Bill McConnell

Voice Description

If you need many DIFFERENT voice characterizations – call Bill McConnell – an all-purpose voice talent – LITERALLY!

I am a “one-stop shop” for all of your voiceover needs. I’m great for any and all voice over jobs, from serious to sultry to silly. I am authoritative and engaging for instructional and narrations. I’m lively, energetic, and attention-getting for commercials. And I am the consummate professional for presentations. So whether your voiceover needs require a hard or a soft sell, a conservative delivery, or comical shtick, I’m guaranteed to fit your bill.

My voice talent abilities include sound-alike voice impersonations and imitations/impressions of several popular TV and cartoon characters, actors, singers, and other celebrities (see some examples listed at the end of this section). I am fully capable of various regional dialects, among them Canadian, British, Australian, New Zealand, Southern U.S. (including Caucasian, African-American, Cajun), Californian, Midwest, Northern U.S., Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, Jamaican, African, Caribbean, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Indian, Pakistani, etc.

Actors:

Conrad Bain, James Earl Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, DeForest Kelly, Patrick Stewart, Charles Bronson, Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Devito, Tony Danza, Keanu Reeves, Antonio Fargas, Isabel Sanford, Paul Michael Glaser, Carroll O’Connor, Rob Reiner, Redd Foxx, Robert Blake, Clint Eastwood, John Vernon, Leslie Nielsen, etc.


Singers:

Louis Armstrong, Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals), Randy Newman, Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night), Sammy Davis Jr., David Crosby, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Michael McDonald, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Willie Nelson, etc.

Celebrities:

Ross Perot, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, Walter Cronkite, Ed Sullivan, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Sam Donaldson, Ernie Anderson, Bill Moyers, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, David Letterman, Paul Schaffer, Don Kirshner, Jack Benny, Dick Cavett, Dan Rowan, Sgt Stacey Koon, William F. Buckley, Pat Buchanan, Frank Zappa, etc.


Characters:

Bullwinkle, Al Bundy, Crocodile Dundee (Paul Hogan) Barney the Dinosaur, various "Simpsons" characters, "Beavis and Butthead" characters, the entire Fat Albert Gang, Eric Cartman (South Park), various Muppet/Sesame Street characters: Grover, Bert, Ernie, Miss Piggy, Sam the Eagle, Statler and Waldorf, Big Bird, Fozzie Bear, Yoda, Darth Vader, Obi Wan Kenobi, etc.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• 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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

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 have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch 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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Bill McConnell

My Voice Experience

Past jobs have included various types of voicework for ABC-TV (KCRG – Cedar Rapids, IA), including commercials (one of which was nominated for an ADDY award), promo spots, and public service announcements; as well as narrative voicework for a product video for Northrop Grumman Corporation.

My Training

Unknown - Click here to ask Bill McConnell

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Bill McConnell

Additional Skills

I'm an ace with many types of modern and traditional analog and digital audio production equipment.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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