Ed Kalegi
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Ed Kalegi is an American voice actor, host, and actor based in the New York City area and born in 1967. He is the Public Address Announcer of the Staten Island Yankees, minor league affiliate of the New York Yankees and the Public Address Announcer of the New Jersey Ironmen of the Xtreme Soccer League. He is also one of the Public Address Announcers for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Kalegi was also recently heard as the Public Address Announcer and On-Field Host of the Newark Bears Professional Baseball Team. Kalegi is also the Host of New York Yankees Old-Timers Day in Staten Island.
Kalegi is also the owner and primary voice of InfoSource Radio, a national Network Weather Information Service. He has been the voice of "Weather Phone" in New York City, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine as well. He is also an event host for New York Road Runners, hosting the Pre-Race Festival in front of 40,000 at the New York City Marathon as well as several other large events in New York City, including New Years Eve in Central Park. He has co-hosted events with comedianne Joan Rivers and TV personalites Daisy Fuentes and Star Jones among others.
In 2009, Kalegi will appear as the Stadium Announcer in the motion picture Sugar which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will be released nationwide by Sony Pictures Classics in April of '09. In 2008, he was cast in the full length animated film "The Champion" in the role of Dennis. The film, a musical comedy, is in production in New York and will be released in late 2010 or early 2011. Kalegi will also be seen as an unlucky Subway passenger held hostage in a still Untitled Bollywood Movie Project which will be released in late 2009.
On television, Kalegi has appeared in scenes in "Law and Order SVU," "Kings," and "Damages" while also appearing in commercials for Oreo cookies and Carnival Cruises. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
He is heard in commercials, narrations, radio and TV imaging and audiobooks. In 2008, Kalegi was the voice of a PBS Documentary on Sculpture.
Early Life and Career
Kalegi was born in Jersey City, NJ but raised in Edison, New Jersey. He attended Bishop George Ahr High School in Edison, NJ where he was a mainstay of the Drama Department and then Rutgers University where he continued to pursue acting and worked on both student radio stations. He was Sports Director of WLBS radio and hosted "The Entertainment Extravaganza," a daily morning comedy program. He later worked at WGPA Radio in Bethlehem, PA and also owned a souvenir clothing company.
Kalegi is married and currently lives in Metuchen, New Jersey. He has one son.