Kerry Shale Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for Best Actor in the TMA Regional Theatre Awards for his performance as a mysterious entertainment attorney in "Disappeared․"
• Won two Sony Awards for his radio adaptation of "Dr․ Strangelove," one for acting and one for writing
• His first job as an actor came in 1978 in the West End musical "Bar Mitzvah Boy․"
• Quote: "You normally kiss the back of your hand on radio, but Kathleen Turner, some years later, insisted that mouth-to-mouth would work better․ I don't know if she was right, but it was a lot more interesting․"
• Quote: "I once re-voiced a 6 foot 4 inch villain in a Bond flick․ (I'm 5 foot 4 but I can sound 6 foot 4․)"
• Some of favorite acting jobs were playing condemned murderer Earl Holub in the play "His Girl Friday" and uber-agent Swifty Lazar in the original cast of "Frost/Nixon․"
• His reading of "A Confederacy of Dunces" helped him break into radio and eventually led to him performing the radio readings of Bill Bryson's books
• Broke the Guinness world record for providing the most voices for a single video game with "Dog's Life․"
• Stated that he owns a videotape of him presenting a children's series called "Let's Pretend" that he won't ever let anyone besides his wife see
• Played up to 26 characters a night in his solo shows