William Dufris

William Dufris is the original voice of BOB (and Farmer Pickles/Mr. Beasley/Mr. Sabatini) in the popular children's show, BOB The Builder - for US and Canada (Series 1-9). William began his audio career in London (radio plays, audiobooks, film/animation dubbing, language tapes, etc), where he resided for 13 years. While there, he had the honor of sharing the microphone in a number of BBC Radio plays with Kathleen Turner, Sharon Gless, Stockard Channing, and Helena Bonham-Carter. These experiences led him to co-found two audio production companies - The Story Circle, Ltd and Mind's Eye Productions. He has also acted on stage and television in the US, the UK, and in Germany. He produces, directs, acts and engineers for his audio theatre company, Rocky Coast Radio Theatre. He has been nominated seven times as an audiobook finalist for the APA's Audie Awards, and has garnered 21 Golden Earphones Awards through AudioFile Magazine - as well as being named "One Of The Best Voices At The End Of The Century" (by AudioFile Magazine). Years of actual experience AEA840 Ribbon Microphone Avalon VT 737 Mic Pre ProTools 7.3.1 Cartoon Voices Audiobooks Audio Theatre Audio Producer/Director