PAUL LIBERTI - Voice Actor/Muppet Performer/ VO Educator - Bio

Paul Liberti had his first professional puppet work with Jim & Jane Henson in 1984 and has worked for Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, Noggin, PBS, MTV, VH1, Muppet Babies Live, Muppet Show On Tour, and more. His students have gone on to work on Nickelodeon, Disney, Noggin, PBS, Avenue Q, and Sesame Street and more! Paul also trained many of the Avenue Q puppeteers in Puppet ‘Boot Camp’. He toured with the Muppet Show On Tour - Directed by Jon Stone and Jim Henson and the Muppet Babies Live! And worked on the film - MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN.

As an Actor and Improv Performer - Second City, The Funny Firm (Chicago) - Chicago City Limits (NYC). Films - The Stepford Wives w/ Nicole Kidman, Dummy w/ Adrian Brody, No Such Thing w/Helen Mirren, Lead in Showtime’s - Priority Seating Directed by Meg Busch - TV - Comedy Central's The Daily Show, UnAuthorized Biography. Internet - Mike Stickle’s - Floaters.

In Voice Over, he currently teaches competitive classes in Los Angeles and NYC and Nationally for SAG/AFTRA Foundation in independently in Commercial VO, Audio Book Narration, Video Game Character work and Animation and TV Puppeteering. He also teaches Accents for Actors - for Animation, Voice Actors, Film Actors, and also actors on Broadway and London's West End Theater, Regional Theater with recent shows like Disney's Frozen, Avenue Q, Disney’s Live Tangled, and on TV - USA Network - Falling Water, The National Theater's - One Night in Miami, Greater Tuna, Anastasia, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon among others.

Paul also teaches annually to graduating University students from across the nation - University of Memphis Performing Arts, Western Michigan University, Evansville University, Shorter University, Oakland University and many others. Paul also teaches often with Casting Directors and agents in Voice Over and Animation across the country and Directs Audio Books for AuthorDirect Audio with Audio Book Director Gordon Rothman and is a member of The Audio Publishers Assoc, SAG/AFTRA and AEA.

Paul has booked hundreds of voiceover spots and animated series including Pokémon, Blue's Clues, Noggin's, Disney’s Pinky Dinky Doo & Chuggington,

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He is currently the voice of Curious George & the Man in the Yellow Hat www.curiousgeorge.com ​for Houghton Harcourt Mifflin. He is an original cast member of TV’s POKEMON with six characters, Video and Wii Games - GRAND THEFT AUTO, ORDER UP! He has narrated for Scholastic, Nickelodeon, Tavoli Entertainment and Goosebumps by R.L Stine. Mr. Liberti has also performed on Broadway, Broadway tours A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Crazy For You, as well as film and TV, including The Daily Show, SNL TV's Funhouse, CBS Dolly Parton Show, Showtime's Cartoon President, PBS, Nickelodeon, Showtime and more.

TESTIMONIALS -

Hi Paul, Thank you again for covering the physical and vocal placement exercises in your class. I had the good fortune of working on a TV show doing ADR on Tuesday. We had a number of supernatural characters as well as a fair amount of screaming in the episode. I remember how you helped us to engage our diaphragm voice and keep a relaxed throat when we talked about vocally stressful work. I’m happy to report that it made an incredible difference. On my way home from the session, I felt the fatigue in the right places! It was more intense than my Monday night dance class as far as my mid-section was concerned, but I felt relief knowing that meant I had done the right thing. Hope you had a wonderful time here in Los Angeles. It was a blessing to learn from you! - Diana Lansleen - Los Angeles - SAG/AFTRA

2 “What a seismic experience these two days - thank you, so much. The earth is not in the same place where it was before the workshop! Despite the hard work ahead, you got us all pointed in the right direction by ironically having us say, ‘This is so simple’."

- David Swedloff - Miami

Hi, Paul! I wanted to share, if I may, that I was recording a VO last night for an A.I. tech product used w/ the US Open and I was thinking of how my long-ago vision is being realized & I started giggling - and as I was recording, I was literally saying my now favorite Paul-isms: “I love this” “this is so fun!” “this is so easy” and of course- shrugging- and for someone who used to have panic attacks when I used my voice- this is the biggest & most exciting shift (so far) of my life!

Thank you for doing what you’re guided to do and for being so encouraging to all of us to continue to follow our instincts, continue to Trust ourselves, and to continue to remind ourselves that we ALL have the power to make our own dreams come true! Thank you, Paul!!

- Jessie Nelson NYC

Avenue Q... You were the show out of all the auditions in New York that Aaron Rothbart and I ​ ​ picked as my first audition when I moved. I didn't necessarily slam it out of the park the first time but once I saw the show for the first time, I had that moment "this is the show I'm supposed to do!". I found a fantastic private puppetry instructor Paul Liberti who helped me train for my next ​ ​ audition. This next time I was ready and knew the show. And after many callbacks and the unforgettable puppet school, my journey with Avenue Q began. This show taught me a new skill and touched my heart in so many ways. I laughed, I cried and met such a wonderful group of people. Thank you Avenue Q for all the fond memories! I hope our paths meet again! - Michelle Lane - Los Angeles

In a word, Paul is amazing. He is not just a VO coach but also an acting coach, a voice coach, and a kind of life coach. Teaching his students that they are enough and what they bring to the world of VO is both unique and necessary. I've taken several classes of his ranging from Animation to Commercial technique to accent work. I've learned something new about VO and myself in all of them and consider myself lucky to have such a great opportunity.

- Jason Arold NYC

If you are looking for someone who truly lives his passion, Paul Liberti is your man. Not only is he an absurdly talented voice artist, he takes such joy in sharing his wealth of knowledge with others. He will make you feel like you can achieve anything, while giving you specific tricks and tips to help you create your own arsenal of characters. And he will do it all leading with love. If he’s doing a workshop near you, run, don’t walk. You won’t regret it. - Sue Berch NYC

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