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Jimmy Hodson

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Jimmy Hodson is a voiceover actor and television host, as well as a director/editor.

Jim co-created and co-hosted the seminal music video show Real Videos in 1984 which went on to run for over 25 years. He also co-created the music video series Videosyncrasy on the Family Channel (1990-1991), which he also hosted.

Since then he was the announcer on Magic Johnson's late night FOX talk show and announced thousands of episodes of Divorce Court from 1999 through 2011, and has been the voice of Fox Major League Baseball, Fox Soccer Channel, and has been the voice of In-Out Burger since 1989.

He has voiced thousands of TV & radio spots, promos, trailers, documentaries, TV series & specials, corporate videos and video games, and now mostly works from his state of the art home recording studio in the Los Angeles area.

He is married to Sonya Dunn Hodson a former producer at E! Entertainment Television and executive on the long running CBS hit Touched by an Angel. They have two children together, a son Jonathan, and a daughter Hayley who was the number one volleyball recruit in the US, and player for USA Youth National Team, USA Junior National Team, USA Women's National Team, and was NCAA National Freshman of the Year for Stanford University in 2015 before concussions ended her Olympic-bound career.

Jim has 28 teeth, invented Bitcoin, holds the tricycle land-speed record, and is represented by DPN Talent in Beverly Hills, CA
BornApril 16, 1962
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    Known for

    Videosyncrasy (1990)
    Videosyncrasy
    TV Series
    • Self
    • Host
    • Self - Host
    Matthew Crouch and Jimmy Hodson in Real Videos (1984)
    Real Videos
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Self - Co-Host
    Magic Johnson in The Magic Hour (1998)
    The Magic Hour
    3.7
    TV Series
    • Announcer, Comedy Cast
    • 1998
    Star Jones in Divorce Court (1999)
    Divorce Court
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Announcer(voice)

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    Actor



    • Weekly World News
      • Narrator
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1996



    • The Mulligan (2022)
      The Mulligan
      5.6
      • TV Golf Announcer
      • 2022
    • NBA 2K20 (2019)
      NBA 2K20
      5.7
      Video Game
      • Promo Announcer (voice)
      • 2019
    • NBA 2K19 (2018)
      NBA 2K19
      6.9
      Video Game
      • Promo Announcer (voice)
      • 2018
    • NBA 2K18 (2017)
      NBA 2K18
      6.4
      Video Game
      • Promo Announcer (voice)
      • 2017
    • Twisted Metal (2012)
      Twisted Metal
      7.0
      Video Game
      • Narrator (voice)
      • 2012
    • Zombie Prom (2006)
      Zombie Prom
      6.6
      Short
      • Narrator
      • TV Announcer
      • 2006
    • Ant and Yolanda Buggs in Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge (2003)
      Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
      3.7
      TV Series
      • Announcer
      • 2004–2005
    • Passions (1999)
      Passions
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Divorce Court Announcer
      • 2003
    • Star Jones in Divorce Court (1999)
      Divorce Court
      4.5
      TV Series
      • Announcer (voice)
      • 2001
    • Sri Lanka Report (2000)
      Sri Lanka Report
      Video
      • Narrator
      • 2000
    • Roma Downey, John Dye, and Della Reese in Touched by an Angel (1994)
      Touched by an Angel
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Sportscaster (as Jimmy Hodsen)
      • 1997
    • Volcano (1997)
      Volcano
      5.6
      • James Scott Hodson - The Media (as James Scott Hodson)
      • 1997
    • Edwin Newman hosts "Weekly World News" TV series (1996)
      Weekly World News
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • 1996
    • Fairy Tales on Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass (1996)
      Fairy Tales on Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass
      5.6
      Video
      • Announcer
      • 1996
    • Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Katey Sagal, and Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)
      Married... with Children
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Basketball Player (uncredited)
      • 1993

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Hard 'N Heavy Volume 12 (1991)
      Hard 'N Heavy Volume 12
      7.4
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1991
    • Hard 'N Heavy Volume 10 (1991)
      Hard 'N Heavy Volume 10
      6.2
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1991
    • Hard 'N Heavy Volume 7 (1990)
      Hard 'N Heavy Volume 7
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1990
    • Hard 'N Heavy Volume 9 (1990)
      Hard 'N Heavy Volume 9
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1990
    • Hard 'N Heavy Volume 8 (1990)
      Hard 'N Heavy Volume 8
      6.2
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1990

    Cinematographer



    • Travel Scams & Rip-Offs Revealed (2002)
      Travel Scams & Rip-Offs Revealed
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002
    • Unreached People Video Series (1987)
      Unreached People Video Series
      Video
      • cinematographer:
      • 1987

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      • Jimmy Hodsen
    • Height
      • 6′ 8″ (2.03 m)
    • Born
      • April 16, 1962
      • Orange County, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Sonya Dunn HodsonAugust 8, 1992 - present (2 children)

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male
    • Race / Ethnicity
      • White

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      Living in Los Angeles (in Westlake Village, California), working as a top voice over actor/narrator for numerous shows, trailers, promos, commercials and networks. He's currently the signature voice of Fox Soccer Channel.

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