2024 Emmy nominations ballot: 158 character voice-over performers vie for your consideration

The TV academy has honored voice-only performances since 1992, when six cast members from “The Simpsons” collectively became the first actors to receive Emmys for such work. The Best Voice-Over Performance category became an official non-juried one in 2009 and was then split into two categories in 2014: Best Character Voice-Over and Best Narrator. Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) was the former category’s first champion, having been nominated once before for the same series.

The 2024 Best Character Voice-Over ballot consists of 158 performances, which is up by 10 from last year. Seeking her fourth victory is Maya Rudolph, who plays Connie the Hormone Monstress on “Big Mouth.” Also in the mix are former winners Hank Azaria (“The Simpsons”), Alex Borstein (“Family Guy”), and Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”).

Unlike the live action and fictional program nominees, which are chosen by all 20,000 plus academy members, the Best Character Voice-Over contenders are picked only by voters from the casting directors and performers branches. They now have until June 24 to cast their ballots, which will be tallied to determine the six nominees that will be announced on July 17. Which of the voice actors listed below do you think will earn shots at the gold?

SEE 2024 Emmy nominations ballot: 554 programs vie for your consideration (that’s 159 fewer than last year)

Janeshia Adams-Ginyard (“South Park: Joining the Panderverse”)
James Adomian (“Harley Quinn”)
Michelle Ang (“Star Wars: The Bad Batch”)
Fred Armisen (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; as Sweet Potato)
Fred Armisen (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; as Tomatillo)
Will Arnett (“Twisted Metal”)
Richard Ayoade (“Krapopolis”)
Hank Azaria (“The Simpsons”)

Dee Bradley Baker (“American Dad!”)
Dee Bradley Baker (“Star Wars: The Bad Batch”)
Elizabeth Banks (“The Simpsons”)
Stephanie Beatriz (“Hazbin Hotel”)
Harry Belden (“Rick and Morty”)
Lake Bell (“Harley Quinn”)
H. Jon Benjamin (“Archer”)
H. Jon Benjamin (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Matt Berry (“Krapopolis”)
Matt Berry (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”)
Alex Borstein (“Family Guy”)
Kenneth Branagh (“Blue Eye Samurai”)
Alex Brightman (“Hazbin Hotel”)
Sterling K. Brown (“Invincible”)
Yvette Nicole Brown (“Good Times”)
Charlie Bushnell (“In the Know”)

Tantoo Cardinal (“The American Buffalo”)
Ian Cardoni (“Rick and Morty”)
Nancy Cartwright (“The Simpsons”)
Dana Carvey (“Mulligan”)
Dan Castellaneta (“The Simpsons”)
Michael Cera (“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off”)
Michael Chernus (“Carol & the End of the World”)
Kieran Culkin (“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off”)
Kieran Culkin (“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy”)
Kieran Culkin (“Solar Opposites”)
Kaley Cuoco (“Harley Quinn”)

Natalie Dew (“Archer”)
John DiMaggio (“Futurama”)
Brad Dourif (“Chucky”)
Rachel Dratch (“Grimsburg”)
Rachel Dratch (“Harley Quinn”)

Ayo Edebiri (“Clone High”)
Ayo Edebiri (“Mulligan”)
Hannah Einbinder (“Strange Planet”)
Idris Elba (“Knuckles”)
Maya Erskine (“Blue Eye Samurai”)
Chris Evans (“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off”)
Bridget Everett (“Carol & the End of the World”)

Nat Faxon (“Mulligan”)
Tina Fey (“Mulligan”)
Jeff Fischer (“American Dad!”)
Will Forte (“Clone High”)
Will Forte (“The Great North”)
Sutton Foster (“Solar Opposites”)
Ron Funches (“Harley Quinn”)

Sean Giambrone (“Solar Opposites”)
Danny Glover (“I’m a Virgo”)
Spencer Grammer (“Rick and Morty”)
Seth Green (“Family Guy”)
Judy Greer (“Archer”)
Scott Grimes (“American Dad!”)
Julianne Grossman (“Star Trek: Discovery”)

