George Newbern

What was the first audiobook you performed?

Seabiscuit, Laura Hillenbrand

What title or series are you best known for?

A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman

If a listener wanted to get to know your work, which of your audiobooks would you point them to?

Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon
The Stranger by Harlan Coben
Duty by Robert Gates
Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris
It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee

Where else have we heard your voice?

Superman — the longest-running continuous voice for Warner Brothers in animation, games, and movies
Final Fantasy series — the original voice of Sephiroth for 18 years
On camera — Father of the Bride, Adventures in Babysitting, Charlie on Scandal for 7 seasons, Friends, and about 130 other films and TV shows

What do you always have in the booth?

Coffee, then Throat Coat tea, and plenty of Ricola lozenges!

How did you come to performing audiobooks?

I’ve always been a blabbermouth, doing all sorts of accents etc, and when introduced to audiobook world by Dan Musselman at Random House, it was love at first sight. I’d been a musical theatre performer as a kid, and love having another avenue to create.

Anything else you’d like a listener to know?

I feel a great responsibility to the listener of each audiobook to speak to them as if I was sitting right next to them. Telling them a story as a friend. It is my honor and delight to get to do this.