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Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Grim Reaper with sound clips and images.
Grim Reaper is a Marvel Comics supervillain who first appeared in The
Avengers #52 May (1968). Eric Williams was considered the black sheep of
the Williams family and grew up to be a gambler and professional
criminal, eventually becoming a member of the Maggia. When his younger
brother Simon (as Wonder Man) supposedly died at the hands of the Avengers, Eric swore revenge on them. With contacts from the Maggia, he hires the Tinkerer
for his plot and he builds on his right arm a scythe which can cut
through almost anything and can fire energy blasts and electricity
shocks. The scythe also contained a device created by Ultron that
could put any person into a coma. Eric then takes the pseudonym Grim
Reaper and nearly defeats the Avengers on his first outing, but was
defeated by the Black Panther. He then forms the Lethal Legion with the likes of the Living Laser, Man-Ape, and the Swordsman and the group fought the Avengers, but they were defeated by the Vision. The Grim Reaper has remained a constant threat to the Avengers ever since.
Created by UltimateCharm on Mon Aug 6 2012, 9 Comments, Add Comment
EDITOR'S OPINION
For the Marvel Universe Voice Compare we look at the Avengers supervillain and Wonder Man's brother, the Grim ReaperUnknown Voice Actor - (If anyone knows who voices the Grim Reaper in United They Stand, please let us at Behind the Voice Actors know) The voice for Grim Reaper in the show was fine. It gives Grim Reaper a personality of mania and arrogance but becomes over the top at times.
Rick D. Wasserman - The Grim Reaper here is a just a hired goon and Wasserman was serviceable for the part. He plays Grim Reaper with a sense of smugness and villainous professionalism.
Lance Henriksen - The Grim Reaper in Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was reimagined as a psychotic mercenary-for-hire for HYDRA and who better to voice a character like that than Lance Henriksen. Henriksen gives the Grim Reaper a creepy, sadistic voice with a not-so-subtle hint of bloodlust and its one of the best performances of the show.
All three were great as the Grim Reaper, but I'm leaning towards Lance Henriksen.
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Music Meister said at 1:07 AM on Sun Aug 12 2012
I want to like Unknown but his delivery is off, a bit too nasally and too over the top at times/
Rick is pretty good (sounds like Clancy Brown) and should have gotten more lines.
Lance hands down
ReplyRick is pretty good (sounds like Clancy Brown) and should have gotten more lines.
Lance hands down
Metabad said at 7:50 PM on Tue Aug 7 2012
The Unknown's voice is probably the most nasally and stilted voice I've ever heard. Honestly, he sounds more like Beavis than a professional criminal.
Rick Wasserman sounds pretty good and definitely shows potential, but if those were all his lines then he didn't really have a lot of material to work with.
I really like Lance Henriksen's gruff growling voice. It definitely fits the re-imagining of the character.
Overall I think I'm gonna go with Lance on this one, though Rick is a pretty close second. The Unknown voice actor just didn't do it for me at all, so he's dead last.
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Rick Wasserman sounds pretty good and definitely shows potential, but if those were all his lines then he didn't really have a lot of material to work with.
I really like Lance Henriksen's gruff growling voice. It definitely fits the re-imagining of the character.
Overall I think I'm gonna go with Lance on this one, though Rick is a pretty close second. The Unknown voice actor just didn't do it for me at all, so he's dead last.
pete said at 10:28 PM on Tue Aug 7 2012
@Metabad Well since he's called the Grim Reaper the unknown VA is kind of how the actual skeleton Grim Reaper should sound. A skeleton would have a nasally voice like that and Lance's is pretty good for a more menacing Grim Reaper(again actual skeleton) should sound with Rick sounding a bit like Lance so I'll say the same for him.
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TheVengeanceKnight said at 1:50 AM on Wed Aug 8 2012
@pete I could be wrong, but I don't think Marvel's Grim Reaper is supposed to be an actual skeleton.
Replypete said at 8:28 PM on Wed Aug 8 2012
@TheVengeanceKnight Didn't say that. I meant it's close to how the actual, fictional, skeleton Grim Reaper. Since that's where his namesake it would make a bit of sense for him to sound like that. Plus it's probably a voice changer and not the characters's actual voice judging by his suit.
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TylerMirage (Admin) said at 1:49 PM on Tue Aug 7 2012
My vote is for Lance.
Although, I find it interesting that Rick's version sounds similar to Lance's in a way, like a younger version of Lance's.
ReplyAlthough, I find it interesting that Rick's version sounds similar to Lance's in a way, like a younger version of Lance's.
Anicomicgeek said at 10:43 PM on Mon Aug 6 2012
I'm gonna go with Lance Henriksen. His Grim Reaper was really creepy.
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said at 9:47 AM on Sun Nov 11 2012