Nigel Pilkington

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Nigel Pilkington

Nigel Pilkington is a British actor, singer, and screenwriter.

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Career

Pilkington has appeared in various television programs such as "Grandpa in My Pocket", Cutting It , Trial & Retribution , Roman Mysteries and Richard Hammond's Secret Service .

As a voice actor Pilkington has provided many voices for animated films like Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest , television shows like The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky , The Jungle Book and Peter Rabbit and also the video games Inazuma Eleven and Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch . [1]

From Series 19 to Series 24, he was the UK Percy and Trevor in Thomas & Friends .

Pilkington directed, produced and wrote the short films Alone in 2011, [2] and "That's The Spirit" in 2014. [3]

Pilkington co-wrote, directed and produced the mockumentary podcast series "Dying Breeds", released in 2020. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 The Brothers Grimm Various
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Additional voices
2006 Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest AsmarVoice
Casino Royale Croupier
2007Nobody's PerfectNeil
2009 Awaydays Various
2011Alone
2012Thinking Inside the BoxDarrel
Cold WarriorCommentatorVoice
2013 The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle TabaquiVoice, direct-to-video
2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race PercyVoice, UK dub
2017 Journey Beyond Sodor
2018Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures!

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Cutting It CompereEpisode #3.6
2005 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky Ned, JoJo, Swift K.I.D., TrickyVoice
2007 A Room with a View VariousTelevision film
2008 Trial & Retribution Episode: "The Rules of the Game"
Masterpiece Episode "A Room with a View"
Burn Up Episode #1.1
Roman Mysteries Episode: "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem"
The Commander: AbductionAdditional voicesTelevision film
2009 The Tudors 3 episodes
2010–2020 The Jungle Book Tabaqui, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, additional voicesVoice
2012–2016 Peter Rabbit Squirrel NutkinVoice, UK dub
2013–present Richard Hammond's Secret Service Various
2014 Grandpa in My Pocket Simon SnaphamEpisode: "A Sunnysands Shelter for Bella La Belter"
2015–2021 Thomas & Friends Percy, TrevorVoice, UK dub
Succeeding Keith Wickham as the voice of Percy
2015–2016 Wissper Monty, Frank, Pablo, Herbert, Additional voicesSeason 2
Succeeding Keith Wickham as Monty
2019Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the RescuePercyVoice, UK dub
2020Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine
2022 Doctors Jez ApplebyEpisode: "Signs" [5]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Inazuma Eleven Ryūgo Someoka, Additional voicesEnglish version
2013 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Young Marcassin
2016 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Papalymo Totolymo
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Tansui
2019 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Moren, Sul Uin, Ghen Gen
2021 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Jullus
2022 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Lieutenant Travis

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References

  1. "MobyGames – Nigel Pilkington" . Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. "Alone – written and performed by Nigel Pilkington on Vimeo" . Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. "That's the Spirit".
  4. "Dying Breeds".
  5. Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Daniel Granger makes an ALARMING discovery..." What to Watch . (Future plc). Retrieved 20 November 2022.