Martin Sherman (actor)

Martin Sherman
Born	Martin T. Sherman 1971 (age 53–54) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Occupations	Actor director writer inventor
Years active	1994–present

Martin T. Sherman (born 1971) ^[1] is an American actor, director, writer and inventor. He is known for his various voice roles in the children's television series Thomas & Friends and his voice role as Pac-Man in the 2005 video game Pac-Man World 3 .

Early life

Martin T. Sherman was born in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1971. ^[1] He is a graduate of Gibbs High School. ^[2]

Career

Sherman has starred in several films and television as well as providing voice acting for several video games, including Pac-Man in Pac-Man World 3 (2005), the first time the character ever had a voice actor in his games.^{[ citation needed ]} From 2009 to 2015, Sherman voiced Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy the Small Engine in the American dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends, as well as providing their voices for the Day Out with Thomas dummy units and the steam locomotive at the Strasburg Rail Road. He also voiced Diesel in the show's US dub from 2013 to 2015, taking over from former U.S. narrator Michael Brandon. ^{[3] [4] [5]} After Sherman's departure from the series, Joseph May, Christopher Ragland, and Kerry Shale had taken over the roles of Thomas, Percy, and Diesel respectively, though Shale had already voiced the latter character in the UK dub.^{[ citation needed ]}

In addition to his acting work, Sherman is also an inventor, specializing in ocean engineering.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Gangs of New York	Man
2005	Green Street	Mitch
	The Tiger and the Snow	Soldato Americano
2006	Incubus	Orin Kiefer (voice)	Uncredited
2009	Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails	Thomas, Percy (voice)	American dub
2010	Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue
	Spirit of the Forest	Piorno, Huhu (voice)	English dub [6]
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Brandt's Aide
	Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels	Thomas, Percy (voice)	American dub
2012	Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery
2013	Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway	Thomas, Percy, Diesel (voice)
2014	Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave	Thomas, Percy (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009–2015	Thomas & Friends	Thomas, Percy, Diesel (voice)	American dub
2011–2016	SkaterBots	Rodney Hawkins (voice)
2014–2019	Marcus Level	Gorbar (voice)	Main cast [6]
2015	Doctor Who	Man	Episode: "Hell Bent"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad	US Briefing Officer
2004	Driv3r	Additional voices
	Second Sight	Additional voices
2005	Juiced	Jack
	Sniper Elite	Karl Fairburne	[6]
	Kameo: Elements of Power	Additional voices
	Pac-Man World 3	Pac-Man, Blinky (Clyde)	[6]
	Perfect Dark Zero	Killian	[6]
2007	The Witcher	Radovid V the Stern
2008	So Blonde	Kid
	Emergency Heroes	Zach Harper	[6]
	Everybody's Golf 5	Felipe	English dub [6]
	Haze	Corporal Bobby Watchstrap	[6]
	Crysis Warhead	Marine
2012	Deponia	Wenzel, Gonzo	[6]
2013	Crysis 3	Teammate #6
2014	Sacred 3	Z4ngri3f
	Randal's Monday	Matt
	LittleBigPlanet 3	Gustavo	[6]
2015	Lego Dimensions	Additional voices
2016	Deponia Doomsday	Wenzel, Gonzo	English dub
2017	Horizon Zero Dawn	Dekamin, Muns, Shahavad
	Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2	Spider-Man, Iron Fist
	Star Wars Battlefront II	Voice Talent
2018	Lego The Incredibles
	State of Mind	Civil Doctor
2019	Terminator: Resistance	Alvin	[6]
2021	It Takes Two	Hammerhead	[6]
2022	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Teach	English dub [6]
2025	Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac	Pac-Man	[7]

Other work

• Day Out with Thomas (2014–2015) - Thomas and Percy (voice, pre-recorded dialogue)

Production work

• Juiced (2005) – Writer
• Crusty Demons (2006) – Voice director
• So Blonde (2008) – Director

References

1. "Meet Martin Sherman, Just 7". The Evening Independent . May 31, 1978. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
2. "Forensic students compete". St. Petersburg Times . December 26, 1986. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
3. Woolf, Nicky (22 July 2014). "Voice of Thomas the Tank Engine quits over contract dispute: 'I feel so bullied'". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 October 2018.
4. "Thomas the Tank Engine Voice Actor Quits Over Salary Dispute". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 18 October 2018.
5. "St. Pete native quitting as voice of Thomas the Tank Engine". Tampabay.com. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
6. "Martin T Sherman (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). Retrieved August 30, 2019.
7. Scullion, Chris (July 31, 2025). "Namco's 2002 platformer Pac-Man World 2 is getting a remake". Video Games Chronicle . Retrieved August 1, 2025.

External links

• Martin Sherman at IMDb