Michael 'Tenshihan' Quinn
United States
Highlights
I'm a Voice-Actor, Recording-Engineer, Foley-Artist & Sound-designer with my own Digital Recording Studio.
I've been involved in the entertainment industry for over 35 years & have an extensive level of experience with Stage, Television & Film-work - as well as making Sounds & Voices for video-games & independent films.
I provide a huge range of vocal accents, age-groups, personality-types, celebrity-impersonations, cartoon-characters, and old-fashioned radio voice personalities.
I have my own Digital Recording Studio.
Please see below for details...
Languages
English (North American), English (British), English (Irish), English (Scottish), English (Caribbean)
Accents
I can do almost ANY accent. (See below for a brief listing - Please contact me for specific requests.)
Ages
Young Adult, Middle Aged, Senior
Special Skills
Cartoons, Movie Trailers, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Business, Educational, Radio, Telephone, Videogames, Jingles, Television, Internet
Experience
VOICE-TYPES:
Believable, Broken-hearted, Crazy, Comical, Cowboy, Country (Good 'ole boy reads), Classy, Clear, Comforting, Conversational, Cool, Dark, Dangerous, Demonic, Devilish, Direct, Down to Earth, Emotional, Dreamy, Dynamic, Energetic, Engaging, Friendly, Genuine, Insane, Inspiring, Intelligent, Loving, Mature, Mellifluous, Modern, Natural, Polished, Powerful, Professional, Pure, Real, Rich, Scary, Seductive, Sexy, Sincere, Smart, Smooth, Soothing, Strong, Stylish, Talented, Terrifying, VOG or Voice of God, Warm.
I was the Sound-Designer & Voice-Actor for the free video-game called 'Nexuiz - Classic'. (Credited as; Michael "Tenshihan" Quinn.) http://www.nexuiz.com/classic_team.php
ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD | OFFICIAL RELEASE | 2011 *Credited at 2:40:00 (Animation voices: Michael David Quinn) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
I've also worked on sound for video-games such as; Half-Life 1, Counter-Strike (BETA), Call of Duty 1, Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Left4Dead1 & 2, Oblivion, Fallout3 - and others.
http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/Tenshihan
NOTE: There are several more accents which I can do, but haven't listed - this is because I can copy and/or mimic almost any voice I hear that has noticeable or discernible character apart from the general norm.
MY ACCENTS & IMPERSONATIONS:
New Yorker, Philly, New Jersey.
First-Nations (North American Natives).
Southern 'country' accents; Texan, Louisianan, Alabama, etc.
West-Indian / Caribbean accents.
Hindu Indian.
French.
Asian.
Australian.
British (Cockney, or, Queens English).
Irish.
Scottish.
Russian.
German.
...And far more than I can list here...
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FANTASY CHARACTERS / CARTOON VOICES:
Left4Dead video-game series: Tank, Hunter, Smoker, Boomer, and various zombies.
The Vampire Lestat.
Ren & Stimpy.
Star Trek-TNG: Worf, Data, Picard.
Goofy / Barney the Dinosaur.
Mickey Mouse.
Yoda / Miss Piggy.
Kermit the Frog / Ernie.
Mario / Wario.
Southpark: Cartman, Mr. Mackey.
The Simpsons: Homer Simpson.
ZOMBIES (And other animal / beastly / feral sounding vocals)
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CELEBRITIES / CHARACTERS:
Carl Sagan
Trailer Park Boys: Bubbles / Ricky.
Jim Carrey (...and most of his imitations.)
George Carlin
Christopher Walken
Christopher Lloyd
Michael Ironside
Patrick Stewart
Alan Rickman
Peter O'Toole
Ian McKellen (as "Gandalf the Grey")
Julian Sands
Alec Guinness (As "Obi Wan Kenobi")
Sean Connery
Bruce Lee
Antonio Banderas
Arnold Swartzenegger
George W. Bush
Bruce Spence (as "Zeddikus Z'ul Zarander")
Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond)
40's-Era Radio-voice personalities.
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Direct Contact: tenshihan_quinn@yahoo.com
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http://mdq.net63.net/studio.php
http://www.linkedin.com/in/tenshihanquinn
http://www.youtube.com/user/TenshihanQuinn
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Credentials
Education
Dramatic Arts at The Globe Theatre in London / Gregorian Chant since 1986.
Studio
Microphone
Edirol R-09HR (High-grade, high-sensitivity stereo condenser microphone.)
Computer & Software
Processor: AMD Phenom II x4 QuadCore 955 BE @3.6 Ghz / RAM: 4Gb - Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 MHz / VideoCard: Nvidia GTX 460 / Audio: Digital High-Definition 7.1 Surround. / Editing Software: Cool-Edit Pro v2 & Adobe Audition.
Special Equipment
Digital Recorder: Edirol R-09HR (24-bit/96kHz linear PCM high-resolution, low-noise recording) / HeadPhones: AKG K 240 MK II.
Delivery Methods
Email, Internet.
Turnaround Time
Usually same week - depending on size of project.
Payment Terms
Hire Michael 'Tenshihan' 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.