Ian Fishman - I am a warm, friendly and earnest goofball.

I am a warm, friendly and earnest goofball.

• Ian Fishman is registered with Voice123 since Mar 11, 2011.
• Ian Fishman started his/her voice over career in 2009.
• Currently Ian Fishman is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Ian Fishman was last active on Voice123 8 days ago

Voice Description

Warm, off-beat, friendly, goofy, earnest, and happy-go-lucky.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult 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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) 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 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

My Home Base

Sunnyside, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Brooklyn, Boston, Standard British, Cockney, Southern (Texan), Snotty Hipsters, Frat Boys, White Hip-Hop Posers, Over-the-top Flamboyant, Earnest/Well-Intentioned Idiots. I work best as either quirky, odd characters or warm, friendly hosts.

My Voice Experience

2011: Recorded final work for . Booked Visual Guacamole's Blog Intro spot. Participated in The Network's video-game V/O class (Kimberly Graham, Judy Henderson Casting), V/O Demo Workshop (John McKinney, Pomann Sound). Updated V/O demo.

2010: Worked for full year as V/O artist with Howcast.com. Auditioned for and booked first cartoon, "Eddie The Disgruntled Reindeer."

2009: Studied Commercial V/O with Tara Boragine (Diesel Management) through Actors Connection (NYC). Booked first consistent narration work with Howcast, a how-to Website specializing in 2-3 minute videos.

2008: Recorded most V/O for "I've Got Munchies", a cooking/sketch comedy Podcast show. Toured for one year with the National Theater for Children, doing high-energy one-act shows about water conservation for elementary schools as various goofy characters.

2007: Voice-over for "Cooties", my first V/O experience. It was voted Yahoo!'s "Best Comedy Video", featured on Comedy Central "AtomTV" and G4's "Attack of the Show", and has almost 2 million hits on YouTube.

My Training

Commercial with Tara Boragine, Diesel Management through Actors Connection (NYC).

Video-Game with Kim Graham, Judy Henderson Casting through The Network (NYC).

Intensives with John McKinney (Pomann Sound), Lisa Fischoff/Stacy Seidel Tea (Broadcasters Inc.), through The Network (NYC).

Seminars with Tim Walsh (Atlas Talent), Eileen Schellhorn (Innovative), Ed Batchelor (Paradigm) through The Network (NYC).

Home Setup on suggestions from Bryant Falk through Actors Connection (NYC).

BFA - Acting (Pace University)

My Studio Equipment

I record at home with my Snowball, my MacBook Pro, GarageBand or Audacity and my Shoutbox.

Additional Skills

My background is in improvisation and sketch comedy, and I excel at bringing out the comedy in characters who are well-meaning and earnest but misguided.