Richard Horvitz | Talking Voices (Part 1) 

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Anytime he raises his voice even a little he turns to zim

His real voice sounds like Zim just older 😂

You know a character has an iconic voice when a simple "Eh?!" can make you think "oh my god that's Zim"

Plot-twist: that is actually Zim disguised as Richard Horvitz

I always hear a little bit of zim in every voice

wow, his normal speaking voice sounds alot like Zim!

I never realized how often ZIM say "huh" until watching this

Yes, he sounds a lot like Zim. Jhonen hired him just because he sounds like that. It's a speaking voice, not an 'acting' voice.

how tf did I not hear that Zim and Billy sounded so similar omg

My mother knew someone who had grown up with Richard and was able to put me in contact with him. (I think I was about 11, circa 2001) Not only was I able to talk to him about how he became interested in doing voice work, but he sent me a signed Invader Zim poster! It said "To Erik, one of my favorite Human stink-beasts. OBEY THE FIST! -Richard Horvitz "I AM ZIM!!!" I *still* have that poster, framed, hanging next to my signed InuYasha poster.. oh to be 14 again.

omg now i got zims “eHh?” stuck in my head 😂😂😂😂

Wow! Since Helluva Boss, you can hear his real voice being used for Moxxie. I thought his voice would be strained for each character he plays. I'm happy they also have him sing with his real voice. I'm amazed.

Holy shit, that's his actual voice!

He seems like such a nice dude

Invader zim = life

I KNEW FREAKING KNEW IT zim's voice always sounded like billy to me when I 1st heard it now I know that they are the same voice actor. I can finally Rest In Peace 😌

Whos watching after the new invader zim movie came out?

As a Psychonaut myself, it’s hard to imagine this talented, grown (and bearded) man as the voice of Raz!

He did an amazing job and sounds the same after all these years. Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

I wish he did more..

When I first played sky landers, I recognized the voice immediately😂 from invader zim😂

Sounds like he’s voice hurts so much plz get this man some warm tea 🍵

Raz and Zim are his best performances imo ❤

This guy voiced the greatest under appreciated shows of this century You're legend, Thank You

I didn’t realize Richard voiced in more cartoons I watched as a kid He’s been doing a great job as Moxxie as well!

0:29 We all needed that. Even if we didn't know, we *needed* it.

I have to say, Richard's got a really youthful-sounding voice. He sounds like a little kid, which is perfect considering the characters he voices.

"the voice is the work of the spirit" i absolutely love that!! awesome work, awesome guest!

my fav voices must be Razputin and Zim

I love Richard Horvitz!! He IS Zim!! They couldn’t have cast a more perfect actor to play Zim!!!

Damn, this dude was literally born a voice actor. His natural voice sounds like an older Billy or Zim

This is his actual voice? Brilliant!! IT EVEN FOOLED MEEEE

His voice is like a fine gold being grated on sandpaper. And I love every second of it.

0:42 i´m so happy Raz doesn´t look like this in the game and they stayed with the cartoon style. this is so freaking terrifying fr

I like how each voice sounds kind of fundamentally the same but there’s an inflection and emotion he adds to each one that sets it apart from the others.

I notice he seems to have a thing for alien characters. Might just be a coinky dink.

Had the pleasure of meeting him several years ago. What a wonderful human.

I don't hear a lot of Zim in his natural voice, but I immediately hear Raz from Psychonauts in his voice. First thing I ever heard him in though was _Destroy All Humans!_ where he was Orthopox 13 and he sounded a lot like a haggard, pompous, grumpy, demanding, older Zim. Loved that game how he's just barking at you the whole way through.

And now he's in helluva boss, a vivziepop cartoon of all things. And I can't wait.

EHH?!?!

Everyone saying his normal voice sounds like zim is because the casted people with cartoony normal voices to play characters in Invader Zim but he just add emphasis when in character

And now Moxxie of Helluva Boss 2019-

God I LOVE THIS MAN!!!! Psychonauts was my childhood!!!

I love this guy. He's real funny

This man looks like Jack Black and him could be brothers

Wow unique voice for sure

My favorite roles of his were Zim from Invader Zim and Kaos from the Skylanders series.

