Jerry Vanderwyst

All accents are spoken in English. Accents include - Ukrainian / Russian / Slovakian Mexican / Canadian / Puerto Rican / American Australian / English / British Japanese / Vietnamese / Thai Hebrew / Yiddish / Jewish Characters- Ukrainian / Russian / Slovakian (the middle aged immigrant with broken english, the KGB agent, the Russian mobster) Mexican / Canadian / Puerto Rican / American (the teenaged to adult "Essay", the middle aged farmer / field worker, the polite and pleasant Canadian host, the SoCal hard core vato, the thug gang banger, the incredibly gay man) Australian / English / British (the stuffy english general, the pirate, the gentleman sophisticate, the secret agent, the alley rat) Japanese / Vietnamese / Thai (the older Japanese samurai, the Vietnamese soldier, the Thai vendor) Hebrew / Yiddish / Jewish (The rabbi, the old man, the gay man, the winer, the accountant) Also - deaf / hearing impaired as well as mentally challenged speech patterns.

For me it all started with imitation. I would constantly try to vocally reproduce sounds and voices. I was introduced to the world of accents through my family's travels, as I grew up with military parents. I then began spending quite a bit of time as a DJ and MC. This led to character work and development of personality types. I found that as I studied acting, comedy, and improv - I could utilize my lifetime of mimicry and impersonation experience. Graduate of The Second City - IFA 1-5. Graduate of Improv Vegas - Advanced 1-3. Auf Rock co-creator and performer. Over 100 appearances as a guest MC. Voice over and musical recording (P.Marshall Studios) Musician with experience in the studio, as producer and artist. 15 years as a covert agent, under cover. I have full access to 3 full recording studios locally as well as a small home studio using - Mac running Logic Pro - Presonus - Soundtrack Pro. Shure SM7B Manley Onyx AD/DA convertors Tascam M-Audio Akai Large and wide selection of audio, midi, and production software. The first thing would be that I am very easy to work with. I understand the process and realize the nature of the position. I take direction and try to utilize my abilities to make the vision of the people I'm working for a reality. Efficient and dependable. I am also a perfectionist so I will not turn in sub standard work. Life experience would be the second. There is a tangible difference between hearing someone who reads it and hearing someone who has lived it.