Thomas Alvarez

Ever since a very young age, I have been fascinated with cartoon characters and their personalities. When I learned that so many Looney Tunes characters were performed by one man, I did all I could to learn about him. Mel Blanc was a great inspiration to me as was Daws Butler. Character development came very easily. I would take voices that I knew well and twist them to become my own as an exercise. I have a great ability to create a voice simply by looking at art or some form of a representation of a character. At the time that I was studying for my masters degree, I learned that I had a great ability to perform serious voice overs. It was then that I wanted to take my talents to a more professional level. In recent years, I have created several characters such as: Bud the Bully, Zeke from Zark, Goober, and Crazy Larry among others. I was personally trained by one of the greatest ventriloquists of our time, Jimmy Nelson who performed on radio, television, and on stage with his ventroquial figures, Danny O'Day and Farfel. I have performed such accents as a drunkard for an app titled, "Drunk Translator" and more serious voices for instructional videos. I have an "In-Home" sound studio and am able to create and perform all types of media from short voice overs to full educational videos and audiobooks. Please let me show you what I can do for you.