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. Individual voices were given to the characters following the switch to full CGI animation in 2009 until the series ended in 2021.

Cast

Voices

Actor/Actress	Region	Role(s)	Notes
Joseph May	US	Thomas the Tank Engine	The Adventure Begins though Season 24.
John Hasler	UK
	US/UK	Rheneas[1]	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
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 16
	UK	Butch	Season 15 only
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 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 (FQC 1), 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
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^[broken anchor]
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
Harriet Kershaw		Darcy, Cleo, Jenny Packard, and a Kangaroo
Steven Kynman	UK	Porter, Jack^[broken anchor], Racing Car #3 and the Dock Manager ("Tale of the Brave" only)
	US	Charlie	"The Great Race" only
		Butch	Series 17 to 24.
	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
Francisco Labbe		Gustavo and a Brazilian Musician
Michael Legge		Luke
Dan Li		Yong Bao and the Chinese Railway Inspector
Windson Liong		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
Akiya Henry		the African Troublesome Trucks and Various African Voices
Dona Adwera		Various African Voices
Su-Lin Looi		the Chinese Diesel
Antonio Magro		Stefano and the Italian Stationmaster
Tariro Mavondo		Ranger Jill
Genevieve McCarthy		Aubrey
Matt McCooey		Kenji
Elvis Who		The African Troublesome Trucks (Singing voices only)
Ian McCue		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	UK/US	Porter (US; series 17 onwards/UK; "Pouty James" and "Cranky at the End of the Line" only), Stanley ("The Truth About Toby" only), Racing Car #3, and Jack (US only)
Rachael Miller	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,[2] 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^[broken anchor], and Cowgirls
Dominique Moore		Ruth
Mark Moraghan		Dexter
Vincenzo Nicoli		Lorenzo, Beppe, a Worker (Mines of Mystery), and the Passengers
Tracy-Ann Oberman[3]		Daisy	Series 20 through Series 24
Maggie Ollerenshaw		Henrietta
Nikhil Parmar		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), Hugo, 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^[broken anchor]
Christopher Ragland[4]		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 only, excluding "Saving Time"[5]
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 18
	UK	Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand
	US	Stanley and Charlie	Season 15 through 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^[broken anchor], Reg, the Deputy Minister and some Workmen
	US	The man in the hat	"Spencer's VIP" only
	UK	Max^[broken anchor]
Keith Wickham		Edward, Henry, Gordon, James ("Hero of the Rails"-"The Great Race"; excluding "Tit for Tat"), Percy ("Hero of the Rails"-"Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure"; excluding Series 19), 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^[broken anchor] (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 - 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	Movies	Notes
Ringo Starr	UK	1984–86	The first 2 seasons		[6]
	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.[6]
George Carlin		1991–96	Seasons 3 and 4 Re-dubbed The first 2 seasons		Series 3 through 4; redubbed Series 1 and 2. Narrated episodes on Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor.[7]
Michael Angelis	US	2002–04	Seasons 6 and 7		2 episodes of Series 6 and 4 episodes of Series 7 only.
	UK	1991–2012	Seasons 3–16	Calling All Engines; Hero of the Rails; Misty Island Rescue; Day of the Diesels; Blue Mountain Mystery[8]	Series 3 through 16
Alec Baldwin	US	1998–2002	Seasons 5 and 6	Thomas and the Magic Railroad (as Mr. Conductor)	Series 5, Thomas & The Magic Railroad and Series 6
Michael Brandon		2003–12	Seasons 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[9]	King of the Railway through Journey Beyond Sodor
John Hasler	UK	2018–21	Seasons 22, 23 and 24		Big World! Big Adventures! through Series 24. As Thomas the Tank Engine.
Joseph May	US

Timeline

Seasons

Narrator(s)	Model Series: 1984–2008												CGI Series: 2009–21
	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

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
Mara Wilson	Lily
Alec Baldwin	Mr. C
Michael Angelis		UK		Great Britain
Michael Brandon		US		United States
Gwyneth Paltrow
Pierce Brosnan			UK/US
Mark Moraghan								United Kingdom/United States

• 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 seasons and movies 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.

References

1. 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
2. "Movie Watch". Western Mail. 26 March 2016. ProQuest 1775781750.
3. Tracy Ann Oberman [@TracyAnnO] (20 August 2016). "@Diesel104472 I am Daisy the Diesel Car. She's v funny" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Christopher Ragland [@cgragland] (27 May 2015). "@Wellsworth96 no, I do the UK and U.S. Trucks...only do Percy U.S." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. John Schwab [@johnschwab] (17 November 2016). "@ElliotKW Yes, that's me. Thanks for watching" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. Harry, Bill (2004). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. Virgin Books. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7535-0843-5.
7. Allcroft, Britt (June 26, 2008). "Los Angeles Times – "The George Carlin I knew"". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
8. Haring, Bruce (31 May 2020). "Michael Angelis Dies: Voice Of 'Thomas The Tank Engine' Was 76". Deadline. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
9. Agencies (2013-05-17). "Former Brookside actor to be Thomas the Tank Engine narrator". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-08-31.

External links

Official websites

• Official website
• Awdry Family Site

Other sites

• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends at IMDb