NATHANIEL DEAN
NIDA GRADUATE
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
2017 FEATURE FILM - ALIEN: COVENANT
ACTING BIO:
Nathaniel Dean graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney) in 1999.
Since then, Dean has appeared in multiple theatre productions, TV & film roles globally. His film credits include Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale and Walking on Water, for which he received the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 2002. In 2004 he was nominated for the AFI Award in cult Australian film, Somersault. Dean’s other notable film credits include Candy and The Final Winter.
Included in Nathaniel’s numerous television credits are Anzac Girls, Puberty Blues, Parer’s War, Old School, Bikie Wars, Wild Boys, Underbelly, East West 101, Rain Shadow, All Saints, City Homicide, Killing Time, Satisfaction and Always Greener.
Nathaniel began his theatre career at the Sydney Theatre Company in the iconic play The One Day of The Year.
Dean starred as Macbeth in the 2018 production by The Australian Shakespeare Company.
The Effect for the Melbourne Theatre Company, as well as Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire and Gwen in Purgatory at Belvoir to name just a few.
In 2015 performed in “Reflections of Gallipoli “ with the world renowned Australian chamber orchestra winning the Helpmann award for best concert performance.
In 2013 he played the lead role of William Thornhill in the acclaimed production The Secret River, in which he was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Actor for his performance. He reprised this role in two other remounts touring the country including playing in an outdoor performance at the Adelaide Festival. In 2019 the production had its international debut at the Edinburgh International Arts Festival and The National Theatre in London, both receiving rave reviews.
Nathaniel is sought-after professional voice artist working prolifically on national campaigns in Australia and internationally including Canon, Holden, Playstation and Cricket Australia, Dulux to name a few.
He has a production company with projects in the pipeline for both Theatre and Television.
VOICE BIO:
Pick up a stone, hold it in your hand. Squeeze tight and feel the small pleasure given by its rough exterior. Run your bare feet over heavy woollen carpet. Let your fingers travel up and down across the colours of a hand- stitched tapestry.
Each of these examples holds our brain’s attention because imperfections are more interesting. We are drawn closer to see what makes the bumps or crevices or cracks.
Nat Dean’s listenability and his engaging delivery is just like this. He’s not laminex smooth. We are drawn closer to his voice because there’s a little bit of glistening quartz in the stone, an undiscovered colour in the wool and there’s an exciting rise and fall in the hand-stitched stories he narrates.
Nat Dean’s experience covers TV, stage, film and countless elements of voice work. He has been both main attraction and support player. All this work has had his voice working hard. It’s blacksmith hardened and fired to take on roles and rhythms of any script that comes his way. And they certainly have. Advertisers have come to realise men today don’t want to be ‘too smooth’ but an interesting gravel mixture of rough, honest, sensitive and technically connected. That’s why the digital perfection of cameras , cars and compters use Nat because they still want to sound easy to use and ready to be enjoyed in the hands of the less than totally confident.
If you have the words, Nat will bring today’s modern man to your script. It’s his faults that make it flawless.
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Just wanted to drop you a note to say how fabulous Peter was to work with! He was brilliant! Good to know he’s available to do both Australian and NZ voices, we’ll definitely keep him in mind for future jobs.
Working with Scout Voice Management was so easy and professional. We knew we wanted to use Aaron Cartwright – his voice is like rich melted chocolate and he is so amiable and amenable. From the initial inquiry to the actual recording was only a few days. We got exactly what we wanted and have the showreel for our website that we’d hoped for. Thanks to all involved.
What a breeze to work with someone as professional and experienced as Robert Lee — fast and fun, too! He comes prepared so time is spent efficiently, to get just what you need. A pleasure.
We are pleased with the result and I really enjoyed being patched in to the studio for the recording. Nathan Page’s voice is the perfect tone and has the gravitas we needed for the intended audience and Matt from Sonic Playground, was so helpful and thorough throughout the recording, and in all our requests for follow-up editing. They are both very talented and it was a pleasure working with them and getting an understanding of their craft.
Marc James Dwyer’s voice is relatable and authentic and he’s got the craft to control it beautifully.
He’s a dead set legend to record with, interprets scripts and takes direction well, and is always dedicated to fulfilling the trickiest of client briefs with absolute class and confidence.
Felicity, I can’t speak highly enough of not only your incredible skill and nuanced performance, but also of the weight and resonance you brought into the reading yesterday. Your narration provided a gravitas and beauty that I was thankful for in every scene, let alone your vibrant warmth that brought enthusiasm to every individual in the room.
What a gift you have, to welcome people in to storied experiences through your voice, empathy, delivery and choice of nuance – it was such a great pleasure just to witness you in action, and I’m so thankful for the impact you’ve now had on this project in this role. As you read yesterday, I thought to myself ‘why can’t Felicity create every audiobook I’d ever want to read?? This is the voice we all need!’. I hope we’re able to work together many a time over, and it was such a pleasure to meet you.
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