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David Hemblen is a British Canadian as he's originally from London, England, and then moved to Toronto when he was growing up. In real life, he has a Masters Degree in English, and was actually working towards a PhD in Medieval Studies before he stopped to pursue Acting.
I would assume before Ian McKellen played him in the 2000s movies, it had something to do with America's tendency to give cartoon villains British accents (especially Received Pronunciation/"Queen's English") because to American ears they sound sophisticated/intelligent (useful in plotting evil plans) & foreign enough to contrast the often-American heroes but familiar enough to still be understood by audiences who hadn't heard many non-American accents. After the 2000s movies, I assume the reason is Ian McKellen.
I like the accent Hemblen went for and his attention to detail, but I don't mind the British accent. It would make sense for Magneto to train himself to speak like that to come off as more of a leader and to distance himself from his traumatic past
As for David Hemblen, just learned that he passed away recently. One of the best actors whom portrayed villains in Canadian History, best known for his roles as Lord Dread in Captain Power and Magneto from X-Men series. His contributions as an actor will never be forgotten.
David Hemblen did Magneto's voice as accurate as you can possibly hear it, a lot of the voice actors forget that Magneto is Romanian so he should always have that Romanian accent and David Hemblen obviously read comics because he was scary accurate with Magneto.
David Hemblen was amazing as Magneto. I feel that many guys who came after him mimicked his style. Also, I was surprised to discover that it was Christopher Judge who voiced the X-Men Evolution Magneto. Now if I ever watch that series again all I'll hear is Teal'c from SG1 fighting the X-Men.
+Zodiac MacCarthaigh Right up there with "All your bases are belonging to us!", not so.... Wait a minute...i now realized... *Teelq* was _Magneto?????_ but... but but but,.... Teelq's _son_ was *Spike!!!!!*
This one was difficult. So many great voices he's had the fortune to have. 1. *David Hemblen* (my personal favorite among many reasons, one is because he's the first voice that comes to mind after the others, meaning his sticks in my head the best) 2. James Arnold Taylor 3. Tom Kane 4. Dwight Schultz (absolutely nailed the McKellen style so impressively I thought it was him at first.) 5. Fred Tatasciore
David Hemblen IS MAGNETO. Christopher Judge and Tony Jay are okay, but they sound too evil. Tom Kane is good, but he sounds too much like an Ian Mckellen imitation. Hemblen makes it his own and it is a very memorable performance.
In ascending order: 10 = David Sobolov 9 = Maurice LaMarche 8 = Dwight Schultz 7 = Fred Tatascoire 6 = Tony Jay 5 = Richard Green. 4 = Ron Halder. 3 = David Hemblen. 2 = Tom Kane. 1 = Christopher Judge (Indeed)! Though the best ever is still Sir Ian McKellen
My Relist For Magento 1 David Hemblen 2 Dwight Schultz 3 Earl Boen, James Arnold Taylor and Richard Green 4 Christopher Judge and Fred Tatasciore 5 Tony Jay and Tome Kane 6 Michael Rye and Kyle Hebert 7 Ron Halder and Bill Graves 8 David Sobolov 9 George Buza 10 John Stephenson, Mauirce LaMarche and Lorne Kenndedy 11 Unknown and Travis Willingham
David Hemblen is my Magneto. The X-Men animated series is imprinted in my memories and David Hemblens voice as Magneto was a big part of it. His cadence, accent, the controlled rage in his words is what made him so perfect.
David Hemblen is the definitive voice for Magneto for me, he didn’t have Magneto sound like a villain planning world domination, he sounded like a character who was complexed, and a Holocaust survivor.
Hands down David Hemblen. He had a stern cold type of calm to his voice , which was brilliant because even though he was what could be considered a terrorist or extremist he was able to talk with a rational behind his motives, which actually made him even more dangerous as you actually got to fully understand his logic , rather than see him as just another card board cut out bad guy with world domination plans. Him and Cedric Smith had wonderful chemistry . I love Magneto's comment about how Xavier possibly might be wearing a toupee.
