Who voiced Detective Pikachu in the 2019 film Pokémon Detective Pikachu?

Ryan Reynolds voiced Detective Pikachu in the 2019 film Pokémon Detective Pikachu.

Directed by Rob Letterman, the film is based loosely on the 2016 Nintendo 3DS game Detective Pikachu. Reynolds provides the voice and motion-capture performance for the talking Pikachu, while Justice Smith plays Tim Goodman, a young man searching for his missing father. The story combines live-action human characters with computer-generated Pokémon.

Unlike the standard Pokémon anime, the film does not center on Ash Ketchum’s journey or follow the usual Gym challenge structure. It presents Ryme City, where humans and Pokémon live together without traditional Pokémon battles being the city’s central activity. The film’s mystery plot revolves around Harry Goodman’s disappearance and an experimental substance connected to Pokémon behavior.

The title can cause confusion because Detective Pikachu also names the handheld game and the character himself. Reynolds is the voice performer for the English-language film; other releases may use different localized voice actors. The movie was distributed by Warner Bros. and marked Pokémon’s first major live-action theatrical feature.