Voice actors- Their second jobs

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Bobina

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Many people are aware that voice acting isn't the highest-paying job in the world. As such, many voice actors have second jobs to supplement their income.

What other jobs are you aware of famous voice actors having?
 
I've read that Michael Bell teaches acting classes with his wife.

I believe while B:TAS and/or TNBA was still in production Kevin Conroy occasionally appeared in stage productions at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. (He reprised Hamlet there at some point, but I'm not sure when.) I know in an interview circa 2000/2001 he said he also supplemented the animation work with commercials gigs. I also know (before he landed B:TAS) that while filming the first season of Tour of Duty in Hawaii he took a second job in Honolulu sketching portraits of tourists because of how little he was needed on set, so maybe he still does something with art nowadays, too.
 
Hillary Haag works as a salesperson for a paycheck company.

Sandy Fox (along with husband and fellow VA Lex Lang) created and sells H2Om, an enhanced water.

Allison Keith is a 4th grade teacher.
 
That only applies to the well-know/successful/more experienced voice actors. If you're Rob Paulsen or Tara Strong I'm sure you can support yourself with voice acting alone, but a newcomer definitely needs a second job outside the field. So, I'm sure before Tom Kenny was Spongebob he was probably waiting tables at Denny's.
 
Not quite, he was comedian who was on stuff like Mr. Show before he became a VA, so he was doing well for himself before the sponge gig.

Now there are many people who do voice acting as a side thing and have a lot of on screen expereince as well: Phil Lamarr, Clancy Brown and Ron Perlman, for example.

Not mention a lot of VAs like Grey Delisle have careers as singers as well as VAs.
 
Either way...acting, voice acting, stand-up comedy, etc are tough gigs to get. A newcomer can't live on that alone. All the people you mentioned were at one point waiting tables at a restaurant in their early days.
 
It wouldn't surprise me if Tom Kenny would've been able to make a living as a VA even without his comedy gigs. I mean, even before he became the voice of Spongebob the industry was saturated with his voice.



I can only begin to imagine how much money the woman rakes in per month. It seems as if she plays some sort of role in just about every animated series that's produced. She's the Kath Soucie of this generation. I wouldn't be shocked if she was able to make a good living cutting her acting roles in half and giving up singing entirely.
 
Being someone was has actually heard their songs (I have "Timebomb" and "Dance With Me" on my iPod), this actually comes as a shock to me.

She should be featured in one of their songs.
 
I know some VAs do general acting. This is common with alot of the folks from Ocean, who tend to appear in sci-fi shows and low budget movies. Colin McFarlane (http://www.colinmcfarlane.tv/main.html , a British actor) also does this alot. If you're about the same age as me, you've probably heard his voice in almost every form of media.
 
I believe I heard Monica Rial say she's also a barber. Tom Wayland and Mike Sinterniklaas also run their own recording companies, Tripwire Productions and NYAVPost respectively. Sonny Strait does comic book artwork and Brad Swaile does graphic design. And yes a lot of voice actors will do regular acting too, on stage and on film.
 
Add Jason Douglas (also of ADV Studios fame) to the list of VA's who are also generally actors, especially with an appearance at the end in the best animated film ever (in my opinion): A Scanner Darkly.
 
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