My favs) 1)David Hemblen. He could do evil and noble with that voice. Such presence. 2) Earl Boen. Hes very menacing, which suits a mostly villanous Magnus, from the 60/70;s. 3) Richard Green (XM Legends 2) I guess I'm biased b/c XM LEgends 2 is my favorite x-men video game of all time. He worked well with Patrick Stewart imo. No offense to Tom Kane, but I really dont like when VA are instructed to imitate a live action actors voice. It loses the unique nature.
Tony Jay, Ron Halder, Fred Tatasciore & Christopher Judge. Tony Jay is particularly impressive since he recorded that line only three years before his death from a non-cancerous tumour in his lung.
Hemblem by A LOT. Honestly, most of the voice cast from that show was pretty spot on. Tom Kane brings too much pomposity and not enough pathos. Others sound too evil or like mid-grade McKellan impressions. Hemblem makes me feel the survivor behind the the villain.
I think Tom Kane was trying to do Ian McKellan's Magneto from the movies. He did a great job of that. David Hemblen was the Magneto from the X-Men cartoons. The voice actors in that show were all so excellent that to this day, all of the voices from that show are to me the voices of those characters with no exception. Hemblen was a shining example of that. His voice work was brilliant on that show. I felt like everyone on there shined in their own way and I can't really think of one voice that was lacking.
David Hemblen is the hands down champ. Any one whose watched the 1992 series and heard Maneto say, "You're a fool Charles. Look at them. They can't even make peace with other" can attest to this.
Nolan north was the one who actually voiced him in lego marvel superheroes 1 , Phil proctor was the one who actually voiced him in marvel ultimate alliance 2 , Richard h. Greene was the one who actually voiced him in both x men legends 2 , and Marvel ultimate alliance 1 , and Christopher gaze was the one who voiced him in marvel nemesis the rise of the imperfects
Tom Kane is easily the most underrated one, there's just something about the way he portrays as him that's so special to me and I'm surprised not many people talk about him.
1. David Hemblen 2. Tony Jay 3. Tom Kane 4. Christopher Judge 5. James Arnold Taylor 6. Earl Boen 7. John Stephenson 8. Fred Tatasciore 9. Dwight Schultz 10. Bill Graves 11. Richard Green 12. Kyle Herbert 13. Ron Halder 14. Travis Willingham 15. George Buza 16. Michael Rye 17. David Sobolov 18. Unknown 19. Maurice LaMarche 20. Loren Kennedy
Point of order: Magneto's lines in the arcade game from 1992 where by an anonymous actor who no one's been able to find? According to some sort of copyright issue, for a relatively recent re-release of the game, Kyle Hebert *re-recorded* them... but was told in advance what the game was best known for. . .
Hemblen, Rye, Boen, Hebert, Kaye, Kane, Halder, Green, Graves, Arnold Taylor, Schultz, Buza, Jay, Kennedy, Judge, Tatasciore and are the very best Magnetos ever ... PERIOD!
As someone who basically grew up with Ian McKellen's Magneto and ONLY Ian McKellen's Magneto, it's weird for me to hear any version of him at his normal age (so excluding younger stuff like Fassbender and such) that's not deep and British. Not to mention that being deep and British gives him this great "mirror image/other side of the coin" vibe with Professor X. So with that said, the best ones here, in my humble opinion, are Tony Jay and Tom Kane, who both sound amazing. Some of the others are pretty good too, but yeah, if I had to say off the top of my head what cartoon Magneto should sound like, Tom Kane is pretty much what I would go for.
Christopher Judge from X-Men Evolution was pretty underrated in my opinion, sure he's not my personal favorite and at first I thought his voice didn't really match Magneto. But his voice has such a calming, angelic, messianic quality, and it kind of makes more sense why Mutants would flock to a guy who sounds like that; he sounds just as, if not more reassuring than Charles does. It also has a nice resonance that makes him sound "magnetic" if that makes sense. Other Magneto actors tend to express the pain and loss that he's been through, and Judge does that well too, but he represents other aspects, I like how his voice is sort of Godly and inspiring to listen to because he makes the Brotherhood seem more appealing for the mutants who feel lost and alone.
