Chris Hurt

Standard American English, Southern U.S., British, German, enthusiastic, straightforward, guy next door, charming, upbeat, whiny, crying, creepy, sinister, menacing, scary, happy, energetic, playful, sexy, smooth, nutty, wacky, sincere, old geezer, stuffy, professional, warm, authoritative, redneck, over-the-top, smug, obnoxious, sarcastic, snide, snooty, surfer dude, sportscaster, affected, nasal, laughing, fun, and I love to impersonate John Wayne.

The "birth" of my career occurred in October, '92 when I was asked to stand-in (both on-stage and as VOG announcer) during technical rehearsals at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) Hall of Fame Awards show which was being produced at Walt Disney World by Smith-Hemion Productions. It was another five years before I would realize the dream of building a career in the industry, but that was the fateful day when I found out what I was going to do "when I grew up". Since April of '97, I've voiced and/or appeared in more than a thousand different productions -- TV, radio and web spots, industrials, promotionals, documentaries, live shows, video games, textbook audio files and guided audio tours. Among the highlights: Mount Rushmore Audio Tour (Host/Narrator)-Q Media Prod. Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08-'11 (Course Announcer)-EA Sports Magic Kingdom (Park Announcer)-Walt Disney Attractions Darden Restaurants (Narrator)-Darden Communications Medical Hair Restoration (Announcer)-Ron Rose Prod. Lowe's (Live VOG)-GO! Productions AAA (Narrator)-LHV Audio The River Runs North (PBS)(Narrator)-Eagle Productions The Golf Channel (Narrator)-TGC B.A., Theatre & Speech, University of South Carolina Coursework at the Lisa Maile School and KVG Studios. Seminars and workshops with Ginny Kopf, Bob Goldberg, Robbie Benson and Forbes Riley. Studied basic Pro Tools editing with Jordan Davidson of Sunfire Communications. In home studio consists of: (Hardware) AKG C-3000-B mic (Software) Pro Tools LE 8.0.1 I also have quick access on fairly short notice to: (Hardware) Neumann TLM 127 mic (Software) Sony SoundForge and Cakewalk While I have never been hired specifically for my writing skills, after 13 years of experience I am now fairly proficient in proofing, editing, streamlining and generally "punching up" copy and I'm not opposed to assisting in any way I can. After all, every company/entity has a "story" to tell. My goal is to help you get that story told on time, on budget and most importantly, on target. Let's find a way to get it done...