Voice Compare » Spider-Man » Venom

1: Daran Norris (Okay, maybe Im just biased for the Playstation Spider-Man games, but Daran Norris was the Venom I always imagined. A deep, raspy voice. His breathing and tounge sounds are what make Venom sound like the monster he is. And he's pretty funny too).

2: Unknown Voice Actor (I really wish we knew who this voice actor was, he was one of the few good voices in that game. Although not as deep as Daran, he has just the right amount of rasp and menacing breathing).

3: Keith Szarabajka (Although he has no personality, Keith makes a menacing Venom. It worked well that that game, which wasn't a bad game in the end. Another example of a great filter-less Venom).

4: Hank Azaria (While I don't care for the filter, Hank did a great job making Eddie Brock/Venom a tragic hero. Like Barnes though, he suffers from cheesy dialogue.

If Steven Blum used his Anti-Venom voice, he'd be my favorite.

Brian Drummond's close too.

I've yet to hear my perfect Venom voice, but UVA comes close to what I've always imagined, Weird, huh?

So many interesting voice for Venom.

I'm actually going to vote for Daran Norris. Loved that the performance was both comedic and intimidating.

Benjamin Diskin and Brian Drummond both did fairly well. I thought Keith Szarabajka was boring and sounded like a generic demon.

Daran Norris' dialogue was a little silly, but I like how monstrous and big he sounded. The way he breathes, the way he uses his tongue, it sounded more appropriate to me because it gave me the feeling of how much the symbiote had changes Brock physically while warping his mind at the same time. Keith's lacks personality and Benjamin Diskin's is just his Brock voice with filters. They aren't bad, but in my opinion Daran's approach actually sounded appropriately alien and monstrous while still having a lot of human personality to him.

None of them are perfect, but I think Daran gave the most creative and appropriate voice for the character. The others just don't have the same uniqueness I would expect Venom to have.

Hank Azaria, Keith Szarajabka, Unknown VA, Brain Drummond for Classic, Arthur Burghardt for Ultimate. Matt Lanter and Ben Dishkin are neutral to me.

# 1 - Keith Szarabajka.
# 2 - Hank Azaria.
# 3 - Brian Drummond.
# 4 - Daran Norris.
# 5 - Arthur Burghardt
# 6 - Steve Blum.
# 7 - Chopper Bernet.
# 8 - Unknown Voice Actor.
# 9 - Benjamin Diskin.
# 10 - Quinton Flynn.
# 11 - Matt Lanter.
# 12 - Topher Grace.

Daran Norris for me.

Ben Diskin is my favorite. Keith Szarabajka,Arthur Burghardt,Daran Norris, and the unknown VA are good. Topher Grace sounds like he's upchucking throughout his clip.

Meh, I don't mind so much, I mean frankly I prefer Keith Szarabajka over both Hank Azaria and Benjamin Diskin as Venom anyways.

Where did all of Keith's votes come from?

REALLY, HANK AZARIA IS COMPLETLY ARTIFICALLY CORRODED HE COULD SUCK UNDER THAT IT'S NOT EVEN REAL, DARREN NORRIS IS AWESOME

My picks for Venom are Hank Azaria, Benjamin Diskin, Keith Szarabajka, Steven Blum, and Daran Norris

WHOA! Keith Szarabajka really jumped ahead in the poll. I'd almost say it was hacked, but it's not as outlandish as poll hacks on this site usually are. Guess a bunch of his fans must have joined recently.

To be honest all have their weak points... Matt Lanter needs another clip from the second Venom episode, that one doesn't do him justice! But yeah in the end I guess I'm sticking with Hank Azaria.

Btw I believe the UVA you are looking for is Pat Miller, don't have a picture of him though. Hope this helps. :)

Daran Norris for me, gets the perfect balance between comedic and scariness for Venom.

Hank and Brian are the best "Comic book" based Venom's.

Like Metabad said the UVA is actually pretty good surprisingly: sounds creepy and menacing, he did a pretty good job IMO.

Benjamin sounds too wimpy for Venom, no offense to anyone who thinks otherwise.

Keith and Arthur are actually too deep for Venom, while Quinton and Chopper were too high pitched.

Normally I like Steve but here he is actually kind of disappointing, he doesn't have that monstrous tone to his voice that the others do, he can do a lot better to be honest.

Matt's was disappointing, he should stick to Anakin Skywaler.

As for Topher: Why is he belching and talking at the same time? Kinda sound monotone as well, defiantly the weakest Venom IMO.

