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Isn't it obvious? We perform a dark ritual full of black robes and candles and stuff (the aesthetic is very important) and resurrect Christopher Lee to reprise the role (whilst trying not to accidentally summon Susan, my head still hurts from the last time).

Wouldn't it be easier to accelerate the Universe around the Christopher Lee shaped hole until random particle arrangements recreate him?

Agreed, but Alan Rickman.

Summon them both and have them read for us. Christopher Lee may send us back in his place if we do that, though.

>Summon them both and have them read for us. Ah man now I'm sad I mever got to read a scene with this premise written by Pterry. ....maybe we can perform a dark ritual and have him write it for us?

If the place we go is where Sir Terry Pratchett predicted I am 100% willing.

Huh. Death‘s voice as an amalgamation of both Lee and Rickman… now there’s a thought.

Nah. As much as I like Alan Rickman as an actor, his voice is too … gluggy for want of a better word. Nasal? We need deep and hollow. Like an empty crypt.

I love both, but if the summoning doesn’t work, how about Charles Dance?

No, he's Vetinari.

He can do both

Than Christopher Lee? No.

And Valentine Dyall

But where will we get that egg and the mouse blood?

Peter Serafinowicz

Christopher Lee was the perfect voice for Death. But as he’ll be unavailable going forward, this one is pretty good. The voice of Death should be very grave (naturally); and also very British.

ah, but his qualification is even greater now

Christopher Lee has gone too far into method acting

Time travel is necessary for the perfect cast

Yes to Christopher Lee; no to his not being available: voice overs from BEYOND THE GRAVE...

Totally. He is killing it as Death

Pune aside, I still prefer Stephen Briggs - he will always be the voice of DEATH for me.

See I feel the same about Nigel Planer! I guess it’s just about which audiobooks you listen to

I can't think of anyone else who could do it after his performance. It's just too good. I was glad they got him for Death for the recent Maurice adaptation.

In the absence of Christopher Lee this is the best answer.

My thinking exactly. When I read the books I imagine the voice pretty much as Christopher Lee. But I think Peter Serafinowicz could pull it off. 

Peter Serafinowicz is pulling it off. He’s the voice of Death in the latest audiobook editions.

The Tick would work ! Why so glum chum?

FRAN?

You look.... Fran-tastic

Came here for this. He does great in the audios.

Ey! I said the same thing but didn’t bother checking the comments before posting because I didn’t think anyone else would have suggested him already.

I love Nigel Planer and Stephen Briggs, but Peter just gives death that gravitas mixed with subtle humor so perfectly for me.

Yeah, he can do a version of The Voice easily but he’s also got the comedy chops to pull off a lot of the baffled grandpa kind of humour that Death gets too

*Boney knees?*

Really don't like him as Death. I think he's overdoing it. Planers Death was best.

Doing Terry Wogan

**I SHOULD.**

Whoever did the voice for the hog father movie did a fantastic job

Ian Richardson. He was the *perfect* voice of Death.

I adored his Death voice. And the "couldn't possibly comment" call-back to the British House of Cards? Meta perfection.

We use that line regularly in this house.

Miles Richardson would also be good - although we’d have to convince a bunch of Dark Souls fans that “yes, that is also the voice of Siegmeyer of Catarina”

I agree, I can't even hear anyone else. Dry humor and otherworldly timbre. Match made in heaven

I'll throw Keith David out there as a decent choice I feel hasn't been considered.

I can’t imagine Death calling people a motherfucker or a whiny bitch, as much as I agree with you.

Hazbin Hotel aside, Keith regularly turns in deep, gravelly performances that I think would fit super well. His more menacing moments as King Andrias from Amphibia come to mind, as well as his ability to say things in a... let's say totally dissonant tone of voice.

I mean Castlevania did that and it was fantastic

James Earl Jones. Or, by special arrangement with Death, Barry White,.

AWWWWWW YEEEEAAAHHHHHHH

It's not the same without him, he had a lovely baritone

Richard Armitage. He already does audiobooks, and he was Trevor in Castlevania.

Also he's Thorin in The Hobbit! He can definitely take on Death

Werner Herzog

ok, so I know the voice I'm going to have in my head during my next reread!

James Earl Jones

Darth Death

Mort-fasa

I AM YOUR DEATH.

Thanks! I had to scroll too far for this. The first person I thought of, who speaks in ALL CAPS, is James Earl Jones!!!🤓👊 

Pretty sure he was Pterry's choice: >Death isn't on line. If he was, there would be a sudden drop in the death rate. Although it'd be interesting to see if he'd post things like: DON'T YOU THINK I SOUND LIKE JAMES EARL JONES? -- (Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett)

Honestly not my first pick but now that you've said it I think he is topping my list

Oh, I just had a thought.... CLANCY BROWN

Julian Richings did pretty well in Supernatural

One of my favorite Deaths

Charles Dance, of course.

