Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Ganondorf Voice Actor Revealed As Matthew Mercer

So is he the voice we've been hearing in the trailers saying stuff like, "Rise, my servants?" I hope not, cause I honestly find it pretty corny. I thought it was that ProZD guy on YouTube. I'm hoping that's just one of Ganondorf's underlings (like Zant, Ghirahim). In the newest trailer he says something like, "You're about to witness the rebirth of a king," so it'd be kinda weird for Ganondorf to be speaking in the third person. Really hoping that's somebody different, lol.

Hm. I like Matt. He's a good actor. Hopefully when we hear more of him he'll sound better than most of the other actors so far.

Still though, I do kinda wish they went with someone who has a bit more...bassiness to them? Like... somewhere between Ving Rhames and Keith David. That's what I've always imagined at least, when it comes to doing a Ganondorf voice.

This was probably the most consistently guessed reveal in the two trailers which involved his voice, he's very recognizable especially for anybody who is familiar with voice actors.

That being said, I think his voice is a good fit (probably not as growly as I would have liked, but I don't want him to smoke a stash for me to get my Ganon fanfic), I'll be looking forward to seeing the voice cast in the new game.

This includes all of the voice actors from the previous games, because I think Hyrule Warriors was a significant improvement in voice acting over BOTW and I feel like we will receive the same upgrade here. From no-name voice actors who voiced the first games they may very well become my new favourites.

A little crazy thinking that this all happened in the span of one generation of Nintendo consoles, looking back at it. A company that was notorious for not having any voice acting ever in any video games has now got some of the greatest voice acting in games in recent history (see Xenoblade 3 and Fire Emblem: Three Houses).

I'm even more excited about the music, the games they've been putting out have got to have some of the best orchestral soundtracks I've ever heard in games, it's a crime that Xenoblade didn't win that award last year.

Sure he’s got corny lines for Ganondorf, but he’s used to it by now. He voices a Fire Emblem character for goodness sake, that whole series has dramatic and corny lines haha! Welcome to the Zelda franchise Matt, put on a show!

@N00BiSH I agree with you that the bass would have maybe added to the character's intimidation factor a little more, though I do think him being a 'younger' Ganondorf with all of the gigantic muscles we saw on screen (he's clearly consuming his healthy veggies and proteins) I don't mind the younger voice they went for.

I also think his scream sounded good in the trailer which says a lot because most voice actors can't sound enraged for the life of them and considering this guy has previously voiced Pain in Naruto I have full belief that he can have a very intimidating presence in the game if the scene is well-constructed and the dialogue is well written.

Like with all Nintendo games, however, we would have to see more.

@Not_Soos I don't think that line counts as speaking in third person though. With that said, voice acting can only do so much without direction.

I don't think BOTW voice actors were bad honestly. I just think they had little direction, and thus couldn't give a better performance.

As far as corny goes...Well...Corny is Zelda. Just it's voiced this time around. Looking back, Zelda series had alot of corny dialogue. It's a cornfield.

They should have changed Zelda's VA. Her voice still sounds wrong when comparing to the Japanese version.

I love how grandiose he makes Ganondorf. He's gonna do an awesome job.

it's nice to see Matt portray such a pivotal character. a really crucial part. a critical role, if you will.

@N00BiSH I used to picture Michael Clarke Duncan (R.I.P.) being a good choice for Ganondorf.

I like his performance as Chrom in Fire Emblem Awakening and Yusuke in Persona 5 so I think he will do great as Ganondorf.

Funny how aside from a brief mention in his second tweet, nobody has commented about how he played Ganondorf in There Will be Brawl all those years ago. Things have gone full circle, and I'm glad for him.

@CharlieGirl Kevin Michael Richardson might have done a good Ganondorf. This guy's voice can go so deep till it's plain disturbing.

He played the 2004 version of Joker in "The Batman." The way the man can pitch his voice to extreme highs to very deep lows in one go is amazing.