David Hemblen. He actually sounds like man from Germany or Poland. I don't know why they always give Magneto a British accent when he's not British!
David Hemblen is a British Canadian as he's originally from London, England, and then moved to Toronto when he was growing up. In real life, he has a Masters Degree in English, and was actually working towards a PhD in Medieval Studies before he stopped to pursue Acting.
He passed away today.
May he rest in peace. :(
I would assume before Ian McKellen played him in the 2000s movies, it had something to do with America's tendency to give cartoon villains British accents (especially Received Pronunciation/"Queen's English") because to American ears they sound sophisticated/intelligent (useful in plotting evil plans) & foreign enough to contrast the often-American heroes but familiar enough to still be understood by audiences who hadn't heard many non-American accents.
After the 2000s movies, I assume the reason is Ian McKellen.
I like the accent Hemblen went for and his attention to detail, but I don't mind the British accent. It would make sense for Magneto to train himself to speak like that to come off as more of a leader and to distance himself from his traumatic past
Christopher Judge is soooo underrated. He really brought out that calm yet fearsome presence Magneto's character always brought to the X-Men universe
he's an insane voice actor in general
Indeed.
Magneto was voiced by Kratos?
As for David Hemblen, just learned that he passed away recently.
One of the best actors whom portrayed villains in Canadian History, best known for his roles as Lord Dread in Captain Power and Magneto from X-Men series.
His contributions as an actor will never be forgotten.
David Hemblen did Magneto's voice as accurate as you can possibly hear it, a lot of the voice actors forget that Magneto is Romanian so he should always have that Romanian accent and David Hemblen obviously read comics because he was scary accurate with Magneto.
Magneto is from Poland
Magneto is from Germany.my favorite is Tony Jay
He's German
@alexey bagirav He`s German in The Comics and Polish in The Films and X-Men Evolution.He`s also Jewish.
Fact: Magneto's birth name is Max Eisenhardt.
David Hemblen was in lack for a better word Epic. His skill puts all the others to shit. He was no joke badass.
He also seems to be the only one who at least tried to give him a European accent. I mean he's supposed to be German people.
+Omar Harris He's Polish.
David Hemblen is British Canadian, but likely has some German and Polish roots.
David Hemblen. Such a wonderfully distinctive voice.
David Hemblen was amazing as Magneto. I feel that many guys who came after him mimicked his style.
Also, I was surprised to discover that it was Christopher Judge who voiced the X-Men Evolution Magneto. Now if I ever watch that series again all I'll hear is Teal'c from SG1 fighting the X-Men.
agreed.
"X-men,Welcome to die!"
-Magneto
Zodiac MacCarthaigh MASTER OF MAGNET!
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+Zodiac MacCarthaigh Right up there with "All your bases are belonging to us!", not so....
Wait a minute...i now realized... *Teelq* was _Magneto?????_ but... but but but,.... Teelq's _son_ was *Spike!!!!!*
"Magneto,welcome to die!"
-Deadpool
My favourite is David Hemblen from the 1992 X-Men series.
awesome...notice the slight european accent he brings to the character.
I don't suppose you've heard of a more previous villain role he played on TV, namely Lord Dread on Captain Power?
Mine too
This one was difficult. So many great voices he's had the fortune to have.
1. *David Hemblen* (my personal favorite among many reasons, one is because he's the first voice that comes to mind after the others, meaning his sticks in my head the best)
2. James Arnold Taylor
3. Tom Kane
4. Dwight Schultz (absolutely nailed the McKellen style so impressively I thought it was him at first.)
5. Fred Tatasciore
My favorites are: 1. Tony Jay 2. David Hemblen 3. Christopher Judge 4. Tom Kane 5. Earl Boen.
Honestly...Christopher Judge is my favourite I just love his voice
David Hemblen IS MAGNETO. Christopher Judge and Tony Jay are okay, but they sound too evil. Tom Kane is good, but he sounds too much like an Ian Mckellen imitation. Hemblen makes it his own and it is a very memorable performance.
Tony Jay would've been awesome as Doctor Doom.
