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Mark is a stage-trained audiobook narrator
with 30+ years of professional creative experience.

Mark is a stage-trained audiobook narrator
with 30+ years of professional creative experience.

SAMPLES

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Thriller, LGBTQ+ - They're sayin' you attacked them first | 3rd person, southern dialect, German dialect
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Horror, Body - Mother tongue | 3rd person
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Fantasy, Grimdark - Half-orcs and horsemen | 3rd person, mmmmf dialogue
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MM Romance - Teasing Matty | 3rd person, mm dialogue
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Sci-Fi, Space - After the accident, a familiar voice | 1st person, mf dialogue
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Literary Fiction - Does she want me to be her pilot? | 1st person, satire
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Non-Fiction - The Minotaur | mythology, LGBTQ+
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Demo Reel - MEDICAL NARRATION
Demo Reel - E-LEARNING
Demo Reel - CORPORATE EXPLAINER
Demo Reel - COMMERCIAL

AUDIOBOOK TITLES

ABOUT MARK

Born and bred in the Bluegrass, Mark’s Kentucky bourbon baritone is warm and clear with a kick. He has a stocked stable of characters & dialects champing at the bit to race.

His trippy 70s childhood filled with Sleestacks, Hammer Horror, Star Wars, Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings, Groo comics, and red box D&D instilled a passion for all things weird and wonderful.

Affable, approachable, but unafraid to go dark places, Mark delivers nuanced, emotional performances.

Mark loves fearless fiction, especially horror, fantasy, and sci-fi by LGBTQ+ and indie authors.

OUTSIDE THE BOOTH

Mark is an award-winning creative director, copywriter, and graphic designer with advertising agency experience. He’s also a seasoned non-profit exec skilled in philanthropy and community engagement. Plus, as a published poet, essayist, and short story author, Mark understands storytelling from the inside out. A longtime meditator, Mark has practiced with celebrity Buddhist teachers and anonymous alcoholics. 

CREDITS

Acting, commercial, and public broadcast experience:

  • Audiobook Narration: Penguin Random House
  • Audiobook Narration: Spotify Audiobooks
  • Audiobook Narration: Tantor/Gildan/RB Media
  • Audiobook Narration: Glagoslav Publications
  • Audiobook Narration: Lantern Publishing & Media
  • Audiobook Narration: Running Wild, LLC
  • Audiobook Narration: Riptide Publishing
  • Audiobook Narration: BHC Press
  • Audiobook Narration: Wordwooze
  • E-Learning: REEL2e, Silicon Valley
  • Commercial VO: Sole Dynamics
  • Video Game VO: Dislyte, Brewster Intro
  • Theatre: Circle Rep Theatre, NYC
  • Theatre: Busch Gardens, The Old Country, VA
  • Theatre: Lexington Musical Theatre
  • Theatre: Actor’s Guild of Lexington
  • Host/Emcee: Beaux-Arts Ball, Lexington, KY
  • Podcast Host: Mad Mister Mark’s Podcast of Mystery
  • Public Radio Host: My Morning Mixtape, RADIOLEX
  • Public Radio Host: The Deep End, RADIOLEX
  • Public Radio Host: Community Voices, RADIOLEX
  • Voice Talent: radio PSAs, radio spots, online spots RADIOLEX
  • Voice Talent: radio PSAs, TV spots, online spots AVOLKY (non-profit)
  • Voice Talent: CJ Advertising, various clients, spec spots, etc.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

  • BA Theatre: University of Kentucky
  • Audiobook Narration Coaching: P.J. Ochlan’s Masterclass
  • Audiobook Narration Coaching: Julie Wilson, The Articulate Coach, Ahab Talent
  • Voice Acting Coaching: Paul Alan Ruben, Tribeca Audio
  • Voiceover Coaching: J. Michael Collins, JMC Voiceover
  • Voiceover/Acting Coaching: Lau Laupides, agent, owner Lau Laupides Company
  • ACX Master Class: David H. Lawrence XVII & Dan O’Day
  • Voiceover Coaching: Mike Cosh, MCVO
  • Improv Acting Coaching: Joanne Yarrow, Dir. of Community Engagement & Education, Syracuse Stage in New York; Executive Director of Live Animation Studios; owner, Distinctive Voices LLC
  • Voice Performance/Vocal Production: Russell Henderson, University of Kentucky
  • Voice Performance/Vocal Production: Lynn Estes, Belmont University

PRESS

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STUDIO STUFF

Professional home studio featuring Vocal Booth VO1 with additional customized acoustical treatment. AKG Pro Audio C414 XLII (primary), Sennheiser MKH 416 (secondary) with Focusrite Clarett 2Pre. Macbook Pro + Adobe Audition. SourceConnect available.

I also have easy access to a full-service, Audible-certified,  commercial recording studio.