The VoiceMaster
“Pocholo Gonzales. He is one of the top VO actors in the Philippines and is the owner of CreatiVoices Productions. In this video he is interviewed about how he got his start and about the work he does today. You will enjoy hearing about one of our favorite people!! Pocholo is one of the good guys. - ” // Penny Abshire Executive Producer/Creative Director at VoiceActing.com...
He comes up on stage and amazes the crowd with the many voices he can make. He says something funny and has the entire audience roar with laughter. He shares his visions and words of inspiration and simply makes everyone blown away. Is there any other Filipino motivational speaker who can do all that in a single talk?
Veteran voice artist. Experienced radio broadcaster. Internationally-awarded youth advocate. Author. Most sought-after voice coach, trainer and motivational speaker. Pocholo de Leon Gonzales is known as the “VoiceMaster of the Philippines” for having utilized his voice not only for the purpose of entertaining people, but more importantly for inspiring, motivating and empowering particularly the Filipino youth.
At the young age of 16, Pocholo started his voice acting career after winning a competition in DZMM's drama and singing contest “Radyo, Radyo” where he later became one of the anchors, scriptwriter, and co-director. His voice has since then been used for thousands of anime characters, hundreds of local radio and television commercials, various children’s programs, films, dubbed foreign telenovelas, drama, TV shows, video games and audiobooks. He has also done work for many TV and radio stations – both major and minor – as a reporter, broadcaster, host, voice over, radio drama talent and voice director.
Pocholo aced his education as a BA Speech Communication graduate from the University of the Philippines, Diliman. He then took his MA in Broadcast Communication in the same school, all while he is making his name in the voice acting industry.
Pocholo’s biggest accomplishment as a voice artist is being the voice of the greatest book ever written – the Holy Bible. Pocholo has been selected among dozens of voice artists to read the Filipino AudioBible produced by Biblica, the world’s largest distributor of the Bible in different languages round the world.