Edward Glen

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Edward Glen
Born
Other namesEddie Glen
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present

Edward Glen, sometimes credited as Eddie Glen, is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in and provided voices in films, television shows and video games. He is best known for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad . Since 1998, he has been the voiceover of YTV.

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Career

Glen began his acting career in 1985 in various theatre productions in Canada and in the United Kingdom, where he still continues to act in theatre to this day. [1]

Outside of acting in theatre, he also works extensively as a voice actor in various anime and animated television shows and films, such as Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight , Dangaioh , Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh , Gunnm , Patlabor: The Movie and its sequel, Blazing Dragons , Flying Rhino Junior High , Undergrads , Angela Anaconda , Rescue Heroes , Rescue Heroes: The Movie and RoboRoach . [2] [3]

In 2000, Glen became the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in Britt Allcroft's fantasy film Thomas and the Magic Railroad , replacing John Bellis in the final cut of the film. [4] The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure.

Glen has also made live action appearances in several television shows and television films, such as Twice in a Lifetime , Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story, Earth: Final Conflict , Street Time , Skatoony , and The Frim .

Filmography

Live-action

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Thomas and the Magic Railroad Thomas the Tank Engine (voice) [2] [4]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Twice in a Lifetime Window WasherEpisode: "What She Did for Love"
Sealed with a KissZiggy the DoormanTelevision film
2000 Earth: Final Conflict Missioner #2Episode: "The Fields"
Daydream Believers: The Monkees' StoryProducerTelevision film
2003 Street Time DEA TechnicianEpisode: "Going Home"
2012 The Firm Duty CaptainEpisode: "Chapter Eleven"
2020 Murdoch Mysteries Mr. MadisonEpisode: "Crabtree a la Carte"
Odd Squad ConductorEpisode: "Train of Thoughts"

Voice roles

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 The Prince and the Pauper Additional voicesDirect-to-video
An Angel for Christmas
2003 Rescue Heroes: The Movie Al Pine [5]
2013Emma's Wings: A Bella Sara TaleColm [5]

Anime

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight Akira TsukabaEnglish dub
1993 Dangaioh Rol Kran
1994 Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh Roll
Gunnm Yugo
1995 Patlabor: The Movie Shige
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Karasu tengu Kabuto: Ôgon no me no kemonoKabuto
1999 Power Stone Ryoma, Pus22 episodes
2002–2003 Beyblade Wyatt Smithwright, Romero, Mystel32 episodes

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994The Legend of the Hawaiian SlammersAdditional voicesTelevision short
1996–1998 Blazing Dragons Flicker26 episodes [5] [2]
1998 Flying Rhino Junior High Fred, Johnny26 episodes [5]
1999 Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend Ictinus, Village BoyEpisode: "Theseus and the Minotaur" [5]
1999–2002 Rescue Heroes Al Pine40 episodes [2]
2001 Undergrads Additional voices3 episodes
2002 Angela Anaconda Gordy Rhinehart2 episodes [3]
2002–2004 RoboRoach Additional voices7 episodes
2010 Skatoony MauriceUnknown episodes
2016–2017Cirque du Soleil: Luna PetuniaDonnie Doohickey22 episodes
2020, 2024 Elinor Wonders Why Mr. Antelope2 episodes [6]
2023 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go Toby the Tram Engine Episode: "The Super Axle" [5]
2024 Barney's World GradyEpisode: "Mel's Greatest Treasure" [7]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Misadventures of Tron Bonne Birdbots [8]
2000 Mega Man Legends 2 Birdbots [5]
2007 Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Alec Dillingham
2022 Saints Row Sanyo lleso Pedestrains

Theatre

References

  1. "Eddie Glen - Resume". Talent House.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eddie Glen". Voice Chasers. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Perlmutter. ISBN   9780786486946.
  4. 1 2 Wills, John (2001). Screen World 2001. Monush. ISBN   9780786486946.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Edward Glen (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edward-glen/3000724473/
  7. https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/edward-glen/3000724473/
  8. Capcom Production Studio 2. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 7:08:11 in, CAST.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)