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Robert Tinkler
Robert Tinkler
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Rob Tinkler
Education	Ryerson University
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Alexis Tinkler
Website	robtinkler.com

Robert Tinkler is a Canadian voice actor who provides voices for a number of cartoons and anime shows. He voiced Max in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Delete in the children's animated series Cyberchase, Pelswick Eggert in Pelswick, and Howie in Almost Naked Animals.

In anime, he provides the voice of Crimson Rubeus in the DIC Entertainment dub of Sailor Moon, Gingka Hagane, the main protagonist in the Beyblade: Metal Saga series and Brooklyn in Beyblade G-Revolution.^[2] In feature films, he voiced Buddy in The Nut Job.

Early life and career

Tinkler became involved in community theatre, performing in plays and musicals, and was subsequently accepted into the Theatre program into Ryerson University, from which he graduated. At Ryerson, he met future sketch comedy collaborators Mike Beaver, Jason Jones, and Stacey DePass. He made his first acting career in It's Alive! as an unknown character. Then, he voiced Max in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police. Tinkler voiced many characters in many Canadian television shows such as Pelswick as the title character, Medabots as Spike and Seaslug, Cyberchase as Delete, and Jacob Two-Two as Daniel. In The Nut Job, he voiced Buddy, the friend of Surly Squirrel, and Redline. A role he later reprised in The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature just as Buddy. In Franny's Feet, he voiced Salsa the Monkey. Starting from 2019, Tinkler is the current voice of Woodstock, a character in the Peanuts comic strips created by Charles M. Schulz.

Earlier before voicing Woodstock, Tinkler also voiced Fish and Thing 1 and 2 in The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, including the unnamed Teacher in PJ Masks and The Bobroom as sketch characters with Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs voicing Steggy, Rover in Lunar Jim, various characters in Inspector Gadget, Howie in Almost Naked Animals, and Beyblade: Metal Fusion as Ginga Hagane. For his performance as Delete in Cyberchase, Tinkler won an Outstanding New Approaches — Daytime Children's at the 36th Daytime Emmy Awards. In his late teens, Tinkler became involved in community theatre, performing in plays and musicals, and was subsequently accepted into the Theatre program at Ryerson University (later acquiring his BFA hons). At Ryerson, he met future sketch comedy collaborators Mike Beaver, Jason Jones, and Stacey DePass. His first gig out of school was a series on YTV called "It's Alive". The show was of the sketch comedy variety, and while acting on the series Rob was introduced to and became interested in writing.

After the show's cancellation, and growing frustrated with a dwindling influx of acting work at that time, Rob and his then roommates Mike Beaver and Shaun Majumder decided to form the comedy troupe "Beaver, Tinkler, Majumder". This triumvirate soon welcomed Jason Jones, and then Stacey Depass and Jennifer Baxter (who were also on "It's Alive") and the troupe was renamed "The Bobroom". Also during this period, Rob realized an affinity for voice-overs and he booked several animated series including The Adventures of Sam & Max Freelance Police, X-Men and Sailor Moon. After writing, mounting and performing in many live sketch shows with The Bobroom at clubs across Toronto and excursions into Chicago and New York City, the troupe was soon approached by Milan Curry-Sharples about doing the comedy showcase series Comedy Now. Although this show was more of a vehicle for stand-up comedians, this endeavor ultimately led to the development and creation of the sketch comedy series "The Bobroom" for the Comedy Network. Although the series ran only for a limited time, it was a learning ground for Rob as he not only amassed characters but honed skills in writing for the screen.

