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Heinz
LaQuinta Inn
Hyundai
Vitalite
The Marines
Speedway Gas
Meijer
Wal-Mart
BMO Harris Bank
Wisconsin Lottery
North Carolina Lottery
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"Tom lives to do his job and do it well. Fully and freely in his character. I'm a big fan of quiet power. He’s got it."
Ted Sluberski
The Ted Sluberski Studio, New York City
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About

Bio: Tom Downing is an Irish-American actor raised in the Heartland of Ohio and Indiana where he began his career at 14 making short films and operating his own radio show.
Tom began his professional career performing on the Chicago comedy stages and was active on the indie film circuits of the midwest and east coast before moving to LA.
He has appeared in shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Shameless (Showtime), NBC's Chicago PD, Bull (CBS) and over 40 films.
Tom self-produces indie films and branded content through XO Productions with his wife Natasha Coppola-Shalom. They live at the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains with their two children.

Primary Mediums: Indie Film, Network TV, Commercial & Voice over
Markets: Chicago (2009-2015), New York City (2015-2020), Los Angeles (2020-Present)
Formal Training: Purdue University, The Second City Conservatory, iO Theatre, Artistic Home (Meisner), Ted Sluberski, Bob Krakower, Matthew Miller
Influences: Jack Lemon, Alan Arkin, Sam Rockwell, Robert Duvall, Sam Shepherd, Sean Penn, Mark Rylance, Jason Bateman.
Home Studio

Voice over
Along with a self-tape studio for home auditions, Tom has a full Voice over home studio with Source Connect so clients can manage and monitor live VO sessions.
Equipment:
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Sennheiser 416 Shotgun Mic
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Apollo Twin Console
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$12,000 UAD Hardware setup: Precision De-Esser, C-Suite C-Vox, Teletronix LA-2A, and Pultec EQP-1A, etc.