I’ve heard that the shows version was based off Ian so that’s likely why
Hemblen sounds different in his mutant academy 2 appearance, that dark modulation voice
In ascending order:
10 = David Sobolov
9 = Maurice LaMarche
8 = Dwight Schultz
7 = Fred Tatascoire
6 = Tony Jay
5 = Richard Green.
4 = Ron Halder.
3 = David Hemblen.
2 = Tom Kane.
1 = Christopher Judge (Indeed)!
Though the best ever is still Sir Ian McKellen
David Hemblen. That is all.
My Relist For Magento
1 David Hemblen
2 Dwight Schultz
3 Earl Boen, James Arnold Taylor and Richard Green
4 Christopher Judge and Fred Tatasciore
5 Tony Jay and Tome Kane
6 Michael Rye and Kyle Hebert
7 Ron Halder and Bill Graves
8 David Sobolov
9 George Buza
10 John Stephenson, Mauirce LaMarche and Lorne Kenndedy
11 Unknown and Travis Willingham
Tom Kane all the way!!
David Hemblen is my Magneto. The X-Men animated series is imprinted in my memories and David Hemblens voice as Magneto was a big part of it. His cadence, accent, the controlled rage in his words is what made him so perfect.
Tim Curry should get a chance to voice Magneto. I feel as though he'd nail doing a light voice for Magneto while still making Magneto sound evil.
I also think Steve Blum would be a good Magneto.
Christopher Judge. Christopher Christopher Christopher Judge.
Yep. Yep. Yep.
Julian Zabala reminds me of Michael Fassbender
+Cerberusballs Indeed! Indeed! Indeed!
Tony Jay's voice gives me chills, wow
Christopher Judge and Tom Kane
David Hemblen, Tony Jay and Tom Kane.
Xehanort10 same
David Hemblen is the definitive voice for Magneto for me, he didn’t have Magneto sound like a villain planning world domination, he sounded like a character who was complexed, and a Holocaust survivor.
I think all the voice actors did a great job and of course Sir Ian and Fassbender are great as the live action Magneto
I always loved Christopher Judge's voice as Magneto, but I think Tom Kane's is the best.
Tony Jay? Magneto-Frollo confirmed...
lol true
Hemblen made Magneto for me. He had the European/polish accent
David Hemblen is actually British Canadian, which might explain why he has a British like accent, but he may have German and Polish roots.
Tom Kane is the definitive Magneto's voice for me, but I love all the versions from the actors through the years.
I could've sworn Nolan North played Magneto in Lego Marvel Superheroes
Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender for live action
David Hemblen, Tom Kane, Christopher Judge and Ron Halder for animation
Ian Mckellan is the best Magneto.
You know if he uses the voice he uses for Count Dooku, I think Corey Burton would be fantastic as Magneto.
Hands down David Hemblen.
He had a stern cold type of calm to his voice , which was brilliant because even though he was what could be considered a terrorist or extremist he was able to talk with a rational behind his motives, which actually made him even more dangerous as you actually got to fully understand his logic , rather than see him as just another card board cut out bad guy with world domination plans. Him and Cedric Smith had wonderful chemistry . I love Magneto's comment about how Xavier possibly might be wearing a toupee.
Agreed!
David Hemblem and Tom Kane.
How did Ultron and Magneto share the same actor?
My favs) 1)David Hemblen. He could do evil and noble with that voice. Such presence. 2) Earl Boen. Hes very menacing, which suits a mostly villanous Magnus, from the 60/70;s. 3) Richard Green (XM Legends 2) I guess I'm biased b/c XM LEgends 2 is my favorite x-men video game of all time. He worked well with Patrick Stewart imo. No offense to Tom Kane, but I really dont like when VA are instructed to imitate a live action actors voice. It loses the unique nature.
1 David hemblen: he will always be magneto
2 Tony Jay: shame he was only in one game
Tom Kane is good, but this list is incomplete. Sir Ian McKellan is missing.
Furious Sherman He only did the movies.
T vampasta that shouldn't stop Ian from voicing Magneto in the three-part Teen Titans season 6 episode known as "Suicide Squad"
Damian Prock Very funny.
