Jeff Hoyt

Best dialogue/character roles include befuddled husband, demanding boss, wise-cracking animals, clueless buffoons, friendly neighbor and every kind of straight man imaginable. Can also do some classic genre archetypes like game show host, instructional film or newsreel narrator and broad announcer styles.

FANCY PANTS NATIONAL VO CLIENTS: Ford Motor Co., Subway, Target, the National Hockey League, 1-800-CONTACTS, Animal Planet, Microsoft, ESPN, Capital One, Fox Television ONGOING VO RELATIONSHIPS (God bless 'em!): Ritz Camera (25 years), Federated Insurance (20 years), 1-800-CONTACTS (13 years), REI (10 years), and all the other local, regional and national advertisers, ad agencies and companies who keep dialing my number and trusting me to deliver for them. HOT CATEGORIES (my voice finds its way into a lot of these vertical markets): healthcare, retail, credit unions, tutorials, restaurants, corporate events, telecommunications, lotteries Started out in radio (who didn't?) but quickly realized that delivering messages and telling stories was more my forte. Took over a defunct recording studio. Built the business back up. Added radio creative and production services. Became a national star in the creative radio advertising field. Moved the biz to the Pacific Northwest (Seattle). Shifted focus to voice over in the mid-90's so I could move to an island, work from home and be there while my kids grew up. Haven't looked back since. Home studio with: Sennheiser 416 and MXL VO:1-A microphones Pro Tools editing Prima LT ISDN Joe Meek pre-amp/compressor Analog phone patch Digital coffee maker Before placing my focus on voiceover in the mid-90's, I wrote and produced over 12,000 radio and television commercials for clients across the country (mostly humor-oriented). I still write when asked, but have not actively sought this work since making the switch to going BEHIND the microphone. I know and have worked with some of the best sound designers in the nation (full disclosure: I am NOT one of them) and happily connect these audio wizards to my clients who seek great production talent. I'm a storyteller and write and produce a story-based podcast called Hoytus Interruptus (search "hoytus" in the iTunes Music Store). I also served as Head Writer and an ensemble players in a kind of Prairie Home Companion-esque and much-loved variety show here on Vashon Island called "Church of Great Rain."