Danny Fehsenfeld sat down and chatted with #Powerjournalist Markos Papadatos about his career in the entertainment business as a voiceover actor, entertainer, and performer.
Vince Lombardi once said: “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” This quote applies to Danny Fehsenfeld.
Fehsenfeld has several starring roles in films releasing into theaters in 2026: ”Dead Bloom,” scored by Ramon Djawadi (“Game of Thrones”), and “The Flood: End of Mankind” opposite Kevin Sorbo (“Hercules”).
He voices the Advert Narrator in “The Running Man” alongside Glen Powell and Josh Brolin, and plays New Jersey in “Voicemails For Isabelle” alongside Zoey Deutch and Nick Robinson (the No. 1 movie in July of 2026). He stars in “Christmas Eve” with Stephen Baldwin and Kevin Sorbo (2027).
Background on Danny Fehsenfeld
He is an actor, musician, singer, songwriter, public speaker, and writer. Soap fans know him for playing Gil on the No. 1 daytime drama “The Young and The Restless,” and YouTube lists his views at over 250 million, and rightfully so.
He has been the national spokesman for numerous brands including Jeep, Chrysler, Rolaids, Salonpas, 5 Hour Energy, and Pioneer.
His campaign for Nordnet went viral and according to Adweek and Good Morning America, set the trend in advertising for the last five years, being emulated by numerous other brands, including Esurance with Dennis Quaid. He has also been in over 400 commercial campaigns.
Fehsenfeld did three voices in the Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA-winning “Spiderman Into The Spiderverse,” and he played Thanos from The Avengers in Disney/Marvel’s “What If, An Immersive Experience” (winning the 2024 PrimeTime Emmy and nominating Danny for the 2024 SOVAS Voice Arts Award “Best Video Game Voice”).
“We did Spider-Man and the Spider-Verse a number of years ago, and then I voiced Thanos for Marvel Disney’s. It was a great experience,” he admitted.
As a singer, Danny’s voice can be heard on recordings behind Celine Dion, Brian McKnight, John Legend, Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole, The Backstreet Boys, Joss Stone, Gavin Degraw, and Wyclef Jean. He has also performed on-stage with Twila Paris, Kathy Mattea, John Tesh, Steven Bishop, and John Debney.
Big winner at the SOVAS Awards
His extensive voice over career also earned him five SOVAS nominations. In 2026, Fehsenfeld won SOVAS highest honor, the 2026 SOVAS Award “Outstanding Body Of Work — Best Voice Actor” (he was previously nominated in the same category back in 2024). “In January, I won the ‘Best Actor’ Award at the SOVAS, which is the No. 1 award for voiceovers,” he said. “The SOVAS ceremony is held in the same place where they do the Golden Globes and the Emmys, just a week later.”
“For the final award category of the night (for the body of work for Voiceover Actor), they nominate both men and women in that category. To be nominated, you need to have a minimum of 15 years across multiple genres of voiceover, so they considered hundreds of projects of me and other artists, and they pick their favorite voiceover actor for the year, so winning that one was really nice,” he explained.
The digital age
On being a part of the digital age, he said, “I’ve been in the business long enough to know that the changes from social media into streaming. When I started, they would laugh you off the stage or out of the casting room if you had a color photo. We didn’t have cell phones. We had pagers, and a lot of people don’t know that Screen Actors Guild really had jurisdiction over film and after a jurisdiction over video so the reason that they had different rates was because of those demographics.”
“I’ve watched it all shift. I remember having to go find a pay phone, call my agent, write things down on a napkin or whatever I had. We didn’t have maps, so I had to use the Thomas Guide atlas. I went through all that stuff. So working in the digital age is an interesting time,” he admitted.
“The rates have gone down decreasingly. So, the residual structure isn’t there. It’s much more difficult to make capital. As artists, so many people are involving themselves in branding and monetizing themselves with merchandising across social media, because it’s just a wild time,” he added.
Stage of his life
On the title of the current chapter of his life, he revealed, “Learning to live in 100 percent self-honesty, focused on peace.”
Plans for the future
On his future plans, he shared, “I have been super grateful for my successes and I want to continue working as an actor. Being an actor is more like being in the passenger seat.”
“I said to some friends this week that I’ve been super grateful for my successes and I want to continue working as an actor, but, being an actor is more like being in the passenger seat,” he said.
“I want to put myself more in the driver’s seat in the years ahead. What that means to me is do more producing and some directing so that I can be in a position to make a decision about the scripts that I’m a part of, the words that are said, how things are crafted, and the stories that I tell,” he elaborated.
Gregory Zarian
Fehsenfeld had great words about Emmy-nominated actor Gregory Zarian. “Gregory is an amazing guy,” he exclaimed. “I love him… he has such a huge heart. We shot a film together during COVID, where we played detectives, and we instantly became friends. It was so much fun working together.”
Advice for young and emerging artists
For young and aspiring artists, he said, “I would tell people that if you want to become an actor, whether on camera or off camera, you have to approach it as if you are a commission-only, non-salaried car salesman. If you are okay living a life that is 100 percent entrepreneurial, where most of your energy will be placed into auditioning, for which you are not paid, then by all means follow your passion.”
“If your passion doesn’t extremely supersede that practical reality, there are many easier ways to make money and live a really decent life. You only should do it if your creative expression finds its way into these mediums with no alternative,” he added.
Superpower of choice
His superpower of choice would be “the ability to heal all diseases.” “I would love to prevent suffering from people,” he said.
Success
On his definition of success, he said, “Having a human experience for a short span of time in this body, I would love to wake up every day working collaboratively with really smart, creative people where we laugh and tell stories that are redeeming.”
Message for his fans
For his fans, Fehsenfeld said, “There is no greater hero for you than yourself. If I can in any way inspire you to get to know and love yourself better and achieve all of your dreams, then I feel really grateful that I’ve been able to play even a piece of that role in your life.”
To learn more about Danny Fehsenfeld, follow him on Instagram and visit his official website.
