Grew up in Chicago doing VO for Radio and TV Commercials joining AFTRA and SAG in my early teens through legit Radio and TV advertisements with many of Chicago's leading Ad Agencies. Quickly became a lead actor in film and TV by age 16 appearing in several feature films and sitcoms with Joan Cusack, Kyle Chandler, , Coen bros, George Clooney, Tom Arnold, Sheryl Lee, Aimee Garcia, Cole Williams and many more.
Very quick and professional in the studio as well as independently. Self Direct and take direction very well. Give a selection of dynamic takes , one to three takes for an audition depending on the role and/or characters.
Strong Acting Skills as Well as Commanding Voice with that special something that books jobs. .
Booked and trained in booth and class in Chicago starting in my childhood.
Grew up in Chicago doing VO for Radio and TV Commercials joining AFTRA and SAG in my early teens through legit Radio and TV advertisements with many of Chicago's leading Ad Agencies. Quickly became a lead actor in film and TV by age 16 appearing in several feature films and sitcoms with Joan Cusack, Kyle Chandler, Tom Arnold, Sheryl Lee, Aimee Garcia, Cole Williams and many more.
Have recorded solo voice commercials as well as group, two person dialogue, announcer, Rap, Choir, 16 Track Vocal Sessions, as well as ADR and Looping for major feature films. I grew up in the studio and have recorded songs on several Albums as a soloist and choir, also for a hiphop group in Chicago that became a tripple emmy award winning PBS series in 1998 that was a pre-cursor to Hannah Montana and High School Musical with music mixed with acting.
Work with Casting Directors such as O'Connor Casting, Jane Alderman, Claire Simon, Tenner Paskal, Jill Anthony associates Bryan Mueller & Nickole Doro, Patrick Baca, Holly Powell, Meg Liberman, Bosco Studios, ABC, UPN and TBS.
BRIEF: Musical Training Began at AGE 4 Violin Piano Drums and Choir Chimes, Voice Over Training and On Job Training with Studio Engineering for Radio and TV Spots, Commercial Copy Writing Experience, Digital Recording and Radio & TV Broadcasting at Santa Monica City College and Los Angeles City College.
Grew up acting in the voice over for Grossman Jack agency, CESD, FORD TALENT & MORE.. In studios since age 13 in Chicago. With a strong natural talent for acting and dialogue delivery with a real quality most of my early training was via the jobs I booked with AD Agencies such as Leo-Burnett, DDB Chicago, Chicago Creative Partnership, Bosco and many more.
Also:
College of Dupage, Chicago (Acting for Commercials, VO and Film)
Cert. Columbia Film School, Chicago (Acting for Film & TV)
High School Downers Grove Tech School (Theater, Film, VO, Cooking)
Cert. Los Angeles City College (Music, Art, Radio, Digital Recording Techniques for mac and pc)
SAG Conservatory at AFI
TRAINING:
Cold Reading: Meg Lieberman, SAG Conservatory at AFI
Looping: Sheryl Lee Diamond
Script Interpretation/Technique: Tom Desanto
Acting: Dan Fauci (Mastery)
On-Camera: Victor Salva
Improvisation: Gigi Harris
Audition Technique: Damona Resnick, Anthony Meindl
Commercial: Mitch Gosset, Leo Rossi, Stephen Snyder
Voice-over: Linda Jack, Kevin Delany, Aaron Drown
Singing: Sasha Gerritson
Studio w/ Cakewalk, Music Creator , MACS w/ Sequel, Garage Band, REASON.
M-Audio Fast Track PRO, PCI-MULTI-Interface for Many Mic, Real and Digi or MIDI instrument in my studio space.
Analog Mic, MIDI keyboard, Sound Banks and Modules, Digital Video and Audio recorder MP3 and MP4 as well as MOV files that can be converted.
AT2020 usb Mic
mac book pro
ADR and Looping, Mimic accents and dialects quickly, Wide range of accents and dialects have been performed by me in Voice-Over, TV and Feature Films, SAG, AFTRA, Weston Mueller is my on-camera name.