Rick Sparks

RESONANT BARITONE, CHARACTERIZATIONS, IMPERSONATIONS

English·English (North American)·English (British)·English (Australia)

Various

Child·Teen·Young Adult·Middle Age·Senior

Non-Union

Years of experience: 10-25 years

Rick is a three-time winner of the ABA "Goldie" Award for Radio Comedy & Production and has private studio time schedule most weekdays with weekend slots available as needed. Major file formats available (AIFF/WAV/MP3/etc) at resolutions up to 32 bit 48KHz. Credit card payments and direct transfers accepted through PayPal.

"... aims to please. He listens to direction and acts on it. He's always professional, earnest and sincere. A real pleasure to work with!" -- Rhonda Peacock, Partner/Senior Editor, MWP Editorial

"It's always a pleasure working with you!" - Denise DeRoche, MultiMediaPros

"Rick has been a true professional in the time that I've worked with him. I've worked with him on a number of projects, and have been very pleased with what I have received. His voice sounds great on everything that I've used. Above and beyond that, he has been easy to work with. He is personable, fun to talk to, and very courteous. Rick's turn-around time on my work has been unbelievable, able to get me my voice-overs in a VERY timely fashion." -- Jason Hudy, Magician

In October 2005 Rick Sparks transitioned from a 12+ year radio career - which included live announcing, news/sports reporting, celebrity interviews (including Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, the Hollywood Madame Heidi Fleiss, actor Leslie Neilsen, comedian Don Rickles, and many more), remote appearances, parody & character work, and radio & television commercials - to performing freelance voice-overs, acting/improv, live announcing, & audio production. He lives in Los Angeles, studies comedy and improv at the Westside Eclectic Theater in Santa Monica, and is also an ASCAP member instrumental music composer (http://sparkyworld.com/composer)

Recent voice clients include:

Duncan McIntosh Company, Irvine CA - Commercial Voice-Over, GoBoating Magazine (Video Sample)

Studio 1080, Los Angeles CA - Narrator, Animal 101 Educational Shorts (LunchboxLessons.com)

Reach Media, Beijing China - Narrator (Watch the Online Promotional Video), Produced by MWP Editorial, Santa Monica CA

SilverStream Productions, Palo Alto CA - Narrator, Solar Energy Infomercial, Eshone Electric

Morningstar Entertainment, Burbank CA - Character Voice, "Black Elk" for The Learning Channel documentary, "Decoding the Past"

Motion City Films, Santa Monica CA - English dubbing for Chinese television pilot, "The Emperor's Daughter," two major characters and various suppporting characters ADR

Nassau Broadcasting, Trenton NJ - "Cash Cow" karaoke character, sixty :30 second character musical clips

EA Sports Florida - Defensive Coach Character, "NFL Head Coach" videogame

Kellogg-Rice, Florida - Male Character, "Flex Bon Paint" campaign

Skystorm Productions - Stage Announcer/Voice of God, "Model Search America - Las Vegas" (Dec 2005, April 2006, Aug 2006, Dec 2006, April 2007, Dec 2007)

MultiMediaPros Studios, Salem MASS. - Mad Scientist Character Voice, "Mini-Melts" corporate video

Awake Pictures - Introduction Narrator - "Topics in Brain Science" DVD

Affordable Audio Productions, Missouri - foreign language ADR, phone system recordings, online accounting training narration

MWP, Santa Monica, CA - Gas Station TV convenience store CCTV voice-overs

View Rick's stage/screen talent profile at IMDb.com

Audio Books and Books on Tape·Business Presentations and Corporate Videos·Character Voices and Cartoon Voice Actors·Educational Videos and e-Learning·Internet·Jingles·Movie Trailers·Music Composition and Music Production·Narration and Documentaries·Podcasts and Podcasting Voices·Radio Commercials·Radio Imaging and Station Identification·Telephone System Recordings, Voicemail and On-Hold·Television Commercials·Television Imaging and Station Identification·Video Game Voices, Computer Game Voices