Northern English Voice Actors

Famous examples of Northern accents

Here are videos showing some of our favorite actors speaking with a variety of Northern accents. 

Sean Bean’s distinct and rich Yorkshire accent can be heard in the O2 commercials:

Cheryle Tweedy, singer, model, and presenter speak with a Geordie accent:

Bernard Hill’s natural Mancunian accent as Theoden King of Rohan in The Lord of the Rings:

Claire Sweeney is a British actress and presenter with a soft Scouse accent:

Discover more about the Northern English Accent

Northern English accents include:
·       Scouse (Liverpool)
·       Geordie (Tyneside)
·       Mancunian (Manchester)
·       and various Yorkshire dialects.

Viking roots

The Northern English accent is influenced by the Viking settlements and the Danelaw in the 9th and 10th centuries. Many place names in the North of England have roots in the Old East Norse language. The Northern accents are so different from one another they are distinguishable even to non-native speakers. It’s amazing when you consider the regions are only separated by a few hundred miles.

On this page, you can hear some of our best Northern English voice actors from various regions in the UK. If this isn’t what you’re looking for, you can listen to many more regional English variations from Great Britain, including English-RP, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish.

We also serve a wide range of different world languages, if accents aren’t what you need.