Rodney Saulsberry

Voice Description

Baritone|bass voice. Deep, smooth, sexy and warm narration voice overs.

Upscale business, professional, political and medical narrations as well as urban and street commercial presentations.

Long form narrator, African American, comical, hard sell, soft sell, sophisticated, authoritative, warm and friendly voiceovers.

Conversational, traditional announcer.

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
• English - Other

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
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• 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
• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch 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 offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Agoura Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Real, conversational, neutral, African, Jamaican, British and Southern United States accents.

My Voice Experience

The voice of “Freight Train” in the new feature film from Universal Animation Studios, “The Little Train That Could.”

I have been fortunate enough to work in several genres.
Here are few of my credits in each category.

I was the announcer for 34th NAACP Image Awards and the 2003 Essence Awards.

Commercials:

Zatarin's Jazzman
Instant Tax Service
Domino's Pizza Tags
NFL Network Gameday
Verizon
Twix
Pine Sol

Promos:

CBS
ABC
CNN
NBC
USA
PBS

Trailers:

How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The Best Man
Friday
Dumb and Dumberer

Animation:

Spider-Man - Joe "Robbie" Robertson
The Invincible Iron Man - James "Rhodey" Rhodes
The Animatrix: Matriculated - Chyron
The Little Engine That Could - Freight Train

Video Games:

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Heavy Duty
Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game - Richard Webber
Driver: Parallel Lines - Bishop
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence - Everett Brower

Narration:

Michael Jackson: Life of a Superstar (2009)
Marvin Gaye E! True Hollywood Story (1998)
Ax Handle Saturday: 50 Years Later (2010)
The Old Negro Space Program (2004)

My Training

Bachelor of Arts in Education from University of Michigan.

Top voice-over talent in the country
Bestselling author
Known for voice work in commercials:

Twix
Domino’s Pizza
Zatarain’s

Author of two books:

You Can Bank on Your Voice
Step Up to the Mic

Voice of Joe Robbie Robertson on animated TV series Spider-Man.

James Rhodey Rhodes in animated feature film, The Invincible Iron Man.

Recipient of NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series” for role as “Anthony” on The Bold and the Beautiful soap opera.

Appeared in guest starring roles on several television shows:

Monk
Without A Trace
Dr.Quinn Medicine Woman, and Taxi.

My Studio Equipment

My studio equipment is top notch state of the art professional gear. I do 99% of my work from my studio.

Additional Skills

Skilled singer, guitarist, and piano player.

ADR work for Morgan Freeman, Sam Jackson, Will Smith, Ving Rhames, Tyler Perry, Dennis Haysbert and Denzel Washington.

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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