James Townsend Herron

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James Herron is a tall, wiry ordinary American with an extraordinary voice. Herron was born in Cleveland Ohio in 1952 to an elementary school teacher mother and a father who was an aviator. James spent the majority of his childhood and teenage years in Maryland with his family where he graduated from Charles W. Woodward High School. 

He went on to attend Montgomery College and during that time, worked at a small radio station. 

James began his professional career as a voice actor in 1973 and
could be heard on the air at some of the America's most exciting and successful radio and television stations.  For more than forty years, his voice and on-air talent has been in demand nationwide.
His work includes narration for Film, Public Television, Network programming, Radio, Corporate and Social Media.
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"One of the few times....not in pajamas..ah, the perks of a home studio."
James is a published author and volunteers as a mentor and literacy tutor, contributes to local non-commercial television and supports environmentalism. He is an accomplished musician with years of study in percussion. James is thoroughly immersed in his wonderful and gifted family.  
James Herron's voice is in demand. America's finest recording and production facilities including The Soundtrack Group Boston and New York enlist his talents. He is regularly contracted by some of the nation’s largest advertising agencies, film studios, and direct and worldwide clientele.
 James Herron was humbled and honored to receive the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Silver Award  for the short film "The Aviator" providing the narration. The 2015 Equus Award was presented to James for Best Narration for Horsefly Films "Of Gods and Kings".  He also  won (among 14,000 entries) the Silver Telly Award for his narration of
The Story Of Case Western Reserve.