You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 129.

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In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games and beyond.

And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there. My name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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Welcome to the second part of my interview with voice actor, director, and teacher, Zach Hanks.

You may be familiar with his performances as Garnack in the animated series Star Wars

The Clone Wars, Morgan and Custis Pendleton in the video game Dishonored, and Lars Halford

in the game Brutal Legend. Not only is Zach a voice actor,

but he's also worked as both a voice director and casting director

on multiple video game projects.

In addition, Zach has taught voice acting as a professor

at the Stephen F. Austin State University in eastern Texas.

He currently resides in Atlanta, where he is continuing

to pursue his own voiceover career in addition to founding the Voice Over Career Launchpad,

a service that helps voiceover artists learn the skills they need to become business-savvy

professionals in the industry. Last time, during the first part of our interview,

we discussed Zach's journey through voice acting from his earliest day starting as an actor,

through becoming a casting director, a voice director, a college professor, and finally moving

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