About
Carter Bellaimey is a professional dialect coach, voice-over actor, and linguist. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota — he lives and works in London. He has a BFA in Acting from Rutgers University and a MA in Sociocultural Linguistics from Goldsmiths College.
As a dialect coach he’s worked in television, film, and theatre. Some clients include: Taron Egerton (Black Bird Apple TV+), Matthew Macfadyen (Succession HBO), Ralph Fiennes (Straight Line Crazy), Olivia Cooke (Fireheart), Jodi Whitaker, Jonathan Bailey (Fellow Travelers Showtime), Keeley Hawes (To Olivia), Sam Heughan (To Olivia), Tom Brittney (Invasion Apple TV+), Alex Hassell (The Boys Amazon) and more.
As a voice-over actor he’s worked on commercial projects for Dove Men, Ocean Spray and more. He has narrated audiobooks and documentaries, and voiced characters in animated TV shows such as Jessy and Nessy (Amazon).
And as a linguist his research is focused on how race and identity are perceived and created through accent, how/when actors are perceived as ‘authentic’ when performing a different accent, and the ways dialect coaches teach new accents. (MA Goldsmiths)
Recent work
Television
Culprits (Disney+ 2023) - Post-production
Fellow Travelers (Showtime 2023) - Pre/post production for Jonathan Bailey
Black Bird (Apple TV+ July 2022) - Dialect coach to Taron Egerton
Invasion (Apple TV+ 2021) Dialect Coach (Ep.2)
Succession (HBO 2018 —2020) Pre production for Matthew Macfadyen
Film
She Rides Shotgun (upcoming ) Dialect coach to Taron Egerton
Carry-On (Netflix upcoming) - Dialect coach to Taron Egerton
Violent Night (2022) - Dialect coach to Alex Hassell
To Olivia (2021)- Dialect coach to Keeley Hawes and Same Heughan
Pre/post production work: Naked Singularity (Olivia Cooke), Home Alone (Archie Yates), The Red Sea Diving Resort (Alex Hassell)
Theatre
Guys & Dolls (2023/24) The Bridge Theatre (dir Sir Nick Hytner)
Legally Blonde (2022) Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Straight Line Crazy (2022 - coaching Ralph Fiennes) The Bridge Theatre
Una Lucha Contra… ‘A Fight Against’ (2021) Royal Court Theatre
Anna Bella Eema (2019) Arcola Theater
Streetcar Named Desire (2018) Nuffield Southhampton Theatre

Testimonials
Carter on the set of Tetris with Taron Egerton (Photo credit Jack Sinclair)
“Carter - What a brilliant dialect coach! Precision, detail, encouragement, and great humour. He’s just superb at what he does. Highly recommended.”
“I have worked with Carter on a number of occasions to help me with an American dialect. He is a fantastic teacher who I would happily recommend.”
“I worked on my General American accent with Carter for a film in which I was to be surrounded by real Americans. I was a little nervous and found him to be exactly what I want from a dialect coach and extremely useful. He is enormously specific, knowledgeable and encouraging. He broke down the sounds and placement in a fantastically digestible way and gave me detailed documents to help me keep developing whilst away. I would highly recommend him and intend to work with him from now on.”
“Carter is one of the most helpful accent coaches I have ever worked with. Not only was I provided with helpful sheets and references for the accent but also great moral support. I wasn’t bombarded with jargon that was confusing to me or that I hadn’t used since drama school but instead it was mostly about being made to feel comfortable and figure out the best way for me to learn. Highly recommend.”
“As an actor who has struggled to understand and implement the American accent previously, I have found my confidence and knowledge with Carter. I find working with him enjoyable, informative and most importantly functional for me as a working actor.”
Representation
Dialect Coaching | Upson Edwards
Agents: Kathy Brereton & Sarah Upson
Tel: 01782 827 222
VO | Damn Good Voices
Agent: Simon Cryer
Tel: +44 (0)7702 228185
Carter on set of Invasion series 1 (Apple TV+) with actor Dino Kelly