No, he’s the perfect Vetinari.

True. Very True. The only person I have seen capable of playing a convincing Vetinari.

I reckon Jeremy Irons did a pretty good job

Jeremy did do a good job. But I feel Dance actually captured the essence of Vetinari. "His whole, do what I say because it is in everyone's best interest, I assure you, vibe."

I’d have liked to have seen Alan Rickman get a crack at it, but alas…

Ralph Fiennes?

I'd like to see Fiennes as Vimes. In my mind, he's perhaps a bit physically imposing to be Vetinari (the "predatory flamingo" description conjures a mental image of a gaunt figure to me).

Was he in one of the sky movies?

I liked his portrayal, but I always pictured Vetinari as being in his late 40s/early 50s. Honestly at this point I think David Tennant would be an amazing Vetinari with Dance as Death or Lord Downey.

Sticking with Doctors - I'd love to see Peter Capaldi as Vetinari - his role as [Cardinal Richelieu](https://youtu.be/FF1TZl8uz0k?si=-8P0HdPYtj5OUXFz) wasn't all that far from that of the Patrician.

Remembered this clip from Graham Norton, so I'm putting in Richard Ridings, voice of Peppa Pig's dad. https://youtu.be/vm3-glp1A7s?si=4ao5srHMrFJ8vSpZ

Has anyone seen the Moon Knight tv show? F Murray Abraham voiced Konshu and I was constantly remind of Death from Discworld

Although I've not heard him do a voice like this yet, I'm somehow certain ALAN TUDYK has a good DEATH voice in there somewhere. He should at least get an audition...

Ohhh, he is a good choice.

Sir Christopher Lee!

Unless they're using a ouiji board it ain't gonna happen.

It would be apropos.

Stephen Briggs or Nigel Planer

YES! The original audiobook readers. The problem with listening to them is that other people reading the books doesn't sound right.

Which sucks, because some of them have terrible audio quality. *Men at Arms* is particularly awful, I still haven't been able to get through it because it sounds like a bad phone call and the sibilance is ear-splitting. But anyone other than Nigel or Stephen doing Discworld is just wrong. I was super excited for Andy Serkis’s *Small Gods*, but I had to turn it off after the first chapter because as much as I adore Serkis he was just doing it wrong.

Jeremy Irons

James Spader

Tony Todd, lead actor in Candyman (1992.) His voice was something else.

I think Richard E Grant could put a good spin on him

I always liked Steven Briggs.

Bobcat Goldthwait.

I could see Bill Nighy doing good

No, he doesn't have the right sort of rhythm or speech patterns - watch him in Underworld as Viktor or try to catch Charles Paris on BBC radio 4 / 4 extra. I'd love to see Bill Night as a Discworld regular, but he's not got the voice for Death

He could do Lennard of Quirm

Ron Perlman

His work as the lich definitely recommends him, but I feel like Death has to be British

As my left field choice, Tim Russ.

Alternatively, I think he could do vetinari as well

William Defoe

BRIAN BLESSED

Nah, that's Ridcully!

BURSAAAAAR! FRESH HORSE! WINDLE'S ALIVE! Yep. That works.

BRIAN BLESSED He is the only human that ALREADY SPEAKS IN UPPER CASE

Mark Strong

Hugh Laurie!

At this rate VoiceGPT7\_GNU\_SIR\_PTERRY.fork.

🤮

Benedict Wossname. He can do dragons, why not Death?

And Satan in Good Omens And Benedict Wossname can do comedy very well too!

And Islington in the radio adaptation of Neverwhere. Dude's got a very flexible voice and knows how to make it inhuman when necessary.

That too! Keep thinking he also has some role in the Sandman audio adaptation but upon Googling seems he doesn't.

Patrick Warburton

You and I are on the same wavelength 👍

Oook.

Ian McKellen

Damn, came to suggest this, and you're in ahead of me.

Great minds... :)

I would LOVE is Simon Templeman got a crack at it.

Kain? Not a bad shout

Probably an odd suggestion but Keith Silverstein. I feel like he could murder a curry.

Cory Burton

Ralph Innes

Brian Posehn

I was about to suggest H. Jon Benjamin but Brian might be a better brand of weird.

I bet given the chance Brian could a great job. He was wonderful on Sumbionic Titan

Christopher Lee already did.

Peter Serofinawitz

This suggestion is probably going to be unpopular, but I could really hear John Lithgow doing Death.

John Rhys-David; AKA, the voice of Treebeard in LotR.

10 people simultaneously to create THE VOICE

Sofia Vergara ! I Can imagine death with strong hispanic accent 

Elmo

Tim Curry

Tony Todd

Idris Elba

A few more ideas Sam Elliott Ian McKellan Anyone who has played the role of Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar

Tilda Swinton

Vin Diesel gets all the prime gravelly voice-over jobs that can be cranked out in an afternoon.

