How to sound posh with David Attenborough (Voice Impression Tutorial)
5 tips for learning the David Attenborough voice
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Charlie Hopkinson is a comedic impressionist, impersonator, voice guy, whatever you want to call it who specialises in voices from current television shows and films. His standup is a character act about a retired maths teacher, his standup set includes impressions of Sir David Attenborough, Robin Williams, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Peaky Blinders, Tommy and Arthur Shelby and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.
Always looking to update my roster I look to try out subscriber suggested impressions in the impressions challenge series before honing the best ones. Recently I have added Peaky Blinders and Marvel / Avengers characters to my arsenal!
I currently run a number of series including:
Impression Reels - The very best impressions I can do, Including LOTR, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Cartoons .etc
Impression Challenges - Trying out new impressions in a less polished form.
Impression Dramatic song covers - Voices of Reason.
Low Budget Animation - Stickman sketch remakes of Iconic Tv shows and movies.
How to do Impressions - An audience lead tutorial series where I attempt to pass on my Impressions knowledge.
Dubs - Comedic dubs of iconic scenes with new dialogue, (My Peaky Blinders and Lord of The Rings dubs have grossed over 6 million views on Facebook)
Standup - Clips from Standup sets I have performed over the last year.
Comedy Sketches - Comedy Sketches
I started learning impressions in 2012, at the age of 20. You can follow my full impressions journey in my new ‘How to do impressions’ tutorial series
After graduating from the University of Warwick in the summer 2013 he took 4 months out to concentrate on SEworld videos full time, including producing his most viewed video to date ‘Morgan Freeman and 40 other impressions’ with just over 12 million views. This foray into being a ‘full time SEworldr’ was cut short as he went travelling for 3 months before starting a 2 year teaching Graduate scheme with Charity ‘Teach First’.
While teaching he has performed in and narrated the 4 episode series ‘Lookalikes’ as Morgan Freeman. The show and the narration received a positive reception. The show aired on Channel 4 during the prime time slot of Friday 10pm for three weeks. It is now currently available on Netflix. Charlie also performed with other well known impressionists for an unaired pilot.
Charlie has worked for several prominent brands in relation to their products, including google and formula 1.
Since the summer of 2016 Charlie has once again dived into the world of SEworld, for the first time producing content on a weekly basis. He is also focusing on live performance; he has performed in live venues a total of 3 times to date.
His top impressions include:
Morgan Freeman (Red -Shawshank redemption)
Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf - Lord of the Rings)
Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad)
Alan Rickman (Snape - Harry Potter)
Michael Caine (Alfred - Batman)
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribean)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglorious bastards)
Alec Guiness (Ben Kenobi - Star Wars)
Agent Smith (The Matrix)
Sean Bean (Boromir - Lord of the Rings)
Richard Armitage (Thorin Oakenshield - The Hobbit)
Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister - Game of Thrones)
Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Bryan Cranston (Walter White - Breaking Bad)
Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
Tommy Shelby (Peaky Blinders)
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That ending skit had me dying. 😭🤣
what song is in the background, i been lookin for that chill music for awhile
please do me with that voice, kind Sir.
Is that a leopard, fighting a pigeon? 😆
Grass
Pronounce “grass” for the whistle
You can do no wrong
I searched this impression to gain a better understanding of how to better achieve it myself. Then I found your video actually giving tips on this very one!! Bless you, kind sir.
Funny 👍
You can do a Bruce Wayne impression
An average one...
I used to do Dolly Parton, four decades back. She had that whistle to her s-es, too, but it's much more pronounced than that of Attenborough's. The difficult thing was doing it without the slightest chance in facial expression. Everyone was doing Thatcher at the time. It took me years to provide her with the kind of text that really nailed her. Winnie the Pooh. Make it sound as if every character is trying to guilt-trip every other character.
I can't even do the whistling sound... am I screwed?
Yo Charlie! Thanks for this video man. I had the idea a couple months ago to make a fake nature documentary for my channel but I didn't know how to do the voice. I found this vid right away and I watched it so many times man. It was super helpful. I found myself using the starter phrases you provided as sort of an anchor and a standard when I could hear myself getting off course. I just finished the edit and posted it this morning, it ended up being 25 mins long so there was a lot to narrate. It could have been considerably harder to do it without this video as a guide, really appreciate you putting this out into the world.
