Bio

Actor, singer, and voice-over artist Paul Bellantoni is in constant demand, both on stage and in the studio.

Theater

 

Paul's recent New York theater work  includes a powerful King Duncan and a skittish Doctor in Macbeth, an irascible but loveable dad in Never Norman Rockwell, and the medieval baron and broadsword master in the combat-filled Sword Politik. Paul has appeared in Equity Showcases and Off-Broadway as Mr Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights. Commercial Among Paul's recent on-camera work is a series of commercials and webisodes  for Western Pest Services as the goofy and romantic dad, and as a hapless office sad-sack in a Regus Offices commercial .

On screen and stage For screen and stage work, visit Paul's acting site: » PaulBellantoni.com

Voice-over

Paul is renowned for wide variety of voice-over work. Recent character work includes a "legit" Italian for Galbani Cheese, a character Italian for the Feed the Pig Campaign, the snarky British host of a travel show pilot, as well as British, Italian, French, German, Russian, and Dutch characters in documentaries, video games, and audio books. He is the voice of a demented hangman in a theme park in Iowa.

Non-character work includes national and regional commercials, including LensCrafters, Pella, Major League Baseball, and Berio Olive Oil, and Kraken Rum.

He also recently voiced the title role in Macbeth, Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice, and the Ghost/King in Hamlet for Talking Shakespeare, a series of condensed audio books.

Opera

Paul was a professional opera singer from 1992 to 2005. He sang over 50 roles across the US, the Caribbean, and Europe. He performed the title characters in Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, and gave a solo concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Paul sang the lead role Gabriel in the world premiere of The Dead, based on the James Joyce story, and Horace Tabor in The Ballad of Baby Doe's 40th Anniversary Production, in the house for which it was written—Central City Opera.

Take Him Home

Recordings include his solo album Heroes and Villains (Metco Records) and the cast recording of The Ballad of Baby Doe  (Newport Classics). Paul is also the author of So You Wanna Sing in Germany? , a guide for young opera singers,  released in print in 2008 and soon as an audio book.

 

Education

Trained in NYC as an actor with Mary Boyer at T Schreiber Studios, he has coached voice-overs with James Alburger and Penny Abshire, Sherri Hodes, Dan Duckworth, and David Lyerly. Paul has a BA from New York University.