Kerry Shale has worked at The National Theatre, The Almeida, Hampstead, The Donmar Warehouse, Riverside Studios, The Gate and The Royal Court. In Edinburgh, he wrote and performed six solo shows at The Traverse, The Assembly Rooms and The Pleasance. West End work includes The Normal Heart and Frost/Nixon.
His film credits began with Barbra Streisand's Yentl. Other early films include Little Shop of Horrors. Kerry has a long association with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom: Jude, Welcome to Sarajevo, Code 46 and Genova. Recent films include Angel Has Fallen and Wrath of Man.
Early TV credits ranged from Ronnie Corbett's godson in Sorry! to Mr Beaver in BBC's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Recent work includes The Sandman and Suspicion, as well as Patrick Melrose, The Trip To Spain, New Tricks, Mr Selfridge, The Trip, Life's Too Short, Not Going Out and Dr Who.
For BBC Radio, Kerry has acted in hundreds of plays including his own adaptations of Dr Strangelove and A Confederacy of Dunces. He has been the voice of Bill Bryson and Woody Allen, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mark Twain. Book of the Week readings include The Call of The Wild and White Fang by Jack London.
Kerry is hugely versatile, with an extraordinary range of accents and styles.
The Evening Standard calls Kerry Shale 'The best-known American voice on Radio 4'. He has played more characters in a single video game than any other actor (it's in the Guinness Book of Records).
He has recorded hundreds of episodes of television animation (from Dennis The Menace's faithful Gnasher to Thomas The Tank Engine's Fat Controller), performed tricky voice-overs ("external leakage" pills), accurate imitations (Speedy Gonzales, as approved by Warner Bros) and serious narration (EIA's campaign against animal torture).
