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Harvey Randall

Was Geralt's voice actor inspired by Henry Cavill's take on him in The Witcher series? 'No, because we were first'

A split image showing Henry Cavill from Netflix's The Witcher series, juxtaposed with Geralt from The Witcher 3 Remastered.

It's often said that good artists borrow, and great artists steal. And given Doug Cockle, the voice actor for Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 3, has been in the rare position of getting to see a character he's played for years in videogames debut on streamed TV, portrayed for a stint by Henry Cavill (and now Liam Hemsworth), you might wonder if he has taken any notes.

"No," he tells PC Gamer's Joshua Wolens at Gamescom 2026. "Because we were first."

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