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About
Neil Balfour brings his natural neutral accent to an engaging, conversational voice, honed over 15 years as an award-winning baritone, actor, and voiceover artist. His work is known for clarity, warmth, and musicality, and spans commercial, narration, and character voice, including animation and gaming. He brings a strong sense of timing, tone, and intelligibility to both scripted and naturalistic reads.
Neil works from a broadcast-quality home studio, recording regularly for national and international clients. He is represented by agents in the UK and USA.
His animation work has reached audiences of many millions worldwide.
Neil records using microphones from sE Electronics and Rupert Neve Designs in an acoustically treated studio.
Voiceover Video Credits
A selection of published videos featuring this artist’s voice in real client projects.
Oklahoma!: Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'
Massenet: O My Master
Bolcom: Armor
Purcell: the Cold Song
Comedy/Irony
Animation
Typical Availability
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Credits & Experience
Neil has recorded over 100 voiceovers for clients including NHS England, Barnardo's, NowPressPlay, Gear4Music, Little Angel (Moonbug) and numerous radio stations. He is represented by agents the UK and USA and his animation work has had well over 100 million plays.
Additional Information
Neil is an active performing artist alongside his voiceover work. An award-winning baritone trained at Leeds Conservatoire and the Royal Northern College of Music, he has performed across the UK, Europe and the USA, including his American debut at Portland Opera and recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra. He has given over fifteen world premieres across opera and contemporary performance. This background in live performance informs the musicality, timing and expressive range he brings to voiceover work.
Neil also designs and leads workshops for schools, conservatoires and organisations, and is a Create and Sing Leader for The Royal Ballet & Opera.
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