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Dave Bisson

  • Response time24 minutes
  • Last online2 hours ago

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Kalshi Commercial - National - Confident Male American
Commercial
Retail Commercial - Conversational Swagger
Commercial
Sun Chemical Narration - Reliable Informative Persuasive
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    Dave really brought our campaign to life. His voiceover was exactly what we were looking for, and he got the files back to us quickly. He was responsive and easy to work with throughout the process. We’d gladly work with him again!
    Thanks so much for the kind words, Jeff! You're a great client - clear and timely communication. Can't wait to see the finished spots!

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About Dave

  • Member sinceJun 26, 2012
  • LocationChicago, IL, USA (GMT -5)
Free quotes and custom demos at DaveBisson.com - Immediate response to email davebissonvoice@gmail.com 24-hour turnaround time - Hundreds of satisfied clients Dave Bisson is a Chicago-based full-time voice actor & voice over talent. With over a decade of experience, he's been the voice of hundreds of commercials, industrial narrations, instructional & eLearning videos, & even a handful of video games & children's toys. DAVE BISSON | PROFESSIONAL MALE VOICE ACTOR | CHICAGO VOICE OVER TALENT Conversational. Friendly. Confident. Approachable. Professional. Looking for a professional male voice actor who can sound natural, believable, and genuinely connected to your audience? Dave Bisson is a Chicago-based, full-time voice actor and classically trained performer with more than 20 years of acting and voice over experience. From conversational commercials and authoritative corporate narration to medical voice over, eLearning, explainers, animation, toys, and video games, Dave brings versatility, professionalism, and a storyteller’s instincts to every session. Free custom auditions and project quotes are available at DaveBisson.com. Dave typically responds quickly during business hours, Monday through Friday, and offers 24-hour turnaround on most short-form voice over projects. He records from a broadcast-quality professional home studio equipped for remote directed sessions via Source Connect 4 Standard. A NATURAL, CONVERSATIONAL MALE VOICE Dave’s signature sound is conversational, friendly, confident, warm, accessible, and authentic. He specializes in the kind of voice over that feels less like someone reading a script and more like someone actually talking to you. Need an approachable guy-next-door? A trusted professional? A friendly expert who understands the subject without talking down to the listener? An upbeat spokesperson with genuine enthusiasm? A relaxed, understated read? Or a confident narrator who can communicate authority while remaining personable and easy to listen to? Dave can move comfortably between those styles while keeping the performance grounded and believable. His voice and acting range can cover natural, conversational, casual, friendly, confident, trustworthy, sincere, warm, relatable, knowledgeable, professional, authoritative, educational, enthusiastic, energetic, humorous, laid-back, relaxed, informative, engaging, approachable, polished, and character-driven performances. And when "natural and conversational" is absolutely not what the script calls for, Dave has another side entirely. His extensive acting and improv background makes him equally at home creating larger-than-life characters for animation, interactive entertainment, toys, and video games. 20+ YEARS OF ACTING EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE MIC Great voice over is more than having a good voice. It's acting. Dave is a classically trained actor with more than two decades of performance experience and has worked as a full-time voice over artist since 2014. He is also a seasoned improviser who has studied at some of Chicago’s best-known comedy and improv institutions, including The Second City, iO Theater, and The Annoyance. That acting foundation gives Dave the ability to interpret copy instead of simply reading it. He listens closely to direction, understands intention and subtext, adjusts quickly, and can explore alternate choices without losing sight of the message a client needs to communicate. His improv background is especially valuable for conversational advertising, comedy, animation, character work, and sessions where a director wants to experiment. Whether the adjustment is "less announcer," "more like you're telling a friend," "give us a little more energy," or something considerably stranger, Dave has the performance vocabulary and flexibility to respond. Aaron Moring, Audio Producer at Pandora Internet Radio, put it simply: "Dave takes voice