Brian McCann - Character Specialist with a trained voice

Character Specialist with a trained voice

• Brian McCann is registered with Voice123 since Jan 09, 2009.
• Brian McCann started his/her voice over career in 1988.
• Currently Brian McCann is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

I have considerable training in Shakespeare and comedy improv so I can run the gamut from perfect diction to zany character voices. I am often called on to do warm father and British dialect voices. I can also do smooth deep narration.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

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

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Most British accents including Proper, Cockney, Liverpool, etc. I am often told I sound quite a bit like John Cleese. I can perform German, French, Russian and all American dialects. Including but not limited to NY (tough and Jewish)the South (refined and hick) and Minnesota. I am often called upon to do warm grandfather characters. Nerdy teen boy is in my bag of tricks as well as Vegas show guy. Insufferable pompous bore is always around.

My Voice Experience

I have just finished playing Scrooge in a radio play version of A Christmas Carol with Aspire Arts. Before that I did a Mad Elizabethan Lord for a radio morning show on Hot 107.9 FM Here are the stations Ihave worked as a Disc Jockey:
WDSD 106.6 FM Dover, DE
KSNO Aspen Public Radio Aspen, CO
WMIB 1480 AM Marco Island, FL
WSGL 103.1 FM Naples, FL
Here is my TV and Film experience:
Television

The American Franklin HistoryChannel

Hijinks Host Nickelodeon Channel

Dragon’s Tale Cablevision Ch. 4

Film
This is a Break Up 1812 Productions

Tete-a-Tete Houghton Mifflin

My Training

I have been working in radio since graduating High School. Both as a Disc Jockey and as a commercial voice over talent. I have studied voice with Pennelope Reed and David Howey of the Royal Shakespeare Company. I have worked and trained with Comedy Sportz for the last 10 years.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Brian McCann

Additional Skills

I am a Classically trained actor, with a long list of Shakespeare roles under my belt. Some of my favorites include:
Brabantio in Othello, Touchstone in As You Like It, Don John in Much Ado About Nothing and Prospero in The Tempest. My all time favorite is oddly not Shakespeare; Cyrano DeBegerac.