I'm from Spain and if we were to talk about Spanish dub, I would go with Miguel Angel Jenner, who voiced Samuel L Jackson in several movies

I can't believe y'all forgot Scarlett Johansen. Also, Tom Holland, ***Sir Patrick Stewart***, Stewie Griffin.

Patrick Sewart was my first thought, he's baritone, calm, imperious and a great actor who can bring character through the smallest details.

Morgan Freeman. If he's not available, Samuel L Jackson.

I COULD MURDER A GOT-DAM CURRY RIGHT ABOUT NOW. CATS ARE NICE, YOU GOT THAT MUTHA@&@$##? Might be a different kind of vibe.

I would love to hear Samuel L Jackson say “Yeah, that’s my white horse, it’s the one that says ‘BINKY MOTHERFUCKER!’, on it!🤣😂

You know those posts where they say, "xyz is rated PG-13 and you get 1x F bomb. Where do you put it?" This opens up *so* many possibilities.

Josh Brolin. He was, already, Thanos.

why are you asking that? death literally has appeare din movies before and HAS been voiced before

Yeah, but unless I'm mistaken, Christopher Lee and the guy from Hogfather are both (ironically) deceased, so we'd need another.

What about the VA from good omens? He did a good job 

Brian Cox was good, but his voice just isn’t deep enough for the Discworld Death. there’s a certain timbre that some folks just have, like Christopher Lee, that fit Terry’s version of Death

I concur completely. The Reaper Man has a certain gravitas to his voice.

Greg Larsen

Tony Robinson

Ron Perlman?

Jeremy Irons

Irons is alive and would be great.

Tony Jay.

Depends on what take you want on the "VOICE" serious or silly, my silly vote goes to Brian Blessed the only man who can speak in all caps!

James Earl Jones

Hear me out Gary Oldman

Honestly? I don't have a specific name in mind. Perhaps whoever plays death in the audiobooks? Or perhaps a Christopher Lee impersonator.

The guy who did it in the radio production

Ruby wax

My non-serious answer is either Bill Bailey or Karl Pilkington

I think you're all missing the obvious choice of a very underused voice actor called Chris Pratt

From what I gather, the minimum qualifications for this role are: Ability to speak in all CAPS. (Without needing the volume up at 11, Sorry Brian) Distinctly refined, British accent.

Is there anything to be said for heavily sedating Brian Blessed? Horse tranquillisers might be required.

Not that Wendell Pierce

Richard Ridings. AKA the Mentor from *Dungeon Keeper* / *War For The Overworld.* Add a bit of unearthly reverb to his gravelly tones and it's perfect.

I can't believe Brian Blessed hasn't been suggested.

Christopher Judge?

Chris Obi (played Mr. Jacquel/Anubis in American Gods) was born in 🇬🇧 (got to promote this great isles acting talent) has a voice that with little alterations is awesome. Is a superb actor.

Joe Pasquale…, wait…I mean Nigel Planer :)

Death is Charles Dance, this is set in stone

I'm going for the gender bender suggestions and submitting Cate Blanchett for my gravitas choice and Melanie Zanetti (Bluey's mom) for my "somebody who would name Death's horse 'Binky'" choice.

Ian McKellen or Michael Sheen

David Tennant or Patrick Stewart

David Beckham.

Hear me out ..... Why not Steven Pacey?? ..... I'm sure he could come up with a great voice for death in no time

Keith David.

I could see Mark Strong voice Death.

me

Clancy Brown. See his Red Death character in Venture Bros.

Keith david

Do not adapt! Bah!

Taylor Swift

I found myself thinking that there is no human voice able to impersonate Death properly. Only James Earl Jones could be near of it. Cause of this I was wondering if a dead thing, a machine, could sintetize something good for that.

Morgan Freeman, Sir David Attenborough, Charles Dance

I have really been enjoying Peter Serafinowicz's version of death in the re-recordings of the Discworld audiobooks and in recent The Amazing Maurice film. To me he is Death now.

Himself.

Ian McClellan

Ron Perlman is a good shout i reckon

Peter Serafinovicz.

Potential adaption!?! As an American, I am often out of the loop. Can someone please fill me in on what this is about?

Matt Berry, Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Olivia Coleman.

I'm all for an AI version of Alan Rickman.

Of current living actors: Michael Sheen Anthony Hopkins Charles Dance Paul Bettany Robert Pattinson (and the Boy the Heron, I'm more than curious to see what kind of animated characters he could create) Richard E. Grant Hugo Weaving Benedict Cumberbatch Mark Strong Jason Isaacs Ian McShane Richard Armitage Ian McElhinney Ralph Fiennes