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Popular Voice Actor Man / Roles is an exploitable meme format based on the Same Voice Actor meme, which consists of a photograph of a voice actor and examples of two of their drastically different performances, "Lord Darkness Edgeman" and "Fish" in the original image. Originally posted in October 2023, the exploitable image has been used to showcase the acting range of popular Western and Japanese voice actors.

Origin

On October 24th, 2023, X^[1] / Twitter user @kumo_zd posted a humorous mockup of a voice actor portfolio depicting their photograph together with two of their drastically different roles, the edgy and brooding "Lord Darkness Edgeman" and the goofy "Fish." The post (shown below) garnered over 41,000 reposts and 275,000 likes in two years. The image is an example of the Same Voice Actor meme.

Spread

In late October 2023, multiple users on X / Twitter quoted the image with examples of voice actors' performances that would fit the meme, with some users editing the image.

For example, on October 24th, 2023, X^[2] user @gl00mii_ro quoted the image with an edit displaying two performances by voice actor Mick Wingert, Dottore in Genshin Impact and Po in Kung Fu Panda. The post (shown below) received over 1,200 reposts and 9,800 likes in one year.

Following an active period of virality in late October 2023, the format was occasionally used on X, Reddit and other sites in the following years.

For instance, on December 13th, 2024, Redditor Volfaer posted a version of the meme featuring two performances by Japanese voice actor Takehito Koyasu, with the post (shown below) garnering over 3,900 upvotes in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure subreddit /r/ShitPostCrusaders^[3] in two months.

On January 31st, 2025, voice actor Baldwin Williams Jr. (@baldwinvoices)^[4] reposted the original image while reacting to a post about two of their performances. The post garnered over 11,000 reposts and 166,000 likes in four days, revitalizing the popularity of the meme in early February 2025.

For example, on February 2nd, X^[5] user @SieiQ_BRAINROT posted a version of the meme about voice actor Gianni Matragrano, with their post (shown below) gaining over 2,100 reposts and 18,000 likes in two days.

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