Sean Connolly :: Actor & Voice Artist :: News Blog

News from the actor & voice artist best known for voicing 10 characters in Aardman’s Oscar, Golden Globe & BAFTA nominated ‘Shaun the Sheep Movie’ also playing Hector the Llama in the 2015 Christmas Special INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD WINNING ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas’. He plays Ambridge Fire-Starter - Keith Horrobin in ‘The Archers’ and in the audio world of ‘Doctor Who’ he has played a Sontaran! He also voices EZRA in the CBeebies hit animation 'JoJo & Gran Gran'.

Saturday, 7 November 2015

Oscar Nomination race begins for 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE'.

Hot on the heals of the Children's BAFTA Nominations for 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' comes the news that The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have announced that 16 animated features have been submitted for Oscar nomination consideration. I am delighted to say that 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' is on that list! The 16 films are:

Anomalisa
Home

Hotel Transylvania 2
Inside Out
Kahlil Gibranas The Prophet

Minions

Moomins on the Riviera

Regular Show: The Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the World

The Good Dinosaur

The Laws of the Universe a Part 0

The Peanuts Movie

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water

When Marnie Was There

The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 14, 2016.