Tex Brashear (born January 2, 1955) is a

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, who after a career in

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in Texas, Arizona, and Los Angeles, made the transition into voice acting. Known as "The Man of 1000 Voices" (although he actually does more than 3000), Brashear has been heard in thousands of

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s, radio and television commercials, and has narrated many nature and historical films. His voice has been heard in countless movie trailers through the years. His comedic singing has even been featured on ''The

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Show''. He has also voiced and produced comedy bits for ''

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'' and ''

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''. Winner of 102

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, he is also credited with discovering and developing the technique of

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, a vocal technique used by voice actors to help sustain their long breaths. It is somewhat related to

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. In addition to voice acting, he has also served as

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and

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for many films, both American and foreign, and has contributed many research papers on the history of the American Southwest.

References

* http://texbrashear.webs.com/ * http://danowen.blogspot.com/2006/06/voice-over-guy-we-all-know-voice.html?m=1 * http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/don_lafontaine_king_of_movie_trailers_dies 1955 births Living people American male voice actors Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-voice-actor-1950s-stub