5 Foreign Voice Actors Who Overdub America's Stars

You don't have to look like a movie star to sound like one. Find out who does the voices for actors like Brad Pitt and Arnold overseas.

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If you live in another country, a) you're already bankrupt, and b) seeing American movies probably means that everything has been overdubbed into another language. If you're one of these dub specialists (word to King Jammy), you pull down some nice coin to stand in a studio and make people believe that the cast has suddenly learned French or Mexican or whatever. Well, in Brazil, the guy who usually delivers Sean Penn's lines in Portuguese backed out of doing the gig for Milk'because he's also a pastor and didn't feel comfortable playing a gay character who does all kinds of gay stuff for gay causes and whatnot.

We're not saying Marco Ribeiro is right or wrong, but we did take the opportunity to pull back the curtain and show you some of the many people who are responsible for making you laugh when you're drunk in your hotel room watching Three Men and a Little Lady in Dutch...


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MARCO RIBEIRO
• The Sean Penn of Brazil
Also Known For: Being a conservative protestant pastor. Also, looking like your vice-principal.

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PAWAN KALRA
• The Arnold Schwarzenegger of India

Also Known For: Helping you re-install your OS from a partition drive. We're here all week!

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ORESTE LIONELLO
• The Woody Allen of Italy

Also Known For: As of last month, dying. Rest in peace, you spicy meatball.

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JEAN-PIERRE MICHAEL
• The Brad Pitt of France

Also Known For: Weirdly, looking like Brad Pitt. Crazy hot wife not included.

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TOBIAS MEISTER
• The Brad Pitt of Germany

Also Known For: Masking his pain by eating. Just taking a guess.

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SELF-DUBBING POLYGLOT BONUS!
MONICA BELLUCCI
• The...Monica Belluci of France and Italy

Also Known For: Starring with Salma Hayek in the long-running erotic Wet Dream franchise, now playing in a man's head near you.

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