Richard Gates - Authoritative, Deep, Resonant, Friendly, Smooth

Authoritative, Deep, Resonant, Friendly, Smooth

• Richard Gates is registered with Voice123 since Jan 26, 2007.
• Richard Gates started his/her voice over career in 1990.
• Currently Richard Gates is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Authoritative, Deep, Resonant, Powerful, Trusting. Despite having the "announcer voice" , Rich has the versatility and to perform voices ranging in age from a child to that of a senior citizen. Rich is great with dialects and can do British, Irish, Scottish and many regional dialects from the U.S.

Rich can also impersonate stars like Jimmy Stewart, Casey Kasem as well as Carol Channing.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Boy
• 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
• Documentaries
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have Source Connect 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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Unknown - Click here to ask Richard Gates

My Voice Experience

Rich has been a voice actor for many years. He started in radio where he worked as a disc jockey and eventually moved on to host his own talk show.

Rich has also been involved with a number of voice over projects. He did a lot of work for morning show at KLZX in Salt Lake City where he wrote, produced and performed comedy bits for the station's morning show.

Rich had a feature role in an audiobook called The Greatest Quest published by Covenant Recordings.

In addition Rich was used for Holiday Inn Reservations as the voice of their IVR system.

My Training

Rich attended the American Technical Center school of broadcasting in Salt Lake City, Utah where he studied everything from copywriting to voice acting.

Several years of acting and improvisational training.