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ATLANTA, GA– November 6, 2026 – – American voice actor Peter K. O’Connell has agreed to voiceover representation across the Southeastern United States with Atlanta-based Evolve Talent Management.

O’Connell joins Evolve’s voiceover roster with more than four decades of experience as a voice talent. His work includes projects for Disney Cruise Line, Ford, PBS, IBM and Amazon Web Services, among others.

Known as “Your Friendly, Neighborhood Voiceover Talent,” O’Connell brings a producer-friendly approach to all his recordings. His work ranges from warm, conversational reads to authoritative performances for commercials, corporate narration, television promos, radio imaging and character roles. He also provides live announcing and emceeing for corporate events, awards programs and fundraisers.

O’Connell offers remotely directed sessions through Source-Connect, fast turnaround and responsive pickups for clients worldwide.

For Southeast booking inquiries, visit Evolve Talent Management. O’Connell’s voiceover demos are available on their website and at audioconnell.com.

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About Peter K. O’Connell

Peter K. O’Connell is a professional voice actor and live announcer (Voice of God) whose work spans commercial advertising, narration, and branded content for national and international clients.

His voice can be heard in campaigns and productions for brands including iHeartMedia, Crest, SiriusXM Media, Maaco and Tic Tac.

The Buffalo-born O’Connell now operates audio’connell Voiceover Talent Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina, a Source-Connect-equipped voiceover studio supporting remote commercial and narration production for clients worldwide.

About Evolve Talent Management
Led by agency president Lina Ramirez-Mills, former Head of Commercial & Voiceover at Formation Talent Agency (previously known as People Store), Evolve Talent Management is a boutique talent representation firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ramirez-Mills brings significant experience negotiating high-profile campaigns and securing partnerships across voiceover, on-camera and content creator projects. The company keeps its roster intentionally small to provide individual attention, career planning and advocacy for its artists. Evolve works with studios, brands and casting professionals to secure opportunities for the talent it represents.

For more information, visit evolvetalentmgt.com.

CONTACT:

Peter K. O’Connell

Your Friendly, Neighborhood Voiceover Talent

audio’connell Voiceover Talent

PH.    +01 716-572-1800 & +01 919-283-1516

E-M.  peter@audioconnell.com

WEB. audioconnell.com

COMPANY MEDIA CENTER:

http://www.audioconnell.com/media

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In November 2022, the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA) was founded.

In October of 2026, I joined.

Why the delay?

Well, as longtime readers here know, I am never one to hop on a trend, be the first in line or otherwise jump on a bandwagon.

But beyond that, voiceover has had its share of professional member associations over my four-plus decades, and there’s no value in getting in early until a group truly finds its footing.

NAVA has blossomed. It’s time.

NAVA’s Advocacy for Voice Actors

For those who might not know, the National Association of Voice Actors is a non-profit association created to advocate for and promote the advancement of the voice acting industry through action, education, inclusion, and benefits.

Under the direction of its president, Tim Friedlander, NAVA has made some impressive strides, most especially in voice actors’ battle against AI. This is the work that has grabbed my attention.

Through its lobbying efforts at the state and federal levels, NAVA has raised awareness of AI concerns for voice actors and pushed for meaningful solutions.

One example of legislative progress is California’s recently passed SB 1050, which requires advertisers to disclose when an ad uses a “synthetic performer” instead of a human performer.

AI Voiceover: The Stakes for Creatives and Brands

We all know artificial intelligence offers individuals and businesses a great deal of creative freedom to produce written words, video, and audio without hiring people to write, film or perform that content.

While that may be cute for home use, using it commercially creates problems for both the people who make a living doing creative work and the brands that choose to replace those creatives.

Obviously, for creatives like me, AI-produced audio can dilute or remove revenues from our businesses. When AI voiceover replaces a paid human performance, that’s lost work.

But I believe the cost savings brands think they are achieving can come at a price, too.

As a consumer, I can feel misled when I discover that a brand’s message, one I may have related to, was delivered by completely computer-generated people and voices imagined by an AI program. I question the authenticity of the message and the brand behind it.

For me, that’s part of what gets lost when brands replace human voiceover with a synthetic performance.

The challenges presented to all of us by AI (in every business and every walk of life) are far from over, but with work from organizations like NAVA, I believe we in the voiceover world at least have a voice, if not a path forward.

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