'Er ist Tot'
'You killed him'
'No I did not - I gave him Life!'

Random film quote for the day...

Hmmm...good choices all of them, but nothing quite right. If Death is going to be CG then Andy Serkis needs to play him(HA! just joking, though he does seem to be getting all the motion capture work recently...) anyhoo, I don't honestly know if even James Earl Jones could do the voice work either, he's just so identified with Star Wars and CNN. What if Ian McKellan voiced Death? He's just deep enough to hit the funeral registers and he can do the whole befuddled thing that Death has going on pretty good....... :?:

Has anyone suggested Jeremy Irons yet?

I think marvins guy would fit death more than the patrician, but I wouldn't go with it...I liked the voice from DW2 game (mortality bytes)...that's kinda the way I always imagine it now...

Back when I had this crazy idea to get a team together to create a CG movie of Reaper Man, I had done a lot of thinking about who would be the perfect voice for Death. The one actor that really came to my mind as having the perfect voice for him was John Hurt.

What became of that project? In case you're still around and didn't just drop by, Thorsun (it took me a moment until it made "click" in connection with your username) - you might want to give us an update!

I like Bill Nighy, thats a great call.

Garison Keeler, although from the American midwest his voice is deep and resonant, he has good diction and he's desperate to be a part of something actually funny.

I think Alan Rickman would be good. Ok so his voice is wrong, but he does sarcasm perfectly.

Ah, but could you really call Death sarcastic? I was under the impression that he didn't really 'get' sarcasm. He lacks the necessary glands apparantly.

Oh, and to the suggestion about Jeremy Irons, if he's who I think he is (acted in Merchant of Venice), I actually think he would make the per-fect Vimes.

I see Death as the unintentional king of sarcasim. Which bytheway is my favorite kind of sarcasim.

If you just want a voice then Morgan Freeman would be great. He could get that resonance.