Also around this time, Rob landed several roles on feature film productions, including The Tuxedo and the cult classic Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle. After embarking on a couple of pilot seasons in Los Angeles, Rob received the accreditation to relocate to the US on a full-time basis. There, he has written for several animated series ("Wayside, Pandalian Almost Naked Animals) and did voices on video games (Superman Returns, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2), and several pilots and series (Celebrity Deathmatch), including the Fox prime time animated series "American Dad!". He's also performed in countless commercials and had a recurring role as Rachael Harris' whipping boy in ABC's Notes From The Underbelly. Rob plays too many characters to name on PBS's The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, as well as voices leading danger dog Howie in Cartoon Network's Almost Naked Animals and Gingka in Beyblade: Metal Fusion. Rob divides his time between LA and Toronto as he continues to develop series and films. In addition to acting, writing, and directing, he is also a Creative Consultant on Almost Naked Animals.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1995–1998	Sailor Moon (DIC Entertainment dub)	Crimson Rubeus
1996–1998	Stickin' Around	Additional voices
1997–1998	The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police	Max		^[3]
1999–2001	Angela Anaconda	Bill Anaconda, Mark and Derek Anaconda
2000–2002	Pelswick	Pelswick Eggert		^[4]
2001	Undergrads	Mump
2001–2004	Medabots	Spike/Seaslug
2002–present	Cyberchase	Delete	Nominated – Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Children's (listed with Cyberchase cast and crew), 36th Daytime Emmy Awards	^[4]^[5]
2003	Moville Mysteries	Alonzo Longneck	Episode: "Just My Luck"
2003–2006	Jacob Two Two	Daniel		^[4]
2003–2010	Franny's Feet	Salsa the Donkey
2004	Beyblade G-Revolution	Brooklyn
2004	Totally Spies!	Arnold Jackson	Episode: "Morphing Is Sooo 1987"
2004–2008	Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends	Grub
2005	Slam Dunk	Hanamichi Sakuragi		^[4]
2006	Lunar Jim	Rover
2008–2009	Rocket Boy and Toro (Nelvana's Dub)	Rocket Boy
2009	Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia	Lync Volan, Helios
2010–2018	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!	Fish, Thing One, Thing Two
2010–2013	Beyblade: Metal Saga	Gingka Hagane	Four series (Metal Fusion, Metal Masters, Metal Fury and Shogun Steel)
2010	Sidekick	Nocturna		^[4]
2011–2013	Almost Naked Animals	Howie		^[6]
2011	Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge	Wiseman, Betadron, Tremblar, Balista		^[7]
2012	Mudpit	Slime		^[8]
2013–2015	Grojband	G'ORB, Captain Tighty Whitey, Shaven Beard, Barney		^[4]
2013–2015	Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion	Shakes		^[4]
2013	Beyblade: Shogun Steel	Gingka Hagane
2013–2015	Julius Jr.	Shaka Brah Yeti		^[9]
2013	The Day My Butt Went Psycho!	Deuce		^[10]
2014	Numb Chucks	Hooves		^[4]
2014–2017	Trucktown	Max		^[4]
2015–present	PJ Masks	Teacher
2015	Inspector Gadget	Various characters		^[4]
2016–2020	Rusty Rivets	Ray, Botasaur, Bytes, Opera Singing Monkey		^[4]
2016–2021	Ranger Rob	Chipper
2016–2017	The ZhuZhus	Chunk, Bean		^[4]
2017–2018	Mysticons	Ferrus and Halite Goldenbraid		^[4]
2016	Trucktown	Max	Nominated – Canadian Screen Award, Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series	^[11]
2018–2023	Total DramaRama	Additional voices
2018–2023	Bakugan: Battle Planet	Tiko, Additional voices
2019–2021	Snoopy in Space	Woodstock		^[4]
2019	Dragamonz	Dax, Master Perros and Azakai
2019–2021	Alien TV	Ixbee
2019–2021	Norman Picklestripes	Additional voices
2020	Powerbirds	Nibbles
2020	Remy & Boo	Boo
2021–present	Go, Dog. Go!	Early Ed
2021–present	The Snoopy Show	Woodstock, Spike		^[4]
2021	Snoopy Presents: For Auld Lang Syne	Woodstock, Spike, and Olaf	TV special
2022	Snoopy Presents: It's The Small Things, Charlie Brown	Woodstock	TV special
2022	Snoopy Presents: To Mom (and Dad), With Love	Woodstock / Woodstock‘s Mom	TV special
2022–2023	My Little Pony: Make Your Mark	Sparky Sparkeroni		^[12]

Film

List of voice performances in feature films
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2014	The Nut Job	Redline, Buddy		^[4]^[13]
2017	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature	Redline

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year	Title	Role	Source
2004	Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot	Grumpy Bear	^[4]
2005	The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie	Grumpy Bear	^[4]
2000	MXP: Most Xtreme Primate	Stanley	^[14]

Live-action

List of acting performances in film and television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1997	It's Alive!
2000	The Bobroom	Sketch characters
2004	Harold and Kumar: Go To White Castle	JD	US Film

Awards and nominations

Nominated – Outstanding New Approaches – Daytime Children's (listed with Cyberchase cast and crew), 36th Daytime Emmy Awards
Nominated – Canadian Screen Award, Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series - Trucktown