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Last update: April 19th. 2008

Latest Audiobook News

Jim's audiobook of 
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
by J.K.Rowling
 won a 
Grammy Award 2008
 
"Best Spoken Audiobook for Children"
This is Jim's sixth Grammy Award nomination.
He won his first Grammy in 2000 for
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"

It has also been
selected as one of the  
"Audiobooks of the Year 2007"
by Publishers Weekly

Jim has just received an
 Audie Award Nomination 2008
"Solo Narration - Male"
for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" 

2007 Audie Award Winner

Jim hosted the 2007 Audie Awards
at the Rainbow Room, New York City. 

For his performance of "Peter and the Shadow Thieves"
he was awarded one of the evenings top Audie Award prizes, 

"Best Male Narrator 2007

Jim's Audie Award winning performance of 
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latest Stage News
 Jim's last appearance on Broadway was in
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's  musical,

"The Threepenny Opera" 

For his performance as Mister Peachum, he was honored with the following:- 
 Drama Desk Award
 Outer Critics Circle Award, 
 Richard Seff Award 
 Drama League Award
 Tony Award Nomination  

In 2008 Jim will star in a new Broadway bound musical 
"Busker Alley" 
by the Sherman Brothers 
("Mary Poppins" - "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang")

Latest Television News

Jim is the "Narrator" in ABC's new hit TV series,

"Pushing Daisies"
Nominated for three Golden Globe Awards 2007 including "Best Show"

Friars Club of New York "Toast to Jim Dale"

Jim was recently 'Toasted' by his fellow Friars at a celebration dinner and cabaret at the famous Friars Club of New York.
Master of ceremonies, Freddie Roman, introduced top Broadway stars who have worked with Jim over the past thirty years. 
They included such Tony Award winners as Bebe Neuwirth, Dee Hoty, George S Irving, Lillias White, Tovah Feldshuh, 
Lee Roy Reams, Karen Ziemba, Jason Danieley, Len Cariou, and Anna Bergman. 

For the first time in the history of the Friars Club
"The Thespian Award For Excellence in the Theatre"
was bestowed upon an actor rather than a comedian. 
It was presented to Jim to a standing ovation from fellow Friars and their guests.

A Second Guinness World Record

"In the 'Top Ten Best Selling Audio C.D's of America and Canada',
Narrator Jim Dale takes the first SIX places 
with his recordings of the Harry Potter books."

                                                                    (Amazon.com - August 2005) 

Jim also holds a Guinness World Record for creating
"Most Character Voices in an Audio Book - 134 
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

The above record has just been broken by Jim who created 146 voices for 
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

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