8. Terrence Carson (God of War)
Terrence Carson provides one of the most badass and gruff voice overs of all time as Kratos in God of War. His deep, booming voice completely fits the vocal profile we would expect from a God, and now it's difficult to imagine anyone else filling out that role. With his relentless shouting of "Zeus!", it's amazing that his vocal chords are up to the challenge at all times, but it gives the whole game a far more epic feel. Given that the game actually makes more of an effort to mould an engaging story than most might typically expect from a violent button-basher such as this, it follows that the quality of the voice acting needs to reflect this, and in picking Carson, David Jaffe has made sure that Kratos is as iconic a video game character as possible. A badass character who's played by an actual badass; it doesn't get any better than that.