Grant Wiens - Full range - warm, friendly to characters, drama

Full range - warm, friendly to characters, drama

• Grant Wiens is registered with Voice123 since Jan 28, 2008.
• Grant Wiens started his/her voice over career in 1981.
• Currently Grant Wiens is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Grant’s ability to do over a hundred character voices is a unique and effective advertising tool. His talent for serious documentary film narration and educational and instructional multi-media voice-overs is also frequently called upon. Grant's voice has been heard on spots for the Burger King, General Motors, Safeway, the NBA's Utah Jazz & Utah Flash, the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and the CFL's Edmonton Eskimoes. He has also been to voice talent on promos, spots and imaging for CBC, CTV, Corus, Family Channel, Movie Central, Super Channel, Teletoon, The Government of Canada, The United Nations and for clients in the U.S., the U.K., Europe, Japan and Canada.

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 - British
• 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

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
• 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
• 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

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Alfred Hitchcock
Antonio Banderas
Anthony Hopkins ("Hannibal Lecter")
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bela Lugosi ("Count Dracula")
Bill Cosby
Bing Crosby
Boris Karloff ("Doctor Frankenstein")
Carrol O'Connor ("Archie Bunker")
Casey ("Mr. Dressup")
Clint Eastwood
Darth Vader
Dean Martin
Don Newman
Donald Trump
Ed Sullivan
Elmer Fudd ("Looney Tunes")
Edward G. Robinson
Elvis
Foghorn Leghorn ("Looney Tunes")
Gary Owens
George Burns
George C. Scott ("Patton")
George W. Bush
Groucho Marx
Humphrey Bogart
Jack Benny and Rochester
Jackie Mason
James Cagney
John Cleese
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Lennon
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Stewart
Kermit ("Sesame Street")
Louis Armstrong
Marlon Brando ("The Godfather")
Marvin Martian ("Looney Tunes")
Mel Brooks ("2000 Year Old Man")
Mickey And Goofy ("Disney")
Mick Jagger
Mike Meyers ("Shrek")
Miss Piggy ("Sesame Street")
Peter Lorre
Peter Sellers ("Inspector Clouseau")
Pierre Trudeau
Ralph Fiennes ("Victor Quartermaine")
Rex Murphy
Richard Nixon
Robin Leach
Rodney Dangerfield
Rod Serling
Roger Moore ("James Bond")
Ronald Reagan
Sean Connery ("James Bond")
Stewie ("Family Guy")
Ted Baxter("Lou Grant")
Terry Thomas
Truman Capote
W.C.Fields
Walter Cronkite
Yoda ("Star Wars")

Original Character Voices

Angus Mckiltie - Scottish street vendor
Art Rightus - senior citizen
Art Rumladder - Cockney confidence man
Bjorn Fjord - Scandinavian sauna repairman
Connie Sham - leprechaun
Cyril Coldpepper - deep South gent
Dumpy Kozacabbage - old country farmer
Edwin Slink - BBC game show host
Elvira Lamont – friend of Flip Wilson’s Geraldine
Ethel Wickershome - British tea lady
Father Grady - Irish priest
Fetti Biffkabob - East Indian entrepreneur
General George S. Gravel – retired army general
Gunther Mudflapper - Bavarian auto executive
Horst Molarhauler - deranged dentist
Igor Monstervich – fun-loving attic creature
Jacques Tamarack - Quebec lumberjack
Jessie Scattergood - pioneer
Little Jimmy Big Nose - mobster
Louis L’oignon - Parisian street vendor
Manuel Transmission - Tijuana Mechanic
Mosquito Man - inept superhero
Phineas Z. Beaurigard - crusty old captain
Reverend Brimley Stonewall – evangelist
Samuel Kipper - Tel Aviv merchant
Sir Loudon Bellows - pompous British Lord
Winfield Gravel - general’s disappointing son
Wolfgang Shecklemonster - fanatical German politician
Woody Clambaker - Californian surfer dude

My Voice Experience

Following college, it was off to the west coast to do the all night show on CHQB in the thriving metropolis of Powell River, British Columbia (B.C.) A mere two months later he clawed his way to the top announcing spot — morning show host.

Grant learned a lot about the many facets of radio in this small market station, including news, sports, music, programming, engineering and most importantly commercial production. The next stop on the radio roller coaster was CHNL in Kamloops, B.C. The following six years saw Grant really blossom as a broadcaster.

One of his first major successes involved creating a ratings-dominant afternoon drive show. After a one-year stint backpacking around Europe, listening to accents and visiting radio stations, Grant returned with a vengeance. He developed an award winning morning show as the “Breakfast Flake” and crushed the competition in the ratings.

The height of Grant’s on-air career was achieved in Edmonton at the legendary 630 CHED . Once again, he worked his way up from the lowly all night shift to a slot on the morning show, just as Canada’s very first Morning Crew was being developed. It was a classic case of typecasting when Grant was given the task of being not only himself but a host of characters, both original and famous! He wove them into daily features, phone calls, spoof spots and songs. It was a character voice and production guy’s dream come true!

My Training

Grant has been involved in voiceover work since he burst onto the airwaves with his own pirate radio station at the tender age of twelve! One of the first problems Grant encountered was a staff shortage. No problem, he simply created a bunch of wacky original characters to fill the various time slots!

Following high school and an encounter with the radio television authorities, Grant decided to take a more traditional approach and get a real broadcasting education. He was employed at 1090 CHEC while attending Lethbridge Community College, in Alberta, Canada. Two years later Grant graduated with honours from Radio Arts.

My Studio Equipment

The recording studio at Voicemaker is designed with broadcast quality components from AKG, Behringer, dbx, Digital Audio Labs, Electro-Voice, Roland, Sony, Shure, Tannoy, Tascam, and Yamaha.

When you visit our digital voiceover studio, you may be surprised to discover just how much it resembles a radio station. Our high tech studio design is based on proven radio station models to achieve the same production versatility and efficiency.

A new larger studio, currently under construction, will be completed soon. It features a 500 square foot main studio with a 12 foot vaulted ceiling and a great view of Deer Lake!

Imagine stepping into our library! You can choose from 20,000 cuts of licensed music and sound effects from Hollywood's best sound designers and musicians. Creators from 20th Century Fox, Disney, Hanna-Barbera, Lucasfilm, Turner Entertainment, Universal, and Warner Bros. have contributed to the Voicemaker library.

Original music is also an option! Just tell us the style you prefer, and we will create a unique sound to suit your needs.