Top 10 Best Voice Acting Performances of the Decade So Far

The voices of a generation. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re looking at the best voice-acting performances in films released between 2020 and 2024. Our countdown includes "Inside Out 2," "Encanto," “Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,” and more! What are YOUR favorite voice acting performances of the 2020s? Let your voice be heard in the comments!

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[marioemiliogutierrezmunoz]

Alright with Maya Hawke's anxiety but this year's voice acting performance is Lupita Nyong'o as the wild robot.

[ianhimmelstein]

Voice acting should be considered for Oscars because it’s the hardest form of acting

[davidker]

Don’t get me wrong: all of these are really good performances, but leaving off Lupita Nyong’o as Roz (The Wild Robot) is a huge oversight. Not only is her performance incredible on all the conventional levels (inflection, emotion, etc.), but she does something incredibly rare: she changes the voice as the movie progresses. By making her voice more emotional, more nuanced as she goes, she’s able to show Roz’s character growth in a way that none of these other performances manage. Indeed, I can’t recall another voice acting performance that does this in nearly as smooth a fashion. Yes, plenty of characters show a variety of emotions, and plenty of vocal performances can change over the course of years (this, of course, well be more readily observable in shows than movies), but I can’t think of another voice actor that managed to show so much character development just on the strength of their performance. Seriously, even if you didn’t understand English, I think you’d be able to notice the progression just from her voice. Maybe there’s been another vocal performance over the course of the last century, but I can’t think of one.

[Flkser]

To me, some of the greatest voice acting are the ones you couldn't recognize the actors that were voicing the character. If you watched a movie, see a character talking and didn't instantly think of an actor who's voicing it when you heard the character talk, that's phenomenal voice acting

[krististarosta]

I was like so surprised to see Jack Black as Bowser on the list! I really love The Super Mario Bros. Movie!

[pepito]

Maya Hawke and her lovable awkward and relatability persona, played a role in helping make a problematic character like Anxiety, not flat out hatable

[Alastor_simp]

As someone who has anxiety for most of my life that’s how I’d imagine her to be.Maya voiced Anxiety perfectly

[ElizabethMcCormick-sn]

And to think that Stephanie also voices Vaggie in "Hazbin Hotel"! Such range!

[jmleeinla]

I adore voice actors. They all bring film to life. I’m sure it’s not easy, which makes it all the more magical. I’d love a video of just watching the actors recording!!

[carleeelders]

Robert Pattison should be on the list (#2) and not an honorable mention. He has an incredible talent for altering his voice completely for his character. Smooth for Edward Cullen, raspy for the Heron, low for Bruce Wayne, high-pitched for Mickey. He is incredible!🤩

[ElizabethMcCormick-sn]

I will always hear Anxiety with Maya Hawke's voice now!

[DarkAngel-owck]

I love Stranger Things, so I was thrilled when I heard Maya was playing Anxiety. I’ve suffered from anxiety for 16 years, and I wound up crying in the theater. She nailed it ❤

[sockygaldamez]

All of these actors really put an outstanding performance into there characters and really brought them to life 😊 and that’s what normally impresses me about voice actors so much ❤️❤️

[tigerclaw]

I’d absolutely enjoyed Jack Black as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Po in Kung Fu Panda 4

[kelleyceccato]

This is probably my favorite of all the MsMojo lists I've watched. I can't quarrel with a single choice; I'm especially glad to see David Bradley included, along with Eva Whittaker and Robert Pattinson among the Honorable Mentions, and Jenny Slate's Marcel definitely deserves that No. 1 spot. Only one tiny nitpick: the only-one-actor-per-film policy keeps Wagner Moura's deserving turn as the Wolf in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish out of the Honorable Mentions. IMO, he should have been mentioned anyway.

Since this list specifies the top performances of this decade rather than "all time, " I can't complain about recency bias. However, at some point in the future, a "Top 10 Best Voice Acting Performances from Classic Disney Films" would be a welcome sight. Sterling Holloway's Winnie-the-Pooh, Walter Catlett's Honest John, Edward Brophy's Timothy Mouse, Betty Lou Gerson's Cruella de Vil, and J. Pat O'Malley's Cyril the Horse ("a bit of a trotter, a bit of a rotter") might be included there.

[dragonguardianqueen]

This is why I think voice actors/actresses are really amazing at what they do.

[Buggy-suoy]

Harvey Gullien as Perrito the Dog in Puss in Boots: Last Wish.

[anniebanzon]

i absolutely love Jack Black's roles as both Bowser(from "the Super Mario Bros Movie") and Claptrap(from "Borderlands movie")!

but i mostly LOVE Ben Schwartz as Sonic(from the 1st "Sonic the Movie" and the 2nd), i cannot wait for the 3rd movie!!!

[eugeniapatroncosta]

Jack Black as Bowser was funny and evil.
David Bradley as Geppeto was a masterpiece.
Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots was a nostalgic moment.
Shaneik Moore as Miles Morales a.k.a. the Spider-Man was spectacular.

[justafan]

I hope Hawke gets the chance to thrive.