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Thomas & 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 books by Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphic blue steam locomotive on the fictional Island of Sodor along with his friends James, Gordon, Percy, Toby, Henry, Bertie, Terence, Edward, as well as others.
Until 2009, all the characters were silent with the exception of the narrator. Individual voices were given to the characters following the switch to full computer animation in 2009 until the series ended in 2021.
Actor/Actress | Region | Role(s) | Notes |
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Joseph May | US | Thomas the Tank Engine | The Adventure Begins through 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 (series 19 onwards), 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 (US: "Hero of the Rails"-onwards), James (US: "Hero of the Rails"-"The Great Race") 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 |
Actor(s) | Region | Years | Period | ||
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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; re-dubbed Series 1 and 2. Narrated episodes on Shining Time Station as Mr. Conductor. [7] | ||
Michael Angelis | US | 2004 | 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 | 1999–2003 | Seasons 5 and 6 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad (as Mr. Conductor) | Series 5, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, and Series 6 |
Michael Brandon | 2004–12 | 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 |
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 | 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 |
Narrator(s) | Model era: 2000–08 | CGI era: 2009–18 | ||||||||||||
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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 | UK/US |
* Pierce Brosnan narrated the original cut of series 12, but withdrew from the series, and his narrations were left unreleased.