15 animated characters you didn't know were voiced by famous musicians

Fergie is one of more than two-dozen actresses who have voiced Charlie Brown's little sister since the character made her first appearance in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" in 1965.

She voiced the character for two TV specials — "It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown" and "Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown" — and four episodes of the 1985 season of "The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show." In one of the TV episodes, Fergie also voiced Peppermint Patty.

In a 2009 interview with Movieweb, Cyrus explained that owning six dogs made it easier for her to talk to the imaginary Bolt as if it were really her own pup. She also talked about hearing her voice on screen and how it differed from her role in"Hannah Montana."

"Ever since I was little, people would always make jokes about my low voice. But they also complimented me on it-'it's so different, it's so low,'" Cyrus told Movieweb. "But still, in school, people would make fun of it. But now, I think it's so cool that you don't have to have the picture-perfect, girly voice to do an animated film. I think it's great for kids with different voices to know that they could do something like this."

Gomez told Collider in 2012 that voicing Mavis was a fun way for her to stay connected to her family-friendly acting roots while taking on more mature acting roles.

"To be honest, I'm actually not that great with animation because I feel like sometimes it's harder to act with your voice than to act with your actual self," Gomez told Collider. "But, this was such a great experience and [everyone was] wonderful to work with. It was a good thing for me to do, in that area, because I was doing a couple movies that were out of my comfort zone. I felt this was a nice way to go back to that."

If you've ever seen the way Flea jumps around on stage while performing with the Chili Peppers, it may come as no surprise that he voiced the feral child Donnie.

A 2003 NME article quotes Flea telling Entertainment Weekly, "There's definitely a part of me that is completely him. It's also the most bizarre, strangest job I've ever had."

The Prince of Darkness has starred as two rather adorable deer characters: Fawn in "Gnomeo and Juliet" in 2011 and Vicar in "Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind" in 2007.

In a 2014 episode of "Steven Universe," Minaj stars as Sugilite, a combination of two of his Crystal Gems — Garnet (who is voiced by the British singer Estelle) and Amethyst — merged together. Minaj was unapologetically herself and didn't change her voice much for the role.

This wasn't Minaj's first time getting animated. She voiced the mammoth Steffie, a member of The Brat Pack in "Ice Age: Continental Drift" in 2012, and starred as herself in an episode of "The Cleveland Show" the same year.

Drizzy played Ethan, another teen mammoth who is the love interest of Peaches, Manny's daughter.

During the episode, the duo offered some pretty rock 'n roll advice to Faffy, Dave's pet dragon: "So there are some humans out there and you're their pet?" one of them asks. "You can't be no pet man, you're a dragon ... a dragon don't work for the man, dig?"

The rock legend voiced Lord Royal Highness, the king of the lost city of Atlantis in the "SpongeBob SquarePants" TV special "Atlantis SquarePantis."

"SpongeBob" supervising producer and co-executive producer Paul Tibbitt told Animation World Network in 2016 that after getting the job, David Bowie revealed that he and his daughter were huge SpongeBob fans. Bowie reportedly wrote on his website that he "landed the Holy Grail of animation jobs."

Tom Petty voiced Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt (and occasionally Lucky's friend Mud Dobber) on 28 episodes of "King of the Hill" between 2004 and 2009. His character earned the nickname Lucky after slipping on urine in a Costco bathroom and getting a large settlement from the company.

In a 2017 tribute to Petty shared with Rolling Stone, "King of the Hill" creator Mike Judge described the rock star as "the nicest, most humble and unassuming rock star you could ever hope to meet." He added that Petty "was always a pleasure to work with – such a funny guy. He will be greatly missed."

Sting was called to the stand by Barry the Bee who accused him of appropriating bee culture and revealed, to the courtroom's shock, that his real name is in fact Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner.

The Police front man also voiced Zarm for the first two seasons of "Captain Planet and the Planeteers" from 1990 to 1992.

Cocker sang the song "Petey's Song" in the 2009 Wes Anderson stop-motion animated film. In a Q&A with The Quietus, Cocker said he was a fan of Roald Dahl's children's book "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and that he loved Anderson's adaptation.

"The thing with kids' books is that if they're written well they can appeal to adults as well. They're not sentimental, those stories," Cocker told The Quietus. "That's something that's nice about Wes' adaptation; usually kids wouldn't see a fox kill a chicken in a film, it'd be implied or glossed over. There you see it."

Snoop Dogg oozed his classic swagger as Turbo and also had a lead song on the movie's soundtrack.

In a 2013 interview with the Los Angeles Times, he said, "I wanted a song with a lot of energy, that was high-paced, that could attract the kids, make them feel good about hearing it, and want to dance to it."

"I like the way my character looks, sounds…. I think I'm a great snail," he added.

Snoop also voiced It in 2019's "The Addams Family," and he's currently recording his voice for the second film. He has also voiced-acted in a number of cartoons including "F Is for Family," "King Of The Hill," and "American Dad!"

Simmons has taken on quite a few voice acting jobs throughout the years. He and the rest of Kiss performed a killer version of "Detroit Rock City" while Scoob and the gang battled a giant monster in the 2015 film "Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery."

Simmons also played a sea monster in the "SpongeBob" episode "20,000 Patties Under the Sea," and a biker in the "King of the Hill episode "Reborn to Be Wild." He also had a brief cut scene in "Family Guy."

Speaking of his role on "SpongeBob" Simmons said, "I was born for this part. I've been waiting all my life to be a Sea Monster. It's in my blood. It's what I do. It's my job. SpongeBob is jealous, as well he should be. I was brilliant."

In addition to voicing Pedro, will.i.am also recorded four songs — "Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)," "Drop It Low," "Real In Rio," and "Advice For The Young At Heart" — for the movie.

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