Actors

[@DKZK21]

It was instantly clear to me young Joshua's voice was played by an actual child, and he did great job of it too.

[@Vi3taZnDr4gOn]

I recognized his voice instantly. He’s Hugo from plagues tale!

[@SaberRexZealot]

@@Vi3taZnDr4gOn oh shit no way.

[@giacomooffredi5230]

@@Vi3taZnDr4gOnand young Jill’s voice actress is Amicia’s.

[@thelastmastergamer2846]

​@@Vi3taZnDr4gOnI instantly recognized it as well. I was hugo?

[@MiliciciBubicici]

I was so happy when I recognized them! 😊

[@soulxcvzc1561]

the voice acting in this game is so good! they all had a stellar performance.

[@Kagetora-]

Agreed. Tbh, I think FF16 has the best English voice acting

[@Anharie]

If you enjoy ffxvi voice acting, ffxiv has some equally good voice acting

[@kainakrit9311]

@@Kagetora-That's because the English dub was treated as the main dub unlike past games. The initial script was written in Japanese, then it got rewrote and performed by the English dub crew, and then got translated back to Japanese again for the dub.

[@darkblood1192]

@@kainakrit9311 Interesting, I thought main dub was english in previous ff games since VA was really good in other ff too.

[@gamblerfls]

Very hard to miss with british accent

[@Wephaam]

The fact Cid's VA wasn't even using a voice, he was just talking is insane. Him and Reinhardt VA are champions

[@robertgronewold3326]

Put it this way, you hire Ralph Ineson FOR his voice, not to put one on.

[@sharkking4]

I actually watch his movies for the sole purpose of hearing his groggy voice, gotta love him

[@homword]

The moment I heard Cid's voice for the first time, I got that "wait a minute...I know this guy" feeling 😂 Soon after I realized that I've heard his voice in Chernovyl and The Game of Throne.

[@samzorn4656]

Ralph Ineson also played Charles Vane in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag

[@OfficialCrowMauler]

Massive shout out to Christopher York, especially considering it’s his fist VA gig. He did so well as Gav considering how expressive the character had to be at pivotal moments. He also played quite a convincing drunk!

[@MaryamPlays]

No way! First time? I felt like he'd been doing this for years. Something about his voice, maybe the Yorkshire accent felt very familiar.

[@OfficialCrowMauler]

@@MaryamPlays Huh? He doesn’t have a Yorkshire accent. It’s more of the Sunderland/Newcastle area.

[@gmr9701]

Gav is the GOAT

[@brandonalessio1586]

Clive’s voice actor brought it in the scene when he’s reunited with his mother. That scene is where it went from a good performance to a great one

[@Kuj0Jotar0]

Guy who voiced ultima was really great. Brought a whole new dimension to those lines with the otherworldly cadence

[@Potato-pf2qs]

Must of voiced them around a similar time when he was doing Xenoblade 3. Which his character Z acts just like Ultima. Funny how he plays two characters that are exactly the same and that both resign in a place called origin.

[@aeonlincoln5474]

Especially in the final fight when he looses all of his composure that he maintained until that moment 😂

[@ultimamage3]

The fact that he was Viserys Targaryen in Game of Thrones is funny as hell though, dude looks like a Disney Prince IRL

[@DodderingOldMan]

I have to give props to Quentin Ballard, whoever he is, for the small but impactful role of Olivier. 'Go, Bahamut... Kinslayer...' Actually one of the most chilling moments in the game.

[@KohenChia]

I am honestly so enamored by all of them. So much heart in every character.

[@robertgronewold3326]

Honestly, FF16 has some of the best voice acting since 12. Phenomenal cast.

[@TheAntydotum]

XV and VIIR are pretty good too. English versions are matched almost perfectly and I say it as a fan of japanese dubs.

[@grubbyarmadillo9863]

@@TheAntydotumArdyn especially

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Better than 12.😊

[@robertgronewold3326]

@@BlackangelKatakuri 12 really stands out to me because they not only had a stellar cast, some of the script was straight up Shakespearean.

[@nintendude57]

Woa!! They got Hugo and Amicia together again 🥹🥹

[@LoveNowCryLater702]

I was so happy

[@trinityx3o522]

Sophia too, her VA plays Dorys in this game

[@jensennc94]

Clive's VA crying and screaming when something happens (young clive at the end of ifrit vs phoenix, and the final dungeon). It's probably my first time hearing a VA crying-stuttering in a game, so it kinda blew my mind.

[@hinchan354]

He really cried？

[@Chippy247]

​@@hinchan354While yelling," I'll fucking kill you" lmao cant blame him or can because its himself

[@shaun7389]

The voice acting surprised me. It was actually incredible. Jill’s voice acting was a standout for me personally.

