2024 FanX Animation Voice Actor Panel

2024 FanX Animation Voice Actor Panel

From Matinee Heroes by Craig Price - Elisabeth Rappe - Alan Cerny

May 31, 2026 · 42 min

About this episode

Craig moderates a lively animation voice actor panel featuring several prominent voice actors discussing their careers and the evolution of voice acting.

2024 FanX Animation Voice Actor Panel Recorded live at FanX 2024, this episode of Conversations with Craig features Craig moderating a lively animation voice actor panel with Phil LaMarr, Spencer Grammer, Fred Tatasciore, Sean Chiplock, Khary Payton, and Jess Harnell. The conversation moves from career stories and fan questions to voice acting techniques, music, artificial intelligence, convention life, and the unpredictable comedy that happens when a room full of performers starts riffing off each other. The panelists discuss how voice acting has changed as fans have become more familiar with the people behind their favorite animated characters and video game roles. Audience questions lead to stories about auditions, musical inspiration, performance anxiety, AI, and the challenge of bringing emotion to even the smallest lines. The panel gets wonderfully ridiculous with dramatic Pac-Man, Call of Duty Zombies holiday music, cage-free zombies, emotional dot-dot-dots, and a surprisingly confident ruling on whether water is wet. “I’m damned displeased to be killed in this fashion.” - Fred Tatasciore Want more exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from the people who…

People in this episode

Host: Craig Price

Guests: Phil LaMarr, Spencer Grammer, Fred Tatasciore, Sean Chiplock, Khary Payton, Jess Harnell

Topics covered

  • animation
  • voice acting
  • convention life
  • career stories
  • fan interaction
  • comedy

Keywords

  • voice acting
  • animation
  • FanX
  • panel discussion
  • comedy
  • auditions
  • AI

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