How Roger Craig Smith Went From "Really Bad" Stand-Up to Voice Acting

Voice actor Roger Craig Smith on stage at Fan Expo Calgary

The Big Picture Roger Craig Smith wasn't always destined to be the prolific voiceover artist he is today. Before becoming the man behind beloved video game icons like Sonic the Hedgehog and Assassin's Creed's Ezio Auditore da Firenze or taking on film and television roles from Avengers Assemble to Planes, he had hopes of making it in the world of stand-up comedy. However, by his own account, he wasn't particularly good at it.

One of his biggest challenges early on, he revealed, was nailing down his voice as a comic. With some help from his old high school theater arts teacher, Smith found a style that best utilized his strengths with silly voices and characters while unknowingly preparing himself for a future of voicing everything from blue hedgehogs to Batman.

Smith Was Given a Humbling Moment That Changed His Career Forever Close Alas, reworking his entire routine wasn't without its faults. While he believes that her advice was sound, and it ultimately helped prepare him for a future in recording booths, it didn't satisfy a demand within the comedy space. He continued, "So then I started rewriting all the material. When I started doing that, it was more like making little characters and things like that.

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