English Voice Acting Demos
News: I play the role of Brinnarde in audio drama The Man Who Fell to Earth, opposite Christopher Ecclestone and Harry Treadaway, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 12th May and then available on BBC Sounds.
I believe that all voiceover work is acting. Even the most conversational read requires skills such as connecting with the text, communicating a message to the listener truthfully and embodying brand identity.
However, this page presents my work in areas that are probably more traditionally thought of as acting, such as video games, audio drama and animation. Often, though not always, this involves voicing in character, meaning taking on a persona that is different to my own. This does not necessarily mean putting on a “character voice”. The latter is simply a by-product of character choices made. Sometimes, the end voice is very different to my own natural speaking voice, and of course that is a skill in itself, but I’d like to think that the changes all come from decisions made about the character.
As a trained actor, these areas of voiceover tend to be the ones I find most creatively fulfilling. They require leaps of imagination, the ability to “find a way in” to roles and being present in the moment during actual recordings.
Video Games
News: I provide the voice of Aymeric Cassel in the DLC Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty!
I have been playing video games (or computer games as I like to call them!) since I was a young child. I enjoy virtually every style of game and although on the whole I’m not very good at them, I have amassed a fair few hours of gameplay over the years…
This fondness and knowledge imbues all the work I do in this area. As a trained actor, I appreciate the need for truthful, fully-rounded performances. I also have an ear for accents and an ability to change my voice quite dramatically, which comes in handy for monsters!
Being perfectly bilingual in French and English (have I mentioned that before? ;-) ), I usually get employed primarily to voice a French character but I then also provide voices for multiple smaller characters in a range of British and American accents.
Video Game Credits:
A selection of games I’ve been lucky enough to work on:
-Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Aymeric Cassel, CD Projekt, SIDE Global
-Skull and Bones, French Captain, Ubisoft
-Seekers of the Shard, Squid Game, Various, Sandbox VR, Live Immersive Full-Body Virtual Reality
-The Valiant, Gascoigne de Corban, Kite Games/THQ Nordic, PitStop Productions
-F1 22, Head of R&D, Codemasters, PitStop Productions
-Raft, Grabber, Redbeet Interactive/Axolot Games, SIDE UK
-Dying Light 2, Various characters, Techland, SIDE UK
-F1 2021, Head of R&D, Codemasters, PitStop Productions
-Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris DLC, various French and Frankish voices, Ubisoft Montréal, SIDE UK
-Fate’s Call: A New Beginning, Advisor Melisor
-Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Bohémond, Forgotten Empires, SIDE UK
-Game of Khans, Marco Polo, Clicktouch Co. Ltd., PitStop Productions
-Game of Sultans, Pietro, Mechanist Internet Technologies, PitStop Productions
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, V is transformed into Aymeric Cassel
The Valiant - Gascoigne de Corban
Motion Capture Reel
Motion Capture Reel of André Refig
I’ve trained in Motion Capture with the Mocap Vaults and Target3D.
Here’s my Mocap Reel, footage all taken at Target3D:
Animation
News: A new trailer for Gargoyle Doyle has recently been released (see below). After a successful showcase at the Venice Bienniale last year, it will be presented at the Annecy Animation Festival in June 2024.
Like a lot of others of my generation, I spent many a Saturday morning (and weekday evening!) watching cartoons as a kid. My personal favourites were Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, Defenders of the Earth, Mask and Transformers. Everyone knows the latter of course but who remembers the others? :-)
This life-long love of cartoons means it’s always a thrill to provide voices for animation projects, though a lot of the ones I’ve worked on tend to be geared more towards the adult market. Larger-than-life characters, energy and excitement still prevail and, though always rooted in truth, the animated roles I’ve voiced make me really excited and transport me back to my childhood!
With two small kids of my own, I once again have my finger on the pulse of current animation trends and really enjoy watching these new programmes with my boys!
Trailer for VR Animation Gargoyle Doyle
Animation Credits
I have also lent my voice to animations. Here’s a list of my credits:
Various, GARGOYLE DOYLE (2023) - VR Animation, featuring the voices of Jason Isaacs, Haley Joel Osment and T’Nia Miller
Jean-Luc, SUBMERSED (2023)
James Wedderburn, THE HORRORS OF SLAVERY (2021)
William Plush, CATO STREET TO NEWGATE (2015)
Alan Reid, TUNSTALL (2014)
August Jaeger, THE SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR STORY (2013)
Oliver Cromwell, THE WESTERN DESIGN (2013)
Online Exhibits:
The effects of flying at high altitude, for Imperial War Museums.
ADR
RADIOACTIVE (2020), StudioCanal/Working Title Films
KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (2017), Warner Bros.
Audio Drama
Imperial War Museums - in character, US accent
Audio drama credits include Hell Cats for Audible and The Man Who Fell to Earth for BBC Radio 4.
You can view my French character work here.
Want to book me or hear my audition for your project? Send me an email at andre@andrerefig.com or fill in the contact form.