Voice quality
RP/Native Geordie
Warm, friendly and sparky, with vivid characterisation
Normal vocal age range: 30's-40's
(plays down to young kids for cartoons and audiobooks, eg: narrates main character of the 'Blade' series - an edgy 14 yr old London street kid)
Born in Newcastle and currently living in London, Tim has a warm, friendly, characterful voice and works extensively in voice-over, cartoons, ADRs and audiobooks using both RP and Geordie. A regular on BSKYB and BBC, Tim was the voice of Channel 996 for over three years. A long list of audiobook recordings includes the award-winning Blade series (OAKHILL), Mark Billingham’s DI Tom Thorne series (RNIB), Peter James (ISIS), Lisa Jewell (ISIS), Terry Brooks (RNIB), Doctor Who (RNIB) and the poetry of William Blake (RNIB). Tim has aslo created a whole host of cartoon character voices for CBBC, Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network.
Accents
American-Southern States, American-Standard, Australian, Cockney, Edinburgh, Essex, French, Geordie*, German, Glasgow, Indian, Irish-Northern, Irish-Southern, Italian, London, Mid-Atlantic, RP*, Russian, Scotland-Standard, South African, Yorkshire.
Languages
English*, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Latin.
Also some familiarity with: Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Punjabi.
Recent voice-over credits
Cartoon animation
Alfredo/Twiggy in Molly Monster, BBC/Little Entertainment, dir. Ted Siegler
Winslow in It's a Big Big World (3 series), Nickelodeon, dir. Mitchell Kriegman
Ricco in The Blu Balloon, BBC/Little Entertainment, dir. Ted Siegler
Benny in Toddworld (2 series), BBC/Ten Pin Alley, dir. Chris Rose
Scorpio in Knights of the Zodiac, BBC/Ten Pin Alley, dir. Chris Rose
Toulouse Mongoose in Jake The Snake, BBC/Ten Pin Alley, dir. Plummer-Andrews
Voice-over
Narrator, Human Atlas, Blausen Medical, dir. Wayne Dais
Narrator (2005-07), Channel 996, BSKYB
Narrator (Geordie), HSBC Corporate, Bruce Dunlop Associates
Narrator, Mark Warner commercial, Alan Campbell Prods, dir. Alan Campbell
Documentary
Narrator, Fifth Dimension, Ten Pin Alley
Narrator, Bike Ride To Baghdad, Rai Uno/Vishwacom, dir. Giovanni Leoni
Narrator, Experiment With Truth, Intuitiv Travel Films, dir. Gunter Thurner
Presenter, Algorhythmics, Creation Communications, dir. Richard Kurti
Tim Bruce
actor | singer | writer
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actor | singer | writer | voice-over | cartoons | audiobooks | audio description | roleplay | opera | music theatre | Indian music
