Not Just Voiceover

DETROIT — The star of “Home Improvement” and the “Toy Story” movies is becoming a pitchman for Chevrolet. General Motors Co. says Tim Allen will be a spokesman for the brand and will star in a series of TV ads for the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze that begin airing on Tuesday. Allen, 57, is best-known for [...]

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Nissan is rolling out their new advertising campaign this weekend called “Innovation For All” –replacing the “Shift” tagline that has been used for eight years. “Innovation For All” will be launched with a series of five TV commercials with actor Robert Downey, Jr. at the helm as the new voiceover announcer. The campaign, showcasing the [...]

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Sir Sean Connery, who turned 80 today (25.08.10) has retired from onscreen acting but hopes to continue doing voiceover work. Sir Sean Connery will never act again. The former ‘James Bond’ star who turned 80 today (25.08.10), said that his onscreen days are behind him, but he will continue to do voiceover work. He told [...]

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link Bioware is one company that takes its voiceover work seriously. For Star Wars: The Old Republic, Bioware hired over 100 actors to voice over 40 novels worth of written material. And now Bioware has announced that it has hired several top-notch voice actors for the heavily-anticipated sci-fi sequel, Mass Effect 2. Martin Sheen (The [...]

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Head over to Voiceoverdirectory.com for a free download of Dave Courvoisier’s recent tele-seminar “Leveraging Social Media in your Voice-Over Career.”  Filled with a ton of useful tips on how to promote your voiceover career on the many social media sites, Dave is one of the most knowledgable people in this area and it will be [...]

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How cool to find a link from a site that lists what they consider to be the UK’s Top 10 Iconic TV voice artists.   #1 – Oliver Postgate

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