Tony Jay, Ron Halder, Fred Tatasciore & Christopher Judge. Tony Jay is particularly impressive since he recorded that line only three years before his death from a non-cancerous tumour in his lung.
"You are an idealist Charles I am a realist". My favorite is Christopher Judge.
RIP David Hemblen best voice Christopher Judge From evolution was great as well Richard green from XML2 was also good.
1 Dwight Schultz
2 Fred Tatasciore
3 Christopher Judge
4 David Hemblen
5 Earl Boen
David Hemblen, Christopher Judge, James Arnold Taylor, Dwight Schultz, Tom Kane, Tony Jay (Amazing as Baron Mordu, Shre Kahn).
Tom Kane and Ian McKellen are the best in the case of Magneto
Hemblem by A LOT. Honestly, most of the voice cast from that show was pretty spot on. Tom Kane brings too much pomposity and not enough pathos. Others sound too evil or like mid-grade McKellan impressions. Hemblem makes me feel the survivor behind the the villain.
God bless Tony Jay. Ever since Frollo, he always great as Magneto.
David Hemblen did this voice the best. Christopher Judge and Richard Green did pretty good too.
I think Tom Kane was trying to do Ian McKellan's Magneto from the movies. He did a great job of that. David Hemblen was the Magneto from the X-Men cartoons. The voice actors in that show were all so excellent that to this day, all of the voices from that show are to me the voices of those characters with no exception. Hemblen was a shining example of that. His voice work was brilliant on that show. I felt like everyone on there shined in their own way and I can't really think of one voice that was lacking.
"I think Tom Kane was trying to do Ian McKellan's Magneto from the movies."
Yup, he mentioned this in various areas.
David Hemblen is the hands down champ. Any one whose watched the 1992 series and heard Maneto say, "You're a fool Charles. Look at them. They can't even make peace with other" can attest to this.
Tony Jay is the best, though I never thought I'd say this, but James Arnold Taylor actually does a pretty dam good Magneto himself.
Nolan north was the one who actually voiced him in lego marvel superheroes 1 , Phil proctor was the one who actually voiced him in marvel ultimate alliance 2 , Richard h. Greene was the one who actually voiced him in both x men legends 2 , and Marvel ultimate alliance 1 , and Christopher gaze was the one who voiced him in marvel nemesis the rise of the imperfects
5:39 That was Nolan North, not David Slobov who voiced Magneto then.
Tom Kane is the best Magneto
Dave Hemblen, George Buza, and Lorne Kennedy!
1 Tom Kane
2 James Arnold Taylor
3 Nolan North
David Hemblin/George Buza/Lorne Kennedy
David Hemblen by a long shot!!! And as much as I love Dwight Schultz and Tom Kane, it just seems as though they are doing Ian McKellan as Magneto.
TOP FAVORITES:
1) Earl Boen/Michael Rye
2) James Arnold Taylor
3) Tom Kane
4) David Hemblen
5) Kyle Hebert/George Buza/Lorne Kennedy
I always pictured Dwight as Magneto... sophisticated
Christopher Gaze did the voice for Magneto in Rise of the Imperfects.
I honestly like Tom Kane and Richard Green the most.
I like Christopher judge as magento
It was today I found out Christopher Judge voiced Magneto in Evolution 😃
David Hemblen is still my favorite.
The next voice for Magneto should be Clancy Brown!
Tom Kane is easily the most underrated one, there's just something about the way he portrays as him that's so special to me and I'm surprised not many people talk about him.
Tom Kane. Literally the voice I read magnetos lines in in the comics
Cool that Tony Jay voiced him. Which series did David what'shisname voice him for?
David Hemblem, Earl Boen, Christopher Judge and Tom Kane is my favorite magneto.
George Buza is underrated.
"You dare rise against me? The Human Era is over, the Mutant Era has come."
1. David Hemblen
2. Tom Kane
3. Christopher Judge
4. Tony Jay
5. George Buza
6. Ron Halder
David Hemblen is Magneto.
"Better to die on our feet, than live on our knees."
"The brave are always the first to die."
