BIOGRAPHY
Former solicitor and businessman. Started as a stand-up comedian/impressionist in 1993. Finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition that year. Subsequently became a regular on the London comedy circuit and performed countrywide/overseas. Numerous TV and radio credits including Dead Ringers; co-wrote, co-starred in BBC Radio 4 sketch comedy series, Fordham & Lipson. Commenced professional voiceover career in 1995.
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Commercial Voiceover Montage
Toy Commercials - TV
Narration
Characters & Animation
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Email: simonlipson@gmail.com Business number: 07973448779 Mobile number: Website: http://www.purevoiceovers.com |
Gender: Male Location: London & Brighton Description of voice: Naturally bassy, warm, authoritative, gravelly RP; vast range of UK regional, American, Australian, South African and Euro-English accents; soundalikes and impressions. The global voice of Land Rover for the last seven years. Sounding Age(s): 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60, 61 - 70 Languages: English (Australian), English (Canadian), English (New Zealand), English (UK), English (USA) Accents: All UK regional UK accents. Broad and tempered New York, mid-west and West coast and deep south American. Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, South African. Euro-English accents (eg German, Spanish, Dutch). Expertise: Commercial, Internet, Radio |
AGENT(S)
CREDITS
SKILLS
| Impressions, Comedy & Acting | I was a professional impressionist for 20+ years, performing at all of the leading comedy clubs in the UK and appearing on a wide variety of BBC Radio 2, 4 and 5 shows. These included Dead Ringers, Week Ending, The Game's Up (lead impressionist), And This Is Them, They Think It's All Over (Radio 5, three series) and my own Radio 4 sketch series, Fordham & Lipson. I have appeared as an impressionist on, inter alia, Auntie's Sporting Bloomers and The Stand Up Show on BBC1. I have also provided voices for documentaries (eg as Churchill and Attenborough as well as numerous characters). I can offer a vast array of UK regional and international accents, soundalikes, impressions and deliveries. |
HOME STUDIO
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TRAINING
| 25 Years' Experience! | I started voicing commercials for Jersey radio in the voice of Sean Connery in about 1995. I was then signed up by Sue Terry Voices and have since voiced the full range of projects - TV, radio, internet, corporate, narrative, documentaries, video games etc using my own voice - a bassy RP - as well as accents, characters and soundalikes. |