David McAlister The Best of British

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David McAlister is one of the leading BRITISH Voice Talents in UK with regular spots for major brands such as Vodafone, Marks & Spencer, CNBC, Sony-Ericsson, Microsoft and BMW.

He also books frequent informed, intelligent documentaries for National Geographic TV, Discovery and BBC Natural History channels.


David is also a well-known TV actor, see Who's Who in Television (BRIDESHEAD REVISITED, POIROT, MISS MARPLE and DR WHO); Radio Drama (THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE ARCHERS); West End theatre (THE SOUND OF MUSIC, THE MOUSETRAP, OH KAY!, PEG, and ALWAYS); Movies (THE MUSIC LOVERS, WHO DARES WINS, FATHERLAND); Audio Books (BARON MUNCHAUSEN, UNSPOKEN, and HG WELLS’ GHOST STORIES).

Represented in UK by top Voice Over Agency Suzy Wootton Voices

David McAlister is the prefect voiceover artist for warm infomercials, industrials and podcasts. Always believable and stylish, David is educated, classy, articulate, authoritative and clear. Easy with both hard sell and soft sell commercial spots, David regularly records countless Flash presentations as well as training and e-learning voice overs. His great authority as an announcer mixed with a sincere , precise natural RP baritone makes him perfect for Podcasts and E Learning.

His accents range through Upper Class British (posh), James Bond, RP, Cockney, West of England, North of England, John Cleese, Scots, Welsh, French, Italian, German, Australian and American making him the perfect voice actor for many cartoon and computer game characters.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• English - Other
• Other

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 British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• British Equity

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 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
• 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

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Posh, British, Cockney, French, Spanish, German, Australian, South African, American, Irish, Classy, Scandinavian, Russian, Working class, British Aristo, Cod Italian, Upper Class, Welsh accent, James Bond, John Cleese, Humor, Patrick Stewart, British Butler, Professor, Corporate, Voice of God, Narrator, Announcer, Newscaster, Funny Characters, Cod German, cod French, Italian, native Brit, native English, Ian McKellen, Smooth, Humorous, wry, authoritative, pathe, period, clear, cut glass, informative, funny, trustworthy, personable, Victor Meldrew.

My Voice Experience

A really distinctive smooth English (British) voice. An expert at cold-reading difficult/wordy scripts keeps him in constant demand for all Corporates and Podcasts needing a warm and informed delivery .

RECENT COMMERCIALS:
"ACUVUE ADVANCE" CONTACT LENSES (upbeat, persuasive, inspirational), HSBC (friendly), KLEENEX (relaxed), MARKS & SPENCER (up-market, posh, aristocratic), FOSTERS LAGER (Australian),VW (sophisticated, comedy, butler), CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS (French), HARRY POTTER (straight, TV newscaster, announcer), EINSTEIN (German),SUBARU (Voice of God)DOMESTOS 5X (scientific)


DOCUMENTARIES:
UNDERWORLD(series Narrator)National Geographic Channel
ASTRONAUT DIARIES(series Narrator)Discovery USA
TIME COMMANDERS(series Narrator)BBC
INTO THE FIRESTORM(series Narrator)Discovery USA


AUDIO BOOKS:
UNSPOKEN (ISIS Audio Books)
PERIL IN VENICE (Marshall Cavendish)
FALLING (BBC)
A HOUSE IN FLANDERS(BBC)
THE NEW TESTAMENT(Piper Publishing)


TV PROMOS & TRAILS:
SKY+ , BBC, CNBC, Channel News Asia, CNBC Golf, National Geographic.

CORPORATES & INDUSTRIALS:
CISCO SYSTEMS; JOHNSON & JOHNSON; MICROSOFT; TOYOTA; PHILIPS; ROLLS-ROYCE; UNILEVER; BAE SYSTEMS (Particularly good at technical, wordy voice overs for pharmaceutical, medical, scientific, engineering, financial and military applications and legal terminology)

My Training

Trained by the BBC RADIO DRAMA COMPANY in London as a voice actor David McAlister's ability to create characters and bring scripts to life is second to none. Regularly used by producers of radio voice overs for commercial spots and computer game voice-overs, he is also a skilled British television and theatre actor, with an impressive CV in comedy and drama. DAVID McALISTER takes direction easily and is the most versatile of voice actors.

My Studio Equipment

Audio Technica mic
Soundcraft mixer
Adobe Audition software
ISDN (Audio TX communicator)

Additional Skills

David has been appearing regularly on UK television for over 20 years in shows such as: HOLBY BLUE, THE GOLDEN HOUR, RED CAP, MIKE BASSETT TV, HARRY ENFIELD & CHUMS, POIROT, TOP BUZZER, HOLLYOAKS (nominated as Best Villain in The British Soap Awards), MISS MARPLE, ‘COR BLIMEY, TWO THOUSAND ACRES of SKY, EASTENDERS, THE BILL, and BRIDESHEAD REVISITED.

A well known Radio Voice in BBC radio dramatisations (LORD OF THE RINGS, COLD COMFORT FARM, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS, THE ARCHERS) and narrating Audio Books (ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, PERIL IN VENICE, EKATERINA, THE WRECK OF THE TITAN, LAUGHING GAS, FALLING, HOUSE IN FLANDERS, H.G. WELLS GHOST STORIES) as well as voicing countless commercials and industrials.

Recently starred as Horace Vandegelder in the National tour of HELLO DOLLY; as Daddy Warbucks in ANNIE and was last seen in the London’s West End as Ernest Simpson in ALWAYS (the musical biography of Edward and Mrs Simpson). He played Noel Coward in Sheridan Morley’s NOEL & GERTIE whilst other West End shows include THE SOUND OF MUSIC, PEG and A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY.

David’s voice is often heard on radio commercials, audio books and corporate narrations as he has his own recording studio CRYSTAL CLEAR VOICEOVERS that produces advertisements and all types of narration for clients all over the world.

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