Tiffany Haddish (“Solar Opposites”)
Jon Hamm (“Grimsburg”)
Christina Hendricks (“Solar Opposites”)
Erika Henningsen (“Hazbin Hotel”)
Sharon Horgan (“Housebroken”)
Stephanie Hsu (“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy”)

Kawennahere Devery Jacob (“What If…?”)
Brandon Johnson (“Rick and Morty”)
Dakota Johnson (“The Disappearance of Shere Hite”)
Mike Judge (“In the Know”)
Mike Judge (“Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head”)

Martha Kelly (“Carol & the End of the World”)
Tom Kenny (“Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake”)
Kevin Kline (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Nick Kroll (“Big Mouth”)
Nick Kroll (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; as Cantaloupe)
Nick Kroll (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; as Coconut)
Mila Kunis (“Family Guy”)

Gabe Lopez (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”)
Natasha Lyonne (“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy”)

Rachael MacFarlane (“American Dad!”)
Seth MacFarlane (“American Dad!”)
Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”; as Peter Griffin)
Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”; as Stewie Griffin)
Seth MacFarlane (“Ted”)
Mary Mack (“Solar Opposites”)
Tress MacNeille (“Futurama”)
John McEnroe (“Never Have I Ever”)
Mark McKinney (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”)
Wendi McLendon-Covey (“Grimsburg”)
Laurie Metcalf (“Carol & the End of the World”)
Thomas Middleditch (“Solar Opposites”)
Dan Mintz (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Eugene Mirman (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Eugene Mirman (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”)
Wunmi Mosaku (“Scavengers Reign”)
John Mulaney (“Big Mouth”)
Larry Murphy (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Pam Murphy (“Krapopolis”)

Aparna Nancherla (“The Great North”)
Amber Nash (“Archer”)
Tawny Newsome (“Star Trek: Lower Decks”)

Nick Offerman (“The Great North”)
Sandra Oh (“Invincible”)

Keke Palmer (“Human Resources”)
Keke Palmer (“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy”)
Trey Parker (“South Park: Joining the Panderverse”; as Eric Cartman)
Trey Parker (“South Park: Joining the Panderverse”; as Randy Marsh)
Chris Parnell (“Archer”)
Chris Parnell (“Rick and Morty”)
Danny Pudi (“Strange Planet”)
Florence Pugh (“Human Resources”)

Jack Quaid (“Star Trek: Lower Decks”)

Adam Reed (“Archer”)
Caitlin Reilly (“In the Know”)
Kevin Michael Richardson (“American Dad!”)
John Roberts (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Blake Roman (“Hazbin Hotel”)
Maya Rudolph (“Big Mouth”)
Maya Rudolph (“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy”)
Paul Rust (“The Great North”)

Kristen Schaal (“Bob’s Burgers”)
Wendy Schaal (“American Dad!”)
Stephanie Sheh (“Royal Crackers”)
J.K. Simmons (“Invincible”)
Jimmi Simpson (“Star Wars: The Bad Batch”)
Jenny Slate (“The Great North”)
Dulce Sloan (“The Great North”)
Sam Smith (“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy”)
Yeardley Smith (“The Simpsons”)
J. Smith-Cameron (“In the Know”)
Bob Stephenson (“Scavengers Reign”)
Dan Stevens (“Solar Opposites”)
Cecily Strong (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; as Ginger)
Cecily Strong (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; as Orange)

Amir Talai (“Hazbin Hotel”)
Carl Tart (“In the Know”)
Chrissy Teigen (“Mulligan”)
Lauren Tom (“Futurama”)
Duncan Trussell (“Krapopolis”)
Alan Tudyk (“Grimsburg”)
Alan Tudyk (“Harley Quinn”)
Aisha Tyler (“Archer”)

Janet Varney (“Strange Planet”)

Hannah Waddingham (“Krapopolis”)
Karl Wahlgren (“Solar Opposites”)
Taika Waititi (“The Simpsons”)
Billy West (“Futurama”)
Mae Whitman (“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off”)
Dave Willis (“Archer”)
Andia Winslow (“Velma”)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off”)
Ellen Wong (“Scott Pilgrim Takes Off”)
Zach Woods (“In the Know”)

Lucky Yates (“Archer”)
Steven Yeun (“Invincible”)

Lenore Zann (“X-Men ’97”)

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