Curt Bonnem

Curt BonnemHe/Him

Award-winning narrator and actor. Engaging storyteller. Facility with character voices and accents/dialects. Fully equipped producer.

United States · Decatur

Native American English (General)

Thriller Crime Drama - Standoff w/ criminals - M/F Dialogue - Russian accent

About

Curt is a multi-media performer with over 40 years of experience as an actor, voiceover artist, audiobook narrator, musician and variety performer. Curt packs a variety of abilities in his arsenal including a facility for accents and character voices. Working with both major publishers and indie authors, he has lent his skills to a wide variety of genres; some favorites being Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance, GameLit and Fantasy as well as Non-Fiction. Curt also teaches audiobook narration for the Atlanta Voiceover Studio is currently serving on the Atlanta SAG-AFTRA Voiceover Committee.

Training: 2022 Earphones Award Winner
2022 SOVAS Finalist - Audiobooks (Biography)
2021 Audiobook Adrenaline Awards - GRAND WINNER
2021 Sultry Listener Award Finalist - Best Cozy Mystery
2020 Independent Audiobook Award Finalist - Thriller/Suspense
2020 Audiobook Reviewer Award Winner - Best YA SciFi
2020 Top 3 Finalist - Ultimate VO Survivor Competition - Narration
2019 Hear Now Festival Mark Twain Narrator Scholarship Recipient with mentor Sean Allen Pratt

Find online: Personal website ↗ · Audible ↗ · LinkedIn ↗ · Instagram ↗ · Facebook ↗

Voice and range

Proficient accents

UK RP / Standard British UK Cockney UK Estuary (London / southeast) UK Northern (general) Scottish Northern Irish Irish (Republic) US Standard American US Southern US Appalachian US Boston US New York US Midwestern US Texan Canadian Indian French German Italian Spanish (Castilian) Russian Polish Greek Dutch Hungarian Arabic (general) Hebrew / Israeli Persian / Farsi Japanese Latin American Spanish (general) Old-fashioned American (1920s-40s) Victorian English Yiddish-inflected

Voice ages

13 to 19 (teen) 20 to 39 (young to mid-adult) 40 to 59 (mid-adult) 60 to 79 (senior) 80 to 99 (elder)

Languages

English

Voice presentation

Male / masc-presenting

Heritage / identity

White / European

Selected credits

4 listed · More than 100 narrated

This is Ear Hustle

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The Victor Loshak Series

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The Genesis Game

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Criminal Intentions Series

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Genres

Literary fiction Children's Young Adult Comedy Fantasy Science fiction LitRPG / GameLit Horror Thriller Mystery (general) Cozy mystery Murder mystery Romance (clean) Romance (contemporary) Romance (historical) Romance (paranormal) Romance (steamy) Erotica LGBTQ+ (cross-genre marker) Biography and memoir History Self-development Science and technology Travel Sports
Multi-cast Dual narration

More samples

6 total
Comedy Mob style story told by one of Santa's elves about how Rudolph strong-armed Santa
Romance (clean) 1st Person - M/F witty banter - Flirty
Thriller Legal Thriller - M/F dialogue - Lawyer being schmoozed by boss to take on a dangerous case
Science fiction War of the Worlds - British
Fantasy Scottish accent & Creature voice

Working details

Experience

More than 100 audiobooks

8 years narrating

Studio

Home studio

DAW: Reaper

Rates

Negotiable / varies by project

RS Plus $100 to $200 PFH portion