John Erwin
He-Man Official archive: the series premiere, "Diamond Ray of Disappearance."
He-Man / Prince Adam
★ THE VOICES BEHIND ETERNIA
The Voice Cast of He-Man
One actor voiced Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Battle Cat. Filmation's own co-founder voiced sixteen characters under a fake name. And the actress behind Teela crossed the stars to voice five more roles on She-Ra. The real story of the 130-episode Filmation cast, verified against the sources fan sites keep getting wrong.
130Episodes, 1983-85
7Actors Profiled
16Roles, One Man
3Credits Corrected
★ THE MULTI-CHARACTER LEGENDS
Three actors, thirty-one characters.
Filmation ran a small repertory company. These three actors alone account for nearly a quarter of every named voice on the show.
16 characters, one actor
Lou Scheimer
Orko, King Randor, Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, Fisto, Mekaneck, Man-E-Faces and nine more, all credited under the pseudonym "Erik Gunden."
6 characters, one actor
Alan Oppenheimer
Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Cringer/Battle Cat, Mer-Man, Buzz-Off and Roboto - the hero and villain leads of the same show, one voice.
9 characters, two shows
Linda Gary
Teela, Evil-Lyn, the Sorceress and Queen Marlena on He-Man, plus five more roles on She-Ra: Princess of Power.
★ INTERACTIVE CAST EXPLORER
Seven actors, every character they voiced.
Tap any actor for the full character list, a bio, their other famous roles, and, where a real clip exists, the character in their own words.
Other notable roles
★ ONE STABLE, TWO SHOWS
He-Man and She-Ra shared a voice cast.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and its 1985 spin-off She-Ra: Princess of Power were both produced by Filmation, using largely the same recording stage and the same repertory of actors. Nobody carried that further than Linda Gary, who voiced Teela, Evil-Lyn, the Sorceress and Queen Marlena on He-Man, then crossed to Etheria to voice Madame Razz, Scorpia, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver and Entrapta on She-Ra: nine major characters across two shows, from the same actress.
She was not alone. George DiCenzo, remembered by most fan sites for the wrong He-Man characters entirely (see below), found his real MOTU-franchise showcase on She-Ra as the villainous Hordak, plus Bow and Sea Hawk. The two shows were, functionally, one production with two names on the call sheet.
9 Characters voiced by Linda Gary, He-Man + She-Ra combined
★ HEAR THEM IN CHARACTER
Five actors, five real clips.
Sourced from the official "He-Man Official / Masters of the Universe Official" YouTube archive. Press a clip to play.
Alan Oppenheimer
He-Man Official archive: "Skeletor’s Best Moments."
Skeletor
Linda Gary
He-Man Official archive: "Best of He-Man and Teela."
Teela
Lou Scheimer
He-Man Official archive: "Best of Orko" - one of more than a dozen roles Scheimer voiced as Erik Gunden.
Orko
Norm Prescott
He-Man Official archive: "The Betrayal of Stratos."
Stratos (season 1)
★ GETTING THE CREDITS RIGHT
Three fan-site errors we're not repeating.
Filmation's uncredited-voices system (see Lou Scheimer, above) means character credits for this show have been getting mixed up online for years. We cross-checked every claim below against IMDb's episode-level credits, Wikipedia and Wiki Grayskull before publishing.
Tri-Klops and Fisto
Often credited to George DiCenzo
Actually voiced by Lou Scheimer
Both recorded by Filmation’s co-founder under the on-screen pseudonym "Erik Gunden." DiCenzo’s only 1983 He-Man work was two minor guest roles.
Beast Man
Often credited to Alan Oppenheimer
Actually voiced by John Erwin
Erwin voiced both He-Man and Beast Man - Oppenheimer’s six roles do not include him.
Cringer / Battle Cat
Often credited to Lou Scheimer
Actually voiced by Alan Oppenheimer
Easy to assume Scheimer voiced everyone he didn’t; Battle Cat was Oppenheimer’s role, not his.
★ MORE VOICES OF ETERNIA
The cast didn't stop in 1985.
Three more eras of Masters of the Universe, three more casts, several genuinely famous names among them.
He-Man 2002 (Mike Young Productions)
Cam Clarke
He-Man / Prince Adam
Also voiced Leonardo on the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon - a fun MOTU/TMNT crossover.
Brian Dobson
Skeletor / Keldor
A raspier, deeper take than the Filmation original.
Christopher Judge
Zodak
Better known as Teal’c on Stargate SG-1, and later as Kratos in the rebooted God of War games.
Masters of the Universe: Revelation / Revolution (2021-2024, Netflix)
Chris Wood
He-Man / Prince Adam
Leads both Revelation (2021) and Revolution (2024).
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Teela (Revelation)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Melissa Benoist
Teela (Revolution)
Supergirl, The CW.
Lena Headey
Evil-Lyn
Game of Thrones’ Cersei Lannister.
Mark Hamill
Skeletor
Luke Skywalker, and the definitive animated Joker.
Liam Cunningham
Man-At-Arms
Game of Thrones’ Davos Seaworth.
Meg Foster
Motherboard (Revolution)
Played the live-action Evil-Lyn in the 1987 Masters of the Universe film - back in the franchise nearly 40 years later.
The 2026 live-action film has its own full cast (Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, Jared Leto as Skeletor, and more) - see the movie hub for that roster; this page stays focused on the people who voiced the character.
★ FREQUENTLY ASKED
Everything people ask about the voice cast.
Who voiced He-Man in the original 1983 cartoon?
John Erwin, across all 130 episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985). He also voiced Beast Man, Ram-Man and Webstor on the same show.
Is it true one actor voiced Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Battle Cat?
Yes. Alan Oppenheimer voiced all three, plus Mer-Man, Buzz-Off and Roboto - the hero and villain leads of the same show, one actor.
Who voiced the most characters on He-Man?
Lou Scheimer, Filmation’s co-founder, credited on screen as "Erik Gunden" for Orko, Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, Fisto and more than a dozen others.
Did any He-Man actors also work on She-Ra?
Yes - most notably Linda Gary, who voiced four characters on He-Man and five more on She-Ra: Princess of Power, since both shows shared the same Filmation voice stable.
Who really voiced Tri-Klops and Fisto?
Lou Scheimer, not George DiCenzo as several fan sites report. DiCenzo’s real MOTU-franchise role was Hordak on She-Ra: Princess of Power.
Who plays He-Man in the 2026 movie?
Nicholas Galitzine plays Prince Adam and He-Man opposite Jared Leto’s Skeletor. See the full cast at the site’s movie hub.