I thought I recognized Kaos and Zim as having similar voices, this makes me really happy as both of them are parts of my childhood :D

I knew I recognized Zim's voice from Destroy all Humans

Took a voice acting class taught by this guy. Really nice, smart guy.

i was watching invader zim and his voice sound like.... POX FROM DESTROY ALL HUMANS NICE I LOVE THAT GAME

Don't lie, I know y'all came here because of invader zim

His voice is so unique. Very rare

I grew up playing skylanders so this man is in my memories permanently.

No one Nobody at all Vivzie: Wanna voice act? Richard has evolved into MOXXIE

Said this before but would love to see Tom Kenny and Rob Paulsen on here. Maybe even Jennifer Hale, Dee Bradley Baker and Hynden Walch. Sorry, I'd like to see a lot of people do this. Just a few suggestions.

I got to meet him last Saturday at a con! So crazy, I didn’t expect his natural talking voice to be that similar to his Zim voice!

They really got this LEGEND on Helluva Boss I'm cryingggggg

Y’all out here talking about Zim I’m just like- KAAAAAOOOOOOOS

One of the many GREAT voices of my childhood!!!!

This man is a national treasure that must be protected at all cost.

He’s also moxie in heluva boss

He's like Robin Williams, but with a funnier voice.

Wow. He voiced a lot of my childhood.

TALK ABOUT HELLUVA BOSS!!!!!!!

oomfgg the voice of Dagget. holy fook. I looovee that voice. that's amazing. This guys did so many voices of my childhood cartoons! though I also thought he did the voice for "Disney's Donald Duck PK: into the shadows" since that voice kinda matches it too.

Psychonauts 2 coming out soon. Hell yeah!

And now he's in hellvu boss

He has such a unique and distinct voice, you always know when it's him, and it's always great to hear him

Everyone remembers him as Zim or Billy. I’m sat here with fond memories of defeating Kaos

If only his characters started singing. He can do it pretty well. XD. P.S. if he ever did do it beside from Helluva Boss, I’ve barely watched these shows.

This man is a treasure.

When your voice never breaks beyond puberty or just actually broke at some point, then use it to became the best voice actor EVERY!

OH MY GOD. IT’S KAOOOOSSSS. This guy voiced my favorite video game villain from my childhood.

I didn't even realize until just last year that all these different characters from my childhood were voiced by the same people.

I met him recently and I absolutely love him! Richard Horvitz is the absolute best!

Moxxie's voice !👌

I just can't get enough of invader zim, one of my faves as a child but it got cancelled and I cri

0:18 3 year old me on thanks giving

1:28 Richard Horvitz spoils Boss Baby

He voiced all the good things

He also did various voices on Loud House, such as Leni's love interest Chaz, and Rusty's dad.

I grinned when I found out that one of the soldiers in mgs4, I shot the soldier with a laughing dart and heard Zim's laugh.

Invader Zim. ICONIC

I also love how one of the characters he voiced swears so you can put it on other characters he voiced and have childhood characters cursing

The main two I think of when I here your/his voice somewhere...I always think of Zim(I've watched the show) and Raz(I've played and beaten Pychonaughts(1st game)...I can't wait for Pychonaughts 2)...I'm a fan of both...and some of the others you've/he's voiced too.😎

I actually love that in his regular voice I can still hear a tone down Zim banded Dagget. I bet his throat was always killing him after recordings

This man is the Grandmaster of Voice Acting.

All these years, and I never knew that Billy and his dad were voiced by the same guy. My mind is blown.

This man is my childhood...

I love his work ! his voices are always adorable !

Man, I love this guy's voice. He's also a nice guy :)

I've noticed that Richard horvitz plays a lot of alien characters, my favorite is pox from Destroy all humans 1 and 2, played them, beat them, loved them😊

I am here because of his voice in Invader Zim and Helluva Boss

And now Moxxie can be added to the list!

Considering the fact that I watched TONS of Zim and TONS of Billy and Mandy it's crazy I never noticed he's both Zim and Billy. Richard's voice sounds very similar between some of his characters but he brings so much character to the way he delivers lines that they're totally distinct.

Never realized he was OrthoPox until I heard him use his Billy voice for the crazy nerd NPC character, then it dawned on me, that he was in this game all along, and why Ortho sounds so familiar!

To think this guy would eventually be the voice of a Dragon Ball character in 2018 (Lord Chilled, Freeza's ancestor; Dragon Ball Legends mobile game).

2:26 For some reason that REALLY reminded me of Zim. Just me? But, seriously... imagine THAT scenario. Ha- I would PAY to see that.