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Comparision of the voice over actors who have been the voice of Purple Man with sound clips and images.
Purple Man is a Marvel Comics supervillain who first appeared in Daredevil #4 (October 1964). Zebediah Killgrave was a European mercenary sent to infiltrate a chemical refinery, but while there, he was exposed to numerous chemicals that changed his skin and hair purple. After being captured by soldiers, he discovered he can release pheromones that can control the wills of anybody after he told his captors to let him go. A morally unrepentant narcissist, Killgrave changed his name to Purple Man and embarked on a criminal career where he has clashed with other Marvel superheroes such as Daredevil, Moon Knight and Luke Cage. He was once used by Doctor Doom to power a machine that gave Doom the ability to control the minds of everyone on Earth, but they were stopped by Wonder Man. He has also fathered a daughter who would go on to become the superheroine and Alpha Flight member known as Persuasion. Lately, Purple Man has been trying to build a criminal empire under his rule.
Created by UltimateCharm on Sun Jul 29 2012, 13 Comments, Add Comment
EDITOR'S OPINION
I like Cedric Smith's take on Killgrave. Smith gives him a charismatic, smooth voice when Killgrave needs to hide himself around people and when Killgrave is himself, Smith adds that arrogant angry tone as he concocts his plans.However, I also like Brent Spiner's voice as well. Spiner gives Killgrave a narcissistic, manipulative voice where there's a hint of injustice and mania that feels unique and creepy.
Both actors did great in their version of Purple Man.
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coolgeek176 said at 9:55 PM on Sat Oct 13 2012
I;m voting for Brent Spiner. I've only heard his Joker before and am a little surprised i'm voting for him.
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pokemastanumba1 said at 11:15 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
Both were good, but I'm surprised that I also have to with Brent on this one (given that YJ's Joker was the only role of his I've heard before as well).
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Anicomicgeek said at 12:58 AM on Sat Aug 11 2012
@pokemastanumba1
I've heard good voice work from Spiner before; it was just his Joker that didn't work.
ReplyI've heard good voice work from Spiner before; it was just his Joker that didn't work.
pokemastanumba1 said at 9:08 PM on Sat Aug 11 2012
@Anicomicgeek I'm personally not familiar with his other voice-over work, so I can't really speak from a different point of view.
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Cartoon_fan87 said at 2:18 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
I like both of them, I think I'll with Brent he sounds scarier.
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Anicomicgeek said at 1:00 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
Both are good, but Brent Spiner was really creepy as Purple Man, so I'm gonna go with him.
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TheVengeanceKnight said at 10:51 PM on Sun Jul 29 2012
Wow, Brent Spiner really can voice act.
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Anicomicgeek said at 12:58 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
@TheVengeanceKnight
It was just his Joker that sucked.
ReplyIt was just his Joker that sucked.
TheVengeanceKnight said at 1:00 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
@Anicomicgeek Well, that was the only voice acting he's done that I was exposed to. ;)
ReplyD.A.V.E. said at 4:33 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
@TheVengeanceKnight You poor man :P. You need to watch "Gargoyles". It's a great show, and he was good in it as well.
ReplyTheVengeanceKnight said at 9:44 AM on Mon Jul 30 2012
@D.A.V.E. It's on my list of stuff to watch. ;)
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