The hype is real for Mortal Kombat 1, and after a very successful Mortal Kombat 11 installment that sold over 12 million copies, fans are expecting a lot.

Gameplay is looking brutally fantastic, but part of what makes Mortal Kombat 1 so great is that the performances of its voice actors are equally compelling. The cast is made up of veterans in the industry, and some of them have taken on key roles in different projects that make them perfect for the part.

Let’s meet the English Voice Actors for Mortal Kombat 1!

Related – Check out the Mortal Kombat 1 Kollector’s Edition

Mortal Kombat 1 – Meet the English Voice Actors

Liu Kang (Voiced by Matt Yang King)

Notable Roles:

• Illidan Stormrage – Warcraft
• Kerry Eurodyne – Cyberpunk 2077
• The Atom – Injustice 2
• Maximilian – Valkyria Chronicles
• Captain Guerrero – Trese
• Tunnel Rat – G.I. Joe: Renegades
• Luka – The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
• Marty Mantle – Marty Mantle

Kitana and Mileena (Voiced by Kari Wahlgren)

Notable Roles:

• Haruko Haruhara – FLCL
• Hlökk – Record of Ragnarok
• Celty Sturluson – Durarara!!
• Lady – Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening
• Arcee – Transformers: War for Cybertron
• Jill Valentine – Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
• Aranea Highwind – Final Fantasy XV
• Starfire – Injustice 2
• Evelyn Parker – Cyberpunk 2077
• Harley Quinn – Gotham Knights

Kenshi Takahashi (Voiced by Vic Chao)

Notable Roles:

• Goro/Sektor/Triborg – Mortal Kombat X
• Renji Honda – Renji Honda
• Tseng – Final Fantasy VII Remake
• Liu Xiao – Great Pretender
• Dr. Seiji Shimada – Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus
• Dr. Shinji Shimada – Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising

Shang Tsung (Voiced by Alan Lee)

Notable Roles:

• Makoto Edamura – Great Pretender
• Roland Glenbrook – Triangle Strategy
• Suiryu – One Punch Man
• Kohaku – Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon
• Eiji Sawakita – The First Slam Dunk Movie

Sub-Zero (Voiced by Kaiji Tang)

Notable Roles:

• Sanemi Shinazugawa – Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
• Guts – Berserk
• Pikachu – Detective Pikachu
• Ichiban Kasuga – Yakuza
• Faust – Guilty Gear -STRIVE-
• Munehisa Iwai – Persona 5
• Jin Kazama – Tekken: Bloodline
• Gojo Satoru – Jujutsu Kaisen
• Osamu Dazai – Bungo Stray Dogs
• Hendrickson – The Seven Deadly Sins

Scorpion (Voiced by Ron Yuan)

Notable Roles:

• Sergeant Rusk – Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Sergeant Qiang – Mulan (2020)
• David Park – Fast & Furious
• Dr. Takeda – Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
• Dr. Evan Zao – CSI:NY
• Shiro Ito – Pacific Rim: The Black
• Taiga Saejima – Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Prince Tatsu – Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3

Johnny Cage (Voiced by Andrew Bowen)

Notable Roles:

• Jack Fremont – Fox Hunt
• Neo – The Matrix: Path of Neo
• Brigham Young – The Work and the Glory II and III
• Hudson – Aliens: Colonial Marines

Raiden (Voiced by Vincent Rodriguez III)

Notable Roles:

• Josh Chan – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Asian Tucker Hope – The Onion News Network
• Aide – Hostages
• Henry – With Love
• Detective Rudy Cruz – Insatiable

Kung Lao (Voiced by Sunil Malhotra)

Notable Roles:

• Akshan – League of Legends
• CNMN – Hi-Fi Rush
• Jinx – Star Wars: The Clone Wars
• Harbor – Valorant
• Prince Wu – Legend of Korra
• Omar Nayim – Dead Space: Aftermath

Smoke (Voiced by Yuri Lowenthal)

Notable Roles:

• Peter Parker/Spider-Man – Marvel’s Spider-Man
• Yosuke Hanamura – Persona 4
• Protagonist – Persona 3
• Sasuke Uchiha – Naruto
• Dainsleif – Genshin Impact
• Hayate/Ein – Dead or Alive Series
• Cecil Harvey – Dissidia Final Fantasy
• Haru Glory – Rave
• Suzaku Kururugi – Code Geass
• Simon – Gurren-Lagann

Rain (Voiced by Noshir Dalal)

Notable Roles:

• Sekiro – Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Bode Akuna – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• Kotallo – Horizon: Forbidden West
• FU – No More Heroes 3
• Master Izo – Ghost of Tsushima
• Charles Smith – Red Dead Redemption II

Mortal Kombat 1 is scheduled to release on September 19, 2023, for PS5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch, and PC.