Ed Cunningham

Various English, Scottish, Irish (northern and southern), various Southern American, New York, Canadian, Chicago, various European, Australian, and many more...

23 years experience as a professional voiceover actor. An award winning and recognizable national TV voiceover artist and actor who has worked with most of the major advertising agencies, and film and television studios. A Discovery Channel narrator (Surgery Saved My Life) and narrator for TruTV's highest rated show (Bait Car). Commercial voiceover jobs include nationals for Wrangler, Rooms To Go, ADT, Suburu, "With Love Hilary Duff" the perfume, Fathead, Jack in the Box, Sears, Wrigley's Winterfresh Gum, Gatorade, Michelob, Ford, Nintendo, Electronic Arts, Honda Ridgeline, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Aquafina Essentials, AT&T Alaska and many more. Radio voice jobs include spots for Chase, Wells Fargo, Monroe Auto Parts, Michelob Ultra Amber, Ford, KFC, Arlington Race Track, the Wisonsin Lottery, and a number of local small business spots. Apart from major advertising companies, Ed also works with individual producers and business professionals interested in creating effective presentations, marketing materials, web site introductions, web tutorials, and company voicemail messages. In animation, Ed lends his voice talent to lead characters for films and video games on a regular basis (Star Wars, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon III, Soul Calibur I thru V, Everquest II, Call of Duty II and Big Red One.) ESPN features Ed as their news reel announcer in the mini-series The Bronx is Burning starring John Tuturro. And After Dark Films used Ed's scary serial killer voice for the major motion picture "Captivity" starring Elisha Cuthbert. Promos include work for FOX, ESPN, Fine Living Channel, HBO, Playboy Channel, Speed TV, and others. He is currently the voice of all the FOX affiliates in Louisiana! Movie trailers include the independents "Real Women Have Curves" and "Cowboys and Indians." -3 years toward an MFA in Acting, Northern Illinois (Meisner) -BA in English Lit., Davidson College -Improv Comedy at Chicago's Players Workshop -Teachers: Joyce Castellanos and Michael Kachingwe -Ed teaches Voice-Over acting in Los Angeles Sennheiser 416, MM1 pre, TASCAM-2x2 digitizer, Telos Zephyr ISDN, Source Connect, Digital Phone Patch. -Acting for stage and screen; starred in a feature film selected for the Sundance Film Festival; played lead roles in major theatres in Chicago and Los Angeles; teaches Shakespeare acting workshops. -Screen-writing/Copy-writing - Ed has written several plays and sceenplays, as well as promos and commercial copy for many networks and agencies; feel free to ask him to create you a spot or a script from scratch!