List of Thomas & Friends voice actors
Thomas (the Tank Engine) & 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 of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry.
Until 2008, all characters were voiced by the narrator. Voices were given to the characters following the switch to full CGI animation in 2009 until 2021.
Cast[]
Voices[]
| Actor/Actress | Region | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph May | US | Thomas | The Adventure Begins though Season 24 |
| John Hasler | UK | ||
| US/UK | Rheneas[2] | Series 20 only | |
| Tim Bain | Aiden, Madeleine's father, Some Passengers ("Laid Back Shane"), and Some Workmen ("Laid Back Shane") | ||
| David Bedella | Victor, Carlos (The Great Race only), The Mayor of Sodor, and the Cuban Man | ||
| Sanjeev Bhaskar | Shankar, the Indian Actor, the Indian Announcer, and the Indian Judge | ||
| Sheena Bhattessa | Noor Jehan, the Indian Troublesome Trucks, Charubala, and a Monkey | ||
| Jamie Campbell Bower | Skiff | ||
| Flaminia Cinque | Ester and Dame Bella Canto | ||
| Chipo Chung | Hong-Mei, the African Troublesome Trucks, and Various African Voices | ||
| Laura Cucurullo | Marcia, Cassia (series 23 onwards), and a Brazilian Musician | ||
| Dustin Demri-Burns | Various Male Passengers | ||
| Tina Desai | Ashima and The Indian Fashion Designer | ||
| Rupert Degas | UK/US | Diesel 10 (original workprints only), Flynn, Dart, Den (Fiery Flynn), Bertie | Season 15 through Season 16 |
| UK | Butch | Season 15 only | |
| Sandra Dickinson | UK/US | Various North American Voices | |
| Jules de Jongh | US | Emily, Mavis (Season 13–16), Lady Hatt, The Duchess of Boxford, Stephen Hatt ("Diesel's Special Delivery"), Bridget Hatt, Bridget Hatt's Friends, Some Children, Little Boy in White and Light Blue Stripes Shirt and Red Shorts, The School Children, Teacher, The Laundry Lady, Little Girl in the Red Dress, The Ginger Haired Boy ("Pop Goes Thomas","Diesel's Special Delivery","Emily and Dash","Percy the Snowman","Emily's Winter Party Special", and "Pouty James"), The Blonde Haired Boy (Season 15 and Season 18), and The Blonde Haired Girl | |
| US/UK | Emily ("4-D: Bubbling Boilers" and the singing voice for "The Great Race" only), Caitlin (Season 20 onwards), and Allicia Botti | ||
| Jonathan Forbes | Connor | ||
| Anna Francolini | Gina, Some Passengers (All Tracks Lead to Rome), and Some Children (Mines of Mystery) (Season 23-onwards) | ||
| Teresa Gallagher | UK | Emily, Lady Hatt (Season 13, "Day of the Diesels" and Season 15), Mavis (Season 13–16), The Duchess of Boxford, Stephen Hatt ("Diesel's Special Delivery"), Bridget Hatt, Bridget Hatt's friends, the teacher, the laundry lady, little boy in light white and light blue stripes shirt and red shorts, some children, the school children, little girl in the red dress, the blonde-hair girl, and the blonde-hair boy | |
| US | A blond-haired girl | "Very Important Sheep" | |
| A blonde-haired boy | "Very Important Sheep" only | ||
| UK/US | Belle, Frieda, Gina (The Great Race only), Mavis, Annie, Clarabel, Judy, Cassia (Big World! Big Adventures! only), The Duchess of Boxford ("Percy's Lucky Day" only), Lady Hatt ("The Afternoon Tea Express" only and Season 21 onwards), the teacher (Season 18 only), the ginger-hair boy, the shouting little boy, the lady with the big hat, some passengers, the Knapford Station speaker ("The Adventure Begins"), some children ("The Adventure Begins" onwards), the school children ("Lost Property"), Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, the lady in the blue dress, the barrow fan ("Reds vs. Blues" and "Useful Railway"), Albert's wife ("Thomas the Babysitter" and "Unscheduled Stops"), the lady in spring green dress, the female puppet show entertainer, little girl in the turquoise dress with pink flowers, the lady in the white dress and gray vest, the lady in the white shirt, light brown skirt and hat, the lady in the grayish white shirt, blackish gray skirt, and white pearl necklace, the chubby little boy in dark green shirt and dark gray shorts, the lady in the yellow dress and hat, The Blonde Haired Girl, The Lady in Red and Indigo Hat and White Dress with Gray lines, Female Passengers, Madeleine's Mother, Brenda, and The Sodor Rangers | ||
| Kulvinder Ghir | Various Indian Voices | ||
| Bob Golding | Stephen, Sidney (series 17 onwards), Ivan, some dock workers ("Tale of the Brave"),a railway inspector ("Lost Property"), and Baz | ||
