Earl McKraken - Irish Canadian, Character Specialist, Crazy, Video

Irish Canadian, Character Specialist, Crazy, Video

• Earl McKraken is registered with Voice123 since Sep 18, 2006.
• Earl McKraken started his/her voice over career in 2006.
• Currently Earl McKraken is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

My voice is the result of having spent 13 years in Northern Ireland, then another 10 in Canada, 1 in Australia, and the remainder in England. Now 34 years old, this voice has attained a mellifluous, Transatlantic quality.

Having surrounded myself with pets all my life, I have been able to 'train' my voice to a very wide range of silly sounds. So, while my suave, pleasant Irish-Canadian speaking voice is suitable for documentaries or adverts, when I really go to town (and this does not take much effort at all!), I can produce totally lunatic character voices, running the gamut from 'oh dear, I've just drunk 150 cups of coffee with a Red Bull chaser on each one!' to the slow-walking, demonic clown killer walking after a video game victim who is running scared.

Billed as the Voice of Atlantis, I have been told that my voice is certainly suited for video games.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male
• Senior Female
• Senior Male

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

• English - British

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

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

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

None

My Home Base

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Belfast
West Sussex
Mid West US
Canadian (central)
Vampire (Hungarian / Romanian)

My Voice Experience

Needs to be heard to be believed!!! I used to do 'voice guitar' busking on trains. You should hear my 'Black Dog' (by Led Zeppelin) where I sing the guitar, bass, drums as well as the lyrics!!!

I was 'discovered' when I was getting my CV sorted out. An actor put me in touch with my producer and it was a resoundingly satisfying, successful experience cutting that demo. Although my range is such that I have read audio books ('Souls of the Southern Stars' and 'Pearl Wind'), I am certainly much more at home being a little 'nuts' with my voice in video game characters.

My Training

Bernard Shaw - a 6 hour session with this man introduced me to my voice. Enough said!

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Earl McKraken

Additional Skills

Can be anywhere at any time and am always ready to deliver serious energy to any role. A former method actor and a published author, I am very capable of leaping from character to character within a short space of time.