direction extremely well, has excellent recordings, and fast turn-around times. What more can you ask for!" COMMERCIAL VOICE OVER WITH EXPERIENCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE GLASS Dave has voiced hundreds of commercial campaigns during his career, bringing a friendly, conversational male voice to brands including Pepsi, Fazoli’s, SiriusXM, Groupon, and many more. He also brings something unusual to commercial voice over: more than a decade of professional experience in broadcast television, including five years working as a commercial producer and editor. In other words, Dave understands what happens to a voice over after the recording session is finished. His experience on both sides of the glass gives him a practical understanding of pacing, timing, editing, messaging, and what makes commercial copy work within the finished production. He understands that a great commercial performance needs to serve the brand, the edit, the visuals, the music, the call to action, and—most importantly—the audience. Whether the project needs an authentic conversational read, friendly spokesperson, confident brand voice, energetic retail delivery, understated humor, warm storytelling, relaxed lifestyle read, or trustworthy recommendation, Dave approaches commercial copy as both an actor and a production professional. CORPORATE NARRATION THAT SOUNDS HUMAN Corporate narration often has a difficult job: communicate a lot of information clearly without sounding like someone is reading a lot of information. Dave brings an accessible, polished, and professional style to corporate narration, internal communications, training videos, industrial narration, product presentations, brand films, safety content, and business-to-business communications. Clients have praised his ability to emphasize a message with authority and communicate complex information while remaining accessible to the listener. That balance makes Dave particularly effective when a project needs credibility without stiffness and authority without an overly formal "announcer" sound. From executive communications and employee training to sustainability initiatives, product specifications, safety procedures, onboarding, and internal corporate content, Dave understands that clarity matters—but so does keeping the listener engaged. ELEARNING & EDUCATIONAL VOICE OVER Dave isn't just someone who can sound like he understands the material. He genuinely likes learning it. Education has always been a passion of Dave's. He was the kid who read every chapter of the textbook whether the teacher assigned it or not, and that curiosity continues into his voice over work today. Dave typically researches the subjects he records, giving him greater confidence with terminology, context, and the meaning behind the words. For eLearning, instructional narration, employee training, educational videos, tutorials, and course content, Dave combines clear articulation with a conversational delivery designed to keep the material understandable and approachable. He can shift from warm and encouraging to professional and authoritative depending on the learner, subject, and instructional goal. Whether explaining a simple process or guiding listeners through detailed technical material, Dave focuses on communicating ideas rather than merely pronouncing words. MEDICAL NARRATION WITH CARE, CLARITY & PRECISION Medical narration requires accuracy, preparation, and respect for the subject matter. Complicated terminology is only part of the challenge. The voice actor also needs to understand how ideas fit together so the audience can follow what is being explained or taught. Dave’s natural curiosity and passion for education make medical narration a particularly strong fit. He researches the material he records and approaches challenging terminology methodically, while maintaining a voice that remains clear, confident, professional, and human. For healthcare education, medical training, pharmaceutical content, patient-facing information, medical explainers, healthcare communications, and instructional narration, Dave can provide the precision of an experienced narrator without losing the warmth and accessibility that help listeners absorb complicated information. EXPLAINER VIDEO VOICE OVER The best explainer voice overs make complicated ideas feel simple. Dave's conversational, friendly delivery is well suited to explainer videos for businesses, products, services, technology, education, and organizations. His range within the genre runs from energetic and enthusiastic to calm, laid-back, relaxed, professional, informative, and reassuring. When animation and graphics are already doing part of the storytelling, Dave knows how to complement those elements instead of competing with them. The result is an approachable voice that helps