Barry Carl | |
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| Birth name | Barry Straus Carl |
| Born | April 20, 1950 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | A cappella, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Performer, singer, voice-over actor, marriage counselor, bodyworker |
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| Years active | 1988–2002 (singer) 1984–present (voice over) 2006–present (counselor) |
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Barry Strauss Carl (born April 20, 1950) is an American voice-over actor and musician best known as the bass of the a cappella vocal band Rockapella while the group was house band on the PBS children's geography game show Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?. He was a member of Rockapella from 1988 until he left the group in 2002. Carl is known for his signature deep voice, which he used during his years with the band to create an almost instrumental sounding bass.
As a voice-over artist, Carl has done hundreds of television and radio commercials for such companies as Taco Bell, Charmin, Mounds/Almond Joy, Doritos, and Volkswagen; promos for Syfy, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, The Discovery Channel, and PBS; theatrical trailers; industrial narrations; books on tape; public service announcements; internet commercials; and voices for animated characters in anime, video games, and commercials.[1][2]