Mike Cooper (Voiceover artist)
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Mike Cooper is a British voiceover artist based in London
London
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, known for his work on radio
Radio
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 and television
Television
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 (primarily in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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).

Cooper was born in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

. Originally a local radio presenter, he has worked for the BBC
BBC
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 (including as a newsreader
Newsreader
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 for the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
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), satellite TV channels and corporate clients.

In 2008 Cooper narrated Dinosaur Secrets for The History Channel
The History Channel
History, formerly known as The History Channel, is an American-based international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts a variety of reality shows and documentary programs including those of fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future.-...

 (a UK-localised version of the US series Jurassic Fight Club
Jurassic Fight Club
Jurassic Fight Club is a paleontology-based television series on History which premiered in the USA in July 2008.-Summary:Scientists study the battles of prehistoric creatures, such as dinosaurs, before they went extinct. Each episode features a forensic-styled breakdown of a prehistoric battle...

). His other credits include documentaries and series for Bio
The Biography Channel
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, Military History, The Crime & Investigation Network and for the National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society. Like History and the Discovery Channel, the channel features documentaries with factual...

.

TV credits

  • A Killer on Campus (Crime & Investigation Network)
  • Black Widow: A Web of Suspicion (Crime & Investigation Network)
  • Britain at War (Military History)
  • Chevy Chase
    Chevy Chase
    Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, born into a prominent entertainment industry family. Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon...

     (Bio)
  • Diagnosis Unknown (Crime & Investigation Network)
  • Dinosaur Secrets (History)
  • Family Ties
    Family Ties
    Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...

     (Bio)
  • Fishzilla (National Geographic Channel)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis
    Jamie Lee Curtis
    Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and author. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in several horror films early in her career, such as Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that spans many...

     (Bio)
  • Jaws
    Jaws (film)
    Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,...

    : The Inside Story (Bio)
  • Jesus: The Man From Nazareth (National Geographic Channel)
  • Hell's Angels (Bio)
  • Henry Winkler
    Henry Winkler
    Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE is an American actor, director, producer, and author.Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days...

     (Bio)
  • John Candy
    John Candy
    John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle...

    (Bio)
  • Inside: Tut's Treasure Tour (National Geographic Channel)
  • Investigative Reports: Girls, Gangs and the Hood (Crime & Investigation Network)
  • Investigative Reports: Forensic science on trial (Crime & Investigation Network)
  • Megastructures: Air Crane Helicopter (National Geographic Channel)
  • Megastructures: Electric Ocean (National Geographic Channel)
  • Murder for Hire (Crime & Investigation Network)
  • Operation Valkyrie (History)
  • Secret Life of Fireworks (National Geographic Channel)
  • Seven Signs of the Apocalypse (History)
  • Ultimate Africa (National Geographic)
  • World's Tallest Trees (National Geographic Channel)

External links

Mike Cooper - Voiceover Artist on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/mikecooperVoiceover

LondonVoiceover on Twitter - http://twitter.com/londonvoiceover
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