Oscar-winning stars who have voiced animated characters

In the new animated flick Sing, Dallas Buyers Clubstar Matthew McConaughey plays a entrepreneurial koala who launches a singing competition to save his business. The actor revealed that he sought out the role of Buster Moon in order to have a title in his repertoire that his three children could enjoy.

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Reese Witherspoon used her beautiful singing voice to capture an Oscar for her performance in Walk the Line. Now, the mother-of-three is back at it again in Sing, only this time she plays a stay at home mom named Rosita, who dreams of becoming a famous singer.

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Octavia Spencer, who captured Oscar gold for her performance in The Help, made her animated film debut in Zootopia. The American actress voices Mrs. Otterton, an adorable otter who is in desperate search to locate her missing husband.

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Whiplash star J.K. Simmons plays the head of Zootopia's governing body Mayor Leodore Lionheart. The actor's booming voice is the perfect fit for a character who holds such an authoritative position.

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Her performance as a caring and welcoming mother in The Blind Side won Sandra her first Oscar, but in Minionsshe takes an evil turn as the villainous Scarlett Overkill.

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Mom-of-six Angelina Jolie played one no-nonsense tiger in the Kung Fu Pandamovies.

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Les Misérables actress Anne Hathaway took viewers on a trip to Rioin 2011 and 2014, shining in her role as Jewel the macaw.

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As one of the ‘megaminds’ behind 2013’s Best Motion Picture, 12 Years a Slave, Brad Pitt has a shiny Academy Award to call his own. The win came three years after he voiced Metro Man in MegaMind - a film he co-starred in with Moneyballcastmate (and Oscar nominee) Jonah Hill.

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Sir Ben Kingsley, who claimed Oscar gold for his role in 1993’s Schindler’s List, played the cunning Archibald Snatcher in The Boxtrolls.

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George Clooney may have had his head up in space as Matt Kowalski in 2013’s Gravity, but in 2009’s stop-motion animation, Fantastic Mr. Fox, George is as sly and crafty as it gets playing the husband of Mrs. Fox, voiced by Meryl Streep.

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Two-time Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson showed off her sense and sensibility as the quick-witted Captain Amelia in Disney’s 2002 film, Treasure Planet.

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Sound of Music's leading lady Julie Andrews played the part of the Queen in a favourite thing of many children, the ogre-filled Shrek.

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French actress Marion Cotillard is known for her harrowing performances in dramatic films like the award-winning La Vie en Rose, but in 2015 she let her voice do all the work in The Little Prince.

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Known for playing the quirky girl next door in Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger proved to be just as charming as Angie in the 2004 underwater adventure Shark Tale.

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Tom Hanks doesn’t horse around when it comes to voicing his beloved character Woody in Toy Story. The Forrest Gumpstar will dust off his sheriff badge for the fourth time when the Pixar series debuts its next adventure in 2019.

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Whoopi Goldberg used her voice everyday to dish on hot topics as a host on TV’s The View, but back in 1994 the Ghost actress embraced her animalistic side giving voice to Shenzi the hyena in The Lion King.

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