Seth Green Says He ‘Shredded’ His Vocal Cords from the ‘Constant Trauma’ of Voice Acting
Seth Green Says He ‘Shredded’ His Vocal Cords from the ‘Constant Trauma’ of Voice Acting
Vanessa EtienneWed, September 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM UTC
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Seth Green revealed he suffered a vocal cord injury after overworking himself on multiple voice acting projects
He developed a rare condition called chondroid metaplasia, typically seen in extreme athletes, due to vocal strain
Doctors performed surgery to repair the damage, and Green is now focused on better self-care and recovery
Seth Green opened up about a vocal injury he suffered by not allowing himself enough rest.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the 52-year-old actor appeared on The McBride Rewind podcast and opened up to host Josh McBride about suffering a muscular injury to his voice after overworking himself.
“So I, in a 24-month period, was doing Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Ninja Turtles and then I agreed to do Call of Duty,” he said. “I didn’t take care of myself and I would go from project to project. You need more than a day in between to recover.”
Green explained that with Call of Duty, he was doing 10 DLC (downloadable content) voices, each with its own 4-hour recording sessions. He said it was “worse than talking” because he had to yell and grunt so often.
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“[My voice was] shredded. And I was doing all of the shows at the same time and I developed a condition called chondroid metaplasia within my vocal folds,” he said, noting that it’s really painful.
“Chondroid metaplasia is something that happens in extreme athletes where your muscle is receiving such constant trauma without rehab that it forms cartilage in the place where your muscles formerly were,” he explained. “The doctor said, ‘Well, you’re a vocal athlete.’”
Green joked that doctors wanted him to be a part of a case study because they’d never seen it before. He said they had to get “scalples and lasers” to fix it, but he’s doing okay now.
“I’m definitely better at taking care of myself,” he said. “I don’t have access to my highest registers, but they assured me with practice and time that I could get there.”
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