Age & Hometown: 39 (“but in meerkat years, that’s 25!”); Manhasset, Long IslandCurrent Role: Entertaining Broadway audiences as the hysterical meerkat Timon in Disney's long-running hit The Lion King. A Familiar Voice: An accomplished voiceover actor on more than 50 audio books, Berman says the key is not to impersonate or put on voices. “I cast the book in my mind,” he explains. “I say, ‘Who is this person?’ So, in my head, Judi Dench is playing this role. I don’t want to do an impersonation of Judi Dench, but I am channeling her in that moment. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.” Berman's audio work ranges from children’s books to what he calls “fantasy romance novels”—and sometimes both in the same day. “One time, I went from th via goodreads