Cameron Powrie

Cameron Powrie is a former child actor, now turned in-demand voice over artist. He has a range of voice credits on top TV and radio commercials, as well as corporate VO work. He is known throughout the industry for his versatility, speed and, most importantly, availability.
Powrie made his acting debut in 2000 as Young Titus Groan in Gormenghast (episode 1.3) . He starred alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Stephen Fry and June Brown, who went on to find fame as Dot Cotton in Eastenders. Powrie's road to fame lay in a different direction.
As a young starlet, the world was at his feet. He was described in Tatler as "Britain's most promising bachelor under the age of 16" and by theatre critic, J. Saville, as "A hugely stimulating prospect". However, at the height of his fame as a child actor, Powrie suffered form the common affliction of burn out from fame and retired to regional theatre. He appeared as 'Boy (alt) in the 2000 production of Anthony and Cleopatra at the Plymouth Theatre Royal . He once again received critical acclaim, if on a smaller scale, as the Plymouth Raised Eyebrow stated that "He really does make the role of Boy (alt) his own." Still suffering from acute stage fright and confirmed reports of substance abuse, Cameron then announced his retirement from the stage to a stunned medium. Mainly because she thought he only came in for a seance.
Powrie used his sabbatical to travel the world and found a home from home in Japan, where he instantly became a master of the language, and bought several fantastic jumpers featuring Japanese script and characters. He also did some work there which he told me about once but now I can't remember.
However, a talent such as Cameron's could not stay away from the limelight for long and he was soon drawn out of retirement to star mai as Young Nat in the 2001 film, 'Me without You' . He starred alongside Michelle Williams and Anna Friel . He memorably split tomato sauce from a bacon sandwich at the crew van all over Anna Friel's top.
Once again though, the level of press scrutiny into his private life left Powrie to take a change of direction. The world of advertisng grapsed him to its heaving bosom and he found himself entering the recording studio to use his acting talents as a voice over artist. He is now known as advertising's 'Man of many voices', noted for his ability to seamlessly shift from a convincing Australian accent, Japanese, American or even African. He also went on to play a leading role in the creation of one of the finest adverts of modern times. Baker's The Italian Dog .
Cameron also provided the voice talent for a short-lived animated series called Muscadet. In this series his character, Eugene McPoshboy, used an enchanted pencil to travel to a mysterious black and white illustration world, where he became the superhero Muscadet, accompanied by his trusty sidecicks Benedict the Dog and Flemming the Danish
In 2012, he is returning to his native TV to start off where he left off.

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