...yeah, Matt Lanter just sounds too plain goofy to me, I know Venom has some comedic moments at times in the various incarnations I've seen him in, but I simply cannot take this voice seriously at all, I'm sticking with Daran Norris (who can do both comedic, and serious moments perfectly)

Yeah, not really digging Matt's Venom. Sticking with Benjamin Diskin.

Need more for Matt Lanter. That clip is too short. I read he was gonna be played by Topher Grace speaking of whom his game performance is actually better for Venom. Too bad he didn't use it in the movie.

*facepalms* They've should've gotten someone else for Venom on Ultimate Spider-Man. Really not digging Matt Lanter's Venom. Yeah, I'll be sticking Keith Szarabajka for Venom.

1. Brian Drummond
2. Keith Szarabajka
3. Arthur Burghardt
4. Daran Norris
5. Hank Azaria

Benjamin Diskin did better as Eddie Brock and I prefer Steve Blum as Anti Venom

I'm hoping that LucasArts includes Durge in season 5 of the new CGI Clone Wars series. Because I believe Keith Szarabajka would be the perfect voice actor to portray him, based on how great his Venom voice is.

1:Steve Blum
2:Daran Norris
3:Keith Szarabajka
4:Arthur Burghardt
5:Quinton Flynn
6:Brian Drummond
7:Hank Azaria

Benjamin Diskin

Travis Willingham should play Venom in future installments!!!

I've never played the PS1 Spider-Man game and when I saw that Daran Norris was playing him I thought it would be a ridiculous silly voice, but I was wrong! That clip scared me and then I found out he was still a comedic character and that made it even better.

Hank Azaria

Love that Hank Azaria is beating Benjamin Dishkin by 12 in the polls. Finally a TAS VA is winning with a SSM VA pretty far behind.

Hank in first everthing i see he always comes into my mind he nailed venom he only missed the deep voice but still hank wins 1st place hands down

I liked artuher a lot he got the fearsome horor venom he gets 2nd place

3rd would be unknown voice actor he was very well done as venom but he probbaly be a great carnage

those are my 3 favs

Okay so I'm gonna repost my opinion since it's differ since last time.

Now I said Ben Diskin was a close second to me but I had recently watched Spectular Spiderman and was kinda brainedwashed by the show so anyway, he's alright. I mean for that version of Venom he's fine but he sounds kinda young, the double voice effect doesn't seem fitting for venom, and at times seems forced. Not hate to Spectular SPiderman or Ben but not that great of a Venom.

Hank makes Venom sound angryly insane, which I like. He made Venom sound threatening, angry and unpredictable but Hank also pulled off Venom's "Heroic" moments.

I like Brian Drummond and I think this is a good example of his work. I think it's unpredictable (not as much as Hank), deep but not too deep and could actually pull off "hero" moments better than Hank.

Aruthor's was too deep and a bit monster-like but I like the growling he did.

Now I hated Web of Shadows but Keith wasn't god awful (unlike the person who played Spiderman in the game). Good points are it sounded deep but not too deep and, from what I've seen at the end, he can pull off "heroic" moments. Bad points; monotoned, sounded like he was bored, and acting wasn't great.

When I heard Steven Blum was going to be Venom I was excited cause his wolferine was really good but I was kinda disapointed. One it's too high for Venom, plus a little too raspy. Steve can do a deep voice so I'm confused why he didn't.

Speaking of a disapointing voice of Venom, Topher Grace! The voice modulator they used in the game sounds awkard and makes him sound kinda robotic. Why not keep how he sounded in the movie, when Topher just made his voice deeper. Would that be so hard?

Bernet sounds like he had more potentical but I can't really judge him with what little I heard.

Norris sounds great, a good deep but not too deep and like Authur's has a cool growling noise. However Venom wasn't taken very serious in the game is Norris didn't get a real chance to shine.

I normally don't judge voice actors from games like Capcon vs Marvel but I do like how Wilson
said "Venom Fang". I kinda wish I could hear him do actually dialog instead of just attack names and some taunts.

I like Quinto Flynn so it pains me to say this, he's the weakest one here. His take was forced and too high. Also it could have used some voice modulating.

Mr. Unknown was good. Unpredictable and really terrorfying. The voice modulating effect is different from some of the others and makes his (or maybe her for all we know, wouldn't that be interesting) performace more interesting and orignal.

So I actually had a hard time choosing which I prefer but in the end I like Drummond's take. He captured more of Venom's personality, the evil revenge seeking villain and the dark anti-hero.
Also I noticed a mistake with Norri's and Blum's clips, they said I and me instead of we.

