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Kirby Heyborne (born October 8, 1976) is an American actor, musician, singer, songwriter, narrator and comedian. He is known for his work in films centered around the culture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Heyborne has also worked extensively as an audiobook narrator, narrating more than 300 books.[1] He has won two Odyssey Awards[1] and an Audie Award for Middle Grade Title.[2] In 2015, Booklist named him a Voice of Choice narrator.[1]

Kirby Heyborne
Born	(1976-10-08) October 8, 1976 (age 46) Evanston, Wyoming, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Utah
Occupation	Actor, musician, singer, songwriter, narrator, comedian

Early life and education

Heyborne graduated from Alta High School in 1995 where he was student body president. He is a member of the LDS Church and served as a missionary for the church in the Dominican Republic.[3] He later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Economics.[1][4]

Career

Heyborne is both an actor and a musician. He has released several CDs on which he sings and plays the guitar. However, Heyborne first became widely popular in LDS Church culture after starring in the film The R.M. (2003). His first appearance in a non-LDS film was as "Teddy" in The Three Stooges (2012).

He is also an accomplished narrator, and has provided voice work for many novels, short stories, and non-fiction titles.[5]

Heyborne generated some controversy in the Latter-day Saint community in 2008 after deciding to appear in a Miller Lite beer commercial.[6] Devout members of the LDS Church do not drink alcohol, and his appearance in a beer commercial was perceived as hypocritical. Heyborne stated that he would prefer to act only in roles aligned with his faith but was unable to predict which offers he might receive. He interpreted the Miller Lite opportunity as an answer to prayer, and a way to feed his family.[7] He was later denied the chance to play at LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University (BYU), where he had often played in the past, allegedly due to his involvement with the commercial.[8] He also had appeared in a Best Buy commercial in late-summer 2013, promoting sales for Verizon phones for an upcoming back-to-school sale. This commercial aired during the CBS primetime lineup on August 26, 2013. In 2019, he began as host for a new show on BYUtv called "Making Good."[9][10]

Awards and honors

In 2015, Booklist named Heyborne a Voice of Choice narrator, noting that he has a "skill at voicing accents and dialects, perhaps enhanced by his musical knowledge and ear, comes up frequently in reviews."[1]

Awards

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2006	Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell	Audie Award for Literary Fiction	Finalist	[11]
2008	Selections from Dreamsongs 1 by George R.R. Martin	Audie Award for Science Fiction	Finalist	[12]
2011	The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[13][14]
2012	Rotters by Daniel Kraus	Odyssey Award	Winner	[1][15][16]
2013	Heft by Liz Moore	Audie Award for Literary Fiction	Finalist	[17]
	L.A. Noir by John Buntin	Audie Award for History or Biography	Finalist	[17]
2014	The Invisible Heart by Russell D. Roberts	Audie Award for Business and Personal Development	Finalist	[18][19]
	Rumble by Ellen Hopkins	Listen-Up Award for Children’s/YA	Finalist	[20]
	Rumble by Ellen Hopkins	Listen-Up Award for Audiobook Narrator of the Year	Finalist	[20]
	Scowler (2013) by Daniel Kraus	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[21][22]
	Scowler (2013) by Daniel Kraus	Odyssey Award	Winner	[23][24][25]
2015	Skink—No Surrender (2014) by Carl Hiaasen	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[26][27]
2016	All the Bright Places (2014) by Jennifer Niven	Audie Award for Young Adult Title	Finalist	[28]
	Library of Souls (2014) by Ransom Riggs	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[29][30]
	Trollhunters by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[29][30]
2017	Traffick by Ellen Hopkins	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[31][32]
2020	Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White	Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year	Finalist	[2]
	Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White	Audie Award for Middle Grade Title	Winner	[2]
	Dig by A. S. King	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	Top 10	[33][34]
2022	The Couch Potato by Jory John	Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title	Finalist	[35]

"Best of" lists

Year	Title	List	Ref.
2006	The Young Man and the Sea (2004)by by Rodman Philbrick	Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults	[36][37]
2008	Genius by Jesse Kellerman	Booklist Editors' Choice: Media	[38]
2010	Cosmic (2010) by Frank Cottrell-Boyce	AudioFile Best of Children's	[23]
2011	Rotters by Daniel Kraus	Booklist Editors' Choice: Media	[39]
2012	The Beginner's Goodbye (2012) by Anne Tyler	AudioFile Best of Fiction	[23]
	Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[40]
	Moon Over Manifest (2010) by Clare Vanderpool	Notable Children's Recordings	[41]
	Rotters by Daniel Kraus	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[40]
	Stay Awake: Stories (2012) by Dan Chaon	AudioFile Best of Fiction	[23]
2013	Almost Perfect (2009) by Brian Katcher	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[42]
	Ender's Game Alive by Orson Scott Card	AudioFile Best of Science Fiction	[23]
	Heft by Liz Moore	RUSA Listen List	[43][44]
	Scowler (2013) by Daniel Kraus	Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth	[45]
2014	Hollow City (2014) by Ransom Riggs	AudioFile Best of Young Adult	[23]
	Scowler (2013) by Daniel Kraus	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[46]
	Scowler (2013) by Daniel Kraus	AudioFile Best of Young Adult	[23]
	Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin	Notable Children's Videos	[47]
2015	100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith	Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth	[48]
	All the Bright Places (2014) by Jennifer Niven	Publishers Weekly Best Children's/YA Audiobooks	[49]
	Goodbye Stranger (2015) by Rebecca Stead	AudioFile Best of Children's	[23]
	Hollow City (2014) by Ransom Riggs	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[26]
	The Madman of Piney Woods	Notable Children's Recordings	[50]
	Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2012) by Jesse Andrews	AudioFile Best of Young Adult	[23]
	Noggin by John Corey Whaley	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[26]
	Old Wolf (2015) by Avi	AudioFile Best of Children's	[23]
	Skink—No Surrender (2014) by Carl Hiaasen	Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth	[48]
2016	100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[51][29]
	All the Bright Places (2014) by Ariadne Meyers	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[51][29]
	Crown of Three by J.D. Rinehart	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[29]
	Mister Monkey (2016) by Francine Prose	AudioFile Best of Fiction	[23]
2017	The Bright Hour (2017) by Nina Riggs	AudioFile Best of Memoir	[23]
	The Ethan I Was Before (2017) by Ali Standish	AudioFile Best of Children & Family Listening	[23]
	Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) by George Saunders	Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults	[52]
2018	The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken	Notable Children's Recordings	[53]
	Lincoln in the Bardo (2017) by George Saunders	RUSA Listen List	[54]
2019	Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B. White	AudioFile Best of Children & Family Listening	[23]
2020	Charlotte’s Web (1952) by E.B. White	Notable Children's Recordings	[55]
	Roller Girl (2015) by Victoria Jamieson	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[56]
	Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[56]
2022	Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck	Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults	[57]

