Jack McBrayer isn’t likely to be someone you really recognize unless you’ve happened to see him in any of the many movies and TV shows he’s appeared on, but once you listen to him talk you might recognize his voice at least. This would be due to the fact that he’s voiced some very memorable characters over the course of his career thus far. It’s kind of obvious that he’s not exactly the leading man or even the biggest supporting actor in the bunch, but he’s done enough in his career that he does deserve the kudos that are his by right. When it comes to voice acting though he’s managed to create some of the best characters that have ever been thought up and it’s his voice that really gave them their sense of self.
Here’s one clip just so you can identify Jack.
Glenn wasn’t the most popular guy on the crew but he was the most upbeat all the time. In fact you might say that he was blissfully upbeat, as though he did his absolute best to find the positives in any situation even when everything seemed to be headed in a generally downward spiral straight to the bottom.
Now here are are a couple of the clips in which he had a voice part.
5. Randy – Archer
Some people swear by this show but it just seems profoundly odd. Archer is the kind of guy that many would seem to love intentionally and anyone that has anything to do with him can’t help but roll their eyes in frustration. Randy however isn’t any better and to be honest is probably one of the worst characters on the show. And that’s saying a lot.
4. Pirate Mummy – Jake and the Neverland Pirates
This show was pretty fun until it got pulled from the air. Unfortunately it needed some progression and even if it does come back there’s the question of how many more adventures Jake and his buddies are going to have. The pirate mummy was an interesting episode since he did become an irregular guest on the show.
3. Hedgehog – Puppy Dog Pals
This role seemed pretty random and in truth it was just a bit part on one of the episodes. The Puppy Dog Pals are still relatively new to Disney’s lineup compared to a lot of cartoons and are still gaining momentum.
2. Clumsy Smurf – Smurfs: The Lost Village
Each of the Smurfs had their own little quirk and Clumsy, who Jack plays, is one of those that you don’t want to stand too near to since it was likely that something would go wrong due to his hard to resist troublesome nature. But when he, Smurfette, Brainy, and Hefty go out on a quest to find a lost village that was unknown to the rest of the Smurfs for so long they find more than they bargained for, and it turns out that Smurfette is not the person that anyone thought she was. A lot of people might have guessed that she was something different since she was the only female in a village of all males. But the twist they put into this story was kind of interesting to be honest.
1. Fix-It Felix – Wreck-It Ralph
Felix is one of the best voices he’s done to date and like a good number of them he’s remained underrated for some odd reason. It could be that the movie he’s in stars John C. Reilly, his costar from Talladega Nights, and that Ralph is the real star while Felix is the backup. That’s ironic though since in the game they’re in together Felix and Ralph have very different roles. Ralph is the big bad while Felix is the hero. Throughout the movie however Felix is more of a supporting character and Ralph is the big star. But at the same time Felix is still an important character as he helps the structure of the story and helps to serve up a moral lesson on how people treat one another and the effects it can cause. Given the fact that the two were programmed to act and behave in a certain way it’s not exactly Ralph’s fault that he’s a bad guy, but throughout the course of the movie it’s shown how people, even video game characters, can change.
In some cases it’s a little hard to equate Jack’s live action roles with his voice roles since he goes all in with his voice and doesn’t hold back. In front of the camera however he still shines, but for some reason it seems as though he plays a slightly more reserved character. It might have a lot to do with the fact that not being in front of the camera affords a little more leeway to act goofy and really get into the character without having the director breathing down your neck every second, but it could just as easily be something else as well. In any case Jack has had just as much success with voice acting as he has with live acting, more in some instances. It stands to reason that one could say that he’s had more luck with people remembering the characters he voices rather than the ones he plays on screen. That might sound harsh but it seems pretty truthful.
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