Guy Harris
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Guy Harris is a British Voice Actor and Radio presenter. The Voice of thousands of TV and Radio Campaigns Worldwide. Nominated for Best Male Voiceover at the Vox Awards 2011
Heard on TV for dozens of ads for Playskool
, Playmobil
, Disney & Jamster to name but a few. Today, Guy is the voice of thousands of radio ads on ILR Radio stations up and down the UK, in Europe and the UAE. You will hear Guy in The Disney Store, Ikea
, CO OP, HSBC
, Game
, Homebase
, Wickes
and Asda
Guy provides the Movie Trailer Voice on hundreds of online videos in the style of Don La Fontaine
the late legendary Movie Trailer Voice.
Guy is currently working on new projects including a 3D Spanish made movie called Dreamcatchers.
The voice of 2 toys for the "My First Talking JCB" range and The Swampsterz. Also works frequently with CITV
.
Recent radio work includes Cadbury
Spots v Stripes the BIG radio Campaign.
The sponsor voice of ScS on Phil Schofield's The Cube
both on ITV
and ITV2
Guy was chosen and authorised as the official voice of Michael Caine's
"Alfred" for a new Dark Knight
Casino Slot Machine in the USA
Working with Team 17 in 2011 voicing more WORMS characters.
Games include playing Dobby
and characters in the Harry Potter Lego game on all formats.
Appeared on Richard & Judy
on Watch
providing animal noises for a competition to guests inc. actor
Stephen Tompkinson
.
. Breakfast. 1997 moved to breakfast on 2-TEN FM
in Berkshire with Harriet Scott
. Harriet moved on eventually to Heart in London,
Guy presented on the long running Robert, Guy & Gerry breakfast show.
Presented live gigs including Summer XS to over 20,000 people and the highlight was appearing in Pantomime
with Keith Chegwin
.
1997 - 1999 10pm-1am Friday Nights on the old GWR Network along with Paul Jones & Mark Hitchings.
Guy took a year out working at Manchester's Key 103
, Newbury's Kick FM
with Rory McAllister as Kick Kenny, Immedia's Dixons Live & London's Magic 105.4
January 2005 - Guy moved to Real Radio
Yorkshire
and hosted the breakfast show along side Lorna Bancroft and then in 2006 Debbie Lindley
.
In 2007 he left the breakfast show and set up The Guy Harris Wireless Show Podcast on iTunes
. You'll now find him at Real Radio Yorkshire on The Weekend Breakfast Show. Saturday and Sunday 6-10am.
Voice actor
Guy Harris is the voice of many TV & Radio ads all over the UK and Worldwide.Heard on TV for dozens of ads for Playskool
Playskool
Playskool is an American company that produces educational toys and games for children. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., and is headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.-History:...
, Playmobil
Playmobil
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group , headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany.New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are frequently introduced by Brandstätter. Some of these, such as promotional products, are only produced in limited quantities...
, Disney & Jamster to name but a few. Today, Guy is the voice of thousands of radio ads on ILR Radio stations up and down the UK, in Europe and the UAE. You will hear Guy in The Disney Store, Ikea
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
, CO OP, HSBC
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in Canary Wharf, London, United Kingdom. it is the world's second-largest banking and financial services group and second-largest public company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
, Game
Game
A game is structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements...
, Homebase
Homebase
Homebase is a British home improvement store and garden centre, with 350 stores across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It is well known by its green and orange colour scheme. Together with its sister company Argos , it forms part of Home Retail Group. Homebase recorded sales figures...
, Wickes
Wickes
Wickes is a do-it-yourself retailer based in the United Kingdom and owned by Travis Perkins, with more than 190 stores throughout the country. It focuses on supplies and materials for homeowners and the building trade...
and Asda
Asda
Asda Stores Ltd is a British supermarket chain which retails food, clothing, general merchandise, toys and financial services. It also has a mobile telephone network, , Asda Mobile...
Guy provides the Movie Trailer Voice on hundreds of online videos in the style of Don La Fontaine
Don LaFontaine
Donald Leroy "Don" LaFontaine was an American voiceover artist famous for recording more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers. His nicknames included "Thunder Throat" and "The Voice of God"...
the late legendary Movie Trailer Voice.
Guy is currently working on new projects including a 3D Spanish made movie called Dreamcatchers.
The voice of 2 toys for the "My First Talking JCB" range and The Swampsterz. Also works frequently with CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
.
Recent radio work includes Cadbury
Cadbury
-Businesses:*Cadbury Adams, the company's North American subsidiary*Cadbury Ireland, the company's Irish subsidiary*Cadbury UK, the company's UK subsidiary*Cadbury India, the company's Indian subsidiary*Cadbury New Zealand, the company's New Zealand subsidiary...
