Shadi Alfons

Native languages: English(North American) and Arabic. Accents in English: British (Cockney, Posh, Scottish, Irish), Australian, Latin American, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian, African(most dialects & South African accent), Arabic, Indian, Filipino(Tagalog). I have an exceptional talent for learning unfamiliar accents very quickly.

I'm a V.O artist (talent) from Cairo, Egypt. I just moved to Victoria B.C. I've been in the V.O business for over 7 years. Since early 2003, in Cairo, I was regularly employed to do V.O's (in English and Arabic) for numerous, giant, multinational clients like Pepsi, Vodafone, Kia Motors, Nestle, Jotun Paints, Nokia, Emirates Airlines, amongst others. My work for those clients came in the forms of radio commercials (Talent) tailored for the top radio station in North Africa and the Middle East, Nile FM with an audience base of 80 million+, television/satellite commercials (V.O, jingle singer and/or actor), Corporate Videos and award winning Documentaries/short films (Narrator and/or actor). 2003 – Present AD. Agency – J. Walter Thompson Copywriter & V.O Artist (Talent) Radio Spot Clients: VODAFONE, NESTLE, CLORETS, EMIRATES AIRLINES, NOKIA, JOTUN, KIA MOTORS. Corporate Video & TV: JOTUN, NESTLE, VODAFONE. AD. Agency – Impact BBDO Voice Over Artist (Talent) Radio Spot Clients: SEVEN-UP and PEPSI. Media / Film Production Company – Zad Communication & Production Actor – Lead Role (Kareem) in 15min. Drama "Iaraf Nafsak" 2007. Production Company – UNICEF Host/Narrator of an awareness documentary produced in 2005. 2002 – 2006 The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt Bachelor of Arts – “3.7” GPA. Major : Business Administration Theatre (Honors, Performing and Visual Arts) Relevant Courses workshops and projects: Voice and movement, Advanced Acting, Advertising, Mass Communication, 2 Films, over 20 theater performances. I do voices as well as accents.