Lynda Carter
Sir Patrick Stewart
Sean Bean
Michael Hogan

Who will we see next?
Rumors?
Speculation?

Pee Wee Herman.

Does anyone know how much of a voice acting budget TES games usually require?

Paul Reuben as the male and female Orsimer would be epic.

I'd pay good money for that, for sure!

So say we all! !

Now that you mention it, Edward James Olmos might do a pretty good job as a voice actor in an Elder Scrolls game.

Tigh and Adama, sounds great to me!

If there's a game set in Hammerfell and I don't hear Michael Mack anywhere, I'm not going to be a happy camper.

I'd say a decent amount. Look at the talent they've had? I only mentioned a few of the biggest names.

I have often wondered what Lynda pays herself for the vo work.

Who wouldn't be upset?

I wasn't happy when I didn't hear him in Skyrim. He did the redguard voice for Redguard Adventures, MORROWIND, and OBLIVION. When I heard a Redguard speak for the first time in Skyrim and it wasn't Michael Mack's voice, I was disappointed.

I'll second that. And I also missed him in Skyrim. It doesn't feel right without him.

:-)) please hire for fallout 4 )

...As the voice of the player-character...

I hope we get some Pee Wee Herman combat taunts: "I know you are, but what am I?" ... "Say it, don't spray it." ... "That's my name, don't wear it out." ... "Take a picture, it'll last longer."

Liam Neeson. I know he was in Fallout 3, but I'd like to hear him in a TES game

The cast of Game of Thrones

We've already had Sean Bean

And this will only work if Lisa Heady plays a spoiled, lewd Imperial Noble that the NPC wants to murder but can't because she is plot centric.

Sir Patrick would be a great Emperor or King

A worry of mine would be them spending too much of their VA budget to get a certain person/small group of people, only for us to end up getting very little NPC dialogue variation again.

Exactly! I would spread the (huge) budget for 200+ voice actors (by no means amateurs, I mean real actors just not the usual expensive Hollywood stars).

An army of voice actors isn't needed. Most voice actors are capable of doing many voices. What Bethesda is probably lacking is a good director. A good director can coax some really amazing performances out of even a moderately talented actor.

200+ voice actors is more than most games have. Here are the numbers of voice actors in some recent AAA RPGs:

Dragon Age: Origins - 148

Dragon Age 2 - 103

DA: Inquisition - 133

Mass Effect - 74

Mass Effect 2 - 99

Mass Effect 3 - 154

The Witcher - 87

The Witcher 2 - 40

Morrowind - 14

Oblivion - 13

Skyrim - 90

Fallout 3 - 37

Fallout: New Vegas - 70

One thing I've always found strange is that Skyrim didn't even feel like it had 90 voice actors to me. Am I the only one who felt/feels this way?

The thing is 20 of the 90 voice actors voice 80% of the NPCs. The other 70 voice actors voice 1 or two characters each.