William Tate

Voice Description

Warm and authoritative for narrations; cool and versatile for commercials; smooth, professional and articulate for presentations. An intimate and dynamic Storyteller with feeling and emotion. Clients have compared my performance style to that of Morgan Freeman. Producers have said that I have a great facility with African-American, Caribbean, American Southern, and South African accents and dialects.

KEYWORDS describing William Tate; Warm, Friendly, Authoritative, Smooth, Professional, Cool, Confident, Voice of God, Morgan Freeman, dynamic, Caring, Soothing, Sexy, Smooth, Intimate, Comedic, Funny, Inspirational, Fatherly, Minister, Preacher, Storyteller, Old Story teller, Narrator, Raspy, Engaging, Educated, Mysterious, Strong, Manly, Casual, Natural, Spokesman, Spokesperson, Dennis Haysbert, AllState guy, Real person, Sensitive, Intelligent, Urban, Sophisticated, Reliable, African-American voice talent.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Male
• Senior Male

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

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

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity 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 ISDN in my studio
• 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 offer voice direction services

My Home Base

New York City, NYC, NY, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

African-American, Caribbean, American Southern, Southeast Asian, South African accents:

Southern - from a Mississippi Disk Jockey way down deep in the Delta to a North Carolinian Baptist Minister.
New Yorker - from a Upper Eastside patron of the Arts to a low down, hard drivin', wise crackin', story tellin', New York cabbie. East Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi - from a Middle aged Second Avenue Restauranteur to a Queens Lotto winner.

My Voice Experience

Some past and current voiceover clients:
New York City Health Department, Discovery Channel, Comedy Central, Indigo Films, Court TV, PBS, GE, Kodak, Gain Detergent, "Cuff Me If You Can", Prudential Financial, Hasbro Toys, Royal Caribbean Lines, Miller Lite, Allstate Insurance, Pitstop productions NY/UK, Philip Morris, AT&T, NYU Law School, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Columbia University- Institute For Life Coping Skills, Roosevelt Hospital, National Traffic Safety Institute.

Extensive work as a Voice Actor: "AFTRA Hours"-Radio Voices and dramatizations. Videogame voices. United Network Radio Stations-sketch comedy voices. Dubbing and ADR work for feature and independent film.

My Training

B.A., CCNY-Speech & Theater Arts; On Camera-National Academy Television Arts and Sciences Television Workshop, Voiceover - Ruth Franklin; Audition Workshop - Michael Shurtleff; Scene Study-HB Studios; Musicianship and Voice; High School of Music & Art, NYC.

My Studio Equipment

Mac Book Pro
DELL PC
Sony Soundforge 9 Software
Twisted Wave Software
AKG C414B (primary mic)-
Edirol Interface
Isolation Sound Booth(Whisper Room)
Telos Zephyr/ISDN

Additional Skills

I am the voice of Howard Blackwood in the hot new videogame, "Silent Hill:Downpour".

I play the role of Denzel Washington's minister in the Ridley Scott feature, "American Gangster".

I am the voice of NYC Dept.Of Health Sodium Free campaign.

I'm the writer/performer of the Off-Broadway comedy "Charm School Tales".

Under former NYC Mayor Giuliani's "quality of life" initiatives, I was chosen to teach a Customer Service course "Courtesy Class" to NYC cab drivers at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY.
With a goal of making the taxi industry more user friendly to the public, these classes attracted much local and national media attention.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Wire transfers

Online Payments Via PayPal

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