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    James Okafor

    James Okafor

    VoiceoverAvailable Now LondonHobson's Voices — Marcus Taylor
    🏆Award Winner
    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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