Before I get started I want to thank everyone who’s stopped by the site and commented or linked back to the original post. I really appreciate the link love.

Also, to my steady readers, be you few and far between, an apology for my recent absence. Sloane’s grandmother has been in the hospital and it’s been stressy. Not to mention looking for a full time job so I can take care of my kitties.

So, on with the show.

I don’t know it is because I felt like I needed to rush my entry to the Problogger contest, but I missed a number of people on my list of actors who could read me a phonebook. Some of these I was reminded of in the comments and some I remembered as I saw them on the boob tube.

Now then, let’s kick it into high gear with number five.

5. Nicole Kidman – While I am not a huge fan of Kidman I have to admit she’s got one of those velvet voices, the kind that you can almost feel while you listen to her. She’s excellent at maintaining an accent and can even sing. This is always a plus in my opinion.

4. Ewan McGregor – This is one of those actors I can close my eyes and enjoy the movie without even looking at the screen. He’s still got a trace of that delicious Scottish burr in his voice which he can manipulate into being full and thick to non-existent. Bonus, like Kidman he sings and hell, I’ll admit it; if he ever released a CD I’d be all over it.

3. Sean Connery – Speaking of Scottish burrs, this man has it aced. It does help that he still resides in Scotland, at least last time I looked. The down side is that Connery has a harder time dissolving his accent, but honestly, who really minds when it rubs you all over every time he opens his mouth?

2. Alan Rickman – Oh yummy. He has such skill with his voice alone, able to pitch evil and threat into his tones just with a few words. He’s the perfect person to embody evil and a drool fest if he ever teamed up with Tim Curry for a dastardly duo. With Rickman what’s nice is that he can emote with his voice, you seem to always know what his character is thinking and feeling when he speaks.

1. James Earl Jones – Let’s hear it for Darth Vader. Admit it, as bad as so many felt that Star Wars Episode 3 was, hearing the voice behind the mask again was worth it. He rivals Morgan Freeman for best voice and if there were awards he’d have to tie for it. Best thing I ever heard/saw in my life was Jones and Patrick Stewart reading Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. It was only them and a pair of podiums on stage with a pretty Christmas backdrop. I’d love to find a copy of this on DVD.

Again, please feel free to share your favorites or think there’s someone else I need to give a better listen to.