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James Okafor

James Okafor

VoiceoverAvailable Now LondonHobson's Voices — Marcus Taylor
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Playing age: 30–45Height: 6'2" (188cm)

Warm, distinctive bass-baritone voice. Audiobooks, commercials, documentary, and animation.

James Okafor is a London-based voice artist and actor with a rich, resonant bass-baritone that has been described as "a warm blanket made of sound." With over a decade of experience in voiceover, his voice is heard across television, radio, audiobooks, and gaming.

🎙️Home Studio Available— Source-Connect, ISDN, Cleanfeed
Equity (UK)Equity (UK)
Commercial

Known For

Audible Originals

Audible Originals

Narrator

Channel 4 Docs

Channel 4 Docs

Voice of God

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz

Voice

Audio Clips

Commercial — Warm & AuthoritativeRP
0:32
Narration — DocumentaryRP
0:58
Character — Nigerian EnglishNigerian English
0:45

Credits

Key Credits

Unreliable Death— NarratorVoiceover2025
Channel 4 — Britain's Hidden…— Voice of GodVoiceover2024
Mercedes-Benz EQS— VoiceCommercial2024

Commercial

Guinness — Made of Black— Voice2023

Radio

HSBC— Voice2023

TV

Luther— DCI Shaw2022
The Night Manager— Security Briefer2021

Training & Education

Guildhall School of Music & Drama

BA Acting

2008–2011

Drama School

Gravy for the Brain

Advanced VO Technique

with Hugh Edwards

2015

Workshop

Awards & Recognition

🏆
Best Narrator — Fiction — Audible UK Awards for Unreliable Death
Won2025

Skills & Accents

Accents

RP (Received Pronunciation) · nativeLondon / MLE · nativeNigerian English · nativeAmerican Standard / General American · competent

Languages

English · nativeYoruba · conversational

Testimonials

"James's voice has an extraordinary gravitas. He makes even the simplest line feel like a revelation."

— Channel 4 Commissioning Editor

More Info

Links

Spotlightjamesokafor.com

Representation

Marcus Taylor

Hobson's Voices

+44 20 7255 3456

Casting Type

voiceoverauthority_figure

Details

Gender: Male

Height: 6'2" (188cm)

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Build: Athletic

Playing age: 30–45

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