| Mike Grady | Sir Robert Norramby | ||
| Yvonne Grundy | Nia and Some Children (Forever and Ever) | ||
| Eluid Gabriel Porras | Carlos (Big World! Big Adventures! onwards), The Brazilian Tank Engine, Fernando, the Brazilian Troublesome Trucks, Emerson, the Brazilian Dock Manager (Big World! Big Adventures!), and the Crowd (Grudge Match) | ||
| Rasmus Hardiker | Bill, Philip and the Troublesome Trucks ("The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor" only) | ||
| UK | Monty | ||
| William Hope | US | Edward, Toby, Stephen Hatt ("Thomas and the Runaway Kite" only), Whiff, Bash, the Troublesome Trucks, Rocky, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the blond-haired boy ("Merry Misty Island" and "The Way She Does It" only), the Maithwaite stationmaster ("Double Trouble" and "Wonky Whistle" only), the man at the fire ("Race to the Rescue"), the Dock Manager and the Wellsworth Station worker | |
| UK/US | Iron Bert (series 16 onwards), a railway inspector, a steamworks worker ("Wonky Whistle"), 2 farmhands ("Wonky Whistle"), a workman ("Toad and the Whale"), Passenger, and Farmer McColl ("Philip's Number" only) | ||
| Siu-see Hung | An An, the Chinese Woman, and Dr. Kim | ||
| Togo Igawa | Hiro | ||
| Shane Jacobson | Shane | ||
| Rufus Jones | Flying Scotsman | ||
| Darcy, Cleo, Jenny Packard, and a Kangaroo | |||
| Steven Kynman | UK | Porter, Jack, Racing Car #3 and the Dock Manager ("Tale of the Brave" only) | |
| US | Charlie | "The Great Race" onwards | |
| Butch | Series 17 onwards | ||
| UK/US | Duck, Ryan (series 20 onwards), Dart (Season 17 onwards), Paxton ("Blue Mountain Mystery" onwards), Peter Sam, "The Third Slip Coach", a workman (Journey Beyond Sodor), a railway inspector (Season 17), the bird watcher ("Who's Geoffrey?"), and a Child | ||
| Gustavo and a Brazilian Musician | |||
| Michael Legge | Luke | ||
| Yong Bao and the Chinese Railway Inspector | |||
| Lin-Yong, Lei, the Male Chinese Breakdown Crane, the Chinese Guard, and The Chinese Men | |||
| Montserrat Lombard | Mia and Some Passengers | ||
| Monica Lopera | Gabriela | ||
| Abubakar Salim | Kwaku, the African Troublesome Trucks, Kobe, and Various African Voices | ||
| Richie Campbell | the African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices | ||
| the African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices | |||
| Various African Voices | |||
| the Chinese Diesel | |||
| Lewis MacLeod | Various Male Voices | ||
| Stefano and the Italian Stationmaster | |||
| Ranger Jill | |||
| Genevieve McCarthy | Aubrey | ||
| Matt McCooey | Kenji | ||
| Elvis Who | The African Troublesome Trucks (Singing voices only) | ||
| The Blue Sea Serpent, the second Tiger Hunter, and The Crown Thief #2 | |||
| Colin McFarlane | Bulgy, Beresford, Bertie's Driver (Unscheduled Stops), and Dr. Holyfield | ||
| David Menkin | Porter (US; series 17 onwards/UK; "Pouty James" and "Cranky at the End of the Line" only), Stanley ("The Truth About Toby" only), and Racing Car #3 | ||
| US | Jack | ||
| UK/US | Rebecca, Angelique, Isla, The Lady with the Big Hat (Outback Thomas), The Teacher (Outback Thomas and Cyclone Thomas), some Passengers (Outback Thomas), The Lady in Chartreuse Dress, Madeleine, Prince Charles, and Dr. Hetty | ||
| Joe Mills | Douglas,[3] 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") | ||
| Lucy Montgomery | Marion, Lexi, the Troublesome Trucks, Hannah, Carly, and Cowgirls | ||
| Dominique Moore | Ruth | ||
| Mark Moraghan | Dexter | ||
| Vincenzo Nicoli | Lorenzo, Beppe, a Worker (Mines of Mystery), and the Passengers | ||
| Tracy-Ann Oberman[4] | Daisy | Series 20 through Series 24 | |
| Maggie Ollerenshaw | Henrietta | ||
| Rajiv, the Indian Troublesome Trucks, and Grumpy Indian Stationmaster, and the Friendly Indian Stationmaster | |||
| Jass Patel | The Indian Concessions Worker | ||
| Nigel Pilkington | UK | Percy (Series 19 onwards; excluding "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure"), and Trevor | |
| UK/US | A Passenger (Unscheduled Stops) | ||
| Rob Rackstraw | James (US; "The Adventure Begins" onwards/UK; "Tit for Tat" onwards), Donald (Season 20 onwards), Raul (The Great Race only), Axel, Étienne, Flynn (Season 19 onwards), , the Troublesome Trucks, Bradford, The Great Railway Show Announcer, some Passengers, The Bird Watcher ("The Railcar and the Coaches"), Fergus Duncan, The Welsh Bird Watcher ("Mike's Whistle"), The Thin Clergyman, The Red Sea Serpent, the first Tiger Hunter, The Film Crew Leader, Owen, the Crown Thief #1, Elephant Carer, Bernie, the Washdown Worker, and Professor Freidrich | ||
