VO BioCraig DeSilva is a graduate of the prestigious Emerson College In Boston, Massachusetts where he holds a degree in Speech with a minor in Theater. He studied music from the age of 6, having come from a lineage of musicians, especially his father who was a Billboard charting musician and lead singer for the band "Bobby Silva And The Silvatones". Craig started his career in live theater in Boston and NYC, and eventually continued onto Los Angeles. Moving swiftly into TV in LA, he landed a handful of reoccurring soap appearances on "The Young And The Restless", before embarking on what would be a top performer's career in voice over. Simultaneously, Craig garnered success as a musician following in his father's footprint.
In his voice over career, he is possibly best known as the announcer voice on the Emmy winning hit TV series "The Sopranos" for 6 years. He has also worked on other HBO series, including "Rome", "The Comeback" with Lisa Kudrow, and the hit series "True Blood" starring Alexander Skarsgard and Anna Paquin. Craig has narrator over 23 television series including shows such as "1000 Places To See Before You Die", "Technomania", and "The Seven Natural Wonders Of The World". Working as a premiere narrator for the Discovery Network and National Geographic to name a few, Craig's current series "Cold Blood" can be seen weekly on the Investigation Discovery Network. He has made a distinctive mark in the world of movie trailers, voicing such campaigns as the Academy Award winning "Devil Wears Prada" and "Babel", where he had the fortune of working with director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Inarritu personally requested Craig to double for Brad Pitt's voice in the movie after Pitt was unavailable to cover his own ADR. Craig has also been fortunate to work with Joel Schumacher on "Batman And Robin", and Guss Van Sant on "Good Will Hunting". Craig has been the brand voice on such advertising campaigns as "Expedia", "Chex Mix", "General Motors", and "Infiniti" amongst many others.
Songwriting BioCraig DeSilva is an accomplished American singer/songwriter. In his early years while honing his songwriting craft, he thanks Eric Bazilian who penned Joan Osborne's number 1 Billboard Hit "One Of Us" for encouraging him to continue pursuing his professional songwriting career. He has landed cuts on various records including Fisher's Uppers and Downers (Formerly of Interscope Records) and Film Music Magazines' Film Music Compilation Volume 2. He has worked with Pop/R&B vocalist Nicole Scherzinger (lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls), having written the single, "Strike Three", performed by Nicole for the hit UK series Faking It, which he was also the show composer for. Craig has also worked with famed country artist Kellie Coffey (RCA/BNA Nashville), best known for her hit single "When You Lie Next To Me". He has also been sought after for his songs by well known, talented, and accomplished artists such as Terry Nunn, lead singer of the band Berlin, who is best known for their hit single "Take My Breath Away" for the feature film Top Gun starring Tom Cruise.
He has written for Disney Classics films like Bambi 2, Planes 2, Jungle Book 2, Mulan 2, and Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas, among many others as well as several soundtracks for feature film releases including Unfaithful, America's Sweethearts, Pay It Forward, and Stuart Little 2. His songs can be heard on a variety of TV shows for such networks as MTV, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Bravo, and TLC, along with co-writing the main title song for the Melissa Etheridge series Beyond Chance for Lifetime Television. He has scored three series as a show composer, earning him a daytime Emmy nomination for his composition work on Operation Junkyard for NBC.
For Bookings/VO Reels/Song Samples
To Book Craig for Voice Over
Contact
USA
Los Angeles
VOX inc.
Tom Lawlesstlawless@voxusa.comDirect- 310-951-2537
United Kingdom
London
One Take Voices
James Thakehello@onetakevoices.com Direct-02-071752175
For Songwriting/Composing
Contact
USA
PEN Music Group
Michael Eamesmichael@penmusic.comDirect-818-766-9200
Germany-Hamburg
Unique Music Group
Torben Paustiancontact@uniquemusicgroup.com Direct-49-015202811620
For all other inquiries, contact Craig directlycraigdesilva@mac.com
