Alan Forester

Voice Description

Want a voice over talent who'll make your voiceovers work better? Whether it’s a message on hold, voicemail greetings, podcasting or corporate/industrial video, Alan Forester is the voice actor you can count on for SOUND DELIVERY, 24-7.

Especially for voiceover jobs that need a warm, friendly “Dad” voice talent, or an authoritative expert, making the toughest technical words easy to understand, or a smooth, energetic radio voice, drumming up excitement for your business or project, consider Alan Forester.

Alan offers voice acting versatility on the fun side too, with regional American dialects from East to West (New York City, New England – Boston/Maine, Southern, West Virginia, and Texan. Great straight and comic foreign dialects include Irish, Yiddish, Japanese, East Indian, Russian/East European, German, French, Spanish and 3 flavors of British accents. He also offers SOUND DELIVERY in French and Spanish languages.

Alan’s custom-created cartoon characters are also available for voiceover audition. He’s crafted such famous “toons” as Paddy the Irish Potato (at least his roots are in Ireland), super-hero Arnold Schvitzengroper the Ex-Terminator, Buford Gopher (“There are holes in them thar hills!”, and Sting-Key, a security guard who sounds a lot like Bogart.

Alan Forester is a multi-talented, voice-over veteran. a master at taking direction , either in your studio or by phone patch, and offers SOUND DELIVERY by MP3, WAV, CD, or any other format you specify.

Check out the demo. And ask for more, if you wish!

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British
• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Songs

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Irvine, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

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My Voice Experience

BROADCAST:

WORLD VISION – National TV documentary spot announcements (series of six)

COMP-CARE – So. Calif. TV documentary-style
commercial, voiceover and on-camera

MISSION HOSPITAL – San Diego TV commercial, hospital/Chest Pain Center

SOAP DROPS – National TV commercial, pilot, liquid soap products

ALPHA-BETA – So. Calif. radio commercial, regional supermarket chain

Dr. CARTER’S CLINIC – San Diego radio commercial, Weight Loss Clinic

INTERCEPTOR – So. Calif. radio commercial, regional security system supplier (series of ten)

FORD AEROSPACE – So. Calif. radio commercial, character voice, Irish leprechaun

KWIKSET – So. Calif. radio commercials (series of eight) comic voices, lock supplier

KAUFMAN & BROAD – So. Calif. radio commercials (series of 4) character voices (real estate)

NON-BROACAST:

N.A.S.A – Promotional video projects, presented to Congress for funding (series of 14), narration, JPL

HUNT-WESSON FOODS – Inservice training videos (series of 7), narration, national food industrial

COLDWELL-BANKER – Inservice training videos (series of 6), narration, national realtors

DOLE FRESH VEGETABLES – Promotional video, narration, national food industrial

TOSHIBA MEDICAL – Promotional video, narration, international technology company

SUN WORLD – Promotional videos (series of 4), narration, national food industrial

CARL KARCHER ENTERPRISES – Inservice training videos (series of 6), regional restaurant chain

COOPERVISION – Technical training video in techniques of eye surgery, narration, national

SINGLEPOINT – Promotional videos (series of 3), narration, regional insurance company

AMERICAN MEDICAL – Instructional videos (series of 4), narration, national medical training firm

MEDCOM -- Instructional video, voiceover acting, young surgeon, nationa medical training firm

My Training

Alan's career as a voice over artist really began at the tender age of eight. He discovered that doing the dishes after family meals was less boring if he made a "radio show" out of the chore. He used to ride his bike around the neighborhood for hours, playing "bus driver",calling out the names of the imaginary stops. He even announced assorted bits of fruit on his spoon, while eating fruit salad.... much to his parents’ chagrin!
His first job in radio was at age 16, leading to fulltime work for the next 10 years at both radio and TV stations in the Midwest, including such voice services as DJ, sportscaster, puppeteer, weather forecaster, and straight announcer.
A highlight of Alan Forester’s career was as narrator/spokesman for a series of video presentations to the U.S. Congress, sponsored by N.A.S.A. to encourage funding for future space programs.

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

Alan Forester earned his B.A. in both Speech and Psychology at Wayne State University, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Case Western Reserve University. Now he lives and practices in Southern California. Psychology has been his full-time profession, supplemented by free-lance voiceover work the last several years.
With more than three decades of experience as both a voice artist and psychologist, Alan is especially proud of his communication skills, in his ability to read and write tough, technical copy for audio projects, as well as his versatility in voice acting.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

Contact Information

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