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Years active
  
1999 - present

Name
  
Dave McRae

Website
  
TheVoiceMann


Born
  
24 May 1979 (age 44) (
1979-05-24
)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Occupation
  
Professional Voice Artist, Actor and Filmmaker

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Dave McRae (born May 24, 1979) is a full time professional voice over artist and independent filmmaker based out of Toronto Canada. His voice over specialties include Movie and Game Trailers, Network Promos, Radio, Television, and Online Commercials, Narration and Animation. McRae is a 2015 Voice Arts Award Nominee for Outstanding National TV Promo, Best Voiceover for his work with the Canadian network Travel and Escape (T&E).

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McRae is currently the network promo and imaging voice for the national networks Travel and Escape (T&E) and the movie channel Encore Avenue. He is also the voice of SCENE Card and is heard nationally in Cineplex Entertainment theaters during the pre-show presentation. SCENE is the second largest Canadian Loyalty Program with over 5 million members.

McRae teaches a one day introductory workshop into the world of professional voice over at LIFT in Toronto several times a year.

Career

McRae started his career an on camera actor appearing in bit parts in docudramas that eventually led to a successful career in voice overs. From the dark and creepy movie trailer voice, to the guy next door, to fun and wacky cartoon characters, McRae's voice and vocal versatility has been heard across North America and around the world in thousands of movie and game trailers, network promos, radio and television commercials, IVR's, narration and animation.

Some of his movie trailer credits include

  • Big Hero 6 (film)
  • Inside Out (2015 film)
  • The Boxtrolls
  • Batman: Assault on Arkham
  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party
  • Grindhouse (film)
  • The Last Exorcism Part II
  • Hoodwinked!
  • The Hunger Games (film)
  • Resident Evil: Retribution
  • Some of his television narration credits include

  • Final 24 (US Release)
  • Four Weddings Canada (Four Weddings)
  • What's For Sale With A View
  • Risky Business with W. Brett Wilson
  • The Play Exchange for CBC Television
  • McRae has voiced Television promos for the following networks

  • Travel and Escape (Current National Voice 2012–Present)
  • Encore Avenue (Current National Voice 2012–present)
  • Slice (TV channel)
  • Food Network
  • HGTV
  • Telelatino (TLN English) (National Voice 2006-2009)
  • Cottage Life (TV channel)
  • CTV Television Network
  • NBC
  • McRae is also a filmmaker who creates original narratives and fan films. McRae writes, directs, shoots, produces and edits all of his productions. All of his fan films pay tribute to the John Carpenter classic horror film Halloween (1978 film). McRae also plays the main antagonist Michael Myers in every one of the films. Collectively, his fan films have been viewed over five hundred thousand times on YouTube.

    References

    Dave McRae Wikipedia