Jim Donaldson

Best character voice is a toothless old-timer, prospector type; NFL in the style of John Facenda; and mystery in the style of Rod Serling of Twilight Zone. Fair Marlon Brando imitation, Cagney, Bogey, street thug, mafiosa, Bronx accent, Boston, India, a Hollywood-style Irishman, passable Latino, Brit in manic style of Monty Python. Also, a pampered, pseudo-aristocratic aging, vacuous preppie; bumpkin and various evil characters.

...includes years spent in NYC production studios both as producer working daily with top shelf voice over artists - and voice acting myself as talent from promotional and spot reads to documentary or news features narration. ...voicemail messages - local news promos - podcasting, cable promos - features - news reports - voiceover - anchorman - documentary - short form-long form - elearning - audiobooks- narrator - corporate - industrial - For the record, got a top rating from Peter Thomas - one of the top 3 voiceover actors in the business. Ithaca College - TV/Radio. BS AFRTS - 4 years Network & local radio & radio news. Private study - w/Marla Kirban Assoc. NYC Voiceover nuances garnered from having produced VO actors for many years and serving a great variety of professional clients - using top voiceover guns from Alan Bleviss and Hal Douglas to the ubiquitous Bill St James. Shure SM7B mic M-Audio Fasttrack Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.4 Garageband 10.2.0 & Audacity Scriptwriting Software Celtyx Phone patch & Skype Bose Multi-media speaker system (Companion 2) Can write and produce copy both for radio and tv (separate fee) Again, full time writer/producer/anncr on spots as diverse as HBO & other cable promos, sweeps news promos and varied short form features and series, both news and entertainment, documentary long and short form. Big history buff. Lyricist.