Michael McConnohie
I have posted in a few other posts in the past about video games, books, and other media. In this blog post, I follow this theme with my praise towards the man pictured above.
Michael McConnohie has voiced such an insane number of characters that I grew up loving that I could write a blog post just listing them all. It helps that the guy owns his own Voice Acting Company. It also makes me glad to know that even to this day he still does voices of his own choice. Reminds me that he really enjoys the work.
But as far as notable characters he has gifted his distinct and deep voice to, lets start with the many many (many) characters from Warcraft he has voiced such as Kel Thu(freaking)zad, The Lich King, Uther the Lightbringer, DEATHWING, and most of the Infinite Dragonflight bosses.
Moving to other games, the first time I recognized his voice to the point of noticing it in other places was in Tales of the Abyss where he voices everyone’s favorite well intentioned extremist (excluding Lelouch, but I’ll get to Code Geass in a moment) who has a mental breakdown at the end, Van Grants. This entry got its own paragraph because of how much this game was important to my youngest brother. He has figured just about every single thing that is hidden in Tales of the Abyss short of glitched speed runs.
Back on topic though, I am finally really working through my long Anime list and as I began Code Geass, I heard the man’s voice again. Yep that’s right, hes Emperor Britannia. And although I have not finished Code Geass yet, it would not surprise me if his character here is not so different from Van Grants. McConnohie is after all, talented at playing manipulative and charming villains.