Michael J Pollak - Male, Strong, Creative Characters, Wide Range,

Male, Strong, Creative Characters, Wide Range,

• Michael J Pollak is registered with Voice123 since Mar 07, 2005.
• Michael J Pollak started his/her voice over career in 1985.
• Currently Michael J Pollak is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Powerful commercial and PSA delivery.
Proffessional, dramatic, high-energy creative voices for animation, CGI or film.

Whether it's heroes, menacing monsters, cute cuddly critters or anything else you can imagine, whatever your need, I offer a solution that gets you noticed and makes your production come alive!

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 - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• 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 have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

Staunton, Virginia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Indian, British, Brooklyn-NY, Southern, and accent- neutral,

Cartoon or Game characters, Over-the-top villians,
southern drill sgt., hyperactive, high energy characters,

Movie Trailer voices, Announcers, Anti-Announcers

My Voice Experience

I've been a voice talent for over 20 years. Local, regional and national ads, on-hold messaging, voicemail, ministry & corporate intro/outro, multi-character voice acting, and more.
I have written and produced radio ads for a well known regional fast food chain for over ten years.

My Training

Began to record ads at large market AM station by age 14.
Attended Summer Acting/Drama classes at Elon University at age 15.
Studied Advertising, Marketing, Promotions.
Account Executive at Creative Concepts Ad Agency where I learned creative writing/dramatic delivery from area vocal coaches...have written/voiced ads for several mid-size market AM/FM stations since the early 90's.
Enjoyed a rare one-on-one voice acting session with actor David Harscheid on set of independent film shot locally in late 90's.
Various online seminars in last 2 years...
Began voice production from own studio in 2001.

My Studio Equipment

I use an AKG Perception 200 Condenser thru M-Audio mobile pre-amp and process thru Sound Forge / Acid Pro -
MP3 in 320+Kpbs Crystal Audio...

I have a growing library of Royalty Free music and SFX, but I have also engineered several sounds and backgrounds for Sci-fi and promo applications.

Additional Skills

I am willing to research every aspect of a given character so that an outstanding performance can be offered.
I'm accomodating to changes in copy, delivery, timing, characterizations and more, so that your production shines!