Has anyone else seen an anti Biden ad that seems to be narrated by Sam Elliott?

[MLAA]

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If it is I am so disappointed. I love(d) his work. I tried googling to confirm it was him (his voice is very distinctive) but couldn’t find confirmation or denial.

Edited: to make it clear I can’t find confirmation or denial it is him.

[a kennedy]

1. No I haven't seen it......and damn I hope it wasn't Sam narrating.

[MLAA]

3. Me too!

I recently bought of a number of his old westerns on DVD. It probably was him, however, I wouldn’t put it past some impotus pac or RNC to imitate his voice like they play Songs without permission from the artist.

[lpbk2713]

2. I haven't seen it but his voice is in demand.

He has a lot of imitators.

[Midnight Writer]

32. Yes, I have heard a lot of ads with a "Sam Elliott" voice.

[Bengus81]

4. Elliott isn't a Trump supporter by any means........

More BS IMO

[Happy Hoosier]

6. Agreed... lest I heard, he said...

... it was mind-boggling that this guy could get elected.

[Iggo]

5. There's only one guy on my enemies list: Donald F Trump.

Eyes on the prize, guys.

Don’t chase shiny shit.

[Greybnk48]

7. Sam Elliot is a liberal.

I would be very surprised if it’s him.

[Aristus]

8. I remember how surprised I was to find out that this rangy, mustachioed, Wild West

kind of guy was a liberal.

I laughed out loud when he played a hippie-type in "Parks And Rec".

[Greybnk48]

29. That's one of my favorite episodes! N/t

[Aristus]

31. I'm not a fan of the show, but my wife is.

I love the fact that the ultra right-wing Ron is, IRL, a liberal, too.

Lucky guy; married to Megan Mullaly...

[JHB]

9. Probably an imitator.

Yes, his voice is distinctive, but that by itself makes it ripe for imitation.

[nuxvomica]

14. This sort of thing has gone to court before

IIRC, it was for commercial ads and the imitator lost. It depends on how recognizable the voice is and whether they had a disclaimer. I'm not sure if this applies to political ads, though.

[BannonsLiver]

10. It's not him

I had the same reaction that you did for a GOP ad in 2018. I went down a rabbit hole and found out it’s a voice actor who sounds a lot like him but is not him. There was an article about it online. I’ll see if I can find it. Elliott’s been vocal about MeToo in a positive way and has also described himself as a centrist in interviews.

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Likely a voice impersonator.

But I'm not sure why you automatically state it's him when your own research doesn't pull up anything on it?

He clearly doesn't support Trump:

https://www.metro.us/sam-elliott-aint-a-fan-of-trump-but-thinks-we-need-to-come-together/

[MLAA]

13. Reread my post

I say I couldn’t confirm it and asking if anyone else has heard it.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. I did.

The post still states it as basically a matter of fact. Maybe edit it to include that it's an ad that sounds like it may be narrated by Sam Elliott - not that it is.

[MLAA]

20. Will do 🙂

[MLAA]

21. Done

[Drunken Irishman]

26. Gracies.

I really was bummed reading the post because of the topic lol

[chowder66]

12. Sam Elliott is no fan of Trump

Either they are using a voice that sounds like him or using some sound bite.

[MLAA]

17. It's quite a long ad, so hopefully it is a sound alike 🙂

[chowder66]

19. It's just a sound-a-like

[Mime]

15. unknown voice actor

just google "Sam Elliott Sound-A-Like"
you get a whole slew of actors who sound like Elliott

[MLAA]

16. Thanks!

[panader0]

23. Welcome to DU!

[panader0]

22. I've heard it a few times.

I turned to Jeannie and asked--Is that Sam Elliott? She said --Sure sounds like him.
If it's not him, which I hope, he should let everyone know---do an ad for Joe, or a tweet.
Something to shame trump and save his reputation. Show his face with the ad.

[MLAA]

24. What a great idea! An ad for Biden. Would love to see that.

It’s been playing for several days now so I was hoping if it’s not him he would have put out a press release or something like that.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Distinctive voices are easy enough to imitate.

And Elliot's voice is distinctive.

I've heard Morgan Freeman's voice imitated by voice-overs as well.

[MuseRider]

27. I just listened to an old podcast

of him just yesterday. He said his voice gets used for things that he does not support. I do not know how much recourse he has once it is out there. There are some people who can mimic his voice but not many.

I do know that he is NOT a righty, actually not a lefty either but more a centrist, at least that is what he said but he seemed a little bit more to the left just listening to him but only he knows. I kinda doubt he even knows about this yet.

[treestar]

28. Is he the one in the meme, with a cowboy hat?

Could be the Rethugs think that character would appeal to red staters.

[MLAA]

30. He is the one in this hilarious Doritos commercial with his mustache dancing