André Santana
Vocal Descriptors:
Gen Z, Black, Immigrant, Queer, Motivated, Informative
Pronouns: he/him/his
Accents/Dialects: Slight Spanish & Portuguese accents in English
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André Santana is a voice actor committed to inspiring people to create meaningful change in the world around them. While his experience, training, and industry recognition support his ability to deliver sincere and compelling reads, it is his lived experience within today’s political moment that truly shapes his voice.
As a young person concerned about the economy and his generation’s prospects for upward mobility, an immigrant who recognizes the vital contributions of immigrant communities, a Black professional aware of the growing erosion of trust in institutions, and a queer individual who understands the dangers of scapegoating in the political landscape, Santana brings both authenticity and perspective to his work.
Beyond the microphone, he has been a long-time practitioner of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives within higher education and nonprofit spaces. Much of his expertise comes from working closely with young people, and as a curious global citizen, he appreciates the nuanced differences between grassroots efforts and institutional change.
Santana is dedicated to using his voice to change things for the better by combining the performance skills of a highly awarded actor with the insight and passion of a systems-minded educator.
André is a proud winner of SOVAS and Audie awards on the following categories:
- 2025 Audie Award - Best Horror Audiobook
- 2025 Audiofile Award - Earphone Award and Best Audioooks of 2025
- 2023 SOVAS Award - Best Classic Audiobook Narration
André Santana records in a professional studio equipped with a StudioBricks sound booth, Rode NT1 microphone, Presonus Studio Channel, Adobe Audition, and Izotope RX 10 Audio Tools.
Turnaround TimeBased in Eastern Standard Time (EST, GMT-5), André Santana is a full-time voice talent. All short jobs can be turned around within 24-48hrs, most jobs will be delivered within 12 hours, and rush jobs can be delivered in under 4 hours depending on availability and coordination.
Connection Details
André Santana is available for live remote directed sessions via SourceConnect, Phone Patch, Zoom, and Google Meet.
More About André Santana
André Santana is on a journey to tell great stories, and that journey began in Salvador, Brazil, brought him to Seattle where he grew up, and landed him in New York City where he now works full-time as a voice actor. A unique outcome of his experiences as a Black and Latine immigrant is his Portuguese (proficient) and Spanish (conversational), which he’s had the privilege of using across voiceover.
Currently in his 20s, André identifies as the oldest sector of Gen-Z. He has a mid-tone voice with a trustworthy range for lower, bass-heavy leanings and higher teen-to-preteen voices. He’s recorded dozens of hours of audiobooks in both ranges but knows his natural tone lands well as the recent graduate, younger brother, and even thoughtful expert.
As a voice actor, he primarily narrates audiobooks and is the Audie-winning narrator of BURY YOUR GAYS by Chuck Tingle, EVERYONE WHO IS GONE IS HERE by Jonathan Blitzer, and SITO by Laurence Ralph. André has narrated hundreds of books for audiences of all kinds with dozens of celebrated reviews from Audiofile Magazine, Library Journal, and Booklist Online. For him, books are one of the best places for people to discover stories outside themselves, and he’s honed his self-direction and range as an actor through this work.
André’s warm and dynamic voice has been fundamental on his journey, where he’s recorded smooth spoken word for podcasts, voiced over nail-biting true crime for television, performed mysterious figures and reflective protagonists for video games, and narrated long-form journalism across a variety of subjects.
All of this work is bolstered by his professional background before voiceover. In college, André studied psychology, biology, and sociology and researched queer identity development. He then worked in higher education as a diversity and equity specialist, running programs in student development, human resources, and event planning. Most recently, he worked as a recruiter for several years, hiring teachers for a school network in the northeast.
In his personal life, he’s also a voracious consumer of media, watching film and television (Severance, anyone?) across numerous genres and mediums that range from critically acclaimed indie films like Sing Sing to Shonen anime like Hunter x Hunter. He’s logged hundreds of hours on games like Fortnite and Smash Bros. And, because he came to his central work primarily as a fan, he listens to dozens of audiobooks every year.
André is passionate about a variety of subjects including: Immigration, Housing, Union Rights, Gender Equity, LGBTQIA+ Rights, Education and Voting Access.