Greg Polla

ACCENTS: North American reads – Southern (various), Southwestern, African American (Urban & Southern), British (e.g., Medieval, Royal, Butler, etc.) CHARACTERIZATIONS: Nazi SS Wolfgang Von Ubermacht (original character) Arab Sheik Ilderim (Hugh Griffith character from Ben Hur 1959) Soviet Era Military Characterizations (From Video Game Red Alert 2) Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi character from the 1931 film Dracula) Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins character from Ben Hur 1959) Pirate Captain Bartholomew Peg Leg Butler (original character) Finley - The King’s Crier (original character) Lil Zaza (original character) Skrag (original character) Gollum (Andy Serkis character from The Lord of the Rings) Casper Gutman (Sidney Greenstreet character from The Maltese Falcon) Yosemite Sam (Mel Blanc cartoon character) Foghorn Leghorn (Mel Blanc cartoon character) Deep voiced Cowboy (for various commercial & narration projects) The Pepperidge Farm Man (from the 1980’s TV commercials) Shlomo the Nebbish (original character) Major Algonquin Ulysses Beauregard III (original character) Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre character from The Maltese Falcon)

Greg Polla - A Chronological History of all Voice Projects 1980 – 1982 Weekend News & Sportscaster for WSBA AM 910 (Harrisburg, PA) 1984 – 1986 Narrator for The Bible Study Hour with Dr. James Montgomery Boice (Philadelphia, PA) 1987 – 1989 Narrator for five outreach videos for New Tribes Missions (Sanford, FL) 1987 – 1989 Narrator for several teaching videos produced by R.C Sproul, President of Ligonier Ministries (Orlando, FL) 1990 – 1993 Voiced the majority of radio spots for Mike Wiley’s Patriot Radio Network show (Orlando, FL) 1993 – 1996 Announcer for the national radio program The Jim Paris Show; voiced many spots for the show; narrated all Financial Boot Camp audio cassette packs 1997 – 2004 Non-Union Voice Specialist for Radio/TV Ads, Training Videos, Promotional Videos, Religious Videos and web-based videos for Rochester, NY based Multimedia production studio LaBarge Media…Major clients included Constellation Brands, Home Properties Inc., PACTIV Corporation and Elmira College 2002 – 2004 Narrator for 3 Bible teaching DVD’s produced by international radio personality Dr. Chuck Missler at his Koinonia Institute in Coeur d’Alene, ID 2006 – 2007 Voice Specialist for Isis Pictures Inc. (Universal Studios, FL); Voiced the national TV/Multimedia ad campaign for The Sona Pillow 2012 - 2013 Voice Specialist for all Whitestone Christian Fellowship’s multimedia projects August 2013 Launched Lighthouse Productions (Rochester, (NY) … Independent ‘non-union’ voice studio for Greg Polla; Became a Premium Voice123.com member As a young man in the early ‘70’s, I was fascinated with news broadcasting. Knowing this, my folks presented me with a small 13” B&W TV set and a ‘new’ portable cassette recorder. With that, I began to watch Walter Cronkite every weekday evening. As the oldest, I had the fortune of being given the basement bedroom with adjoining toilet that was private and quiet from the noisy distractions of my two younger sisters. This ancient forerunner of today’s “Man Cave” enabled me to spend hours in the bathroom recording myself imitating my new found mentor Walter Cronkite. My sophomore year in High School afforded me my first break. A local news radio outlet in Woodbridge,VA (my new home after spending my formative years in Brooklyn, NY) broadcast weekly 5 minute broadcasts on news from the five area High Schools. I was tapped for the assignment by our Principle and was grateful for it because it launched my career in voice production. From my sophomore year at York College in Pennsylvania to my Senior year (my degree was in Speech Communications) I was afforded the post of weekend news/sports anchor. I didn’t rip & read but wrote all of my own copy on an old manual typewriter using old carbon paper for my scripts. I was also elected president of York College’s Debate Team 1980 – 1981 and placed 2nd in the national Pro’s & Poetry tournament held at Ohio State University in 1981. Besides the excellent training I received at College, I have to admit I am self-trained…. LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA STUDIO EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW New Studio-Dedicated Toshiba Satellite P75-A Wide Screen Laptop *8GB RAM *1.0 TB Storage *NVIDIA GeForce GT Video Card *Windows 8 New 4-Channel Avid MBOX Audio/MIDI Interface  New Pro Tools 11 Express DAW Software *16 stereo track recording capability up to 32- bit/96kHz Available formats WAV and all MP3 Brand new Industry Standard Electro Voice RE 20 Professional Studio Microphone *(1990-1993 Orlando, FL) Executive Producer for the daily 3-hour political talk radio program “The Patriot Radio Network” with Mike Wiley heard throughout Central Florida. *(1993-1996 Orlando, FL) Executive Producer for the weekly 3-hour Consumer Advocacy talk radio program “The Jim Paris Show” heard nationally on over 100 affiliates. *(2002 – 2004 Rochester, NY) Promoter / PR Agent for International Bible Expositor Dr. Chuck Missler; Booked Dr. Missler on 100’s of Radio / TV interviews; Managed the promotion of his products on said interviews as well as shipping & handling aspects. Provided turnkey management of all booths, hospitality suites & hotel rooms for expos & conventions attended by Dr. Missler and his entourage. *(1990 – 2004 Orlando & Rochester) Wrote all Radio & TV scripts for the radio shows I produced and for many of the videos created by LaBarge Media.