Tom Morris

I have no experience doing voice-over work, aside from a lifetime of mimicry and at-home practicing. My acting experience is on stage, having played major roles in plays by, among others, Euripides, Shakespeare, Peter Shaffer, David Mamet, and Gilbert & Sullivan. I am currently looking to test the waters, to see if what I consider to be a versatile, skilled and improvisational voice can guide me to a successful career in this area of the business. No formal voice-over training, but worked in a 13-week Shakespeare acting course in Washington, DC in 1994 I have worked as a waiter for about 8 years. Through all this experience I have managed to hone the skills of my speaking voice. Different jobs often call for a different waiter-customer approach, and that often includes the delivery of speech. TGI Friday's asked for a peppy, colloquial, on-the-level persona, while some fancy French restaurants required a distanced, almost aloof professionalism with less pronounced pitch changes and intonations. Also, the job always demands a waiter refine his/her skill at choosing his words carefully (for politeness as well as time constraints), but also to choose the way, or manner, in which he/she expresses them. These details can often make little but important differences in the way a customer experiences their stay. I also practiced a lot, in private, doing sports play-by-play, with the game sound muted. I have done this since a teenager, and feel I have gotten quite good at it, if that kind of speaking voice is needed, I feel I would do quite well.