James Norris

Voice Description

Smooth warm and deep voiceover for narrations.
Energised and warm voice talent for commercials.
Mature smooth voice actor for presentations.
Ability to offer northern English dialects as well as R.P. for all voice presentations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age 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
• 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

• British Equity

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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• 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

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

R.P as standard.
Very posh British upper class accent
Liverpool accent as native.
Lancashire accent as native.
Yorkshire accent.
London Estuary English accent.

My Voice Experience

James has voiced dozens of voice projects from Corporate presentations and Infomercials to BBC Radio presenting including News and Current Affairs and voice dubbing in TV drama.Clients include De Beers Diamonds, BBC Network radio, Bank of Scotland, Cisco Systems, Channel 4 News.
His acting credits in TV include international series such as "All Creatures Great and Small " on BBC/PBS, "The Bill " for ITV, "Breaking The Trade " for Discovery channel.

My Training

Degree in Music and Drama from Trinity College, London. U.K.
Postgraduate voice training in Theatre and Opera at The Royal College Of Music, London. U.K. and at R.A.D.A.
He is a reguler writer for BBC Radio.Editor for Plays and Players online revue magazine.
James teaches Theatre Arts in London, U.K. and has appeared with English National Opera, on London's West End stages and in Repertory Theatre.He has worked with many leading directors including Stephen Daldry, Ron Eyre, Joachim Hertz and Jean Luc Besson.

My Studio Equipment

Mixing desk 12 track, Rode Microphone, Sound proof booth,computer system set up with Cool Edit Pro sound recording programmes. Able to convert recordings to all major formats such as Wav, MP3 etc.
Hold music tracks library.

Additional Skills

James has a wide range of interests and believes that researching into the projects he voices and acts is of vital importance to give clients the best possible result.
He has worked in commercial music management in both Classical Music and Theatre and has directed Theatre all over the world including Canada, The Far East ,U.K. and European mainland.
He has worked with actors for 25 years in Business environments including Role Play and voiced on hold messages and even sung voice greetings!

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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