[@jennerg1474]

I love Ralph Ineson's voice in everything he does

[@FairyFighter]

Harry Llyod just up there dominating the acting for villains you want to punch.

[@ktmmatt7243]

I KNEW I recognized Joshua's voice from somewhere! I played all the Plague's games, both of which were awesome.

[@LoveNowCryLater702]

I bet you didn't know till u watch this like me

[@MiliciciBubicici]

I recognized them both, Plague tale is still haunting me 😢😅

[@leeroyjenkins3702]

If this doesn't win best voice acting at the game awards then its an actual crime. nothing comes remotely close

[@StanDiggs]

Okay.. no wonder my Hugo and Amicia senses were tingling listening to young Joshua and Jill. Its literally them. They sure know how to pick games to destroy us.. 😭

[@mean_bean_baerliner_i20n]

Ralph Ineson could tell me whatever he wanted to, I'd listen!

[@TheFlyingBookworm]

Honestly he's the only man on the planet that could tell me to make him a sandwich.

[@Garren183]

IMO the best actor by a fucking mile is Susannah Fielding for adult Jill. There were so many moments of peak VA from her, such as at the ending where she cries with such grief and misery, and sprinkled throughout the game where her voice quivers when she speaks fearfully of her past, or when her voice is audibly shaken when in reaction to witnessing the inhuman monstrosities committed throughout the game. 🎉🎉🎉 THE BEST ❤

[@Harrowing999]

She did a phenomenal job. The ugly crying she was doing at the end was so well done you could feel it. And of course… “I have killed the monster…and become an outlaw!!” Jill won my vote for best FF heroine and won it by a country mile

[@Garren183]

@@Harrowing999 also, if you die with jill in your party, the screaming that she does is outstandingly "ugly", which serves the intended purpose as well. Which also doubly functions as a deterrent for me to Game Over when she is in my party lol

[@darkblood1192]

@@Garren183 I didn't know they scream when u die

[@Garren183]

@@darkblood1192 try it, when jill is in your party

[@jaybee4288]

Always someone wanting to spoil the ending of the game in a random video about voice actors 😂

[@Darknesssleeps]

Wow the characters are actually modeled after the VA! How awesome

[@sam.246]

even npcs are well-voiced. Really does make a difference.

[@Silverfish-qv8ig]

Agreed, I loved some of the NPCs

[@pforgottonsoul]

so the voice of ultima is also the voice of Z. Kinda makes sense given they are practically the same character.

[@uroskesic6117]

Ff 16 s story is just xenoblade 3 all over again

[@cato3139]

both had Origin lol

[@pforgottonsoul]

@@cato3139 didn't think about that OMG lol

[@Lexicon865]

*Wild how both Ultima and Z are hot too 😳*

[@tazmercer1515]

Annabella voice actress kill her roll idc if she’s a cunt lol

[@Hulalulatallulahoop2]

Fantastic! Ralph Ineson also does the voice over for Salvage Hunters plus many other UK shows. I think my favourites are Clive, Cid, Gav and Benedikta

[@JamoWaffleSponge]

I can’t get that out of my head whenever I hear it.

[@marionchua7543]

Stewart Clarke's voice acting for Prince Dion was just top notch. He really made the character feel so much more intense and powerful.

[@redxmaverick]

The voice acting in FF16 is phenomenal. I instantly recognized young Joshua's voice who played Hugo in A Plague's Tale. Super cool that young Jill is Amicia from A Plague's Tale! If you loved these two voices in FF16, do yourself a huge favor and play A Plague's Tale Innocence and Requiem.

[@samzorn4656]

Many of the actors in the English cast have also cut their teeth on voice work in the past. Ralph Ineson voice Charles Vane in Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and David Menkin played Preston Marlowe from the Battlefield: Bad Company games.

[@danutghidia5820]

All the respect and praise to the actors, but as games i did play Innocence and it did like it even tho the gameplay loop wasnt very good, but when i tried the sequel Requiem it was worse for some reason and i couldnt finish it. I will probably go back one day. My problem was not with the story or characters, just how the game plays

[@lypexiii8018]

Logan has such a good voice, i really hope we see more of him

[@FBI_Not]

i like how they pick main character's companions from either game of thrones or FFXIV

[@Carleight687]

I love that the voice actors of amicia and Hugo from a plague tale are in this

[@dbienapfl08]

Im so disappointed that Charlotte didn't voice the older Jill but i understand it needs to be more mature. I love her voice so much

[@Kuzna22]

At least she did a ton of npcs including the teacher at the hideaway. She certainly got a lot of work at least

[@kazuhirala]

Baranabas Tharmr actor got some impressive line of VO work

[@davidtsmith33]

It's amazing how close the resemblance is between the characters and respective voice actors are isn't it?

[@any4448]

Logan & Charlotte back at breaking hearts!

