Job Profiles

To achieve my goal of becoming a voice actor or a stage manager, I am researching and contacting a few voice actors and stage managers

Job Profiles

Voice acting

A voice actor is someone who portrays characters with their voice and provides information or narration

Responsibilities:

As a voice actor you must be responsible for learning your lines and properly considering how you will use your voice in your audition, and then carry this same portrayal over into the work itself. You should properly consider with your director or employer what would be best from your performance to benefit the overall production. Furthermore, you must be able to adapt and change your voice so that you can perform in a wide variety of roles. 

Skills and qualifications required:

• consistency throughout a project and so that your voice becomes recognisable
• vocal quality so that your performance is good and well performed
• enunciation in order to be clear and understandable
• technical knowledge so that you are able to record yourself properly and well
• confidence in your ability to get work and perform how expected by the employer
• home equipment so that neither you no your employer have to rent a studio for you to be able to work
• You must be creative so that you can give unique and outstanding interpretations and takes on roles
• Teamwork is important as you could be performing alongside other voice actors so you will need to be able to work well with people
• Qualifications aren't necessarily needed but it does help to study something related to voice acting at college and/or university

Salary

• As pay will vary from job to job, the salary will never be exactly the same but the average voice actors salary in the UK is £35,565

Related jobs

• Vocal coach - train voice actors to
• Director
• Writer 

Evaluation of my current skills in relation to this role:

Having been in theatre for over five years I have learned to use my voice and am able to sing in a variety of voices. Furthermore I am very capable at several accents including but not limited to: French, New York, California, and Russian. Furthermore, I can work well in a booth by myself or collaborating with others. I also communicate well with others and often do multiple takes of my line as a way of using Strasbergs speaking aloud technique so that all options are available and the best I am be selected.

Evaluation of my current qualifications in relation to this role:

I have a grade 7 in GCSE drama

My predicted and achieved grades in RSL acting are currently at a distinction 

I am very expressive

I can effectively use memory recall to act and experience emotions

Evaluation of my current experience in relation to this role:

I have lots of experience in theatre acting which has helped me become very expressive and develop my acting skills

I have cameoed in a fan made doctor who audio drama which has given me my first taste of voice acting 

Mark Hamill

Real name - Mark Richard Hamill

Age - 72

First role - The Bill Cosby Show (1969)

Awards - 1981 and 1984 Saturn Awards best actor, 2001 DVD exclusive awards best animated character performance, 2004 Inkpot Awards life achievement, 2010 Interactive Achievement Outstanding Achievement in Character performance, 2010 NAVGTR Awards Supporting Performance in a Drama, 2012 British Academy Awards Best Performer, 2016 NAVGTR Supporting Performance in a Drama, 2018 Saturn Awards Best Actor, 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated Program

Current role - Art Rosenbaum (Invincible)

Agent -  All American Entertainment

Training/background - Los Angeles City College

Notable Roles - Luke Skywalker, the joker

Vincent Tong

Real name - Vincent Tong

Age - 43

First role - Sushi Pack 

Awards - 

2018 Nominee Leo award

2016 Nominee Leo award

2014 Nominee Leo award

2013 Nominee Leo award

UBPC 2022 Nominee Best Voice Performance

2019 Nominee UBCP Award Best Voice

2018 Nominee UBCP Award Best Voice

2017 Nominee UBCP Award Best Voice

2017 Nominee UBCP Award Best Voice

2017 Nominee UBCP Award Best Voice

2016 Nominee UBCP Award Best Voice

Current role - The ice age adventures of Buck Wild - crash

Agent - none found but he basically only works for LEGO at this point anyway

Training/background - Nobody cares about him enough to have publicised this information either, because he's a "kids actor"

Notable Roles - Kai from ninjago

Television actor

Responsibilities:

As a television actor you must be responsible for learning your lines and properly considering how you will use your vocal and physical expressions in your audition, and then carry this same portrayal over into the work itself. You should properly consider with your director or employer what would be best from your performance to benefit the overall production. Furthermore, you must be able to adapt and change your performances so that you can perform in a wide variety of roles.  

