The year 2003 brought Jim Dale many honors and accolades. June 21 was the much-anticipated release date of the fifth Harry Potter book, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Record-breaking sales ensued, and Jim grabbed another milestone--a Guinness World Record for Most Character Voices in an Audiobook for the 134 different characters he enacted. "I had to know all the characters from the inside, see the world through their eyes, and love who they were, whether hero or villain," Jim says. And then at the Queen's Royal Birthday Honours in October, Jim was made an MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire, for his work "promoting English children's literature." Early in the year, Jim starred Off Broadway in The Comedians, which earned him a Drama Desk Award and Off Broadway's Lucille Lortel Award. These accolades add to a growing list that includes a Grammy(r) nomination for HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE; an Oscar(r) nomination for the lyrics to Georgy Girl; an Audie Award for Best Solo Narration, 2001; and Earphones Awards for four out of five of the Harry Potter audiobooks. This December Jim plays Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at New York City's Madison Square Garden Theater; if you miss it, he has recorded the Dickens classic as well.--2003 Narrator Yearbook
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