Highlights
Accents and dialects are my specialty. Born in the USA, a North American English speaker, I have fooled Native Australians in an Australian goods shop who apologized profusely for being out of vegemite. A bank teller explained everything to me about cashing my first American pay check as a newly arrived Czech and asked how I liked the country in a very sensitive and motherly fashion. In a bar, after about five minutes speaking with a
Londoner I spent another minute convincing him that I really was not a countryman of
his. After recording a take or two in a Nigerian accent, as the busy sound engineer looked
up, through my headphones came, "Oh my God, he's not even Black!" All can be light to
outrageous. I enjoy playing characters in character, especially with other characters,
which I usually play more than one of in the same production and whether in role playing or narration can provide any emotion in any range desired. I can be completely realistic,
cartoony/goofy or anywhere in between, in any age or either sex in the cartoony/goofy
and most male ages in the realistic. If you need dogs, cats, apes, goats, ghosts or monsters
in the mix you've got 'em. Hey, we're using music in this production and need a singer.
Yup, that too in most styles, as various artists and in any kind of character with accents or
dialects. (It's in the compilation demo.) Also a good writer, photographer (mostly outdoor)
and pretty good Photoshopper with some video editing experience. I am equi'ed tosync audio to video as well. ( I created my own logo in Photoshop.)
Languages
English (North American), English (British), English (Irish)
Accents
Various southern like Texas and Tennesee, eastern like New York or Maine, midwest like Wisconsin and Minnisotta, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish, Brits like various English, Irish, Scots, Austrailian, French, German, Italian, Norse, Russian, African Middle Eastern, East Indian, American Indian, Jamaican, Japanese and Chinese. Oh yeah, and Canadian, eh?
Ages
Teen, Young Adult, Middle Aged, Senior
Special Skills
Cartoons, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Educational, Radio, Telephone, Videogames, Jingles, Television, Music
Experience
A few radio spots, PBS educational series "Bridging World History (26 episodes, played a dozen or so roles.) "Afterhell, a horror series on cd and downloadable, played several roles in two of three, co-writer of the third which earned me a plaque and a shirt from the "Ogle Awards". Most recently played 4 African American slaves for a documentary production by Audissey Media.
Credentials
Education
Professional training.
Studio
Microphone
M-Audio usb
Computer & Software
i7 Mac Mini, Pro Tools MP9
Special Equipment
Sennheisser HD 280 headphones, Voicecube portable sound booth. A very nice nearby studio with Phone Patch.
Delivery Methods
MP3, AIFF, WAV, QuickTime, SDII Via E-mail
Turnaround Time
24hrs for most.
Service Description
If you are seeking true to life characterizations for your film or video animation, game or commercial production in short- believability -you've come to the right place. I can be the character.
I can provide real emotions and depth to characters and make them sound like real people with real personalities who react and respond to situations and other characters. Add tothat my ability to make each character voice sound like a completely different person (orother entity) A+B= Interested Listener.
Testimonials
Ollin Productions Joe Medina, Writer/Director
Last night, Jamie and I had dinner with up-and-coming voice actor DJ Chiles. Loads of fun. Sometimes we got intimidated by the sheer number of voices, dialects, accents, and gags DJ could do on the fly! We talked about all sorts of things, everything from cats to his work of late. He’s part of an improv group and had recently done some voiceovers for a local PBS station. What he can do is just amazing
We met him and many more voice actors at a Halloween party put on by a lady in the Afterhell cast. At the party, we passed around copies of “Damning Praise” and “Sleepless Days”, two scripts Jamie and I had written for the series. Everyone decided to do an impromptu reader’s theater with “Sleepless Days” where DJ read for a vampire. He gave the role that perfect hint of a Hungarian accent, expertly avoiding camp*
*Note: In my demo this character does sound "campy" but is supposed to for that scene.
Client List
Ollin Productions
OPB
Audissey Media
Payment Terms
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