BIOGRAPHY
Scottish (from Edinburgh) London-based voiceover actor, with over 25 years experience as a professionally trained actor. I have voiced for Pfizer, Virgin Media Business, Inchcape & BBC Scotland amongst others. I also have ADR experience. My most recent voice projects were voicing various characters in several audio drama episodes from 'Leithers: One Family'. All episodes were adapted from the novel of the same name by Edinburgh writer William Haddow, and produced by Citadel Arts.Group. I have a broadcast quality home studio. Microphone: Sennheiser MK4 Editor/Daw: Adobe Audition PC: AMD Ryzen 5 Processor, 16GB, 512GB SSD (Windows 11) Studio headphones: Beyerdynamic DT 770
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Gaming Reel
Animation Reel
Commercial montage Reel
Corporate Clip 'Zonza'
Documentary narration clip 'Jim Clark'
Narrative montage
CONTACT DETAILS | VOICE PROFILE |
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Email: jamsmurray64@yahoo.co.uk Business number: +44 7909 526263 Mobile number: 07909 526263 Website: jamesscottishvoice.com |
Gender: Male Location: London Description of voice: My vocal quality is deep, gravelly, textured, convincing, grounded, and trustworthy. Sounding Age(s): 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60 Languages: English (UK) Accents: General American, Southern American, Glasgow, Highland Scottish, Yorkshire, Newcastle, Northern and Southern Irish. Expertise: Commercial, Corporate, Narration |
AGENT(S)
CREDITS
Year | Project | Project Contact | Role | Company | Details |
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2023 | A Bear Named Wojtek (in Production) | Iain Gardner | Chairman | Illuminated Films |
Year | Project | Project Contact | Role | Company | Details |
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2019 | TV Trailer for British Championship Boxing | Jamie Cole | VO Announcer | BBC Scotland | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt2VnBcQ7bY |
Year | Project | Voiceover Category | Company | Details |
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2021 | Leithers: One Family | Dramatic Work | Citadel Arts Group | https://www.citadelgoesviral.com/ |
2021 | Continuous Controls Monitoring | Corporate | Quod Orbis | https://youtu.be/soPvOFmeLd4 |
2017 | Sutent AR Experience | Corporate | Pfizer | For staff training purposes |
2015 | Ecosurety | Promo | Join My Journey | Promoting travel through caring for the environment |
2014 | Virgin Media Business | Corporate | Virgin Media Business | |
2013 | Living Inchcapeness and Heartbeat | E-Learning | Inchcape | Internal Staff training Programme |
2013 | Two Halfs | Narration | Impro Productions | Narrating the role of Chairman of HM Prison Commissioners for a feature film trailer |
2008 | Quantum Claims | Commercial | Mallinson TV Productions | Narrating the role of Scottish Knight in a TV commercial for accident insurance |
SKILLS
Acting | I am a professional actor, having trained at Rose Bruford College in Kent, graduating in 1995. Spotlight registered and Equity member. I have performed in many theatre productions, from drama to comedy, classical to contemporary. I also have extensive experience in film, TV, short, and corporate training films. |
Singing | A strong bass/baritone with experience of singing solo in various stage productions including panto. |
ADR | I have voiced ADR on various TV projects in the past. |
Kube broadcast quality home studio
Software: | Adobe Audition |
Video Sync Available: | Yes |
Remote connectivity: | Cleanfeed, ipDTL, Session Link PRO, Skype, Zoom |
Microphones: | Sennheiser MK4 |
Studio demo sample |
TRAINING
Acting School | BA (hons) Degree in Acting (3 year training). 1995. Rose Bruford College, Kent. Various Scotvec Modules gained in Acting (1 year training). 1991. Telford College, Edinburgh. |
Voiceover training with Gravy for the Brain where I have so far completed training modules in Voiceover for Beginners, Home Recording Studio, Create Amazing Demo Reels, How to Compress Vocal Recordings, Voiceover for Gaming, Character Acting for Voiceovers. | I have been partaking in Gravy for the Brain's on-line training programme since 2018. |
Voiceover training | Workshop training with Cut Glass Voices and voiceover artist and coach, Lara Parmiani. |