Darren Eliker – Conversational. Believable. Versatile. Human.
As a professional voiceover talent, conservatory-trained stage actor, and award-winning narrator and audiobook producer, I love using my creative talents whether on stage, on camera, or behind the microphone to bring amazing stories to life in whatever way I can. While pursuing my acting career, I spent much of that time as the award-winning Creative & Production Director at a mid-market radio cluster helping advertisers tell their own unique stories. For over 3 decades I was responsible for commercial copywriting, brand management, digital audio editing, mastering and proofing. All skills that I now use to help authors both indie and trad pub, bring their unique characters and worlds to life. As in all my work, I endeavor to create a meaningful heartfelt human connection that people are not only touched by, but one they remember and return to again and again. I long for a world made up of human stories by human authors about the human experience told with human emotion in a way that only a human being can.
Awards:
Earphones Award for Historical Fiction – January 2025 – A Small Hotel
Earphones Award for Fantasy – April 2024 – The Voyages of Trueblood Cay
Tesla Coil for Best Radio Commercial Large Market
15 Achievement in Radio Awards including multiple Best Commercial, Best Use of Humor, and Best Individual Performance Awards
Darren Eliker - Actor/Voiceover/Narrator 
Hey man. You rock. Black dahlia ftmfw!
Thanks for the props, Z! Glad you enjoyed it.
Hello Darren,
I’m about a third of the way through Black Dahlia and have really enjoyed your stint with the COI, though the puzzles in this game are real mind-benders. What did you enjoy most about the production of that game?
Congratulations on your fine performance and all of your other contributions.
David
Thank you, David for your kind note! (And apologies for the delayed reply. Allowed myself to get sidetracked with summer projects and have been woefully bad at checking in. Please forgive me.)
I think what was most enjoyable was the chance to work on something so large and ambitious for its time, to work with such a large number of very talented people, and to do so before the gaming industry made the move to totally digital characters as technology rendered FMV obsolete. I’m always so glad to hear that people are still discovering, playing, and enjoying the game 20 years later, as my gray hairs attest!
Darren
Glad to find you on the Internet, Mr. Eliker! 😊 I searched for your name on Facebook for years but never found it… Like so many others, I would like to congratulate you on your undoubted skill and your great sympathy with which you played Jim Pearson on the now legendary Black Dahlia. 👏 It continues to remain one of my funniest play experiences ever. Thank you so much! If I may, you deserved to appear in many movies! I really consider you an excellent actor. I hope to find you one day on FB. 🤞
Best regards from Italy,
Fabio T.
You are too kind, Fabio! Thank you for reaching out and for playing along. It amazes me that after more than 20 years and so much advancement in modern gaming that people still find, play, and enjoy Black Dahlia. I’m very honored.
Ciao! Spero di rivederti presto!
Darren
Oh wow it is Darren Eliker from Black Dahlia game! I played that game ummm let’s just say a long time ago but I got confused by some parts while playing it but no worries I finished it all. I was curious if you actually do own that one object from when you met that one guy in the game. I almost wasn’t going to message you as I didn’t want to be a bother.
P.S. love the Easter eggs hidden in the game. :3 Rachel
Hi Rachel! No bother at all. Glad you enjoyed it! We had a lot of fun on that project, Easter eggs included. :-). It’s been a while and I’m trying to remember the object and character in question. But, the answer would be the same as we didn’t get to keep any props, unless it was my lighter from the WWII period. Anyhow, thanks for reaching out!! All the best. – Darren