Episode 54 - Jonathan Ryan

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Some of you will know that part of what I do to earn a living is voice-over work. So, it was a real pleasure to chat this week to one of the legends of the Irish voice-over scene. Jonathan Ryan did his first gig back in the 80s, and he's been a mainstay behind the mic ever since. If you're in Ireland, you'll almost certainly recognise his voice when we start talking. As well as that though, Jonathan is an actor, appearing in TV shows like The Irish RM, The Tudors, and Fair City, and in movies like In the name of the Father and Patriot Games. We chat about how he got into acting, how the role in that Harrison Ford blockbuster was nearly a much bigger one, foreign language VOs, talking into a microphone for money and how it was that a man with a voice so deep was actually the very first person to voice kids TV puppet Bosco! It's a show packed full of stories and anecdotes, I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I did recording it.