George Hakim - Character-Based - George Hakim at Voice123

Character-Based

• George Hakim is registered with Voice123 since Dec 28, 2007.
• George Hakim started his/her voice over career in .
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Voice Description

Deep and smooth former public radio voice often does character readings from books as a classroom English teacher. Young, and capable of a "cool teen" voice, surfer dude voice, southern drawl, as well as a New York accent. Can also do stereotypical old New York Jewish accent. Foreign specialty is Australian accent, but capable of Irish, Italian accents also. Once narrated a breathing exercise tape for athlete mental training, so can sound relaxing if needed.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• 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
• Audiobooks
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

Unknown - Click here to ask George Hakim

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

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Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Tucson, Southern Arizona, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

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My Voice Experience

Inspired by a Peter and the Wolf reading back in high school. One of my teachers was a former radio voice who read the story over the high school band's rendition of the classic.

I got into announcing in high school, and then, combined with an initial broadcast journalism major in college and an eventual job as an English teacher (which I currently hold), I've done the following voice work:

Public Address system for basketball and football
Morning sports updates on student-aided public radio
Play-by-play for high school baseball on a local FM station
Broadcast news packages for the classroom
Character readings in the classroom from books such as Of Mice and Men, Animal Farm, The Giver, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Ender's Game.

My Training

Syracuse University's broadcast journalism program was a natural draw, and I worked hard there and at a local public radio station for two years before switching to magazine journalism and eventually becoming an English teacher. I routinely read with voices for my classes, sometimes using my guitar, and teach drama, which I used to do in high school. I have been using my voice, whether for PA, radio, book readings, music, or drama, since I was 13.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask George Hakim

Additional Skills

With my job as an English teacher, I have a strong sense of character development, and feel strong about my ability to do character-based work. I must constantly juggle two to four characters by myself and make their voices distinctive to help those students who have trouble following along in the text.