Judi Pennington

Judi Pennington is an English voice over artist based in the North of England. After a career spent using her warm Yorkshire voice for conducting training sessions and public speaking, her great love of literature and the spoken word led her to voice over work. She has had so much fun recording her first audio book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, that she hopes there will be many more to follow. Judi works from her own studio on the Gallery of her historic cottage in the Yorkshire Dales, where she lives with her husband, Ian. She divides her time between Yorkshire and Malawi in southern Africa, where she teaches basic business skills to very poor villagers.

The Mysterious Affair at Styles  

David McAlistair

David McAlister is an eclectic British television, stage, and radio actor and well known voice of the BBC.  Trained by the BBC Radio Drama Company as a voice actor, David’s ability to create characters and bring scripts to life is second to none.  His resume includes many popular BBC radio dramatizations including Lord of the Rings and Cold Comfort Farm.  His television credits include popular UK presentations such as The Golden Hour and Hollyoaks, for which he was nominated as Best Villain at the British Soap Awards.  His list of audiobook narration credits, equally as impressive, includes titles such as The Wreck of the Titan and H.G. Wells’ Ghost Stories.  David’s stage credits include starring roles in the National tours of Hello Dolly and Annie, in addition to many other plays on London’s West End.  From his London recording studio, Crystal Clear Voiceovers, David has produced countless radio commercials and corporate narrations for clients all over the world.

The Time Machine  

Gina Mellotte

Gina Mellotte is an English voiceover artist based in London, England, where she worked in TV production for many years before making the move to the freelance voiceover world after so many people commented on the attractive “husky tones” of her voice.  Gina now voices for TV, radio and corporate clients both in the UK and worldwide.  Her client list includes the BBC (Radio and TV), MTV (UK and worldwide) and many other well known brands and companies.  Gina works from her own studio in the cupboard of her bedroom and regularly travels to studios in London for jobs.  She absolutely loves her work as a professional voicing artist, as every day brings something new.

Emma  

Roger Watson

After a distinguished and productive career as a music executive (selling a combined total of over 500 million records), Roger decided to take his turn behind the mic.  You'll recognize his voice from the UK launch of Viagra, as well as a wealth of major brands both on radio, TV, and the internet.  Should you visit the Museum of the Sea in Trieste, Itally, you will experience Roger's voice as he walks you through the history of the fishing net.  If you take a tour of Kracow, Poland, here to for Roger's voice.  War of the Worlds is Roger's first audiobook, and very possibly his first Audie award.  Roger experienced a strange familiarity while recording The War of the Worlds, as much of H.G. Wells' story took place in Sheen, UK, which happens to be were Roger now resides and where he recorded the audiobook.

The War of the Worlds  

Melanie Haynes

Melanie Haynes has been an award winning professional actress and voice over talent since the 1980’s. She is a veteran of film, television, radio and theater who brings acting talent, versatility, intelligence, and a great voice to every project – truly a voice actor. Her voice is rich, warm, and smooth with many character voices and dialects in her repertoire, as well. She has voiced literally thousands of radio and television commercials, corporate narrations and training modules along with documentaries, promos, imaging, and on hold messages. Melanie established her own ISDN, Source Connect, and Phone Patch equipped audio studio in 2002 from which she records daily for clients all over the world. Her work has been seen and heard on ABC, CBS, HBO, USA Network, The History Channel, Disney, and FOX. Clients include: The American Museum of Natural History, Humana, Botox, Comdata, Subway, KFC, Ford, Wells Fargo, Colgate-Palmolive, Nissan, Minute Maid, Coca Cola, Chevron, Exxon-Mobile, Halliburton, NASA, United Way, Xerox, and many others.

The Call of the Wild  

Jim Conlan

James Conlan has worked continuously as a voice-over artist since the 1970’s.  He has served as an announcer, narrator, and voice actor for projects all over the U.S.  Mr. Conlan is also a writer and producer of award-winning radio commercials and is a popular director who has worked with some of Hollywood’s best voice talent.  He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife, Kate.

The Swiss Family Robinson  

Marion Castle

Marion is a British voice over artist with a special interest in talking books.  Her work includes voicing for radio, TV and narration on video documentaries.  She has voiced many jingles for radio stations which are heard internationally, presented her own radio programme for an English radio station in Spain and is the Liaison Director of an English/Bavarian radio station.  She also teaches Business English to German companies.  She can speak German and loves the mountains of Bavaria where she is living at present.

