Audiobook Talent & Industry Guide

LIAM GERRARD

[email protected] • ++44 077-93199113

http://www.thevoiceoverchap.com

Pseudonym(s): Ruairi Carter

Nationality/Cultural Identity: UK, British/Irish

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Awards: AudioFile Earphones, Audie Finalist

Spoken Languages: Standard American, Standard British (RP)

American Accents: Standard (mid-Atlantic), New York, Southern

Other English Accents: Standard (RP), British Regionals, Australian, Cockney, Irish, Scottish, South African, Yorkshire, Excellent ear for accents

World Accents: Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern, Russian, Scandinavian, South American, Most European accents - excellent ear for accents

Genres: Children's, Comedy, Drama, Inspirational, LGBTQ, Motivational/Business, Mystery/Suspense, Nonfiction, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Young Adult, Classics

Voice Range: 20s-30s, Middle Age

PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Stage/Film/TV: Odd Squad, season 5 PBS America / BBC; Mike Leigh's 'Peterloo'/TV; Symphony in West End / Theatre

Favorite Roles: Thara Celehar in the Goblin Emperor series (audiobook) by Katherine Addison (2 titles reviewed by Audiofile magazine); Prospero in the Tempest onstage in London; All the characters in A Christmas Carol (particularly Scrooge!)

Voice-Over: 250+ audiobooks narrated; 1000's of commercials for regional and national stations, tv and cinema; voiced, co-wrote and produced “Walter Tull - Britains First Black Officer in WW1” (BAFTA nominated for animation)

Training: M.A. in performance psychology UEA; B.A. hons - Theatre Studies - Lancaster University; Associate Lecturer and module lead at Sheffield Univeristy in Voiceover production and broadcast voice

Expertise: Magic and illusion, aviation, (currently learning to fly), outdoors activities, cars + engineering, anything related to building renovation

Worked With: Blackstone, Macmillan, Tantor, John Marshall Media, Harper

Home Studio • Audiobooks Recorded >100

APA Member

AUDIOBOOKS & REVIEWS

Audiobooks: THE TOMB OF DRAGONS; THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD; THE OPEN SOCIETY & ITS ENEMIES; A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOTION (From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next); SHORT STORIES: VOLUME ONE [H.G. Wells]; TO LOVE A DUCHESS (An All for Love Novel)

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