Summary
- The voice acting in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered features big Hollywood names from previous Bethesda games.
- Notable voice actors like Debra Wilson, Keith Szarabajka, Cindy Robinson, Terrance Stamp, Lynda Carter and Sean Bean lend their voices.
- The iconic performances of the voice actors, including Patrick Stewart, add depth and familiarity to the re-release.
Voice acting for video games wasn't always seen as artistic or prestigious, but the tables have turned in recent years, and the industry is getting considerably more respect. Bethesda was always ahead of the curve in this regard, and they cast some big Hollywood names to be voice actors in Tamriel before it was fashionable.
A few of the voices that players will hear in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered are the same ones from the original game, but some new voices only appear in its newest incarnation. Several of the following voice actors have appeared in a wide variety of video games, while others are better known for live-action movies and television.
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7 Debra Wilson
As The Dremora And Orc Females
- Also Appeared In: The Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout: New Vegas, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, Wolfenstein: Youngblood
As one of the new voices in the remastered version of Oblivion, Debra has appeared in several games from the Bethesda library. Anyone who has played ESO or a couple of the Wolfenstein games has heard her voice before, but her whole portfolio reaches much further.
Players may also recognize Debra's voice from the show Mad TV, in which she appeared for eight seasons, along with a variety of other voice acting jobs outside Bethesda's catalogue. Examples include video games such as Diablo 4 and Halo Infinite. In 2022, she became the first African-American to perform the voice of Minnie Mouse on Mickey Mouse Funhouse.
6 Keith Szarabajka
The Dark Elf Male Voice
- Also Appeared In: Skyrim as the Male Dark Elf, Elder Scrolls Online, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 76
The list of Szarabajka's work on Bethesda video games barely scratches the surface of his body of work, which goes back decades and also includes extensive roles in film and television. His career began in the early 1980s, but took off in the 1990s with TV shows that included The X-Files, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, along with a recurring role as vampire hunter Daniel Holtz in Angel, a Buffy The Vampire Slayer spinoff.
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Other than several audiobooks and an impressive list of video games, Keith's more prominent roles include the main villain Dmitri Yuriev in the Xenosaga titles, the Archangel Azrael in Darksiders: Wrath of War, and Detective Herschel Biggs, one of the main supporting characters of LA Noire.
5 Cindy Robinson
The Dark Elf Female Voice
- Also Appeared In: Skyrim as Astrid, Dawnguard as Valerica, various voices in Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4.
Anime fans might recognize this voice before their video game counterparts. Cindy has voiced characters in the Bleach series and Fire Emblem franchise, along with performing the character of Zola in Blue Dragon and Queen Beryl in Sailor Moon. She's also been the voice of Amy Rose in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise since 2010.
Her career in voice acting started in 2000, and before that, she worked in musical theater and appeared in productions of Into the Woods and Peter Pan. Going through the extensive list of voice acting in anime, cartoons, television shows, and movies, it's hard to imagine how a single person can get so much done.
4 Terrance Stamp
Mankar Camoran, Main Antagonist
- Also Appeared In: Superman II , The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Wall Street, and many others.
Terrance Stamp only plays a single role in Oblivion, but it's a memorable one as the big bad, Mankar Camoran, leader of the Mythic Dawn. Spoiler alert: the assassination of Uriel Septim is his idea and a part of his plan to create his own plane of Oblivion, which is something only a Daedric prince has the power to do. This isn't the first time that Terrance has made an antagonist iconic; one of his most memorable roles was as General Zod in the 1981 Superman movie.
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3 Lynda Carter
Voices Female Nords And Orc NPCs
- Also Appeared In: Most famously Wonder Woman, but also various video games, Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 3: The Bloodmoon Expansion, and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.
Unlike the other big stars that appear in Oblivion, Lynda Carter doesn't play a single pivotal character, but covers the voices for several. She started her career in the spotlight, starting in 1972 when she was crowned Miss World USA, which led to her becoming the spokesperson for Maybelline a few years later, one of her most well-known public personas.
Carter appeared on popular shows like Starsky & Hutch and Cos, before being cast as Wonder Woman. The iconic portrayal of a favorite DC superhero resonated for decades, and she had a brief but memorable cameo in a mid-credits scene as former Amazon warrior Asteria in Wonder Woman 1984.
2 Sean Bean
The Voice Of Brother Martin
- Also Appeared In: The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, various other movies and television shows.
The running joke about Sean Bean's live-action career is that he almost always plays a character who dies in a messy, dramatic way. Think of characters like Boromir from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Alex Trevelyan from GoldenEye 007, or Ned Stark from Game Of Thrones, to name a few of the most popular examples.
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That being said, and spoiler alert, the fate of Martin Septim is equally spectacular and tragic, as he chooses to sacrifice himself to save Tamriel from Oblivion. The main quest leads the character to Martin almost immediately out of the Imperial City sewers, so the protagonist gets a good, long time to learn to respect his wholesome nature before watching him die.
1 Patrick Stewart
Uriel Septim, Assassination Victim
- Also Appeared In: Star Trek, X-Men, several other franchises for TV, film, and theater.
Players might be expecting Uriel Septim's lines to include phrases like "Make it so," or commands like "Execute." That's because Patrick Stewart's distinctive voice is also that of the doomed Emperor, the same actor who embodies one of Star Trek's most beloved characters, Jean-Luc Picard.
Sir Patrick Stewart's career goes back to 1959, when he played a pickpocket in a theater production of Cyrano de Bergerac. His TV debut was in 1967 as a fire officer on the popular show Coronation Street, but he was always open about his preference for theater acting. All that changed dramatically, however, when he agreed to play a role in the Star Trek: The Next Generation revival series, thinking the show would quickly fail. The rest is entertainment and media history.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- April 22, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Publisher(s)
- Bethesda
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Action, RPG, Open-World, Adventure
