Noah Michael Levine
Noah Michael Levine
2016 Audie Winner
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2019 Winner
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2019 Double Nominee
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2020 Double Nominee
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Noah Michael Levine has been acting/performing (stage, film, television, voiceover, and music) for more than 40 years. With over 400 audiobooks recorded, narrating is a gift for him and what truly makes him happy. He has a great enthusiasm for the potent intimacy of this medium, and loves bringing voice and character to authors' words, and telling their stories with heart. Noah's core strengths and passions lie in the areas of beautiful literary and historical fiction, smart thrillers and dramas, intricate fantasy and sci-fi, and fascinating non-fiction. Regardless of the genre, it’s always about the characters and their stories, and bringing the best performance possible to the listener with his natural connection of relating to the material, feeling and expression of the work.
When I was 6 years old, I began taking piano lessons with acclaimed composer and pianist, Arthur Cunningham. He had a pet rooster named Kenneth who would sit beside me on the bench, while I struggled to plunk out Fur Elise, bobbing his head. He would then reward me, good performance or bad, by allowing me to feed him corn out of my little hand.
What Arthur taught me about music went so much beyond playing notes written on a page. He instilled in me the importance of connecting with the material and feeling the music in my body, not just hearing it in my head. Those early lessons would deeply inform my years of experience in music, stage work, television, film, voiceover, and audiobook narration.
My job as a narrator is to tell a story to the listener and to put myself in the shoes of the characters and their situations. It is also to remember that, for the most part, I am performing right into the ears of another person, and that informs my approach to the work. When I'm sunk into a story, into portraying those characters and their conflicts, triumphs, misgivings, and wonder, it's an amazing feeling.
I am passionate about great conversations on politics, psychology, religion, science and philosophy. But there’s nothing I love more than acting and performing. I had a band in the 80s, where I was lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist. We got and lost a record deal. They were some of the most creative and crazy years of my life.
Having worked in many different capacities across a multitude of industries in my life I've sought out new experiences and challenges.
I’ve pumped gas, and fixed tires, hauled garbage and paved parking lots. I worked as a computer tech analyst in the earlier days of what we now know as the computer generation, as an investment analyst, financial consultant, and commodities trader. And, perhaps my favorite, non-entertainment business job was managing restaurants, which led to a lifelong passion for cooking, feeding friends, and becoming a snobless foodie.
In 1999, I very suddenly became ill, and have had, for the past 25 years, one of those things they call, “an invisible illness.” Of course, it hasn’t been a lot of fun, but not only do I manage it as best as I can, it may very well be that, were it not for this circumstance, I may never have fallen into what has become one of the biggest joys in my life – narrating and producing audiobooks.
I am also proud of my company, Skywire Paymaster Services. Working on the business side of the audiobook industry has been amazing. I’ve saved actors, publishers, producers, and authors hundreds of thousands of dollars, and have had many great conversations with colleagues. This has also allowed me to passionately mentor other narrators seeking growth in their work.
That’s why I’m an audiobook narrator. All of these experiences, the good and the hard, have made me strive to embody characters in a genuine, and meaningful way, to breathe life into the words that an author has penned, and to have authenticity and intention with the people I collaborate with, always moving forward with a generosity of spirit. And I’ve had the privilege of working on many projects for which playing these characters has been deeply moving.
- BACKSTORY
When I was 6 years old, I began taking piano lessons with acclaimed composer and pianist, Arthur Cunningham. He had a pet rooster named Kenneth who would sit beside me on the bench, while I struggled to plunk out Fur Elise, bobbing his head. He would then reward me, good performance or bad, by allowing me to feed him corn out of my little hand.
What Arthur taught me about music went so much beyond playing notes written on a page. He instilled in me the importance of connecting with the material and feeling the music in my body, not just hearing it in my head. Those early lessons would deeply inform my years of experience in music, stage work, television, film, voiceover, and audiobook narration.
My job as a narrator is to tell a story to the listener and to put myself in the shoes of the characters and their situations. It is also to remember that, for the most part, I am performing right into the ears of another person, and that informs my approach to the work. When I'm sunk into a story, into portraying those characters and their conflicts, triumphs, misgivings, and wonder, it's an amazing feeling.
I am passionate about great conversations on politics, psychology, religion, science and philosophy. But there’s nothing I love more than acting and performing. I had a band in the 80s, where I was lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist. We got and lost a record deal. They were some of the most creative and crazy years of my life.
Having worked in many different capacities across a multitude of industries in my life I've sought out new experiences and challenges.
I’ve pumped gas, and fixed tires, hauled garbage and paved parking lots. I worked as a computer tech analyst in the earlier days of what we now know as the computer generation, as an investment analyst, financial consultant, and commodities trader. And, perhaps my favorite, non-entertainment business job was managing restaurants, which led to a lifelong passion for cooking, feeding friends, and becoming a snobless foodie.
In 1999, I very suddenly became ill, and have had, for the past 25 years, one of those things they call, “an invisible illness.” Of course, it hasn’t been a lot of fun, but not only do I manage it as best as I can, it may very well be that, were it not for this circumstance, I may never have fallen into what has become one of the biggest joys in my life – narrating and producing audiobooks.
I am also proud of my company, Skywire Paymaster Services. Working on the business side of the audiobook industry has been amazing. I’ve saved actors, publishers, producers, and authors hundreds of thousands of dollars, and have had many great conversations with colleagues. This has also allowed me to passionately mentor other narrators seeking growth in their work.
That’s why I’m an audiobook narrator. All of these experiences, the good and the hard, have made me strive to embody characters in a genuine, and meaningful way, to breathe life into the words that an author has penned, and to have authenticity and intention with the people I collaborate with, always moving forward with a generosity of spirit. And I’ve had the privilege of working on many projects for which playing these characters has been deeply moving.