"It's not a question of can or can't. In life there are some things you just do."

-Claire "Lightning" Farron

There have been quite a few top list Hollywood celebrities who have taken a role in video game industry, and they are very good at it. Here are 9 famous movie and TV stars that you probably didn't know they were voice acting the characters in our favorite video games.

Charles Dance as Emperor Emhyr

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Well known for his performance as Lord Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones, Charles Dance is not only the head of House Lannister, but also an emperor of Nilfgaard. He voiced the character Emperor Emhyr van Emreis from one of the most superior game ever made, The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt. The British actor stated that he was quite excited as this is the first game he was took part in. 

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Chloë Grace Moretz as Emily Kaldwin

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Young Emily Kaldwin from the game Dishonored was voiced by Chloë Moretz. To her, voice acting is kinda challenging and different because you can't use facial expression when doing voiceover, while in acting you can almost say nothing and express so much only through a look. Being one of the remarkable actress, many people expected her to be in Dishonored 2, but unfortunately she didn't join the next series of Dishonored game.

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Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins

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The famous Frodo Baggins actor also voiced Frodo Baggins character (duh) in multiple video game versions of The Lord of the Rings. Elijah Wood is a gamer himself, taking part in it was a good decision and he stated that the games were incredible and he was very impressed with the games. Besides became the voice actor of Frodo Baggins, Elijah Wood also is the one who gave the voice to Spyro from Spyro games and Kratos' brother in God of War III. Way to go Mr. Frodo!

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Ellen Page as Jodie Holmes

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Developer Quantic Dream brought Grace Philpotts-Page to their game as the voice actress in the video game Beyond : Two Souls, as the primary playable protagonist Jodie Holmes. Beyond : Two Souls took the attention not only of gamers but also movie fans. With the motion capture technology, many people viewed the game as much an interactive movie as it was a video game.

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Mark Hamill as The Joker

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We all know him as the actor of Luke Skywalker, no? Besides being well known as the iconic Jedi in Star Wars series, Mark Hamill other successful role is as the voice actor of the Joker in Batman games for about 20 years. After his final voice work and laugh as the Joker in Batman : Arkham City, he stated on his Twitter account that he was retired from being the Joker's voice actor. 

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Emma Stone as Amanda Cartwright

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There are several Hollywood and Hong Kong stars who voiced the ceharacters of Square Enix's Sleeping Dogs, and Emma Stone is one of them and was being the most anticipated. Emma Stone took the role to voice Amanda Cartwright, the potential girlfriend to the player's character, Wei Shen, but not to the player (insert feel meme). She stated that everyone thinks it's so cool that Emma is in to do voiceover in a video game.

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Samuel L. Jackson as Officer Tenpenny

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We all know the corrupt officer who toss CJ by the street at the beginning of the game, and end up dead and mutilated by the homeless in the end of the game (Moral of this? Don't mess with Grove Street). Officer Tenpenny from Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas was voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, which make him won a "Best Performance" award for the role at the 2004 Spike Video Game Awards. 

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Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman

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Back in 2007 when the first Assassin's Creed came out, video game players felt like Lucy's voice sounded familiar. It took some time for players to realize that it was Kristen Bell. She gave her likeness and voice to Lucy Stillman, one of the member of the Asassin Order. She is known for her role in Veronica Mars and When in Rome, and now Anna from Frozen.

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Liam Neeson as James (Dad) 

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Fallout 3 make many video game players surprised when they found out that the voice actor of the father of the Lone Wanderer, James, was Liam Neeson. He didn't video games much, but he was in for the project because he was interested by Fallout 3's storyline. He usually take a tough guy role in movies with his intimidating voice, but his role in Fallout 3 has shown that he can express other emotion with his voice.

This list is some of Hollywood celebs who gave the voice to many video games characters. They enjoyed their role in video games voice acting for us to enjoy the games. If there will be more Hollywood celebs get into video game industry in the future, let's hope they could make great games to be even better.

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