Ray Campbell

Accents: Cockney, Scouse, Mancunian, Geordie, RP, Black Country, Belfast, Co. Tyrone, Lancastrian, Yorkshire, Posh Edinbugher, Glaswegian, General Northern Irish, Corconian, Dublin, German, Brooklynite, Southern US, Canadian, French (Parisian). Impersonations: Tony Blair, Patrick Stewart, Jeremy Clarkson, Dominic Littlewood, George W. Bush, Marlon Brando, William Hague, Huw Edwards, Rio Ferdinand, Frank Bruno, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Fraser Nelson, Loyd Grossman and much more besides! Characterizations: Crazy, wild, mad professor, Mafia don, Mafia soldier, old Cockney geezer, arrogant politician, sneering punk and more besides!

1989 - 90 Occasional contributor to Martin Kelner Show on BBC Northern Night Network. Performed a variety of impressions. 1995. I recorded a voiceover for The Cock Tavern for defunct independent radio station, Country 1035. Spoke in standard Southern US voice (Grand Ole Opry style). 1994 - 5.I provided voices to a variety of interactive publications for Dennis Publications. 1995. I provided the voice for the Dorling Kindersley interactive book, "I Hate Maths". This was read in my own voice. 2005 - 6. I was a regular contributor to "The Smith Lectures" on BBC Radio 2. Performed impressions of GW Bush and Donald Rumsfeld. 2006 Read passages for "The Tragi-comic Life of Bert Williams" on BBC Radio 4. (Electric Airwaves/Ladbroke Productions). Read in standard African-American voice. BA (Hons) Creative Arts. Major in Drama. MA Media, Culture and Communication MPhil (to be upgraded to PhD) Cultural Studies I gained much of my voice experience in pirate radio and on the stage. None I worked as a comedian on the London and UK circuit from 1987 to 2000 and 2005 to the present. My act consists of impressions and stand-up with the occasional bit of singing. I have experience of theatre intermittently from 1983 to 1992. In this capacity, I was required to speak in a range of different accents, mostly British or Irish. I worked in pirate radio from 1980 to 1987. Finally, I have been speaking in public since age 7.