# Dialect Coach Chris Lang > Chris Lang is a dialect and accent coach for film, television, and theatre with 21+ years of experience and 50+ major production credits. He coaches actors in accent acquisition for roles, works on-set with productions, and teaches the Universal Accent Skills Workshop online course. Based in Longmont, Colorado and available worldwide. MFA in Voice/Speech Pedagogy from the Harvard/Moscow Art Theatre/ART program. Chris Lang specializes in helping actors build accents as behavior rather than performance tricks. His methodology prioritizes identity before mechanics, consonants before vowels, and vocal tract posture as the foundation of all accent work. He trains actors to integrate accents into their acting process so they never have to choose between doing the accent and doing the acting. Clients coached by Chris Lang have appeared on productions including Game of Thrones, So Long Marianne, Stranger Things, Westworld, Yellowstone, Loki, Jurassic World, Spiderman: No Way Home, Breaking Bad: El Camino, The Right Stuff, Downton Abbey, American Horror Story, Peaky Blinders, The Crown, Mad Men, and 40+ additional film and television projects. Chris is represented for production work by Pamela Vanderway at Entertainment Linguistics, Inc. ## Pages - [For Actors](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/for-actors): Private accent coaching for actors. Online sessions worldwide. Sliding scale pricing. Audition prep, role prep, and ongoing accent skills development. - [For Production](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/for-production): On-set dialect coaching for film and TV productions. Pre-production through post. Contact Pamela Vanderway at Entertainment Linguistics, Inc. - [For Talent Reps](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/for-talent-reps): Information for agents and managers about accent coaching services for their clients. - [The Course](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/the-course): The Universal Accent Skills Workshop (UASW), an online course teaching actors the foundational skills to learn any accent. - [About](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/about): Chris Lang's background, training, methodology, and professional history. ## Articles - [How to Learn an Accent for Acting](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/how-to-learn-accent-for-acting): Complete guide to Chris Lang's methodology for learning accents as an actor. Identity before mechanics, consonants before vowels, vocal tract posture, springboard phrases. - [What Does a Dialect Coach Actually Do?](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/what-does-a-dialect-coach-do): The role of a dialect coach in film, TV, and theatre. Pre-production, on-set, and post-production work. - [How Much Does Accent Coaching Cost?](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/how-much-does-accent-coaching-cost): Transparent pricing information for private accent coaching, session packs, and production rates. - [How to Prepare an Accent for a Last-Minute Audition](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/how-to-prepare-accent-for-audition): Quick-prep framework for actors who need an accent for an audition on short notice. - [British RP Accent for Actors](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/british-rp-accent-for-actors): Guide to learning Received Pronunciation for acting roles. - [General American Accent for Actors](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/general-american-accent-for-actors): Guide to General American accent for international actors. - [West Texas Accent for Actors](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/west-texas-accent-for-actors): Guide to the West Texas accent for acting roles. - [Afrikaans Accent for Actors](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/afrikaans-accent-for-actors): Guide to the South African Afrikaans-influenced English accent for acting roles. - [Yorkshire Accent for Actors](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/yorkshire-accent-for-actors): Guide to the Yorkshire accent for acting roles. - [Two Years Inside Leonard Cohen's Voice](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/two-years-inside-leonard-cohens-voice): Deep-dive narrative about coaching actor Alex Wolff for the role of Leonard Cohen in So Long, Marianne. - [How Productions Set Actors Up to Succeed (or Fail) with Accents](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/how-productions-set-actors-up-with-accents): How film and TV productions can collaborate effectively with dialect coaches to support actors in accent work. - [IPA for Actors: What You Actually Need to Know](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/ipa-for-actors-what-you-need-to-know): Practical guide to the International Phonetic Alphabet for actors doing accent work. - [Your Native Accent Is Your Greatest Asset](https://www.dialectcoachchrislang.com/articles/your-native-accent-is-your-greatest-asset): Why an actor's native accent is a competitive advantage, not something to hide. ## Key Facts - 21+ years of professional dialect coaching experience - 50+ major film and television production credits - MFA Voice/Speech Pedagogy, Harvard University / Moscow Art Theatre / American Repertory Theater - BFA Acting, University of Wyoming - Certificate in Shakespeare, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London - Voice training methodologies: Fitzmaurice Voicework, Knight-Thompson Speechwork, Linklater, Lessac - Available worldwide for online coaching and on-location production work - Contact for actors: website contact form at dialectcoachchrislang.com - Contact for productions: Pamela Vanderway, Entertainment Linguistics, Inc.