Honestly, all I know about Mercer is that one time he voiced an elephant
I will not elaborate

I think they should have used Chris Pratt 😏
On a serious note, It looks good (for a Switch game) and I wish it had a casual mode for us players that don't have time to hunt down weapons that continuously break etc. £60 is too much so I'll probably end up getting it when the "free version" comes out.

@Olmectron Huh what? Zelda's VO in BotW is actually really good. I really liked it to be honest and thought it was a good fit for an annoying spoiled princess.

Great choice.

i play botw and aoc with jap voice and eng sub

I'm not fussed at all by this sort of thing lol.

@Grackler But accountants are miserable and hate their jobs. So here it fits.

Ganondorf was once the accountant to the king of Hyrule. The low pay, long hours, and the fact Link keeps breaking the economy finally made him snap and declare war on Hyrule.

So now Ganondorf is the king of evil who's fantastic with numbers.

‘Course it was him. Never mind the Critters and TWBB fans, Overwatch & AoT nuts would have got it the second they heard him too.

@Varkster Matthew Mercer was Lao in Xenoblade Chronicles X, so Nintendo using high profile voice actors isn't a new development

I thought it was Matthew Mercer, but was not totally sure, so glad this site has done some digging, and found out it is actually Matthew Mercer, and indeed confirmed my initial suspicions, that it was actually Matthew Mercer.

I knew I'd heard his voice before. Congratulations to him for getting the role! Ganondorf is in good hands with this guy. Dude is awesome in just about everything I've heard his voice in.

Especially love his portrayal of Yusuke in Persona 5.

The webseries he refers to in the quote is 'There Will Be Brawl', a fan project that adapted Super Smash Bros Brawl into an online live action series about a decade ago. It was incredibly well done and well worth a watch for anyone who's a fan of his work. Stoked he's now actually able to play the same character legitimately.

@CharlieGirl boooo (in a joking way with the bad pun).

No offense to the voice actors, but the English VO in botw was unbearable and it’s the same here. Switching to JP is crucial

I thought I heard Chris Hackney (Dimitri 3H) at one point in the trailer but idk if more than one person talked.

@Hero-of-WiiU
Pretty sure I heard Chris Hackney's voice talking to Zelda in the trailer. First thing came to my head was oh that sounds like Dimitri from Fire Emblem Three Houses.

I don't know who he is or how he'll do, but I hope he and the rest of the cast do an infinitely better job than the folks who did BotW. That was... painful. To put it mildly.

Hm... What's about Japanese CV, though?

Knew it!
This news might be enough for me to play with English voices for at least my first time through. When playing BotW I switched to Japanese voices as soon as I was able to. I trust my guy Matt to do Ganondorf justice though.

I liked his dialogue in the trailer, but I'm not sold on this voice actor just yet. He doesn't sound quite intimidating enough. I think a Clancy Brown or a Ron Pearlman would be more appropriate.

An "immense honor," and an "immense fan".

Mercer needs some new vocabulary.

I knew it was you, Matthew Mercer. You broke my heart.

@CharlieGirl Boooooooooo.

I'm not a fan of Ganon's voice. It's honestly ruining the experience for me.

Badly cast. Really feels out of place with the game and the character.

@CharlieGirl Woooooooo (good one)

@Vexx234 i think the lack of lip sync is what takes me out of it more than the voices themselves, i personally really like zeldas performance in Age of calamity and Botw. (though maybe it doesnt bother me as botw was my first zelda game) if they were to lip sync im sure i could be taken into it more.

@TheNumbr24 Eh, can't really blame you. I have a bit of trouble with that myself. I agree, it's a bit tough to stay invested when you're staring at lips not matching the words being spoken. Haha.

@Varkster Nintendo had main voice acting in their games long before FE or XB. Since the mid 90s. Its just some series started later then others.

I just need to hear how good his Ganondorf "HAH!! is and I'm good 😁

@Olmectron then just listen to Japanese and don’t listen to English because there’s nothing wrong with Zelda’s voice

@Akurusu Actually, I do that, thanks.

Can't stand her voice in English. It sounds way deeper than it should. Even without taking Japanese into account, it sounds way deeper than every other language.