Joel Gelman

North American Accents: New York, Boston Mid-westerner,Canadian,Southern(Georgian,Texan, Appalachian) Californian. European:British(RP, Cockney, Northern England) Irish, Scottish, Italian, Spanish, German and French. Eastern European: Romanian,Croatian, Russian. Others: Pacific Islander,"Yooper"(Upper Peninsula of Michigan).

Joel Gelman has worked on a Variety of VO Projects from a PBS Children's TV pilot "The Imagy Nation" to The run away Hit Zombie Video game "Dead Island" to an AP History Text book In the Style of a Ken Burns Documentary Joel has worked with a variety of production companies including "The Famous Radio Ranch" in Los Angeles and "Static Studios" in Chicago. While working on a The Game "Dead Island" Joel was complemented on his diverse accent work for which one of the Producers said of his Pacific Islander Dialect " You're one of the only white guys I've met that can do this accent!" Joel has an MFA in Acting from the Renowned Actor training program at UCSD San Diego/La Jolla Playhouse and a BA in Theatre from Western Michigan University. Joel has Worked in regional theatre and Musical theatre all over the Country and He is a series regular in the NBC/ Universal Web Series "In Gayle We Trust". He Is also a trained singer (Studied 15 year privately) Specializing in Jazz, Classical and Musical Styles. Joel has a Sound Proofed home studio equipped with a MacBook Pro complete with garage band and a Blue Microphone: The "Yeti" Professional Multi-Pattern device. -Voice Longevity for time consuming and wordy projects. -Knowledge of IPA (the international phonetics alphabet) -Trained in Linklater vocal production