guide viewers through new information while maintaining interest and momentum. For SaaS explainers, product videos, animated explainers, startup videos, technology demonstrations, B2B marketing, instructional content, and branded educational videos, Dave can make the message clear without making it sound like a lecture. ANIMATION, CHARACTERS, TOYS & VIDEO GAMES Dave was a cartoon-loving kid who became a cartoon-loving adult, which makes getting paid to voice characters a pretty good outcome. His acting and improv background gives him a broad foundation for animation and character voice over, where commitment, imagination, timing, emotional range, and the ability to take direction are essential. Dave can step well beyond his everyday conversational sound when a project needs something heightened, comedic, eccentric, dramatic, or completely over the top. As a professional male video game voice actor, Dave has contributed his voice to unique interactive stories where performance helps create the emotional connection between the player and the world of the game. He understands that interactive performances may require variations, exertions, alternate emotional intensities, and consistency across large numbers of disconnected lines. Dave also voices children's toys, including the VTech Switch & Go Gorilla Muscle Car—a performance that has earned perhaps the toughest form of industry approval: several of his friends' kids reportedly think it's "really cool." Whether he's voicing a commercial character, cartoon personality, children's toy, interactive experience, or video game role, Dave brings the same acting discipline and professional preparation he brings to narration and advertising. A VOICE ACTOR WHO ALSO TEACHES VOICE ACTING Dave is also a professional voice over coach. He offers one-on-one voice over lessons through Fine Tooned U and teaches group voice over classes through Closing Credits. Teaching other performers requires the ability to identify what makes a read work, communicate performance concepts clearly, listen critically, and understand how subtle choices affect a voice over performance. That coaching experience feeds directly back into Dave's own work behind the microphone. He understands the language of direction and the mechanics behind conversational delivery, character choices, intention, pacing, emphasis, and connection. For producers and directors, that means working with a voice actor who understands both sides of a directed session and can make adjustments quickly and thoughtfully. PROFESSIONAL BROADCAST-QUALITY HOME STUDIO Dave records full-time from his professional home studio in Chicago, providing clean, broadcast-quality audio for clients around the country and beyond. His studio includes: • Studiobricks soundproof vocal booth • Sennheiser MKH 416 microphone • Grace Design m101 microphone preamp • Universal Audio Apollo Solo interface • MacBook Pro • TwistedWave DAW • Source Connect Standard 3.9 and Source Connect 4 Standard Remote-directed sessions are available through Source Connect, allowing producers, agencies, directors, and clients to work with Dave from virtually anywhere. For most short-form projects, Dave offers fast 24-hour turnaround. FAST, PROFESSIONAL & EASY TO DIRECT A successful voice over session isn't only about what comes through the microphone. Reliability matters. Dave has built his career around being responsive, prepared, directable, and easy to work with. His background as an actor helps him make performance adjustments quickly; his experience as a producer and editor helps him understand the needs of the production team; and his professional studio allows him to deliver consistent broadcast-quality recordings without unnecessary delays. He is typically available to respond to email from 9 AM–6 PM Central Time, Monday through Friday, and can accommodate quick-turn projects when scheduling allows. Need to hear your actual copy before making a casting decision? Dave is happy to provide a free custom audition. Visit DaveBisson.com to get in touch. REPRESENTATION Dave is professionally represented in multiple major voice over markets: • Chicago — Debby Kotzen, NV Talent — 312-563-0136 • Cincinnati — Laura VonHolle, Heyman Talent — 513-533-3113 • New York — Billy Collura, CESD — 212-477-1666 LET'S MAKE SOMETHING GREAT Whether you need a conversational male commercial voice, approachable corporate narrator, engaging eLearning voice, precise medical narrator, friendly explainer voice, experienced video game actor, energetic animation performer, character voice, toy voice, or confident professional spokesperson, Dave Bisson brings more than two decades of acting experience to the microphone. He can be friendly without sounding forced. Confident without becoming "announcery." Authoritative without feeling distant. Educational