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+ | Bryan has also portrayed a large number of characters in Joe Harrison's audio drama ''Conquest of the Empire,'' including established characters from the Star Wars films, such as Crix Madine, Commander Veers and Captain Antillies. Bryan's work on this five-part series earned him his first [[Fan Audio Awards|Fan Audio Award]], for Best Supporting Actor in an Audio Drama, in 2007. Bryan tied for the award with Nathan P. Butler, also from his work on ''Conquest of the Empire.'' |
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| Bryan Patrick Stoyle | |||
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| Birthdate | July 20, 1984 | ||
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| Location | Buffalo, New York, USA | ||
| Production Occupation | Actor / Co-Host | ||
| Since | 2005 | ||
| Appearances | Always in Motion: Ambush on An'Kerra
ChronoRadio |
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Bryan Patrick Stoyle is a voice actor in the Star Wars fan audio community. He is known for portraying Zallaron Kell in Always in Motion: Ambush on An'Kerra as well as playing multiple characters in Conquest of the Empire. Bryan also served as a co-host to Robbie Chastain on his internet radio show Star Wars and Beyond in 2006.
Fandom Before Fan Audio
Bryan became a fan of Star Wars at age 12 during the summer of 1996, thanks to his brother and cousin, who had become fans soon before. With the release of Shadows of the Empire, Hasbro's new toy line and the anticipation for the Special Editions and Prequel Trilogy, Bryan entered Star Wars fandom right as Star Wars was returning to mainstream popular culture.
Bryan quickly became an avid reader of many of the novels and comics in the Expanded Universe, as well as collecting and customizing action figures. Bryan's fandom remained strong throughout his early teenage years, though it started to give way in his final years of high school.
Fan Audio Fan
Upon entering college in 2002, Bryan took up a renewed interest in comic books, and through some of his film classes started looking into fan films of various genres. Upon perusing the Fan Films section on TheForce.net, Bryan came across episodes of Digital Llama Radio. From there, Bryan was introduced to the slowly growing world of fan internet radio shows, listening to early episodes of ChronoRadio, Requiem of the Outcast and Star Wars and Beyond. Bryan also watched audio dramas slowly develop, primarily from Rayzur's Edge Audio in the genre's formative years, such as Second Strike.
Fan Audio Contributions
After spending over a year and a half being a fan of fan audio, Bryan started to record auditions for several projects in 2004, Bryan would eventually be cast in small roles in some projects, however many of them never saw completion, including the Star Wars/Star Trek crossover audio drama, Crossed Galaxies.
Always in Motion: Ambush on An'Kerra
After hearing some voice auditions of Bryan's, and after correspondence on the Galactic Senate message boards, Rayzur's Edge Audio founder Nathan P. Butler contacted Bryan in late 2004 to lend his voice talents to a new project he was developing. The project was Always in Motion: Ambush on An'Kerra, a fan audio take on the "Choose Your Own Adventure" storytelling format, in which the listener would decide the direction of the protagonist, a young Jedi padawan named Zallaron Kell.
Nathan approached Bryan to portray Zallaron, the drama's lead, stating he would need someone both young and with acting chops to perform the difficult task of recording lines for scenes that link up in different ways, as well as lines for scenes that would cause completely different storylines while still remaining true to the character. Bryan recorded his lines in January 2005, and the audio drama was released online on March 1, after a special preview on Star Wars enDirect on February 27.
Other Voices
When Nathan P. Butler was creating Other Voices, a new "news magazine" format radio show in 2005, Bryan volunteered to contribute a segment to the show's premiere episode. Bryan's segment "Defending the Menace" was a look at the positive aspects of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The segment explored new perspectives in the hype of Star Wars in the 1990s, from storytelling in the Expanded Universe to the state of fandom over the years leading into the premiere of the film, giving possible reasons as to why the film was not as well received as expected. Other Voices marked Bryan's first contribution to a radio show rather than an audio drama.
Fan Audio Made Easy
Nathan P. Butler again asked Bryan to lend his talents, however this time it was to create a series of tutorial segments for his developing series, Fan Audio Made Easy. Bryan contributed three episodes (12, 13 and 14) of the series' 36-episode run, giving basic instruction to the art of acting and voice acting.
Conquest of the Empire
Bryan has also portrayed a large number of characters in Joe Harrison's audio drama Conquest of the Empire, including established characters from the Star Wars films, such as Crix Madine, Commander Veers and Captain Antillies. Bryan's work on this five-part series earned him his first Fan Audio Award, for Best Supporting Actor in an Audio Drama, in 2007. Bryan tied for the award with Nathan P. Butler, also from his work on Conquest of the Empire.
Star Wars and Beyond
In 2005, shortly after seeing the premiere of Revenge of the Sith, Bryan answered the call for guest contributions by Robbie Chastain, host of Star Wars and Beyond. Bryan's comments on the film were released in the radio show's sixth episode.
