Voice Over Artist Chris Kendall from Morpeth, Northumberland, grew up in Whitley Bay with an early and unshakable passion for radio. While other children were playing outside, Chris was wiring together old electronics, studying books on radio transmission, and broadcasting makeshift shows from his bedroom. By age nine, he had already built his own pirate radio station using walkie-talkies and cassette decks.
“I used to record fake weather reports and play songs off my mum’s stereo, just to feel like I had an audience,” Chris says. “I had no idea it would one day become my career.”
By his teenage years, Chris was designing fully planned radio studios on paper and lobbying his school to support a student-run station. Eventually, he brought that vision to life outside of the classroom. After teaching 15 friends everything he knew about radio, Chris successfully led a team that won the prestigious Prince’s Trust Millennium Award in 2003. With the funding, he launched HitMix 49, a legally licensed 30-day FM station run by young people, for their community in Whitley Bay—receiving over 60,000 listeners and even outperforming local commercial stations.
Despite being told by teachers that he’d “never be more than a shelf stacker,” Chris remained focused. He went on to help launch local radio stations, earned qualifications in media production, and worked behind the scenes in radio engineering. But it was his natural voice – warm, confident, and engaging – that opened the door to national success.
Relocating to East Yorkshire, he switched focus to the emerging voiceover industry. “I started a Facebook group called Voice Artists United in 2009, just to connect with other aspiring artists,” he explains. “I didn’t expect it to grow to thousands of members—or to accidentally kickstart my own career in the process.”
Today, Chris Kendall is one of Europe’s most in-demand voiceover artists. His voice can be heard across major advertising campaigns, TV and radio commercials, corporate training content, and national broadcasters. He’s lent his voice to projects for brands such as Google, Amazon, BBC, NHS, Dulux, and Dr.Pepper bringing messages to life with clarity and credibility.
Chris also mentors young talent entering the voiceover world and supports grassroots media projects in the North East, reflecting his belief in giving back to the community that shaped him. He’s currently donating time to help community radio station Radio Northumberland.
With a professional broadcast quality home studio and clients across the globe, Chris Kendall’s journey is proof that with perseverance, passion, and self-belief, even the quietest voices can make themselves heard.
“My voice has taken me into studios I used to dream about,” Chris says. “But I never forget the kid sitting in his bedroom with a cheap mic and a head full of ideas.”