Video games likeOverwatchoffer various opportunities for voice actors to perform as many unique characters. The futuristic superhero game offers a diverse and compelling cast of characters and none stranger thanthe Wrecking Ball, or rather the enhanced hamster Hammond who pilots the large mech.
Video games and the superhero genre are no strangers to having intelligent or even superhuman animals joining in on the action.Overwatchmixes the two together with the heroic gorilla Winston and the addition of the intellilgent hamster Hammond in the game. Recently, anOverwatchfan and Reddit user pointed out this connection between the two again concerning the game’s resident hamster hero and his voice actor.
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Reddit user founderofshoneys pointed out that Wrecking Ball has the same voice actor as another rodent character in the filmThe Suicide Squad. The voice actor in question is Dee Bradley Baker, a prolific American voice actor with quite the background of voice-acting roles in entertainment, including video games. In the film, Baker is credited for voicing Sebastian the Rat, the rodent companion of the supervillain Ratcatcher 2 played by Daniela Melchior.
Dee Bradley Baker had many voice acting roles in various popular animated shows, films, and video games. Plenty of which were brought up in the Reddit post by many users who are fans of Baker’s extensive list of characters over the years. Users repeatedly brought up his work voicing the many Clone troopers from the popular 3D-animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Wars. He continued to voice the Clones in both EA’sStar Wars Battlefront 2andStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
As far as animal characters go, Baker voiced many animal characters over the years, some more popular than others. A notable example is Baker’s role as the animal secret agent Perry the Platypus from the Disney cartoon Phineas and Ferb. Baker also voiced Appa and Momo, the animal members of the main cast fromAvatar: The Last Airbender. So when the fan brought up that Baker voices both Wrecking Ball and Sebastian the Rat, many fans were delighted by this.
Gamers will recognize Baker’s voice talent from his recent role asVariks fromDestiny 2: Beyond Light, and Ra’s al Ghul fromBatman: Arkham Cityand later inBatman: Arkham Knight’sdlc Season of Infamy. Fans also talked aboutThe Gravemind in bothHalo 2andHalo 3, as it’s also one of the voice actor’s roles. To most of the Reddit commenters, Baker voicing both Hammond and Sebastian the Rat was a welcome surprise.
Overwatchis available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
