15 Superhero Voice Actors Who Totally Nailed Their Characters
14. Christopher Daniel Barnes: Spider-Man
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Christopher Daniel Barnes' turn as the wallcrawler remains the most fondly remembered iteration of the character in animation, and so it should come as no surprise that one of the principle reasons behind the series' success was the voice actor, who really nailed the older version of Parker that the show opted for.
It was quite a cartoon-y version of the webslinger, but Barnes was in no way restrained in his approach to the role. Indeed, the series' black suit saga in particular called for a much darker version of the character, and seeing that side of everyone's favourite neighbourino was, whilst indeed a departure for the character, and for kids TV, pretty dramatic. Barnes' role in translating Parker's transformation to the smallscreen cannot be overstated in this instance, with the show going on to enjoy a four year stint on TV, complete with plenty of character development.
While there have been other smallscreen Spideys to have left their mark on the character, Barnes' is by far the most iconic. You can even hear him as Spider-Man 2099 in 2010's Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