Hemblen and Tom Kane are my two personal favorites
1.James Arnold Taylor
2.Ron Halder
3.Tom Kane
4.Richard Green
5.David Hemblen
1. David Hemblen
2. Tony Jay
3. Tom Kane
4. Christopher Judge
5. James Arnold Taylor
6. Earl Boen
7. John Stephenson
8. Fred Tatasciore
9. Dwight Schultz
10. Bill Graves
11. Richard Green
12. Kyle Herbert
13. Ron Halder
14. Travis Willingham
15. George Buza
16. Michael Rye
17. David Sobolov
18. Unknown
19. Maurice LaMarche
20. Loren Kennedy
I couldn't help but think of Megabyte from the Reboot cartoon series when this got to Tony Jay.
David Hemblem, Richard Green. Ron Halder, James Arnold Taylor in that order.
Point of order: Magneto's lines in the arcade game from 1992 where by an anonymous actor who no one's been able to find? According to some sort of copyright issue, for a relatively recent re-release of the game, Kyle Hebert *re-recorded* them... but was told in advance what the game was best known for. . .
Also, people are talking about David Hemblen actually having the accent... sounds like "Unknown Actor" actually had something like that going.
Love how Tom Kane sounds like Ian McKellen.
Hemblen, Rye, Boen, Hebert, Kaye, Kane, Halder, Green, Graves, Arnold Taylor, Schultz, Buza, Jay, Kennedy, Judge, Tatasciore and are the very best Magnetos ever ... PERIOD!
Ian Mckellen, Michael Fassbender, David Hemblen
Christopher Judge. Evolution did all thr voices perfectly in general.
Tony Jay and Tom Kane the best!
Surprisingly all of these voice actors do an excellent job on Magneto
As someone who basically grew up with Ian McKellen's Magneto and ONLY Ian McKellen's Magneto, it's weird for me to hear any version of him at his normal age (so excluding younger stuff like Fassbender and such) that's not deep and British. Not to mention that being deep and British gives him this great "mirror image/other side of the coin" vibe with Professor X. So with that said, the best ones here, in my humble opinion, are Tony Jay and Tom Kane, who both sound amazing. Some of the others are pretty good too, but yeah, if I had to say off the top of my head what cartoon Magneto should sound like, Tom Kane is pretty much what I would go for.
My top five go to Tom Kane, David Hemblen, Christopher Judge, Ron Halder, and Earl Boen.
Christopher Judge from X-Men Evolution was pretty underrated in my opinion, sure he's not my personal favorite and at first I thought his voice didn't really match Magneto.
But his voice has such a calming, angelic, messianic quality, and it kind of makes more sense why Mutants would flock to a guy who sounds like that; he sounds just as, if not more reassuring than Charles does. It also has a nice resonance that makes him sound "magnetic" if that makes sense.
Other Magneto actors tend to express the pain and loss that he's been through, and Judge does that well too, but he represents other aspects, I like how his voice is sort of Godly and inspiring to listen to because he makes the Brotherhood seem more appealing for the mutants who feel lost and alone.
My Favourite Is Tony Jay followed by Tom Kane!
And Ian McKellen (,,X-men" (2000)), and Michael Fassbender (,,X-men: First Class" (2011))
My favorites:
1: Tony Jay
2: Richard Green
3: Earl Boen
4: David Hemblen
David Hemblen, Christopher Judge
RIP David Hemblen-You were Magneto.
Tom Kane was good but he came across like he was trying to sound like Ian McKellan...
Maurice LaMarche and James Arnold Taylor are great fits for Magneto
So... have you done one for Galactus?
for me, Christopher Judge is the real magneto
David Hemblem, David Shultz, and Ian McKellan
Magneto became Candy Man between 2000-2004 and prey to Murdoch's mimicking in 2006
That's not Tony Todd doing the EVO voice. It's Teal'C from Stargate.
Yeah, who does the "welcome to die"?
+Vezonmodder Ah.
"I am Magneto, master of magnet!."
D-mob as magneto? I dig it...just like darth vader is portraying mufasa in the lion king
Richard Green is the best for me. X-Men Legends 2 and Marvel ultimate lliance.