Spots v Stripes the BIG radio Campaign.
The sponsor voice of ScS on Phil Schofield's The Cube
The Cube
The Cube is an hour-long teleplay that aired on NBC's weekly anthology television show NBC Experiment in Television on February 23, 1969. The production was produced and directed by puppeteer Jim Henson, and was one of several experiments with the live-action film medium which he conducted in the...
both on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
and ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
Guy was chosen and authorised as the official voice of Michael Caine's
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
"Alfred" for a new Dark Knight
Dark Knight
The Dark Knight is a common nickname for the DC Comics superhero Batman and may refer to:* The Dark Knight , a 2008 film by Christopher Nolan** The Dark Knight ** The Dark Knight , a cancelled video game...
Casino Slot Machine in the USA
Working with Team 17 in 2011 voicing more WORMS characters.
Games include playing Dobby
Dobby
Dobby may refer to:* Dobby , a character in Harry Potter* Tag , a children's chase game* Dobby loom* Dobby, a character in the Peep Show TV series- People :* Dobby Dobson , Jamaican reggae singer and record producer...
and characters in the Harry Potter Lego game on all formats.
Television
2009 - Played the talking parrot on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night TakeawayAppeared on Richard & Judy
Richard & Judy
Richard & Judy was a British magazine/chat show which was presented by married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. It originally aired on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2008 but later moved to digital channel Watch in October 2008. It featured the world's most famous stars, along with their Book Club...
on Watch
Watch (TV channel)
Watch is a general entertainment channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as part of the UKTV network. The channel launched on 7 October 2008 on satellite through Sky and on cable primarily through Virgin Media.-History:...
providing animal noises for a competition to guests inc. actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Stephen Tompkinson
Stephen Tompkinson
Stephen Tompkinson is a British actor. He is best known for his work in comedy and drama productions such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Ballykissangel, Grafters, In Deep, Wild at Heart and DCI Banks....
.
Radio Presenter
In 1995 Leicester SoundLeicester Sound
Leicester Sound was an Independent Local Radio station which broadcast to Leicestershire. The station merged with two other East Midlands stations, Trent FM and Ram FM to form Capital FM East Midlands on Monday 3 January 2011.-Background:Leicester Sound was launched by the owners of Radio Trent on...
. Breakfast. 1997 moved to breakfast on 2-TEN FM
2-Ten FM
Heart Berkshire was an Independent Local Radio station, serving Berkshire and North Hampshire from studios in Reading.-About:...
in Berkshire with Harriet Scott
Harriet Scott
Harriet Marie Scott is a British radio presenter, and current co-host of the Breakfast show on London's Heart along with Jamie Theakston....
. Harriet moved on eventually to Heart in London,
Guy presented on the long running Robert, Guy & Gerry breakfast show.
Presented live gigs including Summer XS to over 20,000 people and the highlight was appearing in Pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
with Keith Chegwin
Keith Chegwin
Keith Chegwin is an English television presenter, former child actor and singer.-Early career:Chegwin's early roles were in works of the Children's Film Foundation, appearing as Egghead Wentworth in The Troublesome Double Egghead's Robot . He also appeared as a stowaway in Doomwatch episode...
.
1997 - 1999 10pm-1am Friday Nights on the old GWR Network along with Paul Jones & Mark Hitchings.
Guy took a year out working at Manchester's Key 103
Key 103
Key 103 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Manchester and the north west of England. Its output is principally contemporary pop and dance music. Formerly owned by Trans World Communications, EMAP and now by Bauer Radio, Key 103 is part of Bauer's Place Network of...
, Newbury's Kick FM
Kick FM
Newbury Sound is an Independent Local Radio that broadcasts from Bone Lane, Newbury, and covers West Berkshire.The station began broadcasting full-time in 2000, although several restricted service licence broadcasts were run beforehand under the 'Kick FM' name...
with Rory McAllister as Kick Kenny, Immedia's Dixons Live & London's Magic 105.4
January 2005 - Guy moved to Real Radio
Real Radio
Real Radio is a network of adult contemporary independent local radio stations in England, Scotland and Wales and is operated by . Each station broadcasts local breakfast through to drive time shows and network programming in the evening and through the night...
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
and hosted the breakfast show along side Lorna Bancroft and then in 2006 Debbie Lindley
Debbie Lindley
Debbie Lindley is a British presenter and journalist.- Career :Lindley began her career as co-host of a local radio station Breakfast Show, The Pulse until joining Yorkshire Television in early 1996. In 2002, Lindley joined Real Radio presenting a late night weekend request show...
.
In 2007 he left the breakfast show and set up The Guy Harris Wireless Show Podcast on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. You'll now find him at Real Radio Yorkshire on The Weekend Breakfast Show. Saturday and Sunday 6-10am.