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voice-over artist

Voice-over artists perform the dialogues of animated television or movie characters. They empathise with their characters and make them come alive with their voice.

voice-over artist voice-over artists perform the dialogues of animated television or movie characters. They empathise with their characters and make them come alive with their voice. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include acting techniques, rehearse role, follow work schedule, study roles from scripts, analyse the original actor's way of speaking.

AI exposure
5.0/10
automation risk

Pay in India (occupation group)

Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only voice-over artist, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.

Urban India
₹42,717 a month
Rural India
₹30,424 a month
All India
₹38,466 a month

Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report

Top skills

acting techniques rehearse role follow work schedule study roles from scripts analyse the original actor's way of speaking synchronise with mouth movements adapt to type of media analyse a script study relationships between characters memorise lines

Knowledge you'll build

  • Fine Arts
  • English Language
  • Communications and Media
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Psychology
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Education and Training

What you'd actually do

  • Collaborate with other actors as part of an ensemble.
  • Portray and interpret roles, using speech, gestures, and body movements, to entertain, inform, or instruct radio, film, television, or live audiences.
  • Work closely with directors, other actors, and playwrights to find the interpretation most suited to the role.
  • Perform humorous and serious interpretations of emotions, actions, and situations, using body movements, facial expressions, and gestures.
  • Study and rehearse roles from scripts to interpret, learn and memorize lines, stunts, and cues as directed.
  • Learn about characters in scripts and their relationships to each other to develop role interpretations.

Tools & technology you'd use

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Frequently asked questions

What does voice-over artist do?

Voice-over artists perform the dialogues of animated television or movie characters. They empathise with their characters and make them come alive with their voice.

What skills does voice-over artist need?

The most in-demand skills for this role include acting techniques, rehearse role, follow work schedule, study roles from scripts, analyse the original actor's way of speaking, synchronise with mouth movements. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Will AI replace voice-over artist?

Our AI-durability model gives voice-over artist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

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