Top 7 Animated Film Voice Actor Salaries

You may have heard of animated voice-over acting and some major celebs are known for this endeavor.

Well, in this article, we will discuss the amount of salaries these animated voice-over actors take.

Voice actors are known for lending their voices to animated TV, movies, audiobooks, commercials, documentaries, video games, as well as other media usages.

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Top 7 Animated Film Voice Actor Salaries

Hollywood A-listers can make up to $10 million for a movie if they agree to voice their characters in an animated picture, with some actors earning $200K for just two hours in the recording studio.

Some people work in animation on a regular basis, playing more voiceover roles than acting in front of the camera.

These are the 10 stars we always love to hear, regardless of how frequently they do it.

Eddie Murphy

 

Eddie Murphy is known for the voice behind these two classic animated blockbusters “Mushu from Mulan and Donkey From Shrek”.

In some documented records online, the actor and his co-stars for Shrek, Mike Myers, and Cameron Diaz made $35K per hour for the  Shrek sequel.

It is known that the actors initially deferred their salaries on the first film so they were making little more than scale, choosing instead to take a share of the box office which is around $3 million.

George Clooney

 

George was the voice of the 2009 slick protagonist of Fantastic Mr. Fox, directed by Wes Anderson.

Anderson, instead of putting George Clooney and his co-stars in the studio, sent them to a farmhouse to act out the scenes live.

As of 2022, George Clooney was reportedly making upwards of $50 Million per year.

The Rock (Dwane Johnson)

 

Dwane Jonhson (The Rock) is considered Hollywood’s highest-paid actor after starring in films including Netflix’s “Red Notice”, and Jumanji: The Next Level.

Johnson was discovered in 2016 and given the role of Maui, the legendary Samoan demigod, in Disney’s Moana, which brought in a staggering $683 million. This meant that the star was earning an astounding $21 Million in salary.

Matthew Broderick

 

Broderick has played major action roles in his life as an actor. He was the lead character in the 1986 action movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. In the famous The Lion King animation, Matthew acted as Simba.

In an interview, Matthew registered this excitement over the Lion King project.

He said “I was thrilled because it was a chance to be a part of these things that I grew up with,” said Broderick. “I remember Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs being my movie when I was a kid. My sister used to twist my ears and kiss me on the forehead goodnight. I thought that was hilarious. So it was great to have a chance to be a part of this thing”.

Sources indicate that Matthew Broderick was paid $5 million for his work as the voice of Simba.

Idina Menzel

 

Children all over the world adore the Broadway sensation for playing Elsa in the animated film Frozen. She has been doing voice work since 1998, including as Circe in the Disney series Hercules, so this wasn’t her first time doing it.

Reports have it that Idina Menzel was paid just $926 for playing Elsa in the Disney film “Frozen”.

The voiceover actor receives a salary of $ 2 million plus a monthly income of $0.1 Million.

Mark Hamill

Even though Mark Hamill is best recognized for playing Luke Skywalker, he now mostly works as a voice actor.

Hamill created adored characters for Avatar: The Last Airbender, Kingdom Hearts, Castle in the Sky, and the Regular Show and Time Squad on Cartoon Network.

The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, which is widely rated as one of the best of all time, is undoubtedly the most recognizable character he provided his voice for. Mark is said to be making approximately $0.1 million in Salary.

Samuel Jackson

Jackson has been in a number of well-known anime programs throughout the years and is an avid anime fan. He also voices ZOG in Astro Boy and Lieutenant Karl Aker in Kite in addition to Afro Samurai.