Paul Edwards

Accents/Dialects English (UK) - Posh, Irish, Scottish American - New York, Southern, West Coast Canadian - Oot and aboot South African Australian Scottish Foreigners speaking English - Frenchman, German, Russian, Far Easterners, Middle Easterners Impersonations/Characterizations Jar Jar Binks Arnold Schwarzenegger Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Harvey Fierstein (scratchy voice from "Mrs. Doubtfire") Jack Palance Mr. Burns and Smithers ("The Simpsons") Willie Nelson Hal Roach

Veteran actor, singer, musician and comedy impressionist. I have been performing for audiences since an early age, including stand-up routines, high school drama, professional rock band performance and church praise and worship teams. Started in voice-overs in London, England in 2002. Contracted with Dutch public high school system to record several native-speaker recordings for students to learn English. Announcements for Hillsong Church London Television voice-over announcements for Pennines TV, British classic television website. Narrated graduation ceremonies for US Army basic and advanced individual training classes. Entertained soldiers with character impressions and voices. Radio broadcaster. Hosted my own program at Pacific Lutheran University's KCCR student radio, and provided voice-overs for KCNS student TV. Appeared on-air on the John Carlson Show on 570 KVI Seattle, where I also served as an associate producer and learned how to do imaging and produce commercials. Currently I do my own weekly podcast radio show. BA in Communication from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. Courses include Public Speaking, Audio Production, Video Production, Writing for Journalism. Activities include hosting radio show on KCCR-FM student radio and voice-over announcements for KCNS student TV. Interned as Editor's Assistant at News/Talk 97.3 KIRO-FM in Seattle (May - August 2009) where I learned professional audio production with NewsBoss 4.6 and Adobe Audition. Subsequently hired as part-time board operator. Interned as Associate Producer at 570 KVI-AM in Seattle (May - August 2010). Compiled audio using NewsBoss 4.6 and Adobe Audition, filled in as producer and appeared on-air as guest commentator with the John Carlson Show. Eight-year military veteran with two years (2009-10) spent in command of the 304th Reserve Public Affairs Detachment in Seattle. Related duties include writing, filming, editing and producing broadcast video news content. Graduate of Arcadia High School (1994-98). Performing arts concentration in Advanced Drama, Concert Choir, Stage Crafts and TV Production courses. Played leading roles, sang bass, learned lighting/sound technology and performed as on-air talent. Shure KSM27 Condenser / Behringer XM8500 Dynamic mics Mackie Micro Series 1202-VLZ 12-channel mixer TASCAM US-122 Audio/MIDI interface ROKIT 5 professional speakers, Sony MDR-V900 headphones GarageBand, Adobe Audition, Logic Express software packages * Talented writer of poetry, stories and scripts; excellent command of advanced English.