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They might not look familiar, but....

You'd know that voice anywhere. It belongs to the Oscar-winner, the action star, the Cylon, or even a Wonder Woman.

Here's a look at 16 video-game characters voiced by some of Hollywood's most familiar faces. See if you can unmask them before we do.

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Here's an easy one: Maz Kanata from Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens is voiced by...

So, let's see, who on Earth (or Takodana) could've voiced this wise old tavern owner? Hmm...

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...Lupita Nyong'o

Yes, the Academy Award-winning Nyong'o revived her "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" role for the Lego Star Wars adventure.

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Your last softball question: Harry Osborn from Spider-Man 3 is voiced by...

Here's one more gimme. Let's just say the video game doesn't fall far from the 2007 movie.

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...James Franco

Yup. In the game as in the original franchise, Franco is on board as Peter Parker's buddy-gone-bad.

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Logan from Fable III is voiced by...

Finally, a challenge. Our clue ties into the voice actor's most acclaimed role yet: The brooding ruler of Albion is brutal.

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...Michael Fassbender

Fassbender picked up his second career Oscar nomination for playing a slave owner in "12 Years a Slave."

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Amanda Cartwright from Sleeping Dogs is voiced by...

This woman is the hero's prospective girlfriend, and not much else, in this action-adventure game.

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...Emma Stone

No worries. Stone will get to flex her muscles as trailblazer Billie Jean King in the upcoming film, "Battle of the Sexes."

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​EDI in Mass Effect 3 is voiced by...

The Normandy's AI knows its way around a starship.

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...Tricia Helfer

Helfer played Number Six on the "Battlestar Galactica" reboot of the 2000s.

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Afro Samurai from Afro Samurai is voiced by...

You don't want to mess with the namesake of this fighting game.

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...Samuel L. Jackson

You don't want to mess with most of the characters played by Jackson, either.

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James from Fallout 3 is voiced by...

Who's your daddy in this role-playing action game?

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...Liam Neeson

The avenging action star of the Taken franchise says his one of his sons was "pissed off" to discover he couldn't "escape" his real-life father while playing "Fallout 3."

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​Vivienne in Dragon Age: Inquisition is voiced by...

It's said this character from the fantasy-action game "allows nothing to stand in the way of what she desires." Sound familiar?

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...Indira Varma

Varma plays the go-getter Ellaria Sand on "Game of Thrones."

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​Shay in Broken Age is voiced by...

The teenage boy is one of two main characters in this throwback, point-and-click adventure from 2014.

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...Elijah Wood

The still-boyish Lord of the Rings star liked the idea of Broken Age so much he kicked into its Kickstarter campaign.

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​Snake in Metal Gear Solid V is voiced by...

For more than 15 years, the spirit animal of this action-game franchise was voiced by David Hayter. But then a recast happened.

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...Keifer Sutherland

Sutherland assumed Snake's skin for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. Series creator Hideo Kojima said he wanted a "more subdued performance."

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​Curtis the Lumberjack in Broken Age is voiced by...

Who doesn't love an outdoorsman who loves "collecting vintage furniture"?

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...Wil Wheaton

And, seriously, who doesn't love the geek-celebrating "Star Trek: The Next Generation" alum?

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Jason Hudson from Call of Duty: Black Ops II is voiced by...

The unflappable CIA agent, voiced in the original Call of Duty by Ed Harris, is known as "Mr. Shades."

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...Michael Keaton

The "Birdman" and "Batman" star is occasionally too cool for the room himself.

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Brummel from Wanted: Weapons of Fate is voiced by...

This weapons dealer is a key obstacle in the shooter game based on "Wanted."

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...Common

The rapper-actor played a character known as "The Gunsmith" in the "Wanted" film.

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Viktor Reznov from the Call of Duty franchise is voiced by...

This World War II-era Russian soldier is a character in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops I.

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...Gary Oldman

The British "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Oscar nominee saw his 2015 film, "Child 44," banned in Russia by government officials who cited the Cold War tale for "distorting historical facts."

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Vince Magnotta from Ripper is voiced by...

The troubled New York City police detective is on the trail of a serial killer in this 1996 point-and-click adventure.

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...Christopher Walken

The veteran actor is one of several familiar faces in a cast once called "the greatest ensemble of actors ever assembled for a video game." (For 1996, anyway.)

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​Magnolia in Fallout 4 is voiced by...

This post-apocalyptic crooner comes by her voice the old-fashioned way: The character's voice actor is a super(hero) singer.

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...Lynda Carter

TV's Wonder Woman has recorded four albums, including a five-song EP featuring her vocals and compositions for Fallout 4.

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