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Chip Bolcik Biography

Birth Name:Chip Bolcik

Birth Place:Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

Profession Actor, Sound department

Fast Facts

  • Got into the voice-over field when a friend told an advertising executive about the silly messages Bolcik left on his machine, and when the executive called to ask if he did voiceover work, he said yes even though he had no experience
  • Quote: "I know it's silly, doing the voice of a toilet․ But I'm still rejected for auditions four times a day, even though I'm now at a point where people do call me․"
  • Best known for narrating "TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest․․․"
  • Started writing, directing and shooting his own films at the advice of his friend, filmmaker John Putch
  • When he went on his honeymoon with his wife, he and his new wife walked into a hotel room to hear Bolcik advertising fried chicken on a television commercial
  • His voice over work in the English dubbed version of "Life Is Beautiful" was painted in a positive light in a review by Robert Koehler in "Variety․"
  • Thousands of television and radio commercials feature his voice