William Williams
Burbank, CA, United States
Highlights
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My natural age range is 35-55 and I have a warm, resonant, sincere baritone voice. I am accomplished at relaxed, conversational, believable soft sell attitudes such as friendly, calm, soothing, sentimental, folksy, story telling, caring, trustworthy regular guy next door and down to earth (like Hal Riney Morning in America). I can do romantic, sexy, sensual and sophisticated or luxurious, rich, expensive and snooty like (James Sloyan of Lexus). I can also perform strong professional hard sell attitudes such as serious, newsy, authoritative, confident, energetic, enthusiastic and convincing. And an authentic down home good old boy read (like Sam Elliott).
I am adept at the new edgy attitudes such as argumentative, flippant, sarcastic, wry, bored, monotonous monotone, deadpan, casual and smartass. I can also do dramatic reads such as movie trailer (Don LaFontaine ), tv promo, audiobook or natural regular guy on the street testimonial reads.
In addition to this I perform a wide variety of character attitudes like big announcer parody, nfl films ( John Facenda ), professor, psychiatrist, sinister, evil villain, super hero, hip, geek, nerd, goofy, jolly, naive, wild, zany, wacky, kooky, nutty, quirky, funny and humorous.
I am an excellent, directable voice actor and can interpret the emotional subtleties in copy and words and connect emotionally with the listener audience. When you request an emotion in my voice for a certain line I can produce that emotion and subtle variations of it. Some examples might be angry, happy, sad, disapponted, satisfied, relieved, concerned, worried, confused, surprised and more complex emotions such as exasperated, jealous, envious, dejected, hopeful, amazed and astounded and of course nonplussed.
I am experienced in reading a variety of corporate industrial copy from dramatic and romantic to straight forward and instruction and I can phrase bullets and outline points well with my voice to clearly lead the listener through the logic of a presentation. I am excellent at pronouncing and understanding medical, chemical, technical and electronic terms.
I do a a variety of accents and dialects including British R.P., Cockney, Irish, Scottish, Australian, U.S. Southern (Appalachian and Plantation Drawl), New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Western Cowboy and Old Miner, California Surfer Stoner, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, etc. (just ask). I do these accents with different pitches and resonances and vocal quirks to create a wide variety of believable, entertaining characters with interesting personalities.
I do a wide variety of character voices with age ranges from 3 to 103 with many resonances and speech quirks. I do celebrity impressions and impersonations including classics like Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, John Wayne, Peter Lorre, Jimmy Stewart, Boris Karloff, Marlon Brando and modern stars such as Sylveter Sly Stallone, Joe Pesci, Sean Connery, Arnold Swartzenegger, Clint Eastwood, and Christopher Walken. I also do real and simulated historical characters such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ross Perot, George Bush and Bill Clinton. And of couse the ubiquitous Don LaFontaine.
I'm a great choice for radio and tv commercials, promos, trailers, corporate industrial narration, documentaries, telephone IVR and on hold, animation and character voices, impressions and impersonations, audiobooks and books on tape, training videos, internet and podcast presentations.
Here are SOME TESTIMONIALS:
Again, very nice work. Pablo K.
BTW, all of my clients have loved the spots you have voiced for me. Excellent work! Suzanne S.
Everything sounded great. Thanks for getting them done so quickly. Ian C.
William is always easy to work with. Fast, courteous and always professional, I would recommend him for your project. Jeremy S.
Great ! Thanks so much. Ron E.
sounds great! super speedy! thanks! Meryem E.
Thanks William! Great job. They guy won, by the way. It was the most-watched legislative race in the state this year. Mark R.
Thanks much, it sounds absolutely perfect. Sean H.
Looking forward to work with you again! Nima B.
Nice work so far recording the voice overs. They sound good in the show. Sean C.
(sigh of relief...) Excellent! Excellent! You don't know how great it is to work with someone as professional as you. Larry D.
GREAT PERFORMANCE. SOLID RECORDING SKILLS. EASY TO WORK WITH. PROMPT. DEPENDABLE. PROFESSIONAL... your name here!
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Languages
English (North American), English
Accents
New York, Brooklyn, Maine, Downeast, Boston, Southern Appalachian, Southern Drawl Plantation, California Surfer Stoner, Fargo, British R.P., British Oxford, Cockney, Scottish, Irish, Australian, French, Italian, Russian, Hungarian, Dracula, gypsy, German, Austrian,Spanish, Mexican, East Indian, Pakistani, Greek, Mediterranean
Ages
Middle Aged, Senior
Special Skills
Cartoons, Movie Trailers, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Business, Educational, Radio, Telephone, Videogames, Podcasting, Television, Internet
Experience
I've owned and operated Aliso Creek Productions since 1987. We write, cast, produce and direct radio commercials and industrial audio and also do specialized music production.
Before that I was a Director of Marketing for Beckman which is a large Electronics and Medical Instrumentation Company so I was the honcho of a client company and worked with ad agencies and production companies in that capacity. Thus I have worked as a talent on one side of the glass and as a director and a client on the other. This gives me an excellent perspective on interpreting the copy in both an artistic and commercial way.
I've taught voice-overs at the Aliso Creek Voice Over Workshop since 1994 and have hundreds of students in the business.
I also worked as a Rock and Roll singer early on... And somewhere in there I got a degree in Philosophy from UCLA.
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Credentials
Education
I have been a voice over artist since 1987 and have done work for biggies like Apple Computer, Princess Cruises, Greyhound, AT&T, U.S. Forest service, Chicago Trubune, Sun Sentinal and also for small companies Like George Webb Restaurants, Yudavision, Radar Golf and tons of industrials. No job is too big or too small... OK, maybe that one is too small... But not THAT one...
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Associations
SAG, AFTRA
Studio
Microphone
Neuman TLM 103, AKG 414, Sennheiser 416
Computer & Software
MacBook Pro
Special Equipment
Protools, Digital Performer, dbx mic pre, phone patch
Delivery Methods
wav, aiff, mp3, via email, ftp-yours or mine, overnight CD
Turnaround Time
1 day, faster if needed
Service Description
I run my own studio so my recordings are top quality and I thoroughly understand all things computer such as uploading, file conversion, sample formats, sample rates, AIFF, WAV, MP3, bit rates, etc. And I understand audio such as phone patch, ambient sound, signal to noise ratio, headroom, compression, limiting, normalizing, mic technique, proximity effect, CDs etc. So you get excellent recordings and the files like you want them when you want them.
I worked in the electronics and chemical and medical instrumentation industries so I'm not afraid of big words like Deoxyribonucleic acid or MicroFarad but I might have a bit of trouble with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis... well, maybe not.
I'm easy to work with, creative, fun, serious, professional and reliable. And I go the distance to make sure you and your clients get what you want and what you need.
And, yes, my mother really did name me William Williams.
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Testimonials
Red Pine Studios
Great work, once again. Thank you.
Donnie Rollins, Elevology
Great job! They love it.
Ian Cohen, RDR
Excellent work. Thanks
Mark Rountree, President, Landmark Communications, Inc
Thanks William!
Great job. They guy won, by the way. It was the most-watched legislative race in the state this year.
W Gottlieb, Final Cut Productions
Excellent, William.
Nima Bameri, Heien Media
Thanks! Looking forward to work with you again!
Client List
Voice of Princess Cruises on-ship videos, Lifeline Scanning, Williams, Cohen and Grey, Micrograms Education, Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Global Resorts Network, Dan Foley Campaign, Northern Illinois Hospice, Seamless Compassion, Pollentec, Lorraine Green Campaign, Amos Amerson Campaign, Heien Media Norway, etc.Payment Terms
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