Top 10 Fictional Characters Voiced by Children
More often than not in animation, fictional children and characters of an early prepubescent age are voiced by female adult voice actresses. But on these somewhat rare occasions where the characters are actually voiced by young actors and actresses of a similar age, we get these Top Ten Fictional Characters Voiced by Children. (See what I did there?) Feel free to add any characters I may have missed.
The energetic, super-speedy son of Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in the 2004 animated Pixar film, The Incredibles, is voiced by 11-year-old Spencer Fox in the original film and a similarly aged Huck Milner in the 2018 sequel.
Along with practically every single character in the series besides Snoopy and Woodstock, he was voiced by young children almost every time he appeared in animation.
Voiced by 2-year-old Mary Gibbs at the time, daughter of storyboard artist Rob Gibbs, the most notable behind-the-scenes fact about her recording is that she was unable to sit still in the recording booth. They followed her around the studio with a microphone to record her lines.
Simba is a fictional character who appears in Disney's The Lion King franchise. Introduced in Walt Disney Animation's 32nd animated feature film The Lion King (1994), the character subsequently appears in its sequels The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) and The Lion King 1½ (2004). At least when he was younger, he was voiced by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, who was around 13 at the time.
The main playable protagonist of the long-running Disney/Square Enix video game series, Kingdom Hearts, is voiced by 14-year-old Haley Joel Osment at the time and continues to be voiced by him as they both age. Even as an adult, his older voice surprisingly still matches his character perfectly.
Gumball Watterson is a twelve-year-old blue cat who is prone to causing mischief across the town due to not staying inside of the box. He is fairly egotistical and a veteran snarker; despite this, Gumball has a big heart and is surprisingly selfless. Although Gumball can be intelligent at times, he... read more Voiced by Logan Grove, Jacob Hopkins, Nicolas Cantu, and Duke Cutler, who were all around his age at the time.
A 12-year-old young vocaloid released in 2011, voiced by a 13-year-old British boy at the time.
First voiced by Sean Ryan Fox in the pilot, he was replaced by Grant Palmer for most of season 1. Palmer was then replaced by Colin Dean for the rest of season 1 up until season 3, where Tex Hammond took over for the rest of season 3 and halfway through season 4.
Hammond's mother, Grey DeLisle-Griffin, voices Lola and Lana Loud. Finally, Hammond was replaced by Asher Bishop as the current voice of Lincoln Loud.
Voiced by 14-year-old Grant Palmer at the time, and later by Collin Dean, among a few others.
Finn 'the Human' Mertens is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated television series Adventure Time created by Pendleton Ward. Voiced by Jeremy Shada, who was 13 at the time he began voicing him.
Voiced by John Morris, who reprised his role as Andy in the sequel and was brought back for Toy Story 3, 11 years after Toy Story 2.
The Newcomers
Voiced by Dickie Jones, who was 11 years old when he voiced Pinocchio. Disney rejected the idea of Pinocchio being voiced by an adult and insisted that the character be voiced by a real child.
Voiced by Madeleine Peters, who was around 14 at the time of her casting.
Voiced by Noah Cyrus, younger sister of Miley Cyrus, who was 8 when she voiced Ponyo in the English dub.
Sean Giambrone was 16 at the time he voiced Jeff, while most, if not all, of the other kids were voiced by adults. This explains why his voice became more creaky with each season. Let's just say puberty was not kind to this kid.
Ike Broflovski is a recurring character in the animated adult television series South Park. Ike is Kyle Broflovski's adopted little brother from Canada. Voiced by various children, including Trey Parker's daughter.
Amazing character voiced by the amazing Dakota Fanning when she was a child. What more could one ask for?
Avatar Aang is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple.
