Noel Johansen

Voice Description

Noel's voice has been described as friendly, natural, conversational and wry, but he can certainly provide energy, enthusiasm and authoritative depth. Has been often likened to John Krasinski and John Corbett

On commercial reads, Noel has a hip adult feel (early to late 30's) friendly, real, energetic or casual with a hint of wry. On public service announcements, a genuine caring sense of the neighbor next door.

On TV narration, Noel's read range from the dramatic to the whimsical - from Discovery documentary to Food Network lifestyle.

He can speak French and is completely bilingual.

Noel has standard American speech, which he can alter to various regions Southern (Virginia), New York or mid-west.

Noel can do a full on British accent as a native Brit (is half English, lived & trained there) or make it mid-Atlantic as in his Nokia TV spot on the demo.

Noel's promo read is ESPN cool matter of fact, but can go lighter Hollywood read.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Male
• Middle Age Male

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

• English - British
• English - USA and Canada
• French - European

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)
• Cartoon/Animation

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for SAG-AFTRA (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• ACTRA (Canada)

• SAG-AFTRA (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

My Home Base

vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

American: Standard American - what you'd hear in any national commercial spot
New York: What you might hear on Law & Order or on the Subway if you visited New York
Southern - Virginian - what you might hear on a History Channel documentary about the Founding Fathers, or the Civil War or if you heard a lecture in a Virginia University
Californian: The slight lilt of someone who lives in the beach community of Southern California or surfer community
English: Standard British English - what you might hear on the BBC
London - what you might hear on a sports commercial
Cockney - what you might hear on "Coronation Street"
West Country - what the Pirates used to speak like. Also Hagrid in "Harry Potter"
Scottish - what you'd hear in "Train Spotting" - Ewan McGregor
Irish: Northern & Southern
French - Jacques Cousteau
German - Anything from soft to hard accents
Italian
Russian

My Voice Experience

COMMERCIALS:

Worldwide:
Nokia (2 TV)
Panasonic Lumix Campaign

US nationals include:
Sylvan Learning Center
Hartz
Air Force
TGI Fridays
Sylvan Learning Center
Bass Ale
Dow Jones
Fleet Bank
Lipton Iced Tea
Amica Insurance
Resolve Spot Magic

US Regionals include:
University of Maryland University College
Ventra Card Chicago
Houston Chronicle
PrimeCo Wireless
Ohio State Health

Canadian Nationals include:
Future Shop (All National Spots 2010 & 2011)
Envision Financial
Bausch & Lomb
Fairmont Hotels

Can. Regionals include:
BC Honda
Home & Garden
Audi
Ford Alberta

PROMOS

Promo Spots for VH1 - "Off Pitch"
Promo Spots for Travel Channel - "Bizarre Foods"
Promo Spots for Discovery 2012
The Promo voice for Shaw TV in Canada for 1 year 2005

TRAILERS:

Merchant Ivory Trailers in 1999 such as:
"Dinner Game" and "Sixth Happiness"; Blockbusters include several British voices for the "Tomb Raider" trailer and was voice of John Connor in "Terminator 3."

TV NARRATION:

Urban Suburban
Six Degrees of TV
Tube Tales
Hollywood's Greatest Stunts (13 episodes)

CORPORATE NARRATION:

Hewlett Packer 2012
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin's Website (American Corporate)
UK Department of Commerce (British Corporate)
AMOS (British Corporate)

ANIMATION:
Hotwheels - Battle Force Five - Stanford Isaac Rhodes III & Tesla
Dr. Dimenshionpants - Slob
BDMAN - Draycan
Barbie - Ian
Angelina Ballerina - Father Mouseling

My Training

VOICE TRAINING:

PROMOS and NARRATION:
Johnna Gottlieb in New York, for Promo & Narration.
Marice Tobias in Los Angeles for Promos. Originally trained with Stuart Dillon in New York for commercial voice overs. Worked with Susan Blu in Los Angeles for animation.

ACTING & UNIVERSITY:
Drama Studio London (conservatory trained)
Public Shakespeare Lab NYC
Larry Moss (Los Angeles)
David Rotenberg (Canada)
BA in History & French w/honors from University of Pennsylvania

Also a film/television actor - most recently appeared in Stargate Atlantis, Everest 82'(film with William Shatner) and the L Word

My Studio Equipment

Mic: sennheiser 416 shotgun mic
Compressor: Mbox 2
Focusrite ISA One Preamp
802-VLZ3 Line Mixer
Source Connect
ISDN
Computer: Mac Mini 2011
Software: ProTools 9.0.6

Additional Skills

Current Commercial Voice-Over Teacher and Partner at ON THE MIC TRAINING in Vancouver, BC

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Online Payments Via PayPal

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