[@saine414]

I damn knew it was the same voice actors like you hear in Plague Tale.. You you hear that a mile away. They are great 🤘

[@LevantineR1]

Several of these voice actors resemble their characters, but more than anyone else, I'd be 100% on board with Charon's VA playing the character in a live action setting. That face has all the personality of the character in the best way.

[@juliansummey9268]

Oy! That’s ‘Lady Charon’ to you, innit?

[@autumneagle]

It is interesting how they made a lot of the characters resemble their VA's

[@TrashMPred]

Fun fact, ther german voice actor for Elwind Rossfield was the same that voices Sean Bean... Forshadowing at it's best xD

[@allsparkwarrier]

I knew I recognised Cid's voice, I just never thought to look him up with being so busy with various things these past few weeks

[@Hero_Of_Old]

So weird finding out Susannah plays Jill after seeing her in Alan Partridge lol

[@guerrero520]

Ooooh it’s Amicia and Hugo

[@kaspauf06]

Wow Gav and Goetz first time VA's? Phenomenal job and of course Ben Start, really awesome game and does a good job building side characters too!

[@feffermickel]

The voice acting was sooooo good in this game. Really stellar all round (one exception is a soldier in Northreach who sounded like he was recording his lines in his kitchen)

[@punchykarma6685]

Best voice acting out of any Final Fantasy game

[@pandaofsam]

They did remarkable work, thank you!

[@alejandrobonilla3049]

I knew I heard Viserys Targaryen in the game

[@phthalojohan]

Man thanks for this, finally a more complete VA cast list

[@corrinflakes9659]

David Menkin plays 2 major RPG antagonists and Luke Skywalker just sounds like it could be a fated thing for any actor of Luke Skywalker. (Mark Hamill being iconic playing the villains)

[@sgtyoshid3th503]

Suddenly I wanna meet the whole cast and have them all sign my FFXVI Steel book! 😭😭😭

[@dlee1515]

VA were so phenomenal in this game. I’m just used to the mediocre dubbing in anime that I often forget how video game VA is on another level and very well done

[@jackgerhardt3243]

John Hopkins also voiced Marius in Ryse: Son of Rome, a REALLY good game I recommend it to those who haven't played it

[@jordan45814]

Viserys is ultima ? I'm impressed i did not recognize him at all,then again it is a little bit modified..but yes i do hear it now 🛐

[@astrojeet]

I recognised him immediately, he also plays Z the final boss in Xenoblade 3. These two are the only games he has done. He should do more games lol.

[@Nancy-ff5tr]

Lmao yeah wtf😭

[@TG-Maverick22]

The voice acting in ffxvi is nothing short of greatness

[@DarkPhoenix89]

I had a feeling Cid was Ralph Ineson. He sounded awfully familiar. I could see his face but forgot his name.

[@torchwood12]

Chris Finch, bloody good rep.

[@Hulalulatallulahoop2]

From Salvage Hunters on Quest...he does the voice over there :)

[@kevinking1566]

Ralph Ineson was blessed with a godtier voice.

[@repulser93]

1:00 - Bad Company represent!

[@specialnewb9821]

Clive and Joshua VAs really elevate their lines.

[@aylinilya.]

david menkin has an insane rang, from malos to luke skywalker

[@breensprout]

john hopkins (elwin rosfield) is also erend in horizon zero dawn/horizon forbidden west! and also he had a recurring role on poldark which is weirdly where i knew him from first haha

[@ariseharbinger4799]

Dude i had a strong feeling Zoltan was voiced by Thunder from Fable 1

[@UnimagiStudio]

Ralph Inerson's voice reminds me of Alan Rickman :)

[@fattmusiek5452]

LOVE EM ALL

[@valefolken9143]

What impresses me most is that they only used one FFXIV voice actor. I would have thought they'd carry a handful of voices over since they presumably have long and healthy relationships with them all.

[@RandomFlask175]

There's 3 in here though, Stephen Critchlow (Byron) is Count Fortemps, Gunnar Cauthery (Sleipnir) is Maxima and Laura Eikman (Eloise) is Lyse. Still not many but there's more than one at least, plus Estinien's VA plays the Dragoon you fight at the start of the game.

[@SifaDukye]

They didn't put it in the video, but Barnabas' VA also voiced Magnus in XIV. This is just in the English casting tho, I know of at least one VA who's in XIV in JP (Young Clive and G'raha)

[@Thaun_]

​@@RandomFlask175 you also forgot Nina Yndvis playing as Uimet in Shadowbringers and David Menkin as Magnus in Shadowbringers.

[@jjc101]

Timothy Watson (Urianger) also appears as different background NPC's such as the Emperor's advisors or the betrayer at the begining of the game and Anthony Howell (Fourchenault) is many random NPC's. Oh and I definitely heard the VA of the Lalafell that checks you into Old Sharlayan in Endwalker as well. I think the part in Laetny's Cleft had like 3 of them back to back!

