Marc Silk

Marc Silk (born 14 September 1972) is a British voice actor.

During his school years, Silk was a quiet student who was aspiring for creativity. He presented a mock radio show for his media course, in which he performed an "unusual mix" of his heroes, interests and influences. The show caught attention from the mainstream media, with BBC Radio 4 building a feature on it.

Many years later, Silk became a radio producer, practising his skills at home. He hosted a radio show in Coventry, directing other voice actors for promotions and doing sketches. He was offered a job by BBC Radio 1, but he turned it down since he was nervous and was still learning. He did part-time work at BRMB, and his father Reg Silk (5 June 1939 – 18 November 2005), who was disabled and wore an artificial leg, would appear in Treasure Island as Charlton Heston's stunt double.

In 1996, Silk founded his own company, named The Production Pit, to start working as a voice actor. He cites Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Don Messick (whom he met at the age of 12 in 1985), Daws Butler, Kenny Everett, Freddie Mercury, Aretha Franklin, Brian Cant, David Graham, Monty Python, George Lucas, and his parents as his influences. In 1998, he was asked to present live continuity on CITV, filling in for Steve Ryde, and also did voiceovers for promotions for the Disney Channel (at Teddington Studios) and Cartoon Network. He was also brought onto Radio 1 Breakfast to perform the voice of Scooby-Doo.

In 1999, Silk was hired by George Lucas to provide the voices of Tey How and Aks Moe in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, recording them at Abbey Road Studios. Being a fan of Star Wars, Silk considered his work with Lucas "a genuine honour". From 2000 to 2001, he voiced Johnny Bravo in bumpers for Cartoon Network, when Johnny "hosted" the "Toon FM" programming block on the channel, along with Brak from Space Ghost Coast to Coast, voiced by Dan Russell. He also provided the voices of Scooby and Shaggy Rogers in bumpers aired on Cartoon Network, CITV and Boomerang. Silk's character vocal work also includes Chicken Run, the US voice of Bob and several other characters in Bob the Builder, The Pingu Show, The Lingo Show, Strange Hill High, the 2015 reboot of Danger Mouse, and Go Jetters.

In 2003, Silk started doing voiceovers for FM104 in Dublin. Since 2015, he is the host of Symphonic Star Wars at the Royal Albert Hall. He is also a supporter of The Brain Tumour Charity.

Share A Story (2013) – multiple BAFTA award-winning production (CITV)