Barrett Whitener - elegant, sophisticated, quiet, upscale

elegant, sophisticated, quiet, upscale

• Barrett Whitener is registered with Voice123 since Nov 02, 2006.
• Barrett Whitener started his/her voice over career in 1993.
• Currently Barrett Whitener is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Barrett Whitener was last active on Voice123 13 days ago

Voice Description

For commercials and narrations: Quiet, elegant, sophisticated read. Can exhibit a dry, tongue in cheek humor when desired. Ideal for upscale products and "soft touch" subjects (health care, sensitive material, etc.)

For Voice of God events: all the above, with a dash of joie de vie.

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 - 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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• 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

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

American south - downscale, American south - upscale, Louisiana French (Cajun), New York City, New England, Pennsylvania Dutch, Midwestern, California (i.e., neutral American), Cockney, British, Irish, Scottish, Australian, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Filipino, Portugese, Japanese, Chinese, East Indian, Pidgin English, Hawaiiian, Swedish, Russian, Middle European (Lithuanian, Jugoslav, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian), Polish, Greek, Yiddish

My Voice Experience

Commercials and narrations include PBS, American Red Cross, Boeing, WETA-TV, Charter Medical Corp.

Live (Voice of God) events include Service for America Medals, Chef's Best auction, Performing Arts Association auction.

Audiobooks include titles for Random House Audio, Simon and Schuster Audio, Books on Tape, Blackstone Audio.

My Training

Marice Tobias, v-o coach/consultant
Ralph Zito, Shakespeare Theatre, voice for the actor
M.F.A., University of South Carolina, 1993 -- theatre and speech
B.A. with Highest Honors, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1982 -- communications