About this episode
The episode discusses the potential for a Voice Acting Oscar category, focusing on notable Disney performances and their impact.
Our 2026 May Miniseries CATEGORY IS… continues this week with a discussion about a dreamed-for category that stirred a lot of conversation, particularly in the 2000s. We’re talking about Voice Acting! This episode, we dive into a Disney-centric history of celebrated Disney performances and which of them might have been Oscar frontrunners, from Robin Williams to Ellen DeGeneres. We also talk about voice performances that earned major precursor nominations, Andy Serkis making waves in motion capture as Gollum, and how narration and documentary work might also be considered. And of course: the ten voice acting performances we would hand a retroactive Oscar!
People in this episode
Hosts: Joe, Chris
Topics covered
- Voice Acting
- Disney performances
- Oscar frontrunners
- motion capture
- narration
- documentary work
Keywords
- Voice Acting
- Disney
- Oscar
- Robin Williams
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Andy Serkis
- Gollum
- motion capture
- documentary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Disney
Books & works: Gollum
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