Dialect Coaching for Actors

Master any accent with confidence.

Whether exploring a new accent or refining one already studied, Chris tailors every session to the actor’s needs.

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Knight-Thompson Speechwork (KTS) certified. Dialect coach for major productions, drama-school tutor, and private coach for actors.

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TV & Film Coaching

Chris has provided dialect and performance coaching on a wide range of productions, including:

• Wheel of Time III (Amazon)

• The Thomas Crown Affair (Amazon MGM)

• Toxic Town (Netflix – dialect prep)

• Isle of Sh*te (w/t) (Channel 4)

• Crookhaven (BBC – dialect prep)

• The Hardacres (Channel 5 – dialect prep)

• Eklo - I (Nepal sci-fi feature)

• Untitled film with Lennie James (dialect prep)

• Honeywell (feature film – dialect prep)

• Emmerdale (ITV – dialect prep)

• Alarum (feature film – dialect prep)

• DI Ray (ITV – dialect prep)

• Andor II (Disney – shadowing dialect coach Naomi Todd)

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Theatre & Audio Coaching

Chris’s theatre and audio coaching credits include:

• Witness for the Prosecution (West End, dialect prep)

• The Woman (Birmingham Rep & UK Tour, dialect prep)

• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Chance Theater, California, dialect prep)

• Paddington Lo-Commotion (Blenheim Palace)

• Bad Seed, Quiet Perseverance (Audible)

• Miss Julie, King Charles III, A Monster Calls,  Three Sisters, The Dog in the Manger, The Erpingham Camp, The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs (LAMDA)

• Everlasting Lily (Associated Studios)​​

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Actors Coached

Chris has coached acclaimed and award-winning performers including:

• Adria Arjona (Andor, Morbius, Hit Man, Good Omens)

• Shohreh Aghdashloo (Emmy winner & Oscar nominee)

• Kate Fleetwood (Tony nominee)

• Abdul Salis (Love Actually, F1, Mufasa: The Lion King)

• Meera Syal (BAFTA Fellowship)

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Drama School Tutor​

Chris teaches on BA / MA / MFA acting programmes at: LAMDA, Mountview Academy, Rose Bruford College, Millennium Performing Arts (MPA), Emil Dale Academy, and ALRA (North & South). He also runs private coaching for actors at all career stages..

My Approach

Whether preparing for a role, exploring a new accent, or refining one already studied, Chris helps actors speak and perform with confidence and freedom. He is a Knight-Thompson Speechwork (KTS) certified coach, and many actors find the KTS “4 P’s” framework useful when approaching accents:

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• Posture – the physical “home base” of the accent: lips, jaw, tongue, and soft palate. It’s the overall “shape” of the accent — the way your mouth naturally feels when speaking in that accent.

• Prosody – the rhythm, melody, and musicality of the accent.

• Pronunciation – the key sounds and how they’re distributed across words.

• People – understanding the cultural context and identity behind the accent.

• Finally, a vital fifth P – Performance: accents only truly come alive when embedded in the acting itself. The goal is for the accent to feel invisible and fully integrated, so the character sounds like a natural, human speaker rather than an actor performing an accent.

 

While the 4 P’s provide a structured foundation, I always adapt my methods to each actor’s learning style, goals, and the specific character.

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Accents Worked With

Chris has coached actors, drama students, and accent modification clients from around the world. So far, he has worked with:

Standard Southern British English/Modern RP, Cockney, Estuary, Essex, Multicultural London English, Traditional RP, Heightened RP, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Sheffield, Hull, Mancunian, Bolton, Lancastrian, Black Country, Brummie, Geordie, Scouse, Bristolian, Sussex, Suffolk, Cornwall, General American, New York, Alabamian, AAVE, Bostonian, Virginian, Georgian, Dublin, Belfast, Mayo, South Wales, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glaswegian, Jamaican, Australian, Thai, Polish, Romanian, Hebrew, Russian, French, Italian, Austrian, Spanish, Swedish, Icelandic, Nepali, German, Greek, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tamil, Yoruba, Nigerian, and Zimbabwean.

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Practical Info

• Rates: £75 per hour / £105 for 90 minutes

• Resources: Visit my Learning Resources page for tools and recommendations​​

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