William Lester

William is a professional Actor, Singer, and Vocal Coach with 30+ years of experience. He has appeared in plays, commercials, film, and several high-profile tours in both the US and Europe. As an actor, William played Frank N Furter in the European tour of the “Rocky Horror Show” 1996, he was the male lead in the original musical “Flopstar” at the Edinburgh Fringe and London’s King’s Head Theatre 2005 and 2007, he co-wrote and played Tim in the comedy film short ‘Uncle Marty’ September 2017 and filmed psychological thriller ‘Dirt’ with director William Kee, March 2018. He is currently in two award-winning shorts ‘Entrance No Exit’ and ‘Carol’ – director Jo Southwell, which had their BAFTA screening in March 2019 after a successful year on the festival circuit. He is currently (Aug. 2021) filming on a new comedy series: Keep Calm and Carry On for Amazon Prime with Raspberry Films, and upcoming dark short Saint Nicholas – Rickety Bridge Productions. Notable recent projects include: Billy in upcoming new short "The Coffin", The Riverhouse prod – (June 2020) currently in post-production; Voicing the Mother/Creature in the upcoming feature “Amulet” – director Romola Garai, Head Gear Films (Feb. 2020); And voicing 3 lead characters in Coex Studio's Scifi audio series "Coexistence", released on Spotify/Apple/Stitcher, Oct. 31, 2019. 

William is also a professional Vocal Coach. He worked on ‘The Voice’ from Series 3 (2013) with the BBC and continued through Series 14 on ITV (2019). He has also vocal coached on ‘The Voice Kids’ ITV Series 1 -3, ‘Change The Tune’ Channel 4, ‘Michael McIntyre’s Big Show’ BBC1, and has previously appeared on 'ITV's- X Factor' Boot Camp 2012 and ‘Sing Date’ for Sky Living in 2012. As a singer, William is a co-founder of the contemporary vocal group ‘Assemble’ who have just released their first all voice single of ‘Blue Monday’ in collaboration with UK Beatboxer Shlomo (July 2021). Their accompanying video released Aug. 2021 has reached 52K views and counting. ‘Assemble’ are currently collaborating with Radio Head’s Philip Selway on his upcoming solo album. William also sings with Capital Voices on the newly released musical movie Cinderella, Sept. 2021 – directed by Kay Cannon and produced by James Corden. He has also appeared on ‘Channel 4’s First Dates Christmas Special’ 2017, and as a comedy caroler on 'ITV's- Mr. & Mrs. Celebrity All Star Christmas Special' 2015 & 2016. Artists with whom he has worked professionally as a singer include: David Coulter, Dion Warwick, Yoko Ono, Richard O’Brian, Peaches, Damon Albarn, Imogen Heap, Boy George, Patrick Wolf, Camile O’Sullivan, Brian Eno, and Rufus Wainwright.   

• William Lester - Showreel 2021