Ivan Bannowsky

I can do a British, Latino, Brooklyn and southern accents. I can impersonate Arnold Shwarzenegger, Elmer Fudd, and Spanish Language TV Host Don Francisco. In Spanish, I am told I sound Argentinian but learned it in Ecuador. I can do dialects from coastal Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and Spain.

I had the lead role in an English language play in Ecuador in the year 2000 where I played the part of a mentally challenged man of which I received much praise for. As a shipping agent for a company in the U.S. that catered to the Latino population I was asked to help write a commercial, in Spanish, for radio and when asked to read it to the CEO they were shocked that I sounded better than the radio personality they had already contracted to perform the commercial. I am currently an Account Manager with a major international bank and spend most of my day on the phone where I am constantly complimented on my voice and told that I should be on the radio and TV. Being bi-lingual has given me a greater understanding of language and the proper use of intonation. Prior to the play I performed in Ecuador in 2000 the director gave us several acting workshops and voice training. I recorded a rock album in 2008 "Utopia Rising" where I played all the instruments and sang. It can be found on cdbaby website. For software I have Cakewalk Music Creator 3 and am able to record and do basic editing and producing tasks with it. For hardware I have an Alesis Multimix 8 USB Mixer and an M-Audio Dynamic Vocal Microphone with a Pop-Filter. I am dedicated and consider myself to be a good collaborator. While learning Spanish at the age of 21 I realized that I wasn't learning it grammatically but that I was actually recording people's phrases and even their voices to play back in a similar situation. Any opportunity afforded me will be greatly appreciated.