Voice Description

Conventional, American, dry and wry. Warm and cozy for friendly copy and methodical, knowledgeable and secure for mission critical. Upscale and rich for the high end.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• 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
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, 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

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

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

My Home Base

Burbank, CA 91505, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

NY wise-guy, sloppy Southerner, Brit, Aussie. Ailing with a bad cold, sneezy, whinny, uppercrust.

My Voice Experience

From a background in stand-up I've got a lot of impressions at my disposal: Connery, Dangerfield, Brokaw, Carson, Gore, Brennan (Walter, that is), Cronkite, Popeye, Mr. Magoo, J.Peterman and a prize winning Nicholson.

Studied with several of LA's premiere coaches at different times over the past 10 years; incl. Bob Bergen, Julie Amato, Nicholas Omana, Louise Chamis and Susan Palyo.

Did comedic doubles spots for Baltimore NBC-TV news team.
Dubbed movies 'live' for theatre audiences with improv group, The LA Connection. Performed weekly radio with comedy troupe, dubbing LA TV live for yuks.

Won contest, got to appear on Jim Cramer's "Mad Money" on CNBC to do Nicholson impression.

My Training

Business graduate from Univ. of Maryland; Go Terps!!
Several Los Angeles voice coaches and acting classes over the years; including AFI, Tepper-Gallegos Commercial Workshop, LA Connection Improv studies, Bob Bergen's Animation Workshop, Voice Trax West classes with Susan Palyo.

My Studio Equipment

Apple Mac setup with an M-Box-2 and ProTools software suite. Studio Projects C-1 condensor mic.

Additional Skills

Have also been a studio Prop Man and Set Dresser for the last 12 years. Too much impact on the body has forced me to seek out a better middle age for myself. Proud of my work on films such as "Drugstore Cowboy," "The Public Eye," "Internal Affairs," "Jack's Back," and TV projects "The District," "In-Laws," "Charmed," "The Ellen Show," and "All of Us," among many others.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

Contact Information

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