Ben Shields - Guy Next Door, Wry, Sarcasm, Droll, Cool

Guy Next Door, Wry, Sarcasm, Droll, Cool

• Ben Shields is registered with Voice123 since Jun 09, 2009.
• Ben Shields started his/her voice over career in 1996.
• Currently Ben Shields is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

My range is very wide. That may sound cliché, but in this case, it's true. I can sound like a young man on the street, then switch to a menacing, deep villain. I can switch from a dumb, country bumpkin to a haughty upper-crust noble. Or I can just be "a guy". I can be warm and deep, smooth and professional, subtle and introspective, and zany and over the top, just to name a few. I'm a trained actor and was taught to be able to do many different things. I also used to sing in musicals professionally, so my voice has clarity, diction and stamina - but I'm also able to relax all of that and sound like a "normal" guy.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SAG (US)

• AFTRA (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Standard British, Upper British, American Southern, Chicago, Cockney, Irish,

My Voice Experience

I began talking at a very early age, when I was a child, so I consider that getting an early start. Started voice-over in 1996 in Chicago. I have done hundreds of commercials, a handful of video games, a few live announcements, industrials, was the live announcer for the Jeff-Award winning stage musical "Forever Plaid" in Chicago, and appeared as a radio voice on the TV show "Jericho"

I have been the national spokesman for Buffalo Wild Wings, Butterfinger Crisp, Burger King, Red Lobster, Evinrude Motors, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Surge/Coca-Cola, and regional spokesman for Rubio's Baja Grill. One of my ads for Partnership for a Drug-Free America won awards and went to the commercial festival in Cannes, France. I was the lead voice of the video game "Blazing Angels".

I have done everything from spokesman roles to funny characters to "guy next door" and instructional voices. I can do and have done it all.

My Training

Graduated with a theatre degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL (Chicago). I've been trained by Cathy Kalmenson (voice-over for professionals), Andrea Romano (animation), and David Lewis (voice-over for professionals). I trained at The Second City Training Center in Chicago and have acting training from Michael Woolson and Uta Hagen.