Joshua Swanson

Current

• Own A Vacation Rental at At Home Inn Chicago
• Voice Over Talent (Self-employed)
• Professional Actor (Self-employed)

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Past

• Owner at LA Pool Guys

Education

• Westmont College
• The Second City

Recommended

8 people have recommended Joshua

Connections

46 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website
• My Voiceover Blog
• My Portfolio

Joshua Swanson’s Summary

Young male actor & voice talent. Working in film and television as an actor for NBC, CBS, Lifetime, ABC, New Regency, Artisan, and more. Providing voice over work for major corporations such as McDonald's, Meijer, AT&T, Budweiser, Subway, Verizon and more.

Voice Over specialties include narration, radio and television commercials, radio voice imaging, audio books, cartoons, video games, television promos and branding, voice prompts or on hold, and multimedia.

Currently located in New York, but able to do voice over work out of Los Angeles and Chicago as well. ISDN home studio and can provide voice over via MP3/WAVE/AIFF or CD to anywhere in the world.

Feel free to contact me at:
joshua@joshuaswanson.com

Joshua Swanson’s Specialties:

Film & Television Actor, Voice Over, Voice-Over, Voiceover, ISDN, Home Studio, MP3, Phone Patch, Voice Of, Voice Branding, Character, Animation, Video Game, Narration, Audio Book, Promo, TV & Radio Campaigns

Joshua Swanson’s Experience

• Own A Vacation Rental

  At Home Inn Chicago

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Hospitality industry)

  2007 — Present (1 year)

  www.swansonsuites.com

• Voice Over Talent

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  March 2001 — Present (7 years 9 months)

  Young male professional voice over talent. Works in TV & Radio commercials, promos, narrations, audio books, cartoons, and video games.
  
  Recent Work:
  
  *Voice over character for Pop Tarts TV/Internet w/Leo Burnett
  *Voice over character work for AT&T radio
  *Voice over narration for a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Video
  *McDonald's Shrek Campaign - TV & Radio voice over announcer
  *Budweiser Announcer - Radio
  *Voice of Edge Wireless - TV Campaign
  *Lead Character Voice of Stan in "ObsCure II" Video Game
  *Lead Character Vocie of Maurice in upcoming "Pokemon" Cartoon Movie
  *Promos for WE & Starz Networks
  *Audio Book narration voice over work for Audible.com (16 Books)
  *Radio campaign for LensCrafters
  *Character commercial work for Busch Gardens
  
  Examples of Recent Work:
  
  http://www.joshuaswanson.com/LATEST_WORK.html

• Professional Actor

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  May 2000 — Present (8 years 7 months)

  Some Acting Credits:
  Van Wilder
  Elsewhere
  Dragnet
  City Guys
  General Hospital
  Providence
  Do Over
  First Daughter
  
  See IMDB link below for a full resume:
  
  http://imdb.com/name/nm1152991/
  
  OR
  
  http://www.joshuaswanson.com/ON-CAMERA.html

• Owner

  LA Pool Guys

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Services industry)

  August 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 11 months)

  Founding partner. Sold to Bryan Barnes in 2002. www.lapoolguys.com

Joshua Swanson’s Education

• Westmont College

  Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts, 1996 — 2000

  Activities and Societies:

  Santa Barbara Independent votes Joshua Swanson "Best Leading Male Actor of 1999" for his role in "The Critic." Swanson was the first actor in the history of Westmont College to be given this award while still a student.

• The Second City

Additional Information

Joshua Swanson’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Voiceover Blog
• My Portfolio

Joshua Swanson’s Interests:

Scuba Diving.

Joshua Swanson’s Groups:

•    Advertising Professional
•    Film TV Professionals

Joshua Swanson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch