Jonathan Failla - Deep, warm, multifaceted - Jonathan Failla at Voice123

Deep, warm, multifaceted

• Jonathan Failla is registered with Voice123 since May 14, 2005.
• Jonathan Failla started his/her voice over career in 1995.
• Currently Jonathan Failla is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

The warm, friendly voice you are looking for!

Jonathan Failla's voice is not only deep, multifaceted and flexible, it is also seasoned and fully capable of the whole vocal palette. From silly commercials to serious news reports, documentaries, image films, as well as a wide range of cartoon and computer game voices.

Jonathan was trained as an actor at S.U.N.Y. Purchase and is not only capable of voicing your project, he breathes life into it.

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
• German

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

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

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• 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 translation services
• 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

Magdeburg, Berlin, Hannover,Halle, Leipzig, Switze, Germany

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Jonathan is a native New Yorker. He has been trained in all English language dialects, but more importantly, his ability to imitate is parrot-like, and can portray any dialect he hears. Jonathan also speaks fluent German and has spoken many jobs in German.

American dialects: New York, New England, South-Eastern seaboard. Southern, Texan, Californian, Canadian, Chicagoan, Great Lakes, Mid-Western, Western, Cowboy, Indian.

British dialects: various, including London Cockney, Upper Class, Birmingham, Norwich, Scottish, Grim up Northern.

Other English language dialects: Irish, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Jamaican, West African.

European dialects: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Austrian, Swiss, Portuguese, Dutch, Belgian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Romanian, Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Balkan, Greek, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ukranian, Moldavian, Luxemburgian, Lichtensteinian.

Asian dialects: Chinese, Japanese, Balinese, Hindu.

My Voice Experience

Client list:
Ricola
DHL Logistics
MTU
AISICS
Bombardier
Bayer Aspirin
Bechstein Pianos
Blohm + Voss Ships
Bosch
Call Back
Datango
Desperados
Deutsche Bank
Herbacin
HG Kommercial
Lee Jeans
Lior
Mannesmann AG
Mercedes
New Yorker
Nutella
Opels Vectra & Signum
Virtual City Concept
Volkswagen
World Online
BlueByte

Computer Games: Chewy Escape from F5, Battle Isle III, Settlers II & III, Incubation, Extreme Assault, Tortuga, Aquanox, Two Worlds

What's Jonathan doing now?

So far, this year, Jonathan has voiced commercials for Ricola and Volkswagen.

Jonathan just acted, among others, the voice of the hero in the new computer game, "Two Worlds".

He has just finished voice-directing and acting several roles in the cartoon film, "The Bababienies", produced at Lavendelfim in Potsdam, Germany.

He has just finished voice-directing and acting several roles in the 3rd season of the TV cartoon series "School of Little Vampires", produced at the Sound Company in Berlin, Germany.

My Training

Jonathan Failla is a graduate of State University of New York at Purchase Conservatory for Theatre Arts and Film. There he earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (in acting, class of 1983) and was class valedictorian.

My Studio Equipment

Jonathan has his own studio and records with a Neumann TLM 103 microphone. He uses Pro Tools LE 7 software, as well as the Digidesign MBox recording, editing and mixing system.

Additional Skills

Living and working in Germany since 1989, Jonathan is fluent in German. He provides dramatic translations as well as directing and screenwriting. Jonathan is an experienced voice trainer as well as being a voiceover artist.