Audiobook Talent & Industry Guide

Pronouns: he/him

Nationality/Cultural Identity: American, Jewish

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Awards: AudioFile Earphones, AudioFile Best Audiobook

Spoken Languages: Standard American, Standard British (RP)

American Accents: Standard (mid-Atlantic), Midwest, New York, Southern, West Coast/ California

Other English Accents: Standard (RP), Irish

World Accents: Canadian, French, German, Italian, Russian, Yiddish

Genres: Biography, Children's, Comedy, Drama, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Nonfiction

Voice Range: 20s-30s, Middle Age, Senior

PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Favorite Roles: Larry Garfinkle “Other People’s Money”; voice-matching Jack Webb for the opening of Dragnet

Voice-Over: Sage the Owl — WGU Spokesowl; Pop-Tarts Lizard

Training: Trained at Children’s Theatre Co. & School, Minneapolis

Expertise: Chrysler Corp. cars 1948-1968; everything making and listening to music, including vintage guitars & amplifiers; American history; classic comedy (Marx Bros., Allan Sherman, Lenny Bruce et al); boxer dogs

Worked With: Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, etc.

Home Studio • Audiobooks Recorded >100

APA Member

SAG-AFTRA Member

AUDIOBOOKS & REVIEWS

Audiobooks: LOW TOWN; THE INFORMATION (A History, A Theory, A Flood); VICTOR THE ASSASSIN #3 (The Game); IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE (A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe); PATTON’S PRAYER; THE MIRAGE FACTORY (Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles)

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