| UK | Toby | Season 19 onwards and Season 24 A New Arrival US only | |
| US | Stanley (Series 20 onwards, excluding Pouty James and Diesel Glows Away UK only) and Monty | ||
| Christopher Ragland[5] | Percy (Season 19 onwards) and Trevor | ||
| US/UK | The Troublesome Trucks ("The Adventure Begins" onwards), Racing Car #4, some Cowboys, and a Passenger | ||
| Miranda Raison | Millie and the Knapford Station speaker | ||
| Kerry Shale | UK | Thomas and Spencer | "Hero of the Rails", originally |
| US | Henry, Gordon, James (US: "Hero of the Rails"-Season 18) Dash, Scruff, Harold, Max, Kevin, Sir Topham Hatt ("Hero of the Rails" – Season 18), Sir Lowham Hatt, Mr. Percival, Farmer Trotter, The Maithwaite stationmaster ("Time For a Story" and "A Blooming Mess"), a railway inspector, the photographer (Season 16), the railroad coal inspector, the zoo keeper and some workmen | ||
| UK/US | Flynn ("Toad and the Whale" only), Kevin ("Hasty Hannah" only), Diesel (US; series 19 onwards/UK; series 13 onwards), 'Arry, the Troublesome Trucks, some groaning passengers ("Calm Down Caitlin"), the man on the bridge, and Headkeeper Jack | ||
| John Schwab | Vinnie, Ulli, and a Bridlington Diesel | ||
| US | Stanley | Series 20 onwards, excluding "Saving Time"[6] | |
| Martin Sherman | Thomas, Percy, Diesel (King of the Railway - Season 18) | Hero of the Rails through Season 18 | |
| Ben Small | UK/US | Rheneas, Flynn (Season 17 only), Owen and Troublesome Trucks | Season 16 through Season 18 |
| UK | Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand | ||
| US | Stanley and Charlie | Season 15 through Season 18 | |
| Nicola Stapleton | UK/US | Rosie | Season 21 onwards |
| Tom Stourton | Duncan, Rex, Terence, Alfie(Season 23-onwards), and The Fat Clergyman | ||
| Joe Swash | Sonny | ||
| Frederico Trujilo | Raul (series 23 onwards), Marcio, and a Brazilian Musician | ||
| Tim Whitnall | Timothy, Mike, Jerome, Oliver the Excavator, Reg, the Deputy Minister and some Workmen | ||
| US | The man in the hat | "Spencer's VIP" only | |
| UK | Max | ||
| Keith Wickham | Edward, Henry, Gordon, Whiff, Dash, Harold, The Thin Controller, the railway coal inspector, the man at the fire, the Wellsworth Station Worker, the Fat Controller's Assistant, some Workmen, some Passengers, Gator's Driver, and a Steamworks Workman | ||
| UK/US | Harvey, Glynn, Salty, Den, Norman, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Arlesdale Bert, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller (UK; "Hero of the Rails"-Series 24/US; "The Adventure Begins"-Series 24), Dowager Hatt, Sir Lowham Hatt, Lord Callan, the photographer ("Wild Water Rescue"), a Railway Inspector, the Great Composer, the Maron Station Speaker, the Wellsworth Stationmaster, Thomas' Guard, the Grumpy Passenger, Father Christmas, the Groundsman, Tom Tipper, Gordon's driver ("The Adventure Begins"), James' guard ("The Adventure Begins"), a Knapford station worker ("The Adventure Begins"), some Workmen, some Signalmen, the dock manager ("Who's Geoffrey?" only), a Sodor search & rescue centre worker ("Toad and the Whale"), the policemen, a Diver ("Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure"), Some Passengers, Albert ("Thomas the Babysitter"), Mr. Bubbles, the Welsh Bird Watcher ("Sidney Sings and Three Steam Engines Gruff"), one of Dowager Hatt's friends ("Best Engine Ever" and "Sidney Sings"), the Museum Manager, the Male Puppet show Entertainer, Willie, Franz, the Station Announcer, a Child ("Gordon Gets the Giggles"), The Mainland Stationmaster, Thomas' Driver, Thomas' Fireman, and the Elderly Man. | ||
| Robert Wilfort | Samson and the Great Railway Show Judge ("The Great Race") | ||
| Matt Wilkinson | UK | Spencer, Stanley, Charlie, Bash, Scruff, Rocky, Cranky, Carter, Butch (Season 16 onwards), Kevin, Tony, Stephen Hatt ("Thomas and the Runaway Kite"), Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the photographer (series 16), the Maithwaite stationmaster, Farmer Trotter, the Knapford stationmaster, the bird watcher ("Henry's Good Deeds"), the blond-haired boy ("Merry Misty Island"), the dock manager, a railway inspector, some dock workers, the island inspector, the Sodor search & rescue centre manager, the Blue Mountain Quarry workman, the zoo keeper and the man with the hat | |
