Dean Larsen - Warm Deep Natural Professional Characters Comedy

Warm Deep Natural Professional Characters Comedy

• Dean Larsen is registered with Voice123 since Jul 04, 2006.
• Dean Larsen started his/her voice over career in 1975.
• Currently Dean Larsen is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

I have a very flexible voice: warm, deep, smooth and natural for narrations, friendly for telephone systems, and professional for business presentations and e-learning.

I can be a regular guy, an offbeat character or a high energy announcer for commercials and promos.

I've also done cartoon characters for animated projects and have had extensive improvisational comedy experience as a founding member of The Groundlings improv group.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• 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
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• 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

• 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
• 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

My Home Base

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

New York, New Jersey, midwest, upper-midwest,redneck, druggy, doper, nerd, Canadian, country, dumb.

My Voice Experience

As an announcer, narrator or character I've done well over 1,000 voiceovers on TV, radio, feature films, industrial films and animated as well as live action shorts.

I've done voices on projects at Walt Disney Productions, AARP, Warner Brothers, NBC, Fox and Comedy Central as well as many local and regional businesses.

In front of the camera I've appeared as an actor on numerous TV commercials, including being the first commercial spokesperson for the Best Buy Company.

My Training

My training has included being a founding and performing member of The Groundlings improvisational comedy group in Los Angeles, through which I was cast for my first voice over and on-camera work.

I've also worked with voice-coach Susan Berkley.

My Studio Equipment

I have my own home studio and use an MXL 909 microphone. I have Sony Sound Forge 8.0 for recording and editing, and also use Sony Acid Pro 6.0 for mixing voice, sound effects and music.

Additional Skills

In addition to my voiceovers and on-camera acting experience, I've also written, directed and produced TV commercials that have aired in local and regional markets, as well as comedy video shorts that have aired nationaly on NBC, Fox and Comedy Central.