Hugh Holman

Hello and welcome! As it says above, I am Hugh, and I am an actor, author, and voice over artist from the UK. I live in Bath, but am also frequently in London.

In acting, I have a lot of experience on both stage and screen, though have worked primarily in film and television for the last few years. In voice acting, I have worked on productions ranging from BBC Radio 4 to Audible, and frequently provide voices and narration for audiobooks. I have a professional recording studio for this purpose.

My debut children’s book – The Almost Animals – was published by Strident, and follows the adventures of Angle the crocogator and her fellow hybrid animals, known as aminals (“They are animals, they’re just a bit mixed up”). This is where my fascination for natural history meets my bizarre imagination.

Outside acting and writing, I have one foot in the natural world, and a degree in zoology – hence all the wildlife photos on my Instagram! I spent the last few months of 2019 working in Borneo with Orangutan Appeal UK, and look forward to more adventures in this field. In 2020 I was offered, and I accepted, a position on the board of directors for Orangutan Appeal UK.

I hope that everything you need can easily be found on this website, but if not, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, either through my agents or directly. I am also happy to be contacted through social media, so feel free to follow me on Twitter or Instagram.

As with most British actors, I started off on stage. I love the theatre and the thrill of performing in front of a live audience, but I also enjoy the style of acting needed for screen, and it is towards this that my career has leaned in recent times. My credits range from Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to playing an Auror in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and facing up to the Daleks as Zak in Doctor Who. For a full credit list, please see my Spotlight CV.

TRAINING: Acting – Bristol Old Vic, ITV Acting for Film & Television, Shakespeare with Mark McGann, Physical Theatre – UoL, Classical Theatre Studies, Devised Theatre, Bath Theatre Royal Play-reading

I have experience with radio, voice overs, narration, ADR, and audiobooks, and thoroughly enjoy the challenge of creating believable characters using only my voice. My natural voice is a clear and engaging Received Pronunciation, but I am adept at various regional and international accents, and am always keen to practise and perfect new ones. For my credits, please see my Spotlight CV.

TRAINING: Advanced Voice-over, Commercial Voice-over, Voicing Audiobooks, Voice-over for Gaming, Voicing Characters (Gravy for the Brain), as well as vocal work within my acting training.

RED FORGE SOUND is a professional recording studio which I run with my brother at his photographic studios, and use for remote voice-over production. It is also available to hire. Contact Red Forge Studios or me for more information.

To contact me directly, you can email me here.

For acting enquiries:
I am represented by Union Management. You can email them here.