Tom Edwards

Russian, German, upper-class English, Cockney, Quebecois, Australian, Texan.

My path to voice over work has come through my experience as an actor, discouvering new ways to utilize my talents. I have: years of work as an actor in stage plays, commercials, television and film. Most recently I have voiced a realistic sounding train engineer that will be used for model trains bought by hobbyists. I was a sleepy customer in a commercial for The Brick Warehouse and performed narration for a 15 minute educational online video, "The Hidden Water". I've also voiced characters for an animation series produced by Panacea Entertainment: Anash and the Legacy of the Sun rock; Daxa (old Indian Shaman), Zebe (young Indian slavetrader), a Russian Sailor and a soldier. I've also worked for an animation company (Chinook Animation - 2004/05)that deals mostly in Japanese Anime, doing the voices for various bad guys, young and older. I won the lead role of Char Aznable in Zeta Gundam, a very large Anime franchise, as well known amongst anime fans as much as Star Trek. This job lasted a good year and a half, working on mic, performing the more difficult task of cartoon voice over work, ADR. Currently I am performing "The Dark Lord and Zakenna"(a conjured monster of the Dark Lord) for Pretty Cure and "Barda" a sword wielding soldier and protector of a young King on a quest in "Deltora Quest". Both of these are still with Chinook Animation. Also I've done some creature voices for a video game by Bioware; (goblins, a dragon as Jeremy Irons, an Arab father) Baldur's Gate 2; Throne of Bhaal. My last project with Bioware was performing voices on Mass Effect 3. Through this work I met a young woman,Deb Munro, who taught courses in voice over. I've gotten one job through her so far for a "Learning English" project for Oriental students. Through my own Acting agent I have obtained work as a narrator for a Safety video designed for the Edmonton area in which I live. My vast experience as an actor has been in both drama and comedy, so I have the abilites to bring you a serious professional performance, or all the way across the spectrum to an energetic comedic experience. University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) BFA Drama 1987 Private speech lessons (1 yr-1986) Singing lessons (various teachers-1985-1988) Voice acting-Deb Munro Beginner (Edmonton-2005) Voice Acting-Deb Munro Intermediate (Edmonton-2005) Voicing for cartoons-Bob Bergen (San Diego, based in L.A.-2005) The Art of Voice Acting-James Alburger/Penny Abshire (Edmonton-based in San Diego-2006) Voice-international 2007 (4-day conference-Las Vegas) Voicelympics 2009 Cruise from Vancouver to L.A.. Protools 10.3 - Mbox2 MXL 990s microphone Truth B2030A monitor speakers Compaq CQ2000 studio utilizes Prima audio-foam panels Sennheiser HD 280 Professional headphones