He was born as an outcast. “The biggest nerd you’ve ever met,” says Jerry Beharry. Born to a Hindu Father and a Muslim mother. “I was so different, I resented my roots and always wanted to be anybody but me.”
“I was treated so cruelly by the kids at school…and It’s not easy to be different.”
Experiencing high expectations from his parents, Jerry chose pre-med in college, “because I’m a people pleaser,” and Jerry found school to be easy and was an academic all-star. “My parents did not pressure me, but I felt their influence to do very well in school.” says Jerry. “So, in high school, they called me “Doc,” which added to the pressure that everyone expected.”
“I wanted to become a pilot,” says Jerry, “and then 911 happened. And because I look like one of those that high jackers of the planes, I thought, there is no way that passengers would ever trust me to be in the cockpit because of what I look like.”
So armed with two bachelor’s degrees, Jerry entered tech. It provided a salary and benefits, “and it was easy for me, but I never felt like I belonged in that world,” says Jerry, “and then suddenly Jerry got laid off on April 10th of 2023, “and that prompted a search for a new life.”
Jerry in his voice-over studio.
“I’d dabbled around with VO before acting on-camera, but never thought about VO as a professional career,” says Jerry, “But, my first call for my first film changed all of that.” It was Marvel Studios “Guardians of the Galaxy-volume 3.” He filmed in January of 2022. And that one film led to being cast in “A Family Affair,” “The Family Plan” for Apple TV,” The Electric State” for Netflix and is currently filming at this writing for Hulu “Reasonable Doubt.” And Jerry’s next film to be shot is slated for next month. The film is “Superman” and is slated for release by director James Gunn in 2025.
But voiceover was the preamble to his interest in filming movies. He began classes and studying extensively. But he handled his entry into voiceover very differently. “I spent (18) months just preparing for the career.” Jerry hired the well-known demo producer Chuck Duran to produce the audio demo and Remy Cashman did his video demo and “It was the best demo $2,800 dollars money could buy.”
“That demo portrayed me in the very best possible light and showed everyone what I sounded like and what I was capable of,” he says. “And I always felt that people didn’t need to just hear me, they needed to FEEL me.” And this led to being cast as the voice of Academy Sports and Outdoor four times. www.TheDulcetOneVO.com
Jerry’s voice over work ranges from video games to pizza commercials and beyond.
Jerry is a rare voiceover artist in terms of how many jobs he books, because of his dulcet voice. “I book 7 out of 100 auditions,” he tells me. And for the record, the successful VO actor will book typically about two percent of what they audition for. That is two percent, not seven percent. “I do everything in my power to come in first place in everything I do, because I Hate to lose.” And as Jerry explains, “I was always told what I couldn’t do.” This negative perception led all the way back to being nine years old when he was told he could not play baseball, “So, when I got up to bat, I knocked the ball out of the park.”
Jerry’s reinvention from a “burned out tech guy” to owning a medical transport business, which didn’t work out, was part of his journey to voiceover and shaped his foundation. So, when this athlete/tech guy discovered voiceover, it gave him solace. “All along, I was not on an incorrect path.” His skillsets in voiceover are commercials, e-learning, animation and video games. And oddly, Jerry is The Voice of God for the videogame “Predecessor,” “of which his son watches.
And now to irony. Jerry’s son, Jayan who is interested in flight and engineering is filling the space in aviation that Jerry did not pursue because of the way he looks. Bound for Auburn, Jayan was accepted out of 55,000 applications for only 4,500 open slots in aerospace engineering at Auburn University. So, in a very unusual way, Jayan is on his way to becoming what Jerry himself saw fascination involving aviation.
Jerry’s son Jayan.
Jerry’s marketing skills to promote his voice are unparalleled. “I have 100,000 followers on Instagram,” and although Jerry sees himself as a Type B personality, “I learned you have to put yourself out there, and the moment you stop learning, you're dead.” www.instagram.com/thedulcetonevo
Jerry also believes in using professionals to help his career. He has (7) agents and on (25) rosters around the world.
And so, the nerd you have heard has finally discovered himself. And all his voiceover accomplishments occurred with him starting in July of 2023. You read that right. Jerry Beharry, the nerd, the person who worked in tech, has only been on voiceover full time for that short about of time. And now unlike any time in his 47 years he’s lived, Jerry Beharry now knows, it pays to be an outcast.
