Papa Dee at Stockholms Stadsteater) Due to his prolific yet flexible imprint Papa Dee has enjoyed a successful career as one of Sweden’s most sought after voice artists dubbing cartoons and movies alike. He took on Eddie Murphy’s character in "Mulan" (1998) and "Mulan 2" (2005) as Mushu. In "Snow Dogs" (2002) he rendered Cuba Gooding Jr's character . Replacing Will Smith in the Swedish release of "Shark Tale"/"Hajar som Hajar" (2004) he featured as Oscar. In "Space Chimps" (2008) he voiced Andy Samberg's character Ham 3. As founding member of the NYC groove collective Brooklyn Funk Essentials he has recorded 4
Voice acting in Japan reporters turned voice actor. Retired "owarai" comedians sometimes made a comeback as voice actors, like . Yūichi Nagashima was an actor in the role of "Chō", the main character in NHK Educational TV's . Masakazu Morita and Mayuko Aoki, both debuted as the lead characters of Final Fantasy X, are motion actors for video games turned voice actor. Mamoru Miyano was one of the cast in The Prince of Tennis live musicals who chose to branch out and become a voice actor. Tokusatsu actors/actresses also took voice acting roles before or after their careers in Tokusatsu. Examples are the late