Who voiced Spyro in Spyro: A New Beginning?

Elijah Wood voiced Spyro in Spyro: A New Beginning. His performance gave the young purple dragon a new voice for The Legend of Spyro reboot, which presented Spyro as a more story-driven hero than in the original platform games.

A New Beginning was released in 2006 and shifted the series toward action-focused combat, with Spyro learning fire, electricity, ice, and earth breath attacks. The game follows his discovery of his dragon heritage and his struggle against the forces of the Dark Master.

The voice cast is easy to mix up because several prominent actors played major characters. Gary Oldman voiced Ignitus, David Spade voiced Sparx, and Cree Summer voiced Cynder. Elijah Wood reprised the role in the later games The Eternal Night and Dawn of the Dragon.

This was not Wood’s only major fantasy voice role, but it was distinct from his work as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The Spyro reboot also used a different cast from the original series, whose lead voice actors included Carlos Alazraqui and Tom Kenny in different games.