John Hasler

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John Hasler (born 21 April 1974)^[1] is an English actor, who is best known as T-Shirt in the children's television series T-Bag from 1985 to 1992. Hasler was the only cast member to remain with the show for its entire television run, starting as a young boy and leaving as a teenager, he's also known for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the UK dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends.

Career[]

John began his career in the mid 80's. He played T-Shirt, a prominent character in the T-Bag TV series between 1985-1992, being the only character to star in all 9 series and in all 4 Christmas specials.

He has appeared in Renford Rejects and Casualty and provided voices and additional dialogue replacement (ADR) for a number of TV, radio and film productions. He also appeared for an old TV advert for Persil washing powder in the 90's.

In 2012 he joined the voice cast of Fireman Sam as James Jones, taking over the role from Steven Kynman and Arnold McKinley.^[2]

From August 2012 to February 2015, Hasler was cast in the United Kingdom tour of Disney's The Lion King (musical), performing as the meerkat Timon.^[3]

In 2015, he became the replacement voice actor of Thomas the Tank Engine in the UK and Rheneas in the UK and US narrations of Thomas & Friends, after Ben Small left the show.^[2] He also voices the lead character Trafalgar on Teenage Fairytale Dropouts, "Toot the Tiny Tugboat", and Foster/Foz in "Go Jetters". Hasler left Thomas & Friends in 2021.

In 2021, Hasler provided the British English voice of Hugo the Jungle Animal in all 3 films.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985–92	T-Bag	T-Shirt	94 episodes
1991	Doctor at the Top	Alec	1 episode
1994	Harry's Mad	Access	Episode: "Mad Macaw"
	Against All Odds	Paul Cheatle	Episode: "The Horse and His Boys"
1994–2002		Vincent	Voice; 22 episodes
1995	The Legends of Treasure Island	Jim Hawkins	Voice; 13 episodes (Series 2)
2000	Casualty	Lee Carter	Episode: "Not Waving But Drowning"
	Renford Rejects	Jack	Episode: "Best Laid Plans"
2002–2004	Heroes Delight	Vincent	Voice; 10 episodes
2012–present	Fireman Sam	James Jones, Arnold McKinley	Main UK voice role
2013–14	Teenage Fairytale Dropouts	Trafalgar	Main voice role
2014–2015	Toot the Tiny Tugboat	Toot	Main voice role; 51 episodes
2015–2021	Thomas & Friends	Thomas / Narrator (UK) Rheneas	Main voice role, succeeding Ben Small
	Go Jetters	Foz	Main voice role
2019–present	Think about Lesson	Pet	Supporting voice role
	YooHoo to the Rescue	YooHoo	UK dub[1]
2019	Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue	Thomas / Narrator (UK)	Main voice role
	Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries (All Tracks Lead to Rome/Mines of Mystery)
	Robozuna	Zeve, Superfan, Dr Naron	1 episode[1]
2020	Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine	Thomas / Narrator (UK)	Main voice role

Video games[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• John Hasler at IMDb