Tony Scheinman

Voice Description

"Reads" include friendly narration and commercial from normal to dry and serious to quiet and throughtful to comic and energetic to absolute madcap.

Character volces include (and are definitely NOT limited to!): Mad/not-so-mad scientists, Hitchcockian, Don Corleone-ian, Viennese Psychiatrist-ish, big and booming, Woody-Allenish, rip-roaring pirate/buccaneer, "Mort Meek", hardboiled, slightly/more-than-slightly "rabbi"/Yiddish, sinister/mock-sinister, Felix-Ungerish

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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 - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• English - North American

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• 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 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 have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

New York, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Australian/New Zealand, British (Cockney), British (Liverpuddlian), British (Upper Class), British (Yorkshire), French, German, Indian/Pakistani, Irish, Italian, New York (Brooklyn), New York (Jewish), Pirate/Buccaneer (17th & 18th Century), Portuguese (South American), Roumanian, Russian, Scottish, United States (Standard), United States (Southern)

My Voice Experience

Almost 20 years professional experience with a wide range that has spanned all aspects of acting, from stage and film to radio and TV.

Active Member of New York City Talent Pool.

Demos include actual professional voice-over work.

Clients and roles (voiceover and on-camera) include:
. Sad/Drunk Clown, VIRGIN MOBILE
. Creepy Cab Driver, NEWSDAY
. Victim #4, SOUR PATCH
. Small Business Owner, EMPIRE BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD
. QJ Subway Car Conductor, LIONEL TRAINS
. Disbarred Gastro-Psychologist, SNICKERS
. Evil Software Despot, RED PRAIRIE
. Pirate, PIRATE'S BOOTY
. Intervention Counselor, HOT POCKETS
. Caucasian Businessman, INTEL
. James Bond Parody, CITY HARVEST
. Voice of Factory Supervisor, BIG LOTS
. Paul the Patriot, PATRIOT CHEVY BUICK GMC
. Pirate, SLOMIN'S SECURITY
. Student, TOURO COLLEGE/1010 WINS
. East Euro Hockey Player, DELTA AIRLINES/ATLANTA
THRASHERS
. Dumb Dad, ACCUWEATHER/1010 WINS NYC Radio
. Worried Husband, CHARITIBLE GIFT ANNUITY Regional Radio
. Game Show Contestant, BLOCKBUSTER New York Radio
. Gullible Buddy, GREENTREE MORTGAGE Regional Radio
. Voice of Irish Teacher, GUINNESS TV
. Dummy-Turned-Genius, BROWN'S CARS TV
. King Henry VIII, THE HISTORY CHANNEL TV
. Spokesperson:
DELTA AIRLINES, ATLANTA THRASHERS,
WTC ENVIRO HEALTH CTR, VIRGIN MOBILE,
ARIZONA SMOKER'S HELPLINE, VERIZON, VYTORIN

Non-broadcast/Industrial VO & on-camera credits include:
. Gas Guzzler, NATURE CITY, video exhibit MOMA-NYC
. Polish Male, Anthony Eden & Dr. Aber, THEY SPOKE OUT,
Neal Adams Studios
. Henry Ward Beecher & others, LINCOLN & NEW YORK, NY
Historical Society
. Pirate, D&G LAW FIRM, Film Coen Prod
. Voices - Proposing Toast/Musician, LAFAYETTE, NY
Historical Society
. Rev Luther Lee, NEW YORK DIVIDED, NY Historical Society
. Narrator/Prosecutor Sampson, SLAVERY IN NEW YORK, NY
Historical Society
. Character Voices, PRILOSEC OTC, The Napoleon Group

Radio credits include:
. Narrator, The BFG & Tom Sawyer, CAMEL’S HUMP RADIO,
Vermont Public Radio
. Reader, IN TOUCH NETWORKS, Jewish Guild for the Blind
. Marley's Ghost/Ghost of Christmas Present,
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Quicksilver Radio Theatre, NYC

Audiobook credits include:
. AMAZON NIGHTS: CLASSIC ADVENTURE TALES FROM THE PULPS by Arthur O. Friel (Wildside Press)

Film and television credits include:
. Museum Tour Guide, ALIEN DAWN, Crook Brothers
. Sex Offender #1, LAW AND ORDER: SVU, Wolf Films
. Knight Templar, THE REAL FACE OF JESUS?, History Channel
. Homeless Man, AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS
. Voice of Rupert Barnesdale, RUPERT BARNESDALE, P.I.,
Candace Lee Prod
. Voice of Cockney Burglar, THE BATHROOM, Felix Thompson
. Intellectual, BOY IN A BATHTUB, Soft Focus Prod
. Voice of John Adams/Nathanael Greene, THE REVOLUTION,
History Channel
. Radio News Anchor, TUESDAY, Sri & Co
. Featured Voices, THE VILLAIN’S FACE, Donnell Film Prod
. Victim - ADR, DOT.KILL, Lucky 7 Prod
. Radio News Reporter, MALEFACTOR, Thirty-Ought Films
. Big Alien, VAMPIRE VIXENS FROM VENUS, Shanachie Prod

Several appearances:
30 ROCK, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, STELLA

New York Freelance Representation:
. FRIEDMAN WEST TALENT
. INGRID FRENCH MANAGEMENT
. GOLDSTAR TALENT MANAGEMENT
. EILEEN HAVES TALENT
. AVANTI TALENT MANAGEMENT
. SUZELLE ENTERPRISES
. BOOKED
. ABOUT FACE
. GINGER DICCE TALENT
. TALENTEXPRRESSNY

My Training

. David Zema – Voice of Success Programs, NYC (ongoing voice-over technique training)
. Steve Harris – The Art of Voice, NYC (voice-over technique training)
. On The Job Training
. Bachelor of Science - Communications (Radio/TV), Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

My Studio Equipment

Professional broadcast-quality recording studio available for bookings.

Audio-Technica AT2020 USB Condenser Microphone
Porta-Booth Portable Recording Booth
Audacity
Acer Aspire Desktop

Additional Skills

MUSIC LIBRARY AVAILABLE
ON- AND OFF-CAMERA CHARACTER ACTOR
TAKES DIRECTION EXTREMELY WELL
GOOD WITH LONG-FORM COPY (recorded books/narration/industrials)
WIDE VARIETY OF ACCENTS
VOCAL SOUND EFFECTS (growls, snarls, gurgles, laughs, snorts, etc.)
EXCELLENT DICTION AND FRIENDLY VOICE FOR VOICEMAIL OR ON HOLD MESSAGES

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

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