If you do a voice over on a natural geographic episode will be tremendous
Those clouds, look ominous. Haha When the time comes we have a new narrator for those glorious documentaries. Keep up the progress!
Thank you Bro, from india. I also love to mimic Sir David Attenborough.
Guy i found a webiste who make sir david attenborough say anything! The webiste is vo.codes
Sounds nothing like Sir David...
If David dies (BTW he’s immortal) BBC should hire you
He's going to have to go one day 😭
😭
dude nailed it on every aspect of this video
Pretty sure your intro made me laugh so hard it took years off my life
Can you do Liam neeson
1:50 has me dying and I’m not sure why
I know what your on about😂
that is soo...... AWESOME !
Do funny words
When you started talking, i thought you were gonna say, “Welcome to Jurassic Park”
That was Richard Attenborough.
😀
Can you do Jason Statham please?
Love it. Can you do Dickie Attenborough in The Great Escape?
What an amazing impression of Sir David, well done!
Thanks!
U tried but it was so far
Please can you do Boris Johnson
I am not english and i can do his voice much much better
@Gota Plot Post a vid
@Charlie Hopkinson how and where?
Prove it
loved this...so nicely done...pure skill man...thanks
This is so great and extremely fortunate since I'm going to launch a SEworld channel using this voice! Thank you for creating! You are talented and hilarious!
this is so good
Thanks!
Can you teach us Christopher Lee or Vincent Price?
Ah your very good, what do you think of my first impersonation of David? You can give it a watch here seworld.info/will/nZfVltKmrXyq3KM/video
Please do Ragnar lothbrok from vikings
I NEED a walken tutorial. How is it done???
Awesome as always, can you please do Jesse Pinkman next? You sooooo good at it!!!
Thanks! It’s certainly in the pipeline at some point!
Optimus Prime
do Till Lindemann please
Amazing as always cheers I needed a few tips thanks
waaaw ... BBC should sign you now
Haha!
Hey Charlie, I'm an aspiring singer who decided to learn some impressions to improve my understanding of how the voice works. I gotta say, your stuff is really helpful. I've learned a lot watching you. Thank you for another awesome video. Also, I can think of ZERO examples of SEworld personalities that balance humor better than you do. Well done. Genuinely funny, without it taking over the video. Keep pushing, man. No limit to where your channel can go.
Thanks Josh! Much appreciated
Man I've become like addicted to watching your vids, been pissing off my family though 😬😬
Charlie Hopkinson I love alone I a flat so I’ve not got that problem..... awesome videos by the way find the very funny to watch when I can’t sleep
Haha worse things to be addicted to!
any tips for starting a voice impression/singing channel?
Watch these vids
100% 😊. Thanks again Charlie for another good video.
Thanks!
Please .. How to do episode for Ragnar Lothbrok
Skál!
Yes do Ragnar Lothbrok
Thankyou for a brilliant video that was hilarious yet educational 😁 loved it
your welcome 😁
Thanks so much! Comments like this make it worth it!
I've always wanted to hear David attenborough saying shit
😀
Try Jeremy wade, I havnt seen anyone do his voice
Charlie Hopkinson he does river monsters tv series 👍🏻
Pardon my ignorance but who is that?
Always been pretty good at him but this did teach me some new things thanks
Yeah, I think that’s what this video is best for
Earl Jones
Good shout!
Great... Can't wait...
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What do you think of the new style and leave a comment on which other impressions you would like :)
Would you be able to do Dwayne Johnson?
Can you please do Berlin, El professor and other male characters from Money heist (la casa de papel) thank you!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@Charlie Hopkinson awesome! :)
Haha, just sell it as a ‘pained Attenborough’
Thanks very much Ariel! Don’t worry I will try him at some point!
Any plans to do audiobooks?
Shalom Hermione. Shalom. 😆
Harry Potter... starring Alfie Solomons as Harry 😂😂😂
The options are limitless... I'm sure you'd get a BILLION views/downloads if you read some of the classics as Morgan Freeman. Or you could choose a book with 3 or 4 major characters and have "celebrities" playing their parts! I'd love to hear Arthur Shelby reading the "... OLD.. TESTAMENT" too! 😆
What kind?
I'll give it a go but I'm sure my voice wont be deep enough :)
@mandy c that's the spirit!
@Charlie Hopkinson I'll have a good laugh trying.
You'll nail it!
Hink dugs go tae heaven mate?
What?
Can't wait! 😀
me too!
Nice
Max Dawson Nice
:)