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David Holmes
Voice Artist
12.02.1977
Midlands / London
+44 (0) 7973 122034
david@holmesvoice.co.uk
www.holmesvoice.co.uk
Equity: 00490547
Spotlight: 3570-8948-3608
A soft and earthy Scottish edge to a clear and articulate British accent
Deep | Reassuring | Fatherly | Gently Authoritative | Enveloping | Real | Gritty
Voiceover artist since 2018.
Training with Dian Perry, Emily Jardine, City Lit & Gravy for the Brain.
Winner 2021 VOX Award for Best Voice in Imaging, S&P or Promo (TV, Radio, online & Gaming).
Nominee 2021 VOX Award for Best Male Voice.
VOICEOVER
PREVIOUSLY
Over 20 years as a freelance Lighting Designer in theatre; collaboratively creating over 150 productions in the UK, Europe and internationally.
Working for companies and venues including National Theatre, RSC, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, Buckingham Palace, Malmo State Theatre, Royal Exchange and San Francisco Symphony, among others.
West End / Broadway / International productions including Tell Me on a Sunday, The Graduate, Art, Bombay Dreams, The Lady in the Van, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Blue Room and 25 productions of Mamma Mia!
EDUCATION
BA Hons Technical Theatre Design
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Introduction to Child Psychology
The Open University
Narration in Voiceover | Dian Perry
City Lit
Voiceover (various courses and mentoring in art, technique, technical & business)
Gravy for the Brain
Voice Coach
Emily Jardine
TECHNICAL
Purpose converted Victorian workshop featuring:
• Extra deep insulation
• Acoustic panels
• High-density acoustic foam tiles
• Ceiling panels
• Felted walls & surfaces
Noise floor / room noise
≈ -65dB
Microphones
Neumann TLM193
Sennheiser MKH 416T
Mic Accessories
Rycote shock-mounts
Røde PSA1+ arms
Rycote & Octo842S pop shields
Interface
Focusrite Clarett 2Pre
Hardware
Apple Mac Mini M1 16GB
Processing
Logic Pro X
iZotope RX10 (if required/requested)
Monitoring
Yamaha HS5
Beyerdynamic DT770 80Ω
Cleanfeed / ipDTL / SourceConnect Standard / etc.
Loopback software to play recordings 'down-the-line'.
Zoom / Facetime / etc.
ACCENTS & CHARACTERS
True-to-life playing age
Character playing age
35-60
35-80
True-to-life accents:
Any variety of Scottish accent
English - RP (traditional)
English - RP (modern)
English - Essex/South East
English - Cockney/SE London
English - Yorkshire
Character accents
English - Liverpool
English - Manchester
Welsh
Irish
Northern Irish
USA (Southern states)
Austrailian
Caricature accents
USA (NYC)
French
German
Dutch
Russian
& many ridiculous ones
or the immortal,
or the undead
or the immortal,
or the undead
VOICEOVER CREDITS
For the latest updates, please follow me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/HolmesVoice
or on Spotlight as David Holmes-McNeill at www.spotlight.com/3570-8948-3608
