Manuel Abello

Accents: North American accent, British accent, Irish accent, Scottish accent, Russian accent, Filipino accent, Japanese accent, Chinese accent. Impersonations: Sean Connery, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Nicholson, Don Pardo, James Cagney, Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellan, David Attenborough. Characters: Scottish highlander, Russian bureaucrat, Pirate captain, English Lord, English gentleman, Snotty teenager, Redneck trucker, Santa Claus, Suave playboy/eligible bachelor, Football coach, Army drill sargeant, Cowboy gunslinger, Caped superhero, Diabolical archvillain, Professional wrestler, Numbskull oaf, Igor-ish assistant to mad scientist, Mad scientist, Weathercaster, News anchor, College fraternity guy, Mafia Don (capo di tutti capi) , NFL quarterback, generic cartoon voices.

My Voice Experience Started out in voice-overs in 1988 while an undergraduate student at the University of the Philippines. Had my first and second voiceover jobs at Adfarm, a recording studio owned and operated by veteran industry player Jerry Magnaye(Jeremiah Jr. working for 99.5RT). They say you'll always remember your first time. Well I do. And it was a 7-Up radio ad. Guess what, I also remember my second..it was a MacDonald's TV promo ad for kiddies. We had to employ studio effects for this job--I had to sound robotic. What followed after that was a fuzzy blur--kinda like the day after a college fraternity party. I worked concurrently in radio broadcasting after university while continuing my freelance voiceover career. I have done them all -- from radio and tv ads; to audio-visual productions and documentaries; to dubbing animation character voices for cartoon features and video gaming. List of past projects(note- this is only a partial list): * San Miguel Beer * 7-Up * Hershey's * Sony * McDonalds * Philip Morris 100s * Coca Cola * Mitsubishi Endeavor *Kool Air Chewing Gum * RCBC Card *Smart Addict Mobile * Boysen Paints * Citibank Gold Credit Card *Duty Free Philippines *Magnolia *Samsung *Unicard *Blue Ice Beer *Chevrolet *Dockers *J & B *Pepsi *Sony Trinitron *Tropical Hut Hamburger *Cuervo Gold * Goodyear Wrangler AT *Mitsubishi Lancer *Sinutab*Nestle Omega Plus *Rexona * Caritas *Enfakid A+ * Enfapro/Enfagro *Suncellular * Smart Communications *Isuzu* Burger King * Globelines Broadband*McDonald's* Greenwich* Jollibee* Sustagen Pemium * Colgate* Philippine Daily Inquirer *SM * Isuzu Crosswind* Citibank* Enervon Prime* Rexona* Lady's Choice Sandwich Spread * Asian Eye Institute * Kenny Rogers Roasters * Lactum* Tempra* Cadbury* Visa* Schick* Revicon* New Ion Enery Drink* San Miguel Strong Ice* Oracare Mouthrinse* Dream Satellite*Medicol* East West Bank* PS Bank* BPI* Petron* Sunsilk* Kemnwood* Nescafe* Astring-o-sol* Nokia* Visine* Olympus* Magnolia Cheese*L'Oreal* GE Bank* PLDTDSL* Hershey's* Filinvest* Ayala Land* Manila Bulletin* Oral B* Motolite My Training 1987 - voiceover workshop, Diliman, Quezon City Philippines. I graduated in 1990 with a BA in Communications from the UP College of Mass Communications. Have a long, collaborative working and professional relationship with a local recording studio who trained and finished in Los Angeles Ca. Able to write ad copy or revise ad copy under client's advisement. Worked as a news/copywriter at a local radio station so I have the experience.