James Tucker

British, English, Scottish, Irish, Cockney, Southern, Minnesotan, Indian, West Indian, French, German, New Yorker, Brooklyn, Long Island, Long Island Lockjaw. Peter Lorre, Jesse Ventura, Nick Danger, Elmer Fudd, Prairie Home Companion Ketchup Guy, Simpson's Grandpa, Monty Python's Gumby, King Arthur, Knights of Ni.

ON CAMERA WORK: “Who are the Design Project Managers?” Informational video for use at Target Corporation. “Reading Buddy Program” Promotional video distributed to Target store teams. “This Old Gnome” video for Target’s Store Design division. Wrote and performed this parody of This Old House. VOICE WORK: AutoCodes. For Fiatech, 2011. Voiceover for a video promoting their automated code-checking product. Living Faith Audiobook. Producer and talent for a six hour recording of “Living Faith: Stories from the First 150 Years” 150th Anniversary video, voiceover for video on Westminster’s history with Vern Sutton. Walls: Inside China and its Architecture: Narrator. University of Minnesota "Voice of God" voiceover. Production of Godspell at the Edina Performing Arts Center, Spring 2009. WMMR Radio, University of Minnesota: Newscaster THEATER: Walking Shadow Theatre Company: "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde": Lord Queensberry, Charles Gill, Frank Lockwood. Six Elements Theatre Company: "Hapgood": Paul Blair "Orpheus Descending": Jabe Torrance "The Lives of the Most Notorious Highwaymen": Quilt Arnold. Other theater: Phoenix Theater Minneapolis "Dapper Purple Plushie Co." Manna-fest 2007: Spoon River Anthology: ten roles Numerous Christmas productions, Westminster Pres. Church "A Child’s Christmas in Wales" by Dylan Thomas. A reader’s theater piece. "The Good Doctor" by Neil Simon, title role; "The Book of Dreams" lead: both by Barrington (IL) Players Guild. Various productions at The American School in London including: The Odd Couple, Felix; Stop the World I Want to Get Off, Ringmaster.; The Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss, Horton and others. Media training with Don Cosgrove of The Talent Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. "Your Voice and the Internet" with Patrick O'Connor of The Talent Center, St. Paul, Minnesota. Theater training with Dr. George Weyant, The American School in London, England and with Dr. Richard Johnson in Barrington, IL. Audio-Technica AT2020 Microphone Nady MPF-6 Pop Filter Behringer Pre-Amp Tascam digital recorder Sennheiser HD202 Headphones Dell running Windows 10 Sound software: Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio Magix Audio Cleaning Lab I am a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. In my work with Target Corporation I have had many opportunities to make presentations and do audio and video work for internal Target use. I have done a variety of theater over the years and have developed a wide range of characters that have informed and improved my voiceover abilities.