““Froomkin’s narration is a MARVEL”
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Joel Froomkin, an Audie-nominated, twelve-time Earphones Award-Winning narrator, is a UK transplant, growing up with American parents in a British commonwealth. He was the recipient of the 2020 Best Male Narrator Award at the Independent Audio Book Awards, and the 2020 Best Humor Narration recipient at the Society of Voice Arts Awards. A classically trained actor with an MFA in theatre from USC, he is often cast for his unique ability to deliver native, authentic combinations of British and American sounds. His great range and ability to bring characters to life with honesty, wit and versatility delights producers and listeners alike. He has won Earphones Awards for 1st person British, American and Australian narrations.
A 2023 Audie nominee for non-fiction, he was the winner of three 2020 Independent Audiobook Awards, including Best Male Narrator. He has nearly 450 full-length audiobooks to his credit and over 55,000 five star reviews on audible. He served as Director of Drama at Manchester University and has been a Theatre Professor at Indiana/Purdue University.
He is a dialect specialist and has taught accents and speech at NYU, Tisch School of the Arts as well as coached accents for major regional theaters, Broadway stalwarts and national tours.
He has had the pleasure of working with Audible Studios, Penguin Random House, Dreamscape, Scholastic, Podium, Blackstone, Harper, Bee Audio, Brilliance, Deyan Audio, Tantor, Punch, John Marshall Media, Common Mode and Hachette.
Joel also records in the romance genre as ‘Joel Leslie’ and has developed a very strong following and garnered many awards including m/m Audiobook Narrator of the Year 2018 from openskyebookreviews and numerous Audiobook of the Year-winning titles.
Joel has consistent access to his home studio for all production needs. A massive Disney-nerd (living 14 miles from DisneyWorld), when not in the booth he spends his time chasing after three loquacious wiener dogs.
EDUCATION
MFA in Theatre - USC (summa cum laude)
BFA in Performance - USC (summa cum laude)