The Narrator of 'Swamp People' Has Been in More Than 10,000 Commercials
By Gina VaynshteynApr. 15 2021, Updated 9:50 p.m. ET
If you music into Swamp People, the show that follows folks who are living in the swamp region in Louisiana, then you're very familiar with Swamp People's narrator. He's roughly the heart and soul of the collection. Although he doesn't slightly have a Louisiana accent, he is from the South. Meet Pat Duke, the narrator Swamp People.
Who narrates 'Swamp People'?
Pat Duke has been narrating Swamp People since 2010. According to his web site, Pat hails from Nashville, the place he started a occupation in tune when he was once 14. He became a studio singer, musician, and in the end manufacturer — and has received a number of awards for his work. He eventually pivoted to voice work and was once hired as the voice of Miller Lite. He's been in over 10,000 commercials, so you have most probably heard his voice sooner than. For a while, he lived in Los Angeles, however he's again in Tennessee.
Pat's LinkedIn describes himself as "a versatile voice actor who connects with the audience. My style is unique, like sweet southern molasses with a gritty city edge. Narration, story telling, I pull the viewer in."
He started narrating Swamp People in 2010, but that is not the one show he's narrated. Pat has narrated National Geographic's Wild Alaska, Rock Stars, and Breakout, Destination America's Buying the Bayou, and extra.
So, how exactly does one finally end up narrating a show like Swamp People? Apparently, he merely auditioned after being instructed to sound like an "authentic Southerner."
"Swamp People began for me as just one more audition in a huge stack of auditions I was recording on a typical day in Los Angeles. I had no idea that one audition was going to change my life. The direction for the script said they wanted it to sound like an 'authentic Southerner.' I figured I might have a shot at winning the gig, because being from Nashville, Tenn., I actually am an 'authentic Southerner,” Pat told NOLA.com.
By this point, we've all come to associate the swamp region of Louisiana with Pat Duke. "The narrator of the display Swamp People is what an alligator would sound like if they might communicate," someone tweeted, and they're not wrong.
The Narrator of the show Swamp People is what an alligator would sound like if they could talk. #SwampPeople
— Justin Mitchell (@freedominacup72) September 5, 2020Surprisingly, not everyone loved Pat at first:
"The government producer, Brian Catalina, beloved my voice, but the other folks up in New York City thought I appeared like a hick. Thank goodness Brian gained them over. I'll tell you this, the New Yorkers were beautiful tough on me for the entire first season, making me re-do stuff as a result of to their ears I was too Southern. Their unfavourable attitudes changed dramatically the second 12 months as a result of they'd a 'runaway hit' on their palms. Suddenly, I may just speak any means I wanted to. They even let me trade the script round every time I felt the words did not sound Southern sufficient."But luckily, it sounds like Pat isn't going anywhere as long as Swamp People is on air. "I guess as long as there's a Swamp People, I'll be the voice of it," Pat shared.
Watch Swamp People every Thursday at Nine p.m. EST at the History Channel.
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