Stars Shoot for the Stars in Mass Effect 2

As if the nerd appeal of Mass Effect 2 weren't already burying the needle, today BioWare shed some more light on the game's voice cast, which is basically a murderer's row of sci-fi regulars and dependable character actors. Keith David (Men at Work, the second Westside Connection album) and Seth Green (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video, Old Dogs), whose characters return from the first game, are joined by Martin Sheen ( Apocalypse Now, Spawn), Shohreh Aghdashloo ("FlashForward", The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2), Yvonne Strahovski ("Chuck"), Adam Baldwin ("Firefly", My Bodyguard), Michael Dorn (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”, Saints Row 2), Tricia Helfer (“Battlestar Galactica”, Halo 3: ODST), Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”), and Carrie-Anne Moss ( The Matrix, "Models Inc").

That's a pretty solid cast, most of whom already have a fair amount of voice-over experience, but really, we're just happy that Keith David is back. Vinny points out that this video is basically the cast of Mass Effect 2. Also, Keith David's finest work. Enjoy.
 

That is indeed a pretty solid cast.

Hell yeah! 
Icing on the cake!

Cool, I thought that the girl on the cover looks like the one from Chuck.

that cast is quite something.
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Technically Martin Sheen is called Ramón Estévez.

I wonder if Yvonne will be using her American accent or her real Australian one....
 
either way, this is awesome news.

Men at Work is FAR from Keith David's best work. They Live, on the other hand....now that's quality.

They only character not voiced by a big name celebrity is: Shepard!

Cripple Fight!!!!

KEITH DAVID!  The voice of America.  At least according to Ken Burns documentaries.

Oh Keith David...you...knuckle head
 
Nice to see he's back.
 
Oh great, now i wanna see They Live to see what happens next

" I wonder if Yvonne will be using her American accent or her real Australian one....  either way, this is awesome news. "

What about Nolan North? No game can be made nowadays without him.

Jayne Cobb in Mass Effect 2 fuck yeah

Dorn and Sheen gave me a boner.

" I wonder if Yvonne will be using her American accent or her real Australian one....  either way, this is awesome news. "

So Tricia's keeping up her sci-fi geek goddess rep, eh?  Battlestar Gallactica, Chuck, Warehouse 13, Halo: ODST, Starcraft 2, and now ME2.

Man... the midi sax sound on the intro music to They Live is *really* bad.

Who does Michael Hogan play?  He's the man.

Nice, sounds like a good cast

So where is Bruce Campbell as the slick womanizing alien?

Fuck it, im now watching the infamous They Live on youtube
 
Dude this movie is awesome!

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Day 1. "

Holy Shit Colonel Tigh is in there!! YEAAAAH!!!

This is all good as far as I'm concerned.

I can't wait for Mass Effect 2. Now it has Yvonne? Awesome.

 Keith David is Oscar Mike in space!!!!

They don't make fight scenes like that anymore. Wait. Did they ever make fight scenes like that?

" I wonder if Yvonne will be using her American accent or her real Australian one....  either way, this is awesome news. "

Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin? That's pretty damn awesome. If only more people watched Chuck. :(

Now that DK is on board there is sure to be some good Oscar Mike moments in ME2!

No one, and I mean NO ONE messes with Keith David.

They Live is fucking amazing. Watched it a couple months back.

"  Seth Green (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video, Old Dogs) "
 
This is why I motherfucking love Ryan Davis.

Somebody get on making the Martin Sheen page QUICK!

Its great to see more and more game companies ponying up the cash for professional voice actors...it just makes the experience that much more engrossing...hire the pros!...now if the movie studios making video games based on films could only figure this out and hire great devs to stop making terrible tie ins...Avatar anyone? :/   
 
Fast Forward to Jan 26th plz :)

Martin Sheen? Weird, and his role in Mass Effect is "The Illusive Man."

" Its great to see more and more game companies ponying up the cash for professional voice actors...it just makes the experience that much more engrossing...hire the pros!...now if the movie studios making video games based on films could only figure this out and hire great devs to stop making terrible tie ins...Avatar anyone? :/    Fast Forward to Jan 26th plz :) "

Ahhhh They Live is one of my all time favorite movies.

never put the glasses on

" @Gary_Gannon said:

" Its great to see more and more game companies ponying up the cash for professional voice actors...it just makes the experience that much more engrossing...hire the pros!...now if the movie studios making video games based on films could only figure this out and hire great devs to stop making terrible tie ins...Avatar anyone? :/    Fast Forward to Jan 26th plz :) "

They're not professional voice actors, they're professional screen actors. There's a huge difference. And you can have unkown actors as great voice actors. See The Incredibles, Up etc. :) "

" @Gary_Gannon said:

" Its great to see more and more game companies ponying up the cash for professional voice actors...it just makes the experience that much more engrossing...hire the pros!...now if the movie studios making video games based on films could only figure this out and hire great devs to stop making terrible tie ins...Avatar anyone? :/    Fast Forward to Jan 26th plz :) "

They're not professional voice actors, they're professional screen actors. There's a huge difference. And you can have unkown actors as great voice actors. See The Incredibles, Up etc. :) "

" Who does Michael Hogan play?  He's the man. "

I could watch that fight sequence for the rest of my life. It's criminal that They Live still hasn't seen an Australian release on DVD.
 
@Rasgueado said:

" Man... the midi sax sound on the intro music to They Live is *really* bad. "

Putting famous screen actors / celebrities in games annoys me, I seem unable to connect them to their character and just keep thinking of them as themselves or whatever role they're famous for.  Doesn't happen with game voice talent though, so here's hoping the lovely Jennifer Hale is back.

That is an awesome cast.