John Michaelson

Voice Description

I've been fortunate to perform in a wide variety of voice-over categories including radio commercials & PSA's (Clean-cut, surfer dude, deep south & persnickety wasp). I've also done a fair amount of corporate and industrial narration work (mid-range tone.....tenor 2, relaxed, soothing still maintaining a strong focus.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age 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
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dialects: American-South, American-Midwest, West Coast Surfer, RSC British, Irish, Dutch, Scandinavian, German, French, New Yawk (Brooklyn-Queens), and Down-East Baltimorese..........

Characterizations: Missouri Anchor Man, Southern Good ol' Boy, Venice Beach Stoned Surfer, Snooty Locust Valley Lock-Jaw, Energetic Sales Trainee.............

My Voice Experience

Voice-Over Gigs

Disease Ctrl. Ctr. - Ntl. AFTRA Radio PSA - Ogilvy/Adams/DC

The Turning Point - w/Peter Jennings/ABC-TV - York Assoc/DC

Broadpoint Commun. - Various Radio Spots - Moller Comm./VA

Chex Party Mix - Regional Radio Spot - Ehrens Motion/MD

Ledo's Pizza Commercial - Ntl. Radio Spot- Ehrens Motion/MD

McDonalds Commercial - Regional RAdio Spot- BHK Assoc./PA

My Training

BA Music Performance - Univ. of Maryland, College Park

Studio Theatre Conservatory (Wash. DC)- 2 year acting program

Round House Theatre (DC) - Professional Equity Master Class

Voice-Over Workshops - AFTRA/SAG Conservatory (DC, NYC, LA)

Professional Voice Coach - Dan Gettinger (NYC)

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask John Michaelson

Additional Skills

After many, many years of hard work, John Michaelson has finally become one of the most widely recognized personalities in his parent's living room! In addition to Voice-Overs, being both Ear and teleprompter proficient, John’s career includes TV hosting, trade show narration & representing major corporations like LG Electronics, Mattel, V-Tech, Bayer, Marriott, PriceWaterhouse-Coopers, Verizon & The Red Cross as their corporate spokesman. A great listener and witty raconteur, he has red-carpet reported at the Daytime Emmy and Tony Awards, and has served as TV Host/lifestyle reporter on the series' "The Big Apple Pie Report" and "New York's Latest".

Also possessing a lot of professional stage & on-camera acting experience (including notable indie film appearances in the horror genre), his family occasionally lets him out to star in such movies as "Stakes", "Wolves of Wall Street" (with Eric Roberts), "Death of a Dynasty" (with Chloe Sevigny), and the upcoming zombie-fest, "Primitive Recall". John is particularly proud of attending the 2000 Cannes Film Festival with film director
John Waters, and actress Melanie Griffith for co-Starring in their movie "Cecil B. DeMented". His career also includes over 30 Equity theatre performances in Broadway workshops, Off-Broadway productions, and at major regional theatres.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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