From Play to Portfolio: A Voice Actor's Personal Journey to Recognition

There was something oddly familiar about his voice. When more audible on the phone, his story unpacked bits of his life and career. Mostly revolving around his newly acquired international recognition occasioned by his voiceover Rome, the conversation was lengthy, and time didn't seem enough. up in the VHS era where “dubbing” was almost every child's favourite pastime. “One of my best friends while growing up was the television,” he been watching a lot of narration cartoons, though that narrate children's stories and things like that. playing around with voice over.”

He didn’t realise that he was laying the building blocks for a well-rounded career in the future. his voice-like characters from the books. This innocent pastime was growing into a big dream. Then came higher learning days at Babcock University, where he studied mass communication. His rich, deep voice was so remarkable that one day he got

This happened in 2002. Olutimayin was then a part possibilities. He had found something interesting to do despite the fact that he doesn't like to socialise.

Between that time and now, Olutimayin had worked in advertising as a copywriter, voice director and actor in advertisements and movies. He had dabbled into banking, been a radio producer and even took on editorial work with a magazine.

Standing on the world’s stage to be recognised for his voiceover work is indeed nature’s marvel. given to voiceover work in Portuguese, Spanish, because it was a collaboration between Nigerian life-long friendships.”

He had handled a cast of 60 for an audio book series, but nothing came close to the level of prome is that there is a new standard set in storytelling,” he said.

Olutimayin had lived on the autism spectrum for syndrome. “You know the pop culture hit, Big Bang fun of me. The best way to protect myself was to

He had become an autism advocate upon the realisation that the society he grew up in would easily stigmatise persons on the spectrum. This is his own way of improving the lives and opportunities for growth for autistic persons. He said he couldn't take credit for everything. His build a home. burgeoningnatureofNigeriananimation, heargued that it is far from being called an industry yet since most of the players are individual creatives trying to make the art.