Skills needed: 

• good use and control of body language that can be used to visually display the personality and thoughts of the character
• good vocal skills including tone modulation and volume so that you can be properly characterised and speaking at the right volume for the mics 
• characterisation is a skill that is essential for understanding the morals, motives, and behaviour of the character and acting them out properly
• dancing is a good skill to have as it not only acts as a source of cardio that keeps the actor in shape if done regularly, but is also incredibly useful if working in a musical
• Singing is useful for helping the actor learn voice skills and is also useful when performing musical scenes

Salary

• As pay will vary from job to job, the salary will never be exactly the same but the average voice actors salary in the UK is £35,565

Related jobs

• Vocal coach - train voice actors to
• Director
• Writer 

Evaluation of my current skills in relation to this role:

Having been in theatre for over five years I have learned to use my voice and am able to perform in a variety of ways. I can perform in many styles such as those of Artaud, Stanislavski, and Brecht. Furthermore I am very capable at several accents including but not limited to: French, New York, California, and Russian. I also communicate well with others which can help me excel when I perform.

Evaluation of my current qualifications in relation to this role:

I have a grade 7 in GCSE drama

My predicted and achieved grades in RSL acting are currently at a distinction 

I am very expressive

I can effectively use memory recall to act and experience emotions

Evaluation of my current experience in relation to this role:

I have lots of experience in theatre acting which has helped me become very expressive and develop my acting skills. I have attended ctc academy training for a few years which has helped me build my skill set

Sylvester McCoy

Real name - Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith

Age - 80

First role - 1979 Frank Langella version of Dracula

Awards - Frightfest 2020 best actor, BBC TV60 Awards 1996 winner, Cineuphoria awards 2014 nominee, voice art awards winner 2016

Current role - Doctor Who (Guardian of the edge)

Agent - clare@clareeden.com

Training/background - he took a job at the box office of the Roundhouse, a performing arts venue in Chalk Farm, There he was recruited by Ken Campbell for his Roadshow comedy troupe in 1970

Notable roles - Doctor Who, the hobbit

Micheal Sheen

Real name - Micheal Sheen

Age - 54

First role - when she danced 1991

Awards as a screen actor - Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor (2006), Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (2006), New York Film Critics Online (2006), Kansas City+Toronto+Utah Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor (2006), Gold Derby Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (2007), International Cinephile Society Award for Best Supporting Actor (2007), Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor(2008), Variety Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2008, Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films for Best Actor (2009), GQ Magazine's Actor of the Year (2009), BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year(2010), Welsh BAFTA Award for Best Actor (2013), Welsh BAFTA Award for News and Current Affairs (2017), Series Mania for Best Actor in International Competition (2023)

Current role - Aziraphale - good omens

Agent - Roxanne Vacca management

Training/background - RADA

Notable roles - twilight, good omens 

David Tennant

Real name - David McDonald

Age - 52

First role - the resistable rise of arturo

Awards as a screen actor  - 2012 BBC Audio Drama Awards Best actor, 2021 Broadcasting press guild awards Best actor, 2007 2008 and 2010 best male performance in a science fiction television episode, 2007 Glenfiddich spirt of Scotland screen award, 2006+2007 national television Most popular actor, 2008 2010 National television awards outstanding drama performance, 2015 National television awards special recognition, 2021 national television awards drama performance,  2015 People's choice awards favourite actor in a new TV series, 2007 2008 2010 SFX awards best TV actor, 2006 2007 2008 2011 2013 TV Quick and TV Choice Awards best actor

Current role - the 14th doctor - doctor who

Agent - independent talent group

Training/background - royal Scottish academy of music and drama

Notable roles - doctor who, good omens, hamlet

Billie Piper 

Real name - Lianne Piper

Age - 41

First role - scratchy and co

Awards as a screen actor - Laurence Olivier Award and 2 National Television awards

Current role - Sam McCallister - Catherine called Birdie

Agent - Curtis Brown

Training/background - Sylvia Young theatre school

Notable roles - doctor who, secret diary of a call girl, Catherine called Birdie

Freema Agyeman

Real name - Freema Agyeman

Age - 44

First role - Lola Wise - crossroads

Awards - glamour award for Nokia newcomer

Current role - god of carnage

Agent - unknown

Training/background - Middlesex university

Notable roles - Martha Jones - doctor who 

Emails

Hello name,

I am currently in college and looking for ways into voice acting/acting and was wondering if you could answer some questions to help me?

What was your breakout role?

Where did you study?

Is there advice you would give to me or someone in my situation?

How did you find your agent?

Not a single response. I know one of them and even he has not responded to me. LIVID. However, picking up on the advice that others in the class have I have learned that I must watch and listen to a lot of acting and voice acting and be critical, learning from other actors about what works and what does not.