Highlights
My natural voice tends to mid-range in pitch and medium in terms of tone. I can go into a slightly lower register. Producers hear a friendly and warm quality in my voice, although I can also sound authoritative. Definitelynot the young man, lived in, with some huskiness and a bit raspy, but can conjour up a range of the cartoonish and childish.
Languages
English (Australian), English (North American), English (British), French (Parisian), Italian
Accents
Yiddish, Afrikaans, Australian(educated), Australian(broad), Los Angeles, New York, Londoner, Irish(Southern), Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, French, Italian, mid-Atlantic, British.
Ages
Middle Aged, Senior
Special Skills
Cartoons, Movie Trailers, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Business, Educational, Radio, Telephone, Videogames, Podcasting, Television, Internet
Experience
I am a professional actor(one Green Room award and two nominations, and a Maverick Movie Awards nomination), voice-over artist, and teacher of long-standing. I have a long list of credits across most areas of the performing arts. You can view them on the Imdb website(also go to "View Resume") and on the Bgmagency website where you will also see me in the flesh in a demo reel. I am currently about to open in a new play, "Coranderrk", concerning the intervention into the lives of an aboriginal community near Healesville in Victoria in the late C19th. My own voice-over business is called Voiceover Act or Chat. I have worked with a number of commercial voice studios in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, Australia.
Credentials
Education
Trained Primary Teacher's Certificate. Bachelor of Arts(Majors English Literature & French). Diploma and Master's in Educational Administration. Have just completed a Master of Applied Linguistics.
Associations
Equity
Studio
Microphone
Rode NT1-A with popshield
Computer & Software
Mac OS X Version 10.6.8 . Audacity editing programme. Garage Band.
Special Equipment
Tascam US-122L amp, Divroom Speakers.
Delivery Methods
email attachment
Turnaround Time
24 hrs
Service Description
I can usually turn around a job in 24 hours.
Testimonials
Risk Sound, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Australia
Jim, whom I've known for nearly twenty years, is a celebrated actor whose voice transfers effortlessly to television and radio commercials. Whether it be gravitas for a straight read, to playing a dentist, doctor, loving dad or a mate in the pub, Jim brings a sense of a real person and understanding to the script. Through his many theatre roles, Jim also has a kitbag of character voices and dialects. His demo is worth a good listen.
-Philip Webster, Sept 20, 2011.
Morgan Singh
Great work, Jim! You did it exactly how I imagined. I'm very impressed.
- Morgan Singh. Nov 08, 2011
Client List
Includes Ford tvc(J Walter Thompson), Chupa Chups tvc(George Patterson Y), Goodyear tvc (Grey Worldwide), Virgin (Leo Burnett - Sydney), RACV (Clemenger Bbdo), Workcover (Shannon's Way). Bolinda Books -The Omega Scroll, The Beijing Conspiracy, Petria Thomas -Swimming against the Tide, Proteus (novels). Australian Broadcasting Comm ission - radio reads: Bess-the Black Orpington Swaggie(story); The Gates of Egypt, Platform 4, Cat(plays).The Maya Codex(novel) by Adrian d'Hage for Bolinda, Morgan Singh, Elia Morling
Payment Terms
Hire Jim for voice over work. Payment is made through Voices.com SurePay, an escrow service that guarantees your work is done to your satisfaction. Send payment securely by Visa, Mastercard or PayPal through Voices.com then download your files from the website.
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