Austen Moret

About Austen Moret

Austen Moret is the voice you’ve heard on national spots for Apple, Amazon, Thrive Market, and ESPN and the creative mind sculpting the sound behind them. Known for his authentic, flexible voice and deep understanding of audio storytelling, Austen has become a go-to for brands and game studios alike. His voice acting credits include standout performances in Multiversus, Dune: Awakening, and Throne & Liberty, as well as a kid-friendly Batman for DC.

When he’s not behind the mic, Austen’s producing music, scoring indie films, or engineering mixes that elevate high-profile campaigns. A lifelong audio obsessive and internationally raised creative, he delivers premium quality with artistic flair across every format.

Why Audiobook Narration Is Physically Harder Than It Sounds

By Austen Moret. Published on: October 17, 2026

Listening to an audiobook can make narration sound deceptively simple. A performer sits down with a book, reads the words and eventually emerges with ten or fifteen hours of finished audio. Compared with voice work built around shouting characters, rapid commercial sessions or physically animated performances, reading a novel aloud might not immediately seem particularly […]

When Audiobook Narrators Need to Call the Author

By Austen Moret. Published on: October 2, 2026

An audiobook narrator can receive a finished manuscript containing every word that will eventually reach the listener and still discover that something important is missing. A character’s unusual surname may have no obvious pronunciation. A fantasy novel may introduce cities and creatures that exist nowhere outside the author’s imagination. A seemingly minor character might later […]

Kenjiro Tsuda Takes TikTok to Court Over Alleged AI Voice Clone

By Austen Moret. Published on: September 28, 2026

Japanese voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda has taken TikTok to court over videos that he says used an artificial intelligence-generated imitation of his distinctive voice without permission, putting one of Japan’s best-known voice performers at the center of a potentially important test of how existing rights apply to AI voice cloning. The dispute involves at least […]

Mark Hamill Takes Over as Darkwing Duck in New Disney+ Series

By Austen Moret. Published on: September 24, 2026

Mark Hamill is taking on another major animated character, but this time he is returning to a franchise he already knows from a very different perspective. Disney has officially greenlit a new Darkwing Duck animated series for Disney+, with Hamill voicing Drake Mallard, the superhero better known as Darkwing Duck. Disney announced the series on […]

When Voice Actors Become Dubbing Directors

By Austen Moret. Published on: September 18, 2026

Voice actors and dubbing directors occupy different sides of the same recording session. One performer is concentrating on a particular character, while the director has to consider how that performance fits the script, the picture, the rest of the cast and the production as a whole. Yet dubbing has a long history of performers eventually […]

Kristen DiMercurio Is the Voice You May Have Heard on Your Bluetooth Devices

By Austen Moret. Published on: September 8, 2026

Millions of people regularly hear voice actors without realizing they are listening to one. The voice might come from a phone system, an instructional video, an appliance or the small Bluetooth speaker sitting on a kitchen counter. For Kristen DiMercurio, that anonymity produced an unusual form of recognition. After years of recording thousands of voiceover […]

GTA 6 Extended Look Puts Jason and Lucia’s Voices in the Spotlight

By Austen Moret. Published on: August 30, 2026

Rockstar Games has finally given players an extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI, releasing a 26-minute presentation that offers the most substantial look yet at Vice City, the wider state of Leonida and the criminal partnership between Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look premiered on Netflix on August […]

Jeff Hays Will Keep Voicing Princess Donut in the Dungeon Crawler Carl TV Series

By Austen Moret. Published on: August 23, 2026

When Dungeon Crawler Carl makes the jump from bestselling books and audiobooks to live-action television, one of its most recognizable voices will make the transition with it. Jeff Hays, the narrator responsible for bringing Matt Dinniman’s sprawling cast of characters to life across the Dungeon Crawler Carl audiobooks, will voice Princess Donut in Peacock’s upcoming […]

How Voiceover Reaches Across Disney’s World at D23 2026

By Austen Moret. Published on: August 13, 2026

When D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event opens in Anaheim on August 14, much of the attention will naturally fall on new movies, television series, attractions and major franchise announcements. Yet across those different areas of Disney entertainment, another creative discipline will repeatedly be present even when it is not explicitly mentioned in the name […]

Family Guy Cast Teases Stewie’s Next Chapter at Comic-Con

By Austen Moret. Published on: August 4, 2026

The world of Family Guy is about to get a little bigger, and according to the cast, fans can expect a fresh adventure centered on one of television’s most recognizable animated characters. During the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con, cast members shared their excitement about the newly announced Stewie spinoff, offering the first behind-the-scenes […]

Futurama Returns to Comic-Con Ahead of Season 14

By Austen Moret. Published on: July 14, 2026

More than 25 years after its television debut, Futurama continues to prove why it remains one of animation’s most enduring science fiction comedies. This month, the series returns to San Diego Comic-Con with one of the convention’s most anticipated animation panels, giving fans an early look at Season 14 before its August premiere. Hulu’s presentation […]