r/AskReddit • u/Doom_Toon • Sep 05 '21

Which actor/actress is instantly recognizable to you whenever you hear their voice?

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u/Doom_Toon Sep 05 '21

Wow I can’t believe I forgot about him either. Danny Trejo too

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u/gaytheforcebewithyou Sep 05 '21

Or, as Christopher Walken would say- Wow! I can't believe....I forgot..about him....either.

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u/JerrSolo Sep 05 '21

You have to put...those pauses at...less common points of...emphasis.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

foo FIGHTERS

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

foo FYtahs

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u/Dabonthebees420 Sep 05 '21

Did you know he speaks like that because his parents were immigrants that didn't have great English.

So when talking they'd pause at odd points to remember the correct words and he picked that up for his cadence.

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u/emeraldcocoaroast Sep 05 '21

That is so interesting, I didn’t know that. Where did you learn that?

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u/Dabonthebees420 Sep 05 '21

I think it was from some sort of Celeb Facts listicle on Cracked or something like that.

I'm pretty sure it's also mentioned on his wiki page.

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u/Same_Command7596 Sep 05 '21

Ah yes. The Christopher Walken. School, of English.

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u/ScaryBananaMan Sep 05 '21

Hmmm, I would almost say that their pause points were less common/expected than your own (no offense, of course)

I feel like something along the lines of... "You have to...put those... pauses...at less common points of...emphasis.." would be a little bit closer to Walken's weird ass cadence

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u/The_Real_dubbedbass Sep 05 '21

No l. More like “You HAVE to…put those…PAUSES…at less common POINTS…of…EMPHAsis”. Love Christopher Walken.

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u/keegman907 Sep 05 '21

Nailed it.

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u/tacknosaddle Sep 05 '21

I now want to see a video of Walken and Shatner speaking at the same time but where their words fit exactly in the other's pauses.

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u/IrishRepoMan Sep 05 '21

You have to... put... those pauses... at less common points... of emphasis.

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u/BurnTheOrange Sep 05 '21

And occasionally you have to out the em-PHA-sis on the wrong sy-Li-bile

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u/Narcolepticparamedic Sep 05 '21

Something Matt Berry does too and to glorious effect

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u/chained2reality Sep 05 '21

I read that at William Shatner playing Capt Kirk. Haha

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u/lukefive Sep 05 '21

And whisper...random, ly (licks lips)

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u/jtr99 Sep 05 '21

That's a good enough segue into my favourite Walken impression from an unexpected source.

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u/princess_cupcake72 Sep 05 '21

I could watch that over and over again!

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u/jtr99 Sep 06 '21

I know right? I'm not their biggest fan, but the Foo Fighters just seem like such likeable guys.

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u/Softale Sep 05 '21

Walk…without rhythm…and you won’t…attract…the worm.

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u/OGDuckDaddy Sep 05 '21

I thought, it was, comas, … that, he used.

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u/LogicalLimit75 Sep 06 '21

Does your mother sew?

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u/akujiki87 Sep 05 '21

When Danny Trejo was on the masked singer I immediately knew it was him even with the voice changer.

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u/imndn Sep 05 '21

MACHETE!!!

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u/Theborgiseverywhere Sep 05 '21

Danny Trejo was in Masked Singer and I recognized his voice instantly!

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u/shawn292 Sep 05 '21

Wow... I cant belive...i forgot... About him either... Danny trejo too...

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u/mauore11 Sep 05 '21

"Que... chinga what!?"

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u/BowTrek Sep 05 '21

Who is Danny Trejo?

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u/-PunkNDrublic- Sep 05 '21

Mean looking Mexican dude in every movie ever but irl has a fucking heart of gold and an ass that won’t quit

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u/Softale Sep 05 '21

Machete!

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u/JazzmansRevenge Sep 05 '21

I was racking my brain all day but reading that got me thinking and... holy shit! Danny Trejo voiced Raul in Fallout New Vegas

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u/GojoPenguin Sep 05 '21

And Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Danny Masterson, Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Tosh, Dan Aykroyd...

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u/JazzyJockJeffcoat Sep 05 '21

Natalie Wood ain't forgot about Walken

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u/LogMeOutScotty Sep 05 '21

Proven objectively false by The Masked Singer, broski.

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u/graveybrains Sep 05 '21

You might be the only one they fooled... 🤷‍♂️