without becoming dry. Energetic without losing authenticity. And when the project calls for something completely ridiculous, his animation reel is waiting. Above all, Dave approaches voice over as acting and communication. The goal isn't simply to deliver clean audio. It's to understand the script, connect with the audience, support the production, take direction well, and make the words sound like they were meant to be spoken. Free custom auditions. Free project quotes. Broadcast-quality professional studio. Source Connect 4 Standard. Fast turnaround. Contact Dave and hear demos at DaveBisson.com. VOICE & PERFORMANCE KEYWORDS Voice Style: conversational, friendly, confident, natural, authentic, believable, approachable, warm, trustworthy, sincere, relatable, professional, authoritative, knowledgeable, engaging, polished, casual, laid-back, relaxed, energetic, enthusiastic, upbeat, educational, informative, articulate, clear, reassuring, humorous, character-driven Voice Type: male voice actor, male voice over, male narrator, professional male voice talent, Chicago voice actor, Chicago voice over talent, American male voice, professional voice actor, full-time voice actor Genres: commercial, corporate narration, narration, eLearning, medical narration, explainer, animation, video game, interactive, toys, character voice, industrial narration, instructional narration, training, internal communications, brand video, educational content, healthcare narration, pharmaceutical narration Commercial Styles: conversational commercial, guy next door, friendly spokesperson, trusted expert, authentic testimonial, confident brand voice, lifestyle, comedic, understated, energetic, enthusiastic, warm, sincere, relatable, natural, non-announcer Narration: corporate, industrial, educational, instructional, internal narration, employee training, safety training, product narration, technical narration, business narration, brand storytelling, sustainability, B2B, executive communications eLearning: eLearning narration, online learning, employee training, course narration, educational narration, instructional voice over, tutorial, onboarding, compliance training, professional development Medical: medical narration, healthcare narration, pharmaceutical, patient education, medical training, healthcare education, medical explainer, technical terminology, scientific narration Interactive: video games, gaming, interactive media, toys, children's toys, character voice acting, game characters, animation, cartoons, animated characters Explainers: explainer video, animated explainer, SaaS, technology, product video, service video, startup, B2B, corporate explainer, educational explainer Character Styles: animated, comedic, energetic, eccentric, heightened, over-the-top, dramatic, playful, humorous, character-driven Performance Skills: classically trained actor, improviser, improv, character actor, voice over coach, voice acting teacher, directable, storytelling, script interpretation, comedy, timing, character development Studio: broadcast-quality home studio, professional home studio, Studiobricks, soundproof vocal booth, Sennheiser MKH 416, Grace m101, Apollo Solo, TwistedWave, MacBook Pro Connectivity: Source Connect, Source Connect Standard, Source Connect 4 Standard, remote directed session, live directed session Service: 24-hour turnaround, fast turnaround, quick turnaround, free custom audition, custom demo, free quote, professional audio, broadcast-quality audio Clients & Brands: Pepsi, Fazoli's, SiriusXM, Groupon, Pandora, VTech Placement: broadcast, television, radio, streaming, digital, online video, web, social media, pre-roll, corporate internal, training, interactive, video games, toys, eLearning platforms Location: Chicago, Illinois, Midwest, United States, Central Time

Skills and services offered

    • Language
      English - USA and Canada
      English - Other
    • Voice gender & age
      Male adult
      Male young adult
    • Creative services offered
      Audio editing and clean up
      Localization
      Script editing
    • Recording and delivery options
      Digital delivery
      Remote live direction
      Source Connect
      Phone patch
      On-site recording
        • Location
          Chicago, IL, USA
    • Additional vocal abilities
      Accents: American Southern, French, Russian
    • Experience, training, and equipment
      Dave Bisson is a classically-trained actor of over 20 years, & has been a full-time voice over artist since 2014. He's a seasoned Improviser, having studied at Chicago's Second City, iO theater, The Annoyance,and more. His professional home studio consists of: Studiobricks soundproof vocal booth Sennheiser MKH416 mic Grace M101 preamp Apollo Solo Macbook Pro Twisted Wave DAW He has Source Connect Standard 3.9 and 4.0.