Jorge Balça

Various regional accents in Portuguese (Porto, Algarve, Alentejo...) Portuguese and French accents in English

A professional actor and voiceover artist in European Portuguese, British English and European French since 1996. I particularly love character work, so cartoons and videogames are amongst my favourite types of jobs. I also have a lot of experience doing commercials and documentaries. I was also a foreign correspondent journalist for Rádio Renascença (a Portuguese national radio network) and language checker for Disney. Past clients include BBC, MTV, ExxonMobil, Discovery Channel, SIC TV and Wow Stuff! among others. Music conservatoire as a countertenor (Portugal). Drama school as an actor (Portugal) BA Performing Arts, Drama (UK) MA Theatre Directing (UK & Russia) PhD in Opera Training and Creativity (UK) Windows 10 computer: Surface Pro 2 Cardioid Condenser USB microphone: Audio-Technica AT2020USB+ Pop Shield Headphones Software: Adobe CS4 (including Adobe Soundbooth CS4) Experient translator, interpreter and language checker (I've worked for Metropolitan Police, HM Customs & Revenue, Magistrates Courts, Crown Courts, Disney...) Active stage director and actor used to working with spoken text. Academic used to public speaking and presenting research at conferences, including a TEDx talk (https://youtu.be/UPImNPD9hws)