RICHARD TATUM
…is a veteran actor and director with over 20 years experience in the voiceover industry. He has lent his voice to numerous animated series, commercials and video games, as well as looping, ADR and even comedy CDs. He began teaching voiceover privately 18 years ago and has taught master classes at UCLA, USC and Syracuse University, and was a member of the faculty at Hollywood’s prestigious Theatre of Arts acting program. Richard’s approach to teaching voiceover has its foundation not only in his experience and training as a voice talent, but in his work as an award-nominated actor and director with several important theatre companies, including LA’s much-lauded Absolute Theatre Company, Ark Theatre Company, the Blank’s Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival, 2 Cents Theater, and the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble. His VO credits include Nickelodeon’s As Told By Ginger, Warner Bros.’ Static Shock, Ice Box’s Trailer Court, DreamWork’s Kung Fu Panda and Disney’s Grungy McGee; the video games Genshin Impact (as Piero, the Jester), Octopath Traveler, Spiderman 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Spyro Trilogy Reignited, World of Final Fantasy (as Segwarides), Lego Dimensions, Lego Jurassic World, Fallout 4, Disney Infinity 2.0 (as Biggs Darklighter in the Star Wars unit), Mafia 3, Ocean Star 5, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Civilization 6 (as Teddy Roosevelt), Grand Theft Auto 5, Skylanders Swapforce (as Countdown), Takedown: Red Sabre, Kung Fu Panda, Mercenaries 2, Saboteur, The Sopranos: Road to Respect, Saints Row 2, Destroy All Humans! 2, Spyro the Dragon 3, Dark Reign 2, Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magika Obscura and more; he’s narrated a number of audiobooks for Audible, Inc., and has voiced too-numerous-to-list commercials, including the “It’s BACON!” dog (his actual name is “Hamlet”) for Purina Beggin’ Strips, and the award-winning Blockbuster Video “Pet Store” spots. Off-mic he has acted all over the country, toured nationally with several plays, and played the Piccolo Spoleto and Hollywood Fringe Festivals, performing through the years with the likes of Jim Beaver, Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Bridget Hanley and Frank Ferrante. He holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Oberlin College, and also trained at Impro Theatre, Second City Los Angeles, the Eugene O’Neill National Theatre Institute, The Wilma Theatre, Theatre West and the Oberlin Theatre Institute, where he worked with Patrick Stewart and Lisa Harrow of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He currently works out on stage at Impro Theatre, LA’s premiere long-form narrative improv company. He’s a proud member of the SDC, SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity, and Directors Lab West ’10. He is represented by the ATLAS Talent Agency.
For his talent site and home studio specs, please visit richardtatumvoiceover.com.