“I am Groot” Voice Acting Award

Previous Winners:  Robin Williams (Aladdin- honorary), Auli’i Cravalho (Moana), Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes),  Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War), Ryan Reynolds (Detective Pikachu), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Jeffrey Wright and Chadwick Boseman (What If…?), Antonio Banderas (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Bradley Cooper (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), AJ LoCascio (X-Men ’97)

So, with this award, there are plenty of really great voice acting performances this year. There have been a bunch of great animated movies, as well as other formats. But this year’s winner has been a long time coming and remarkably well earned. He is a Hall of Famer and deserves this award for the first time.

Runners-Up: Jason Bateman (Zootopia 2), Ginnifer Goodwin (Zootopia 2), David Harbour (Marvel Zombies), Ralph Ineson (Fantastic Four: First Steps), Erika Henningsen (Hazbin Hotel), Christin Borle (Hazbin Hotel), Amir Talai (Hazbin Hotel).

And this year’s winner….

Mark Hamill (The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants)

Mark Hamill is in the EYG Hall of Fame. Of course, part of that is probably because of a little role he had in Star Wars. However, his voice work has been sensational over the years. He is the voice of the Joker to a lot of people. He has been Skeletor, Merv Pumpkinhead, Chucky, The Trickster, Hobgoblin, Skips, Fire Lord Ozai, among others.

Now, it the new SpongeBob movie, Mark Hamill is the Flying Dutchman. He does a great job as the main antagonist of that film, but who would have thought that it would be anything but epic?

This award is long overdue.