Rowell Gormon – “the Non-Announcerish Announcer”Rowell (conveniently rhymes with “role”) is “the Man of 999 ½ Voices”, equally at home doing a relaxed guy-next-door read in one session, a convincing businessman or senior citizen in the next, and then voice a talking toy robot lizard, or a stuffy English butler, or an animated light bulb…all before lunch!He’s been a no-nonsense narrator for clients such as GlaxoSmithKline, Citigroup, Carquest, Home Depot, and Disney i.d.e.a.s. He’s done “down home” type narrations for Farm Bureau and Pfizer. He’s been a throwback “voice of doom” newsreel announcer for Sealy, a “Don Pardo” type for Burger King, a spooky storyteller for Frito-Lay. He’s been a grouchy old penguin for Ingles, a cute little star for Wake Med, a French-accented islander for Disney Cruise Lines, an irascible Germ for Sonic Drive-Ins, and a quirky cultured storyteller for the Utah Symphony.

In educational materials for SAS Institute, he’s read poetry (even Shakespeare – which he knows absolutely nothing about), played John Adams, even Archduke Ferdinand and two of his assassins.

Rowell has also done two movies as a guest puppeteer with Jim Henson’s Muppets (alas, they did all their own voices).

RG is from the American Midwest, settled comfortably in the South. And while not a dialectician or impressionist, he can conjure up a multitude of character accents. Even the most outlandish personalities become believable characters…not just funny voices.

His home studio is a museum of radio/tv/animation and film history.

Many people are lucky to have a “second childhood”. Rowell is well into his fifth.