| UK/US | Ben, Diesel 10, Winston, Rusty, Merrick, Captain Joe, some workmen, Male Passengers, and The Man in Blueish Grey Shirt, Whitish Cream shorts, and Aquamarine hat | ||
| Glenn Wrage | US | Spencer, Ferdinand, Charlie (Season 13 - Season 15), Cranky, the Sodor search & rescue centre manager, Sir Topham Hatt's Assistant, Gator's driver and a Steamworks worker | |
| UK/US | Flynn (Toad and the Whale only) |
Thomas and the Magic Railroad voices[]
| Actor/Actress | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Glen | Thomas | |
| John Bellis | Originally | |
| Keith Scott | Diesel 10 | |
| Neil Crone | ||
| Gordon | ||
| Splatter | ||
| A tumbleweed | Uncredited | |
| Kevin Frank | ||
| Henry | ||
| Dodge | ||
| Bertie | ||
| Harold | Originally had no lines | |
| Britt Allcroft | Lady | |
| Patrick Breen | Splatter and Dodge (Splodge) | Originally |
| Michael Angelis | James | |
| Susan Roman | ||
| Michael Angelis | Percy | Originally |
| Linda Ballantyne | ||
| Colm Feore | Toby | |
| Shelley-Elizabeth Skinner | Annie and Clarabel |
Narrators[]
| Actor(s) | Region | Years | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seasons | Notes | |||
| Ringo Starr | UK | 1984–86 | The first 2 seasons | |
| US | 1984–90 | Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor, re-recorded parts of narration for American audiences at the request of PBS. | ||
| George Carlin | 1991–96 | Seasons 3 and 4 Re-dubbed The first 2 seasons |
Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor | |
| Michael Angelis | 2002–04 | Seasons 6 and 7 | ||
| UK | 1991–2012 | Seasons 3–16 | Calling All Engines through Blue Mountain Mystery, except The Great Discovery | |
| Alec Baldwin | 2000 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad as Mr. Conductor | ||
| US | 1998–2003 | Seasons 5 and 6 | ||
| Michael Brandon | 2003–12 | Seasons 7–16 Re-dubbed Season 6 |
Calling All Engines through Blue Mountain Mystery, except The Great Discovery | |
| Pierce Brosnan | UK/US | 2008 | original cuts of Season 12 | The Great Discovery |
| Mark Moraghan | 2013–17 | Seasons 17–21 Re-dubbed Seasons 13–15 |
King of the Railway through Journey Beyond Sodor | |
| John Hasler | UK | 2018–21 | Season 22–24 | Thomas narrates the story of Big World, Big Adventures. |
| Joseph May | US | |||
Timeline[]
Seasons[]
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Angelis | United Kingdom |
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| US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Carlin | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alec Baldwin | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Brandon | US | United States (of America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierce Brosnan | * | * | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Moraghan | US | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Hasler | UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specials and films[]
| Narrator(s) | Model era: 2000–08 | CGI era: 2009–17 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TatMR 2000 |
CAE! 2005 |
TGD 2008 |
HotR 2009 |
MIR 2010 |
DotD 2011 |
BMM 2012 |
KotR 2013 |
TotB 2014 |
TAB | SLotLT | TGR 2016 |
JBS 2017 | ||
| 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Mara Wilson | Lily | |||||||||||||
| Alec Baldwin | Mr. C | |||||||||||||
| Michael Angelis | UK | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||
| Michael Brandon | US | United States (of America) | ||||||||||||
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ||||||||||||||
| Pierce Brosnan | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Moraghan | ||||||||||||||
- 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 the original narrator who narrated the series, including the movies.
* Pierce Brosnan narrated the original cut of Series 12, but withdrew from the series, and his narrations left unreleased.
References[]
- ^ a b c Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends at IMDb
- ^ John Hasler [@john_hasler] (19 January 2016). "@NickN05L31 @MrDankEngine Thanks for that. I've recorded Rheneas for season 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.
- ^ a b Thomas and the Magic Railroad at IMDb
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