Sense and Sensibility  

Ian Lynch

Ian Lynch is an L.A. native and resident who has recorded voice overs for a wide variety of different projects including audiobooks, globally-televised extreme sports programs, television promos, multiple national commercials and interactive toys. His many corporate voice over clients include start-up businesses and FORTUNE 500 companies alike. His work and demos can be heard at ianlynchvoice.com and at Ian Lynch Voice Over on Facebook. When he is not recording voice overs, he is thanking his beautiful wife and daughter for letting him spend so much time recording voice overs.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  

Alicia Kaye

A Motown native, Alicia Kaye studied Radio, TV and Film at the University of Texas at Austin where she started her almost 30 year radio career. She has worked in several major markets, including Houston, Detroit, Tampa, Hartford and Honolulu. Her quick wit and ability to do character voices highlights her voice acting skills, which she has a passion for, and now enjoys that career full time. She is the voice of countless radio and TV commercials around the globe and can be heard anywhere from the instructional CD-ROM for your new Jaguar XJ, to the Trolley at the St. Petersburg Pier.  Alicia lives in Tampa with her 22 year old son Cory, a student, two Boston Terriers, Rosie and Daisy, and their English Bulldog, Hercules

How to Analyze People on Sight  

Matt Anthony

Matt Anthony is a 24-year broadcast veteran of radio stations across the country, including stations in Atlanta, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.  He currently owns and operates Matt Anthony Multi-Media, Inc., a company that specializes in voiceover and production services for radio and television stations, as well as commercial clients.  His commercials have aired in the United States, as well as for the BBC in England.  He currently resides in the Midwest with his wife Donna, where he also is an avid writer and home-brewer.

The Philadelphia Report: Monsignor John Gillespie  

Bobbin Beam

Chances are you've heard Bobbin Beam's voice somewhere. Her work has been heard around the world in commercials, narrations, audio books, documentaries, and TV promos. ABC, Disney Channel, and Fortune 500 companies have featured Bobbin's Voice... warm, friendly, professional, wise, and sincere.

Bobbin's Beam’s professional career began in Milwaukee in 1970, when she became one of Wisconsin's first female radio broadcasters. She attended University of Dallas and Carroll University majoring in Theater and Mass Communications. Bobbin's broadcast career spanned twenty years among seven radio stations two television stations, and three major markets, including management positions. From 1980-84, she ran her own successful ad agency, On the Beam Productions, further enhancing her production skills and creative voiceover work. It was upon her move to Southern California in 1984, when her career evolved into full-time voice acting, which remains her passion, her craft, and her art. Bobbin’s voice has appeared in projects for ABC, Disney, Pro Flowers, 3M, LG, Cisco, DHL, BP, Expedia.com, Toshiba, Tribune Companies, and Microsoft.

The Philadelphia Report: Foreword  

Roy Buñales

Roy has been an independent Voice Talent since 1997. Afternoon Drive LIVE Radio Announcer & Audio Production for WRJW 1320AM since 2001. He has 6+ Years internet radio Broadcasting experience, 8 years as Bass Player for an Agency Band in Wash., D.C., and has 10+ Years experience as a freelance MC for various public appearances such as the Colgate Country Showdown, Local Pageants, Classic Car Shows, South Potomac Lion's Club functions, banquets, etc.

The Philadelphia Report: Main Narration, Father Raymond Leneweaver, Father Sicoli, Father Gaush  

Jerry Chu

Jerry Chu, voice, theatrical, and commercial talent, currently spends his time working in feature film and television projects on the East and West Coast. Besides establishing his career as an actor he enjoys contributing his talent as a voice-over artists for all types of projects, of which, having a distinguished and recognizable voice in the entertainment field.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Francis J. Gallagher  

Jonathan Donahue

Jonathan Donahue originally worked in radio in the mid-1980's as an on-air personality and disc-jockey.  He also studied acting at that time and performed in local theater companies.  After a long hiatus spent establishing a career as a psychotherapist, Donahue returned to the performing arts, spending time in a comedy troupe before getting involved in independent films and commercials.  Coming full circle, he has returned to the microphone, focusing on voice-overs while still maintaining his therapy practice.  He lives in greater Boston.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Gilberti, Father Dunne  

Troy Duran

Troy Duran, 44 years old, is an internationally-recognized voiceover artist. His credits include national and local commercials for Anheuser Busch, Jeep Grand Cherokee, The World Golf Championship, and Miller Genuine Draft, among others. He is heard daily as the voice of the European Hit Radio Network, as well as numerous radio stations in the U.S. and Europe, and specializes in commercial announcements and narrations for clients globally. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his three children: Patricia, Benjamin, and Thomas.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Chambers, Father McCarthy, Father DePaoli  

