List of Thomas & Friends voice actors
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Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, first broadcast on the ITV network on 9 October 1984. It is based on The Railway Series books created by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphic blue steam locomotive on the fictional Island of Sodor along with his friends.
The characters were unvoiced with the exception of the narrator until the switch to computer animation in 2009.
Cast
[edit]Voices
[edit]| Actor/Actress | Region | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph May[1] | US | Thomas | From The Adventure Begins until series 24 |
| John Hasler[2] | UK | ||
| US/UK | Rheneas[3] | Series 20 only | |
| Joe Mills | Douglas,[4] Oliver, Toad, the Welsh bird watcher ("Thomas and the Emergency Cable"), a Knapford Station yard workman ("Toad and the Whale"), and a Passenger ("Confusion Without Delay") | ||
| Tracy-Ann Oberman[5] | UK/US | Daisy | Series 20 through Series 24 |
| Christopher Ragland[6] | US | Percy (Series 19 onwards) and Trevor | |
| UK/US | The Troublesome Trucks ("The Adventure Begins" onwards), Racing Car #4, some Cowboys, and a Passenger | ||
| John Schwab | US | Stanley | Series 20 only, excluding "Saving Time"[7] |
| Rob Rackstraw[8] | UK | James, Toby, Stanley, Owen, Donald, The Small Controller, Bradford, Hugo, Big Mickey, Bernie, Professor Friederich, The Thin Clergyman, Monty, Thief 1 | |
| Keith Wickham[9] | UK | Fat Controller, Gordon, Henry, Salty, Edward |
Narrators
[edit]| Actor(s) | Region | Years | Period | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | Movies | Notes | |||
| Ringo Starr | UK | 1984–86 | The first 2 Series | [10] | |
| US | 1989–90 | Series 1 through 2. Narrated episodes on Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor; re-recorded parts of narration at the request of PBS[10] | |||
| George Carlin | 1991–96 | Series 3 and 4 Re-dubbed The first 2 Series |
Series 3 through 4; re-dubbed series 1 and 2. Narrated episodes on Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor.[11] | ||
| Michael Angelis | US | 2004 | Series 6 and 7 | Two episodes of series 6 and four episodes of series 7 only | |
| UK | 1991–2012 | Series 3–16 | Calling All Engines; Hero of the Rails; Misty Island Rescue; Day of the Diesels; Blue Mountain Mystery[12] | Series 3 through 16 | |
| Alec Baldwin | US | 1999–2003 | Series 5 and 6 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad (as Mr. Conductor) | Series 5, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, and Series 6 |
| Michael Brandon | 2004–12 | Series 7–16 Re-dubbed Season 6 |
Calling All Engines; Hero of the Rails; Misty Island Rescue; Day of the Diesels; Blue Mountain Mystery | Series 7 through 16 | |
| Pierce Brosnan | UK/US | 2008 | Original cuts of Season 12 | The Great Discovery | The Great Discovery, Series 12 (early workprints) |
| Mark Moraghan | 2013–17 | Series 17–21 Re-dubbed Series 13, 14 and 15 |
King of the Railway; Tale of the Brave; Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure; The Adventure Begins; The Great Race; Journey Beyond Sodor[13] | King of the Railway through Journey Beyond Sodor | |
| John Hasler | UK | 2018–21 | Series 22, 23 and 24 | Big World! Big Adventures! through Series 24. As Thomas the Tank Engine. | |
| Joseph May | US | ||||
Timeline
[edit]Series
[edit]| Narrator(s) | Model Series: 1984–2008 | CGI Series: 2009–21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classic Series: 1984–2003 | New Series: 2004–08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
| Ringo Starr | UK/US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Angelis | United Kingdom |
UK | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
| US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Carlin | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alec Baldwin | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Brandon | US | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierce Brosnan | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Moraghan | US | United Kingdom/United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hasler | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph May | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Specials and films
[edit]| Narrator(s) | Model era: 2000–08 | CGI era: 2009–18 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas and the Magic Railroad 2000 |
Calling All Engines! 2005 |
The Great Discovery 2008 |
Hero of the Rails 2009 |
Misty Island Rescue 2010 |
Day of the Diesels 2011 |
Blue Mountain Mystery 2012 |
King of the Railway 2013 |
Tale of the Brave 2014 |
The Adventure Begins | Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure | The Great Race 2016 |
Journey Beyond Sodor 2017 |
Big World!, Big Adventures! 2018 | |
| 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Alec Baldwin | Mr. C | |||||||||||||
| Michael Angelis | UK | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Michael Brandon | US | United States | ||||||||||||
| Pierce Brosnan | UK/US | |||||||||||||
| Mark Moraghan | UK/US | |||||||||||||
- A green cell indicates the narrator who officially narrated the series.
- An orange cell indicates the narrator who re-narrated the series.
- A red cell indicates Series and films for which a narrator's role was cancelled.
* Pierce Brosnan narrated the original cut of series 12, but withdrew from the series, and his narrations were left unreleased.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Joe May". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "John Hasler actor and voiceover artist".
- ^ John Hasler [@john_hasler] (19 January 2016). "@NickN05L31 @MrDankEngine Thanks for that. I've recorded Rheneas for series 20. Happy to be specific now :)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.?s=03
- ^ "Movie Watch". Western Mail. 26 March 2016. ProQuest 1775781750.
- ^ Tracy Ann Oberman [@TracyAnnO] (20 August 2016). "@Diesel104472 I am Daisy the Diesel Car. She's v funny" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Christopher Ragland [@cgragland] (27 May 2015). "@Wellsworth96 no, I do the UK and U.S. Trucks...only do Percy U.S." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ John Schwab [@johnschwab] (17 November 2016). "@ElliotKW Yes, that's me. Thanks for watching" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Rob Rackstraw - 43 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
- ^ http://keithwickham.co.uk/
- ^ a b Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. Virgin Books. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
- ^ Allcroft, Britt (June 26, 2008). "Los Angeles Times – "The George Carlin I knew"". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ Haring, Bruce (31 May 2020). "Michael Angelis Dies: Voice Of 'Thomas The Tank Engine' Was 76". Deadline. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Agencies (2013-05-17). "Former Brookside actor to be Thomas the Tank Engine narrator". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
External links
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Official websites
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