[@BlueThunder80125894]

@@Thaun_ The Knight of the Blinding Dawn from the prologue is also Estinien's EN voice actor (Robert Vernon)

[@Ramvoodoo]

Just turned on Diablo 4 and one of the first voices I hear is “Cid”!!

[@LiquidSnakeD23]

every single one on this Project did an amanzing Job

[@BigWillTheThrill]

I thought I recognized Dion's voice. I had just got done playing Valkyrie Elysium not too long ago.

[@casualcarvalhogaming3249]

Love this video... Now i want to play the game again!

[@jeremytaft8247]

This cast did a great job

[@Guelicious]

Cid ❤

[@ryan_deakin]

Jill voice actor was in Alan partridge :D

[@Temperance_XVII]

Jonathan case my favouirete

[@blankko84]

Where's the VA for Torgal????

[@autumneagle]

1:40 and will be always remembered

[@loganthevillager9176]

I wonder if Ben’s dog in his shot was named “Torgal”.🤔

[@serpentblade8704]

nina the actor for benedikta, with a new hair and make up can actually look like her.

[@AZODi]

Finchyyyyy!

[@josh2570]

The voice acting in this game is the best I've ever experienced. I know this and FF14 are British based VA's, but i hope they continue to use British actors (And European ones too, looking at you Benedikta) when doing more FF's in future. Just a step above the rest

[@hussamkj403]

This game did everything right in terms of developing a respected videogame. Sure it is not perfect but its close. Its been a very long time since SE developed a well awsome FF game. To be honest, since FF10, I didn't enjoy much of any FF title. My all time favourite is FF7 back in '98. But all FF up to 10 were as good as 7 for me. Then things went downhill from there. I didn't like 12 onwards. At last FF16 comes and captures what makes a FF game great.

[@polmao]

Midadol my beloved

[@harisnk7196]

My fave is kupka

[@eji4984]

AHHH I KNEW that was Lyse! lol

[@Murkdiculous]

Hell yes

[@512lilirose]

To have so many cast members of game of thrones and Xenoblade and assassin's Creed ? Barnabas I knew I heard you somewhere and it was as Malos.

[@kavajahumphrey7338]

And Dead Island 2 if you count Dani and Dr. Reuben Reed

[@ragateguh2825]

man, after barnabas, i never see breach in valorant same again. lmao

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

Susanna Fielding is a BADDIE

[@zerocrutch]

Ah, so that’s who I fell in love with…

[@Ken-z1j8l]

anyone know who voices Terence?

[@DarkLordSauronrocks]

This is Christopher Yorks first acting job Christopher also played night shift prisoner in andor That's confusing

[@sparks1773]

This may have been the first thing he worked on, Andor was just released first. Some of Byron's VA work was done by Stephen Critchlow who died about two years ago so having this job 2+ years ago is possible and then he could have gone to work on Andor after.

[@sparks1773]

Also I just looked back, the video says first voice acting job for him, Andor wasn't just voice acting.

[@reshaykut]

I laughed hard first time watching this scene : 2:15 lol

[@FuIIDiveVR]

I'd say the English is the best I've heard and I always prefer sub.

[@DodderingOldMan]

Yeah, same... in general FF games have been the only games where I don't mind playing in English. I guess it makes some sense, as the development is more focussed on a Western audience than most Japanese games.

[@smward87]

English was the primary dub is why as was the English version of the original script which is what the Japanese dub is based on.

[@thebetterman8027]

sad that this is probably the last thing we gonna get from him rip if youve finished up endwalker in ff14 edmont has some dialogue for that if dont know

[@billionaeris1183]

Problem with most the young girls in this game is they sound like young adults, Young Jill sounds way older than she should and same for the medicine girl, in comparison to Joshua for example

[@angaso02]

The first voice acting job of Olivier? Wtf??

[@atoning2009]

Ivan Dobsky is Goetz

[@NY-Buddy]

Okay, if Joshua's voice actor can be a voice actor that means that I can as well. How do I get this position?!?

[@masakimusic9289]

Cid's voice is too hard for me to understand what he is saying, it's too low😂 I'm not a native English speaker but I live and work in Canada, daily English is no problem but his voice is out of ordinary (in a good sense).

[@jimmypetelol]

Charlotte McBurney should've voiced adult Jill

[@jesvillorentejr.8990]

what accent are they having?

[@Quester91]

Mid

[@gamblerfls]

Very hard to miss with british accent

[@azmodanpc]

So Square Enix tried to do a GoT inspired FFT? I guess their last great FF was X or XII

[@muhanifrafiahmadi1146]

I played other ff on japanese but this time i will play ff16 on english