Rob Rackstraw

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Rob Rackstraw
Born	Robert Rackstraw (1965-10-31) 31 October 1965 (age 59) Sunderland, England
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1985–present
Agent	Fuller voices

Robert Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965) ^{[1] [2]} is an English voice actor who has worked in various animated films, television shows and video games.

Early life

Rackstraw grew up in the Sunderland suburb of New Silksworth, and attended Southmoor Comprehensive. His voice acting career began with a chance meeting with a local radio presenter, when he began writing scripts for radio adverts, and later voicing them. He said in 2013: “I thought it was daft that these guys get paid a lot more FOR reading than I was FOR writing. So I started augmenting my income by writing ridiculous things and accents into my scripts that no one else could do but me. I eventually got a show reel together and I started sending it all over the country." ^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Zit: The Video	All voices	Uncredited
1994	Friendly Monsters: A Monster Holiday	Ted, Jock, Norma, Fred, Hattie, Jim, Dan, Roger and Colin	Main UK role
	Friendly Monsters: A Monster Easter
	Friendly Monsters: A Monster Christmas
2001	Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember	Scoop, Muck, Mr. Bentley, Spud and Travis
2002	Bob the Builder: The Live Show	Scoop, Muck, Spud and Mr. Bentley
2003	Bob the Builder: The Knights Of Can a Lot	Scoop, Muck, Mr. Bentley, Mr. Ellis and Spud
2004	Bob the Builder: Snowed Under	Scoop, Muck, Spud, Travis	Main UK role
2005	Renart the Fox	Rufus
	Zemanovaload	Finger Bob and Finger Pete
2006	Robin Hood: Quest for the King	Badger, Pelican, King Leapold and Bird	As part of the BKN Classic Series trilogy
	Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild	Scoop and Muck (UK) Spud	Main role
2008	Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish!	Scoop, Muck, and Travis (UK) Spud, Grabber and Mr. Bentley
2010	Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden Hammer	Scoop, Muck and Travis (UK) Spud
2011	Bob the Builder: Big Dino Dig	Scoop, Muck and Packer (UK) Spud and Mr. Bentley
	Eats, Shoots & Leaves	Narrator
2012	The Patriot of America	Redcoat #1
2015	Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins	James (US)	Main role
	Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure	Toby (UK) James (US)	Supporting role
	Containment	Dan
2016	Thomas & Friends: The Great Race	James and Norman (US) Donald, Axel, Raul, Etienne, Flynn and the Railway Show Announcer [4]	Main/supporting role
2017	Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor	Toby (UK) James and the Troublesome Trucks	Main role
2018	Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!	Toby (UK) James, Donald, Big Mickey, additional voices	Recurring role
2024	Fox and Hare Save the Forest	Beaver, Rat, Tusk, Jack	World premiere at 74th Berlin International Film Festival. [5]

Television

Years	Title	Role(s)	Notes
1992	Truckers	Dave the Policeman
1993	Philbert Frog	All voices
1993–94	Avenger Penguins	Rocky, Doc, Cecil Stink, Irv
1993–95	The Legends of Treasure Island	Blind Pew
1993–96, 1998	Gogs
1995–96	Fantomcat	MacDuff, The Monitor
1996	Pond Life
1996–97	Sooty's Amazing Adventures	Sweep
1997	Soul Music
	Wyrd Sisters
1997–98	Gogwana
1998–99	Billy	Narrator, All voices except for Billy
1999	Watership Down	Captain Campion, Captain Holly, Raincloud, Granite, Hickory
	Lavender Castle	Roger, Isambard
1999–2000	Foxbusters	Voracious, Attila, Farmer Farmer
1999–2011	Bob the Builder	Scoop, Muck, Travis, Packer and Mr. Beasley (UK) Spud and Mr. Bentley (UK; 1999–2011 / US; Late 2005–11)
2000	Sooty Heights	Butch, Ramsbottom
	Spot's Musical Adventures	Narrator
2000-02	The Lampies	Charge, Spark
2001	Dr Otter	Dr Otter
	Merlin the Magical Puppy	Narrator, Ernie, Oscar, Gull
2002–04	Angelina Ballerina	Uncle Louis
2003	Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!	Toto
	Metalheads
2004	The Koala Brothers	Buster, George and Sammy
2005	Gordon the Garden Gnome	Dez
	Rudi and Trudi	Additional voices
	Zemanovaload	Finger Bob, Finger Pete
2005–08	Planet Sketch
2006	Dr. Dog
2006–08	The Secret Show	Professor Professor
2007–08	Chop Socky Chooks	Chuckie Chan, Students
2008	Famous 5: On the Case	Oscar Kirrin
2008–09	The Mr. Men Show	Mr. Happy (Season 2), Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy and Mr. Tickle	[2]
2009	Dennis and Gnasher	Various
2010-21	The Octonauts	Kwazii
2010-15	Team Umizoomi	DoorMouse
2012	Jelly Jamm	Cheating Bracelets	Guest star
2014–17	Boyster	Mr. Pluss
2015–16	Wissper	Colin, Dad, Kev and Dan
2015–18	Teletubbies	Various
2015–2021	Thomas & Friends	Toby	UK version; Series 19 onwards
		Stanley and Monty	US version
		James (The Adventure Begins to Series 24), Donald (Season 20 & 21), Flynn ("Rocky Rescue" to Series 23), Owen (Season 23 & 24), Hugo, Bradford, Big Mickey, Fergus Duncan/Small Controller, Thin Clergyman/Wilbert Awdry, additional voices	Succeeding Keith Wickham (UK) and Kerry Shale (US) as the role of James
2015–18	Messy Goes to Okido	Zim
2018-19	The Amazing World of Gumball	Mr. Gruber, William	Episodes: "The Slip" & "The Agent"
2022–present	The Creature Cases	R.O.N., Wally Bungler, Harold Stinkwell, additional voices	Voice only
2025	Wolf King	Vankaskan, Vanmorten	Voice only

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	References
1994	Retribution	Additional voices
1997	Realms of the Haunting
2004	Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
2005	Shinobido: Way of the Ninja	Taraba Ninja
2007	The Witcher	Savolla, Olaf, Salamandra Bandit, Salamandra Mage, Citizens, Knights
2009	Venetica	Additional voices
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Announcer, Death Eater
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Kingsley Shacklebolt, Death Eater, Announcers	[2]
	Star Wars: The Old Republic
	Anno 2070	Vadim Sokow
2012	Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle	Vasco
2013	Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel	Additional voices
	The Raven	Director Abbas Mokhtar
	Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse	Adam, Hector Laine, Shears
2014	Blackguards	Takate
	Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series	Garibald Tarwick, Meeren Slave, Crow	[2]
2015	Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire	2V-R8, additional voices
2016	Sherlock Holmes: The Devils Daughter	Additional voices
	Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne
2017	Total War: Warhammer - Eshin Triad

References

1. "Rob Rackstraw - BirthdayRoll.com". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
2. "Rob Rackstraw - 43 Character Images". Behind The Voice Actors.
3. Lawson, Ruth (31 March 2013). "Wearside performer gives a voice to animation stars". Evening Chronicle .
4. Rob Rackstraw [@TheVoiceoverman] (9 April 2016). "@ElliotKW @YouTube Oui!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. Economou, Vassilis (18 January 2024). "Berlin unveils the entirety of its Generation line-up". Cineuropa . Retrieved 13 February 2024.

External links

• Rob Rackstraw at IMDb