John Hasler

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John Hasler
Born (1974-04-21) 21 April 1974 (age 50)
Barking, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Website johnhasler.co.uk

John Hasler (born 21 April 1974) [1] is an English actor. He is best known as T-Shirt in the children's television series T-Bag from 1985 to 1992, and for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the UK dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends from 2015 to 2021. Hasler was the only cast member on T-Bag to remain with the show for its entire television run, starting as a young boy and leaving as a teenager. He has a child, Alice.

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Career

Hasler began his career in the mid-1980s. He played T-Shirt, a prominent character in the T-Bag TV series, between 1985 and 1992, being the only character to star in all nine series and in all four Christmas specials.

He has appeared in Renford Rejects and Casualty and provided voices and additional dialogue replacement (ADR) for a number of film, radio and television productions. He also appeared for an old TV advert for Persil washing powder in the 1990s.

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 , 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 , protagonist "Toot" in Toot the Tiny Tugboat and Foz in Go Jetters . Hasler left the Thomas and Friends cast after the show ended in 2021, however he continues to voice Thomas in YouTube shorts.

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

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole(s)Notes
1984BreakoutStephen
1998Vincent and Doug: Let's Do ItVincentVoice
1999Vincent and Doug: The Movie
2000Vincent and Doug 2
201110 Areans of MarwoodIrving Clifford
2012 Brave Additional voices
2014 Fireman Sam: Heroes of the StormArnold McKinley, James JonesUK voice
2015 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins Thomas
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Thomas (UK)
Rheneas
Voice; uncredited in the US
2017Fireman Sam: Alien AlertArnold McKinley, James JonesUK voice
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor Thomas
2018Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985–92 T-Bag T-Shirt94 episodes
1991 Doctor at the Top Alec1 episode
1994 Harry's Mad AccessEpisode: "Mad Macaw"
Against All Odds Paul CheatleEpisode: "The Horse and His Boys"
1994–2002Vincent and DougVincentVoice; 22 episodes
1995 The Legends of Treasure Island Jim HawkinsVoice; 13 episodes (Series 2)
2000 Casualty Lee CarterEpisode: "Not Waving But Drowning"
Renford Rejects JackEpisode: "Best Laid Plans"
2002–2004Heroes DelightVincentVoice; 10 episodes
2008 Get Squiggling All male charactersVoice
2012–present Fireman Sam James Jones, Arnold McKinleyMain UK voice role
2013–14 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts TrafalgarMain voice role
2014–2015 Toot the Tiny Tugboat TootMain voice role; 51 episodes
2015–2021 Thomas & Friends Thomas / Narrator (UK)
Rheneas (US)
Main voice role, succeeding Ben Small
Go Jetters FozMain voice role
2019–presentThink about LessonPetSupporting voice role
YooHoo to the Rescue YooHooUK dub [1]
2019Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the RescueThomas / Narrator (UK)Main voice role
Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries (All Tracks Lead to Rome / Mines of Mystery)
Robozuna Zeve, Superfan, Dr Naron1 episode [1]
2020Thomas & Friends: The Royal EngineThomas / Narrator (UK)Main voice role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998Vincent and Doug: The Video GameVincentVoice
1999Vincent and Doug: The Movie GameVoice

References

  1. 1 2 3 "John Hasler – 5 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
  2. 1 2 "John Hasler – Actor and Voiceover Artist". www.johnhasler.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. "The Lion King Roars Off On First-Ever U.K. Tour". Encore Tickets. Retrieved 27 June 2019.