Who is this guy Skene?

Chris Skene is an announcer, narrator and voice actor, as well as a recording engineer. He has been providing voice services for commercial and documentary producers, as well as national broadcasters for more years than he cares to remember.

You only have to work with Chris or speak to someone who has worked with him to appreciate his abilities as an announcer. His background as a double-platinum recording engineer gives him a unique ability to communicate with producers and engineers.

Where's he from?

Chris has been working in major markets in Canada for many years for commercial stations and national networks, as well as advertising agencies and independent documentary producers.

What's he done?

Chris Skene's credits speak for themselves:

The Track Record

Some National Commercials:

  • Black Label Beer (CLIO) 
  • Cadillac 
  • Campbell's Soup 
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 
  • Chevy Trucks 
  • Dodge 
  • Eaton's Department Stores 
  • Heineken Beer 
  • Kaufman Shoes 
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken 
  • Laz-y-boy 
  • Loblaw's grocery stores 
  • Red Cap Beer 
  • Toshiba 
  • Wrigley's 
Some Corporate narrations:
  • Bell Canada 
  • Burroughs-Wellcome 
  • Canada Trust 
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 
  • Chrysler 
  • General Motors 
  • Glaxo 
  • Pfizer 
  • Pitney-Bowes 
  • Toyota 
Documentaries:
  • America's Wilderness (Discovery Channel) 
  • Sixteen Days to Timbuktu (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) 
  • Tangboche - Mt. Everest (National Film Board of Canada) 
  • The Nature of Things (CBC) 
  • -and many others. 
Other:

Chris freelances for the CBC's national radio news network and has appeared in several radio dramas on CBC. On-camera work includes commercials and anchoring national TV newscasts in Canada.

Chris has also been instructing at BMW, Ferrari, and Saab high-performance driving schools for 16 years, so if you need someone to talk and drive at the same time, he's the guy...

Connecting:

ISDN connection is available, along with the direct-the-talent over the phone/FedEx a DAT route. 

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