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Simon James

#character #trustworthy #london #conversational #chatty #upbeat

#awardwinning #trimble #neutral #footballcommentary #mrstrongSimon is a conversational male VO. Chatty, down to earth, natural, trustworthy and real....but can also be dynamic and upbeat.A multi award-winning radio broadcaster, actor and performer with a natural sense of comedic or dramatic timingStraight, chatty, soft, quirky or dynamic reads for commercials.Sincere, friendly, confident and informative for corporate projects.Plus a wide range of accents and characterisations - notably including football commentatorPlaying ages: Thirties/Forties, Mature Adult

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MVO playing age 30s/40s/50s

Widely renowned across the UK and overseas, Simon is down to earth, natural, conversational, trustworthy, reassuring, confident, upbeat and real.

Commercials: Straight, natural, soft, chatty........or quirky, dynamic, powerful reads.

Sincere, approachable, friendly, engaging and informative for corporate projects/explainers/e-learning

Large range of accents including:

London, South East, RP (received pronunciation), Yorkshire, Lancashire, Liverpudlian, Birmingham and Midlands, West Country, North American (southern states and New York)

As a natural Londoner, Simon is often first choice for the warm, friendly, conversational, trusted tradesman read.

Also a wide variety of cartoon characterisations including:

army sergeant, PATHE news, dog, Dracula, football commentator, gameshow host, Santa Claus and Elf.

Voiceover Video Credits

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Typical Availability

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Normal working hours are:
Mon-Fri: from 8:30am til 6:30pm
Weekend: from 9am til 12:30pm
No upcoming out of studio/holiday dates set.

Credits & Experience

BRANDS:

Trimble, Universal Studios, The Mr. Men, Toolstation, Shell, GoDaddy, Amazon, ITV, Buildbase, VansDirect, Sky Television, Investec, Denmans, Kuoni, The National Theatre, Porsche, Jewsons, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Kawasaki, Ford, Land Rover, Carling, Elavon, BMW, Durham CCC, Travis Perkins, SSI Schaeffer, Vitalant and many more.

RADIO (UK):

Global Radio group (Heart, Capital brands), NEWS-UK (Talksport, Virgin), Bauer Radio Group, KM group, Smooth, Absolute, BBC Radios 2 and 4 and more.

RADIO (Worldwide): Real Radio Thailand, Z100 (USA), Riviera Radio (France),

Radio Nova (Spain), iRadio (Ireland) and many more international stations.

PLUS: FOX films, Dene Films, Mutant Koala (Finland),

Fuse Interactive (USA), Jenova,

MTM Linguasoft (USA), McKinsey, Matinee Multilingual, Frame Communications (Italy), Real Group UK e-learning, You-know (Germany), Floch & Ebeling (Germany)

Additional Information

Simon spent almost 20 years as a national and regional UK radio broadcaster. Primarily with Virgin Radio, Kerrang! Radio, Capital Gold, TLRC and Radio Aire (Leeds), winning 5 Sony Radio Academy Awards during this time:

1999 Best Drivetime (Gold)

2002 Best Daytime Programme (Gold)

2006 Best Interactive Programme (Silver)

2009 Music Radio Personality of the Year (Silver)

2011 Best Breakfast Show (Bronze)

His wealth of creative experience and performance will add life to your script. He also possesses a natural appreciation of what is required.

Simon is very easy to direct and also offers a script translation check for overseas clients.

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