Karen Gerstman

Raised on Long Island and now living in Queens, New York, Karen worked for many years as a paralegal secretary in The Big Apple.  While working in the legal field, she decided to explore the world of voiceovers, was bitten by the bug and never turned back.  She has voiced a variety of projects from commercials to all types of narrations, as well as animation, including the award-winning Story Logic Series by Smart Neurons, in which she is the narrator and the voice of 30 characters.  Karen is pleased to add her participation in the The Philadelphia Report to her list of credits and looks forward to voicing many more projects in years to come.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Thomas Shea, Father John Cannon, Father Michael Bolesta  

Denise Kelly

Denise is an Emmy nominated, Telly award winning voice talent.  Denise’s recognizable voice can be heard across the country and around the world voicing Television commercials, Radio Imaging, TV promos Documentaries and more. Recent clients include Sears, People PC, Huggies and Lipton Tea plus promos for the BET network and WXIA TV Atlanta.

The Philadelphia Report: Grand Jury Salutation  

Jay Kiernan

Jay is a veteran of thousands of Radio & TV commercials and corporate narrations for clients ranging from local mom & pop operations all the way up to international  conglomerates.  He has done character voices for live shows at theme parks, been a booth announcer on live TV awards shows, done looping for TV shows and feature films, and has even narrated several audio books.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Wisniewski  

Helen Lisanti

The enchanting British voice of Helen Brindle Lisanti can be heard worldwide in numerous business, educational, and entertainment productions. An honors graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Helen has performed on stage in numerous Repertory Theater and London’s West End plays. As a voice artist, Helen’s eclectic resume includes corporate productions as well as TV, Radio, and Internet commercials. Her extraordinary audiobook performances include the most heart-warming children’s stories you will ever hear, timeless classics, and narration of the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival audiobook category winner.  She lives in Boston with her husband and daughter, who are also voice artists!

The Delphinus Chronicles, Pride and Prejudice  

Mike McGonegal

Mike started out his professional career as a degreed Electrical Engineer, but quickly moved into a field that would ultimately help him in voiceovers far more than he could ever imagine – Technical Support.

Since leaving the corporate rat race, Mike has thrown himself full force into building his voiceover business and providing his new customers with as much quality, care, and personal attention as his past Support customers enjoyed.

The Philadelphia Report: Father John Connor, Father Thomas Smith, Monsignor Walls  

Bob Noble

With over 50-years in the entertainment industry as a professional actor in motion pictures, television, theatre and voice-overs, Bob’s favorite venue is audio book narrations, both fiction and non-fiction.

Having worked in Los Angeles for many years, Bob now resides in  Orlando, Florida where he produces a variety of narrations on a regular basis from his in-home recording studio. “With the advent of the internet,” says Bob, “providing narrations from the comforts of home is great.  And the weather here in Florida is wonderful . . . most of the time.”

The Philadelphia Report: Father Mulholland, Father Carpini  

Katie Oswald

Katie Oswald started doing voice-overs 8 years ago for a radio station in Jacksonville, FL, during that time Katie built her own in home studio where she currently records today.  She has worked with several recognizable clients and with radio and television stations all throughout the United States.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Cudemo  

Sharon Roane

Sharon is the General Manager at Cherry Hill Publishing.

Titles and section headings  

Jason Watt

Jason Watt had been a New York based VO artist for 15 years before moving out to the Southwest in 2003 to also work as a Video Producer for Best Friends Animal Society.  His VO clients have included commercials for Tickle Me Elmo,  Twizzlers, Kelloggs, Sudafed, AT&T, Verizon & more.  Promos for HBO, MSNBC & CBS and Narrations for National Geographic.

He lives in Utah with his wife, Juliette, along with 6 dogs, 3 goats and four horses.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Robert Brennan, Father Francis Rodgers  

JJ Wright

With over 30 years in broadcasting, JJ Wright has been on Boston radio since 1973, including spots at the BIG 68 WRKO, WCOZ, WBOS, WROR, and the legendary KISS 106. JJ is currently on air at WODS Oldies 103.3.

JJ's eclectic resume also includes principal and extra roles in motion pictures, and has appeared both on and off camera in local and national TV and radio commercials.

The Philadelphia Report: Father Stanley Gana, Father Brzyski, Father Albert T. Kostelnick