Chris Baker - Guy next door, trustworthy, friendly, approachable

Guy next door, trustworthy, friendly, approachable

• Chris Baker is registered with Voice123 since May 01, 2009.
• Chris Baker started his/her voice over career in 2007.
• Currently Chris Baker is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

smooth confident business professional
warm and trustworthy
neighborly and approachable
comforting and caring
dry and sarcastic wit

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

british accents; Scottish, Irish, English; upper class, cockney, coronation street.
East Indian
southern drawl
mid east blue collar
French; a la fromage (cheesy)
"you want fries with that" teenage voice crack
Voice of God; if he were 5'6'' and 145 lbs and wore glasses
Stephen Hawking
slimey used car salesman
Ralph the dog - dumb, confused and lovable
"Gary Owen" stylized announcer

My Voice Experience

The "Uncle that all the kids liked" is how one producer described my sound. For announcer jobs; I have been typically cast as the "un-announcer" or "the guy next door". This got me cast as the "voice of" Travel Alberta for a year now. An air of trustworthiness has landed a great deal of homebuilder announcer jobs. The "yeah, I'd buy from this company" effect.
Man on the street is another role that has worked and "that guy who everyone wants as a friend" seems to bring in jobs as well.
A national creative agency KARO -cast me to read narrative style "Brand Blunders" to illustrate classic mistakes made in Branding. 1.5 minute long spots telling stories of products like the Ford Edsel. They described my sound as being "it was like you were actually there when it happened - totally believable expert".
Was cast in 2 episodes of a Sci-Fi podcast "Silent Universe" as the character Garret Arrowney - a womanizing, hard drinking, space type cowboy secret agent.

My Training

Initally my training consisted of countless hours watching classic Looney Toons, Hanna Barbera and other cartoons.
I have taken several acting classes and am a cast member of the Calgary Opera where I am a "Super" which puts me in non-singing, on stage character roles; priests, soldiers, matador, henchman etc, referred to as "live scenery" sometimes.
I have taken many VO Classes for character, narration and general development. For a year or so I was a volunteer reader of newspapers and periodicals for the Blind and housebound with VoicePrint Canada - a national service broadcast over the net and on the SAP network of CBC Newsworld Television.

My Studio Equipment

At home I have a Cubase software program which allows me to produce broadcast quality work and is what I used to record my sessions for the Silent Universe Podcast as well as volunteer PSA's for VoicePrint Canada.
I have access to at least 2 professional studios in town.

Additional Skills

I am a senior executive and founding investor in a small Oil and Gas company and understand the business of running a business. It has made me flexible and patient and I understnd the "bottom line"

Payment Methods Accepted

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