At the end of 2005, Robbie contacted Bryan to conduct an interview for the show (Episode XII), which led to Robbie asking Bryan to serve as co-host of the program. Bryan joined the show as co-host for Episode XIII, the presentation of the 2006 Fan Audio Awards, in February 2006. Bryan served as co-host of the show for seven months, appearing in five of the show's episodes.
As summer 2006 was ending and Bryan entered his fifth and final year of college, his workload became too heavy to continue to commit to a regular role on the show. Robbie recorded Episode XVIII on his own, stating Bryan's busy schedule as a reason for his absence. Bryan officially stepped down on September 11, 2006, stating on the Galactic Senate message boards that "[college & acting] commitments, among many others have been eating up my time, and I have often had to hold back on recording sessions with Robbie. Other times we've had a date set and then I've had to cancel or postpone. I will admit Robbie has been a great sport about the entire ordeal, but I feel that is unfair to him as a co-host to not be able to record, especially considering the show does not have a rigid release schedule." Bryan amicably parted ways with Star Wars and Beyond without recording an official send-off.
Bryan made one last appearance on the show, returning for SWAB's penultimate episode, Episode XXIV, the 2007 Fan Audio Awards presentation, released on January 28, 2007.
ChronoRadio
During the summer of 2006, Bryan realized a small dream of his by appearing as a guest on ChronoRadio. By this point, host Nathan P. Butler and Bryan had collaborated numerous times with Always in Motion, Other Voices and Fan Audio Made Easy, as well as Nathan's fan audio trailer for Kevin J. Anderson's "Saga of Seven Suns" series of novels. Nathan finally brought Bryan onto his premiere radio show for Episode XXVIII: "Words, Words, Words." During the episode, Nathan and Bryan discussed pronunciations in the Star Wars universe.
Hiatus and Return
Bryan went on an unofficial hiatus since stepping down as co-host of Star Wars and Beyond, returning only once to help present the 2007 Fan Audio Awards. Now a college graduate, Bryan is currently pursuing a professional acting career, having performed in many plays and low-budget films in the Buffalo area.
Bryan returned to the fan audio community in early 2008, and quickly offered his services on Jim Perry's audio drama Codename: Starkeeper as bounty hunter Arborn Xel.
While Bryan has returned to voice acting for audio dramas, he has expressed no interest in hosting or co-hosting radio shows, limiting his commitments to manageable bits while keeping his main focus on pursuing professional acting work.
Awards Received
- 2007 Fan Audio Awards - Best Supporting Actor in an Audio Drama (Conquest of the Empire - Tie with Nathan P. Butler)
Other Forms of Fandom
In addition to fan audio, Bryan has shown his fandom for Star Wars in many other ways.
Fan Films
Bryan's interest in fan films manifested shortly before his interest in fan audio, and Bryan has been a long-time fan of the genre. In 2004 and 2005, Bryan participated in three different fan film projects: Lost Soul by Justin Monk, End of the Order by Andrew Hookway, and Tortured Soul, a prequel to Lost Soul, written by Bryan himself. None of the three films were ever completed, however they did lead to the formation of the Key Pixel Gathering of Filmmakers, a group of producers in Upstate New York and Southern Ontario, which have gone on to create a number of short original film pieces.
Footage from Lost Soul, Tortured Soul and End of the Order is currently being combined and edited together by Key Pixel producer Laszlo Kovacs into a "super trailer" under the title Star Wars: Broken Worlds.
Bryan also recently served as an extra for the upcoming Boba Fett fan film Uprising, being shot in Southern Ontario throughout 2008.
In 2007, Bryan won a contest held by author Clive Young to provide a subtitle for his upcoming book on fan films, "Homemade Hollywood." Bryan's winning suggestion of "Fans Behind the Camera" was selected, and will be the subtitle of the book when it is published in 2008.
Costuming
In addition to fan films, Bryan has taken an interest in costuming for Star Wars and for other franchises. Bryan "troops" in two costumes from Star Wars: Luke Skywalker from A New Hope and an X-Wing Pilot. Bryan plans to continue with costuming for the Star Wars, Stargate, and Doctor Who franchises. Bryan is an active member of the Rebel Legion and SciFi Hero costuming groups, and occasionally appears at charity events in costume.
Bryan's Luke Skywalker costume was the for comic book artist Joe Corroney while creating his "30 Years of Star Wars" print, sold at Celebration IV in May 2007.
Fan Force
Bryan is also a member of the Western New York chapter of Fan Force - The North Ridge. The North Ridge is one of the most active Fan Force chapters in the United States and is often doing events to promote the love of Star Wars.
External Links
Bryan Patrick Stoyle - Official Website
Bryan Patrick Stoyle on the Internet Movie Database
Always in Motion: Ambush on An'Kerra
The Key Pixel Gathering of Filmmakers