Also called: Dub Voice Actor
Records English voices for foreign films, anime, and shows, matching the original lip movements.
A dubbing actor watches an anime scene, studies the original performance, and records lines timed to the mouth flaps, take after take.
Voice work is freelance and paid per session or project. SAG-AFTRA scale for TV animation is roughly $1,000+ per session; most voice actors piece together commercials, games, e-learning, and animation.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. A couple of years of voice acting classes, then work at a dubbing studio learning to match lip movements; some union work needs SAG-AFTRA.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Theater.
Shrinking. AI dubbing is spreading.
High risk for 10 years. AI dubbing now translates and lip-syncs voices automatically, sharply cutting human dubbing work.
Classes: Theater, Foreign language, Speech, Film/video production CTE.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2011.
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