Tom Hanks Says the Oscars Don’t Need a Voice Acting Category Because Voice Performances Should Be Able to Win Best Actor and Actress

By Zack Sharf

Zack Sharf

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Tom Hanks recently told Gold Derby while promoting “Toy Story 5” that he is not interested in seeing a new Oscar category created for voice actors. Instead, voice actors should be strongly considered for the main acting categories.

“I think they have enough categories,” Hanks said about the Oscars. “The truth is, truly, a voice actor can win Best Actor. The judgment is ‘any performance that moved you.’ We’ve talked about, for example, Andy Serkis. Even though he does not appear as Andy Serkis, he gives all the raw material to it. There’s been people who have been close to being nominated that do not appear on camera. That could happen to a pure-vocal actor.”

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