Jimmy Hodson

Some British accents & passable German and Russian accents.

Jimmy has been a voice actor since 1980 and in addition to all the movie trailer spots and TV promos, he's been the signature voice of College Football Saturday on Fox Sports Net, the signature voice of Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Major League Baseball, and the announcer on the long running Divorce Court series for 12 years. He's done promos for ESPN's NFL Countdown, Fox Sports, Fox Soccer Channel, FSC Plus, TNT, FSN, Nat Geo, ABC, has narrated a number of TV series like Fine Living's Ride of Your Life and CARography, ESPN's Truck Stop, and the firefighting series, On Duty. He was the announcer and comedy cast member on Magic Johnson's late night talk show. He's a former VJ as well, having created and hosted the music video series Real Videos (which ran for 27 years), and Videosyncrasy on the Family Channel. Having voiced thousands of commercials, he's been the voice of In-N-Out Burger since 1989, and currently is the voice of a number of NordicTrack product commercials and many others. Jim is considered to be one of the top 500,000 voice actors in the world. Jimmy started off in radio and created and hosted two national music video shows in the 80's and 90's, all the while working in v.o. and on camera acting as well. He studied for years with numerous voiceover teachers, and even learned to sing with the legendary vocal coaches Lee & Sally Sweetland. He studied on-camera acting for years with Kathryn Gately, Laura Henry and at the Film Industry Workshop. Jimmy also is an accomplished director/cameraman/editor who has traveled the world shooting documentaries and music videos, hitting some 51 countries. His home studio sports a Sennheiser 416 Shotgun Microphone, Avalon VT 737 sp Vacuum Tube Pre-Amp, Mackie 1402 VLZ Pro Mixer, SourceConnect, Twisted Wave, Sound Studio, Mac Pro, all ensconced in a glorious Whisper Room sound booth. Jimmy uses a CEntrance MicPortPro and MacBook Air for recording while traveling in hotel rooms, ships and even rental cars worldwide. It's true! At 6'-8", Jimmy Hodson is the tallest voiceover talent in the world. Well, at least for yards around. And as long as Brad Garrett isn't nearby. He's easy to work with as he's done so much on both sides of the camera and microphone, he knows what you're up against. He loves medicine, sports, science and non-fiction, so is a great choice for those kinds of narrations. His home recording studio in a secret Greater L.A. beachside location is truly top notch (it sounds great) and he can go "live" to any other ISDN studio via SourceConnect, or you can listen in via phone patch or just let him do his thing. Then the high quality audio files can be e-mailed or sent over the internet in any format! Or you can just get an e-mail with a link to download the file- a snap! He is represented in LA by powerhouse voiceover agency DPN Talent.