Works

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Filmography

Discography

• Inside - (2005)
• Braver Days ( May 2006)
• Merry White Tree in the Night (Oct 2006)
• The RM Soundtrack - "If You Could Hie to Kolob"
• Sons of Provo Soundtrack
• The Gone Away World by Nick Harkaway - Narrator (2008)
• Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan - Narrator (2008)
• The Elm Tree - Released March 31, 2009
• The Long Walk by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman - Narrator (2010)
• Fat Vampire by Adam Rex - Narrator (2010)
• Rotters by Daniel Kraus - Narrator (2011)
• Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King - Narrator (2012)
• Come to Zion, Vol. 1: The Winds and the Waves by Dean Hughes - Narrator (2012)
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - Narrator (with Julia Whelan) (2012)
• Scowler by Daniel Kraus - Narrator (2013)
• Breathe by Abbi Glines - Narrator (2013)
• Taipei by Tao Lin - Narrator (2013)
• Come to Zion, Vol. 2: Through Cloud and Sunshine by Dean Hughes - Narrator (2013)
• Fifteen Minutes by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (2013)
• Hollow City by Ransom Riggs - Narrator (2014)
• Rumble by Ellen Hopkins - Narrator (2014)
• The Family of Jesus by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2014)
• Angels Walking by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2014)
• A Generation Rising (Fire and Steel, Vol. 1) by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2014)
• Only the Brave: The Continuing Story of the San Juan Pioneers by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2014)
• Come to Zion, Vol. 3: Fresh Courage Take by Dean Hughes - Narrator (2014)
• Ashfall by Mike Mullin - Narrator (2015)
• All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - Narrator (2015)
• The Friends of Jesus by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2015)
• Chasing Sunsets (Angels Walking, book 2) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2015)
• The Orphan Army: The Nightsiders, book 1 by Jonathan Maberry - Narrator (2015)
• The Storm Descends (Fire and Steel, Vol. 2) by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2015)
• Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs - Narrator (2015)
• Fires of Invention (Mysteries of Cove, Vol. 1) by Jeffrey Scott Savage - Narrator (2015)
• Youngblood by Matt Gallagher - Narrator (2016)
• To Soar with Eagles by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2016)
• Brush of Wings (Angels Walking, book 3) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2016)
• The Shadow Falls (Fire and Steel, Vol. 3) by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2016)
• Gears of Revolution (Mysteries of Cove, Vol. 2) by Jeffrey Scott Savage - Narrator (2016)
• A Baxter Family Christmas (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2016)
• Dragonwatch: A Fablehaven Adventure (Dragonwatch, Vol. 1) by Brandon Mull - Narrator (2017)
• The Proud Shall Stumble (Fire and Steel, Vol. 4) by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2017)
• Love Story (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2017)
• In This Moment (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2017)
• Embers of Destruction (Mysteries of Cove, Vol. 3) by Jeffrey Scott Savage - Narrator (2017)
• Out of the Smoke (Fire and Steel, Vol. 5) by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2018)
• ’’I Am Not A Serial Killer (John Cleaver, Vol. 1)’’ by Dan Wells - Narrator (2018)
• Dragonwatch: Wrath of the Dragon King (Dragonwatch, Vol. 2) by Brandon Mull - Narrator (2018)
• A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs - Narrator (2018)
• To the Moon and Back (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2018)
• When We Were Young (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2018)
• Two Weeks (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2019)
• Into the Flames (Fire and Steel, Vol. 6) by Gerald N. Lund - Narrator (2019)
• Muddy: Where Faith and Polygamy Collide (Muddy, Vol. 1) by Dean Hughes - Narrator (2019)
• Dragonwatch: Master of the Phantom Isle (Dragonwatch, Vol. 3) by Brandon Mull - Narrator (2019)
• River: Where Faith and Consecration Converge (Muddy, Vol. 2) by Dean Hughes - Narrator (2020)
• The Volunteer Effect by Jason Young and Jonathan Malm - Narrator (2020)
• Dragonwatch: Champion of the Titan Games (Dragonwatch, Vol. 4) by Brandon Mull - Narrator (2020)
• Someone Like You (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2020)
• Truly, Madly Deeply (The Baxters) by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2020)
• A Distant Shore by Karen Kingsbury - Narrator (with January LaVoy) (2021)
• Dragonwatch: Return of the Dragon Slayers (Dragonwatch, Vol. 5) by Brandon Mull - Narrator (2021)

References

External links

• Official Kirby Heyborne site
• Kirby Heyborne at IMDb

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