Jon Briggs
Jonathan Briggs is an English television, radio presenter and narrator. He is known for his voice-over work and as the original British voice used by Apple Inc.'s Siri virtual assistant software.
Career
Briggs' voiceover credits include appearing as the voiceover statistician in over 1,800 episodes of the BBC TV quiz show The Weakest Link and as continuity announcer for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4. Briggs was the first presenter on air when QVC launched in the UK in 1993.Briggs' radio credits include the breakfast show Oxford AM for BBC Radio Oxford, the breakfast show Morning Edition for BBC Radio 5, Night Ride for BBC Radio 2 and The Weekend Wireless Show for LBC. His reporting credits include BBC Radio 4's PM, Today, The World at One and The World Tonight, as well as travelogue and transport programmes Breakaway and Going Places.
In 1996, Briggs founded the London-based talent agency Excellent Talent, an entertainment agency representing voice-over actors. He sold it in 2020.
In October 2017, he was a contestant on the celebrity version of the UK quiz show Pointless.
In July 2019, Briggs co-presented BBC Radio 4's "Voice in the Machine" episode of the Archive on 4 series.
In November 2020, Briggs launched the podcast You're On the Air! talking to UK broadcasters about the skill of broadcasting.