In regards to Eddie as Venom, I'm gonna go odd man out here and say my fav's Keith Szarabjka as Venom. Hank Azaria's good, too, as is Steven Blum. Benjamiun Diskin's all right and Arthur Burghardt's good as Ultmiate Venom.

Chopper Bennett's good, too, for Scorpion as Venom.

Hank did a fine job on the 90s show, but Diskin gets to explore so much more depth and range to Brock, and he's truly frightening as Venom. Everyone else is just "good".

Hank Azaria, to me gets the Venom-persona down, though the character design for Venom in this series (my favorite) wasn't that great...

Steve Blum is a close second, and his work for Wolverine alone is enough to impress.

Ben Diskin. He actually sounded unstable and dangerous. Azaria sounded like a generic thug, and the others tried too hard to sound scary.

Hank Azaria and Brian Drummond are closest to how I imagine Venom sounding in the comics.

Ben Diskin, Daran Norris, Topher Grace, and Quinton Flynn sound good for what they were.

Arthur Burghard sounds like an evil Yoda, Keith Szarabajka sounds too sinister, Steve Blum sounds like a cross between his Green Goblin and Vilgax, and the other three voices are pretty wooden to me.

Hank Azaria is my favourite, it mainly comes down to me thinking he is the perfect Eddie Brock, being a pathetic jerk, and that ultimately lead to his Venom being the best for me.

Daran Norris is perfect for Venom, he was great in the game and is pretty much the voice I've come to associate with Venom whenever I think of him or read his dialogue.

I do love the way Rod Wilson reads his "VENOM FANG" line.

The unknown voice actor actually did really good, a shame I don't know who it is. Props to whoever did that voice.

Hank Azaria does pretty good, but I don't think he really sounds monstrous enough. I mean an alien parasites infecting him and he just sort of sounds like an angry new yorker on steroids. Oh well, not the best, but not the worst either.

Brian Drummond sounds...a little too deep, I never thought I'd actually say that for Venom, but there you go. Same goes for Arthur Burghardt, though I do like the strange growling noises he makes. That's a nice touch.

Keith Szarabajka sounds really good and is probably in second place for me, the only thing is that I think something's wrong with his sound file, it'll only play out of the left speaker on my headphone while the rest play just fine.

Steve Blum...normally I like him, but he sounds a little too high pitched here which surprises me, he usually does deep voices really well but he just didn't do it for me here. I find the voice decent, but not suitable for Venom. Sorry Blum.

Chopper Bernet and Quinton Flynn both sound way too high pitched for Venom.

Benjamin Diskin just sounds like a whiny preteen to me, definitely doesn't fit Venom.

Topher Grace...WOW, he sounds HORRIBLE! Sure I was disappointed that he didn't speak as Venom much during the movie. But if he sounded like that? Eugh...suddenly him taking off his Venom face to talk as Brock doesn't seem like such a bad idea to me. Oddly enough he says "don't get bored" well he SOUNDS bored. Way too casual to make a good Venom.

Shame no one knows who Mr. Unknown is, he sounds pretty good. I wouldn't mind that as a voice for Venom.
Anyway I felt some of the voices were either too deep or too high.
Author and Keither I thought were too deep for Venom while Quinton and Steven were too high (interesting I thought it was Vic Mign. was Venom in Spiderman: Friend and Foe)
My favorites are Hank and Ben though I guess I'm going with Hank just because I grew up listening to his voice.

With the effect added in the video game, Topher Grace sounds MUCH better than he did in the movie. He was a fantastic Eddie Brock, but Venom? Meh.

Ben Diskin is the only one not using sound tricks to get the effect. He does two voices and they overlapped them. Very talented, very hard on the voice and very well done for his part.

Thanks to the PS1 Spider-Man game, Norris is who I hear in my head when I read Venom in comics.

Also: Venom was hilarious in that game.

To be fair, the MUA2 Venom is Mac Gargan (aka the Scorpion).

I was pleasantly surprised by Daran Norris and Hank Azaria's excellent performances since I only knew them for their comedic roles. (Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide for the former, and The Simpsons for the latter.) Arthur Burghardt was great too. I can't choose!

Quinton Flynn now added!

Chopper Bernet now added

its VERY short

I'm sure there's a longer clip but I couldn't find one

anyone find a longer clip send it my way on the forums :)

Topher Grace from spiderman 3 video game now added. I'll try and and some of the others who are still missing sometime soon.

@bypasser lol totally agree, Arthur's eyes and mouth expression give him that Garrett look :P

To me its a tie between Hank and Brian, but I will mention more if I can get the clips for Venom in the games.