# Rasmus Hardiker

Rasmus Hardiker (born 31 January 1985) is a British actor. He is best known for voicing Scott and Alan Tracy in the reboot animated television series Thunderbirds Are Go. He played Raymond in Steve Coogan's sitcom Saxondale and Ben in the Jack Dee comedy Lead Balloon. Hardiker was also in the BBC3 sketch series The Wrong Door.
He joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends, voicing several characters in the UK and USA versions. He is also known for voicing Alfur in Hilda.

## Early life

Hardiker was born on 31 January 1985 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. He attended The Arthur Terry School in Sutton Coldfield, where he obtained an A-level in drama.

## Career

At the age of 20, he started his acting career as he played the role of Philip Chase in the miniseries The Rotters' Club (2005).
From 2006 to 2007, Hardiker played Raymond in the television series Saxondale, featuring Steve Coogan. From 2006 to 2011, he starred alongside Jack Dee in the comedy series Lead Balloon. In 2011, he starred in the comic fantasy film Your Highness alongside Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, and Zooey Deschanel.
He made guest appearances in Shakespeare Re-Told, The Bill, Doctors, New Tricks, and Afterlife. In 2014, he starred as Harry in the Black Mirror episode "White Christmas".
From 2018 to 2019, he played Kem, a regular in the Superman spin-off prequel series Krypton.
From 2012–2013, Hardiker voiced various characters in the Disney Channel musical comedy series Groove High. From 2015 to 2020, he provided the voices of Scott and Alan Tracy in the reboot animated television series Thunderbirds Are Go. He then joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends, where he voices Philip, Monty, and the Troublesome Trucks. He took over for Jonathan Broadbent as the voice of Bill, starting with the twenty-second series. He also provided the voice of Alfur in Hilda.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Starter for 10 | University Challenge competitor | |
| 2007 | Magicians | Dwight | |
| 2007 | I Want Candy | Christi | |
| 2008 | Lezione 21 | Broderip | |
| 2008 | Faintheart | Comic Book Fan 1 | |
| 2009 | Huge | Josh | |
| 2011 | Your Highness | Courtney | |
| 2012 | Cockneys vs Zombies | Terry Macguire | |
| 2015 | Capture the Flag | Marty Farr (voice) | English version |
| 2015 | Peter & Wendy | Mr. Smee, Smith | |
| 2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Philip (voice) | |
| 2017 | Journey Beyond Sodor | Philip (voice) | |
| 2017 | Mary and the Witch's Flower | Zebedee (voice) | English version |
| 2017 | The Little Vampire 3D | Rudolph Sackville-Bagg, Gregory Sackville-Bagg (voices) | |
| 2020 | Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! On the Big Screen | Walter (voice) | |
| 2021 | Hilda and the Mountain King | Alfur (voice) | |
| TBA | Lioness | TBA | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | The Rotters' Club | Philip Chase | |
| 2005 | Afterlife | James | Episode: "More Than Meets the Eye" |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told: Much Ado About Nothing | Vince | |
| 2005 | Funland | Hitman | 4 episodes |
| 2005 | A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets | Ned Bounty | |
| 2005 | The Bill | Martin | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Doctors | Josh Parrish | Episode: "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 2006–2007 | Saxondale | Raymond | |
| 2006–2011 | Lead Balloon | Ben | |
| 2007 | The Lift | Rocco | |
| 2007 | The Good Samaritan | Phil | |
| 2007 | New Tricks | Sean | Episode: "Father's Pride" |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Luke | |
| 2007 | The Wrong Door | Various characters | |
| 2008 | Micro Men | Shop assistant | |
| 2012–2013 | Groove High | Various characters | |
| 2013 | Dude, That's My Ghost! | Spencer Wright (voice) | Main cast |
| 2014–2017 | Boyster | Rafik, Arthur (voices) | Main cast |
| 2014 | Black Mirror | Harry | Feature-length special "White Christmas" |
| 2015 | Scream Street | Resus Negative, various | Main cast |
| 2015–2020 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Scott Tracy, Alan Tracy, additional voices | Main cast |
| 2015–2019 | Danger Mouse | Count Duckula, Ian, Jimmy Camel, Monsieur Aubrey le Camembert (voices) | Recurring cast |
| 2015–2019 | Thomas & Friends | Monty (voice) | UK version |
| 2015–2019 | Thomas & Friends | Troublesome Trucks (The Fastest Red Engine on Sodor only), Bill (Series 22 onwards), Philip (voices) | Recurring cast, succeeding Jonathan Broadbent as the voice of Bill |
| 2016–2020 | Floogals | Fleeker | Main cast |
| 2016–2019 | Digby Dragon | Chips | Recurring cast |
| 2017–2021 | Numberblocks | Eighteen, Eighty-One (voices) | |
| 2017 | Ronja, the Robber's Daughter | Fjosok, Pelje, Tjorm, Sturkas (voices) | English dub |
| 2017–2021 | Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! | Walter Brown, Grizzly Griller (voices) | Main cast |
| 2017–present | The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe | Ivandoe, Bert (voices) | Main cast |
| 2017–present | The Tiny Bunch | Turtle | Season 2 |
| 2018–2019 | Krypton | Kem | Main cast |
| 2018–2019 | Lilybuds | Ellery | Main cast |
| 2018–2023 | Hilda | Alfur (voice) | Main cast |
| 2019–2020 | 101 Dalmatian Street | Hansel the Husky (voice) | Recurring cast |
| 2019–2020 | Ricky Zoom | Steel Awesome (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Dr. Panda TotoTime | Dr. Panda (voice) | |
| 2021–2022 | Blippi Wonders | Santa, Ernie the Eraser (voices) | 11 episodes |
| 2022 | Mammals | Briggsy | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti | Osmo (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Best & Bester | A.N. Other (voice) | |
| 2023 | Van der Walk | Herman Zaal | Episode: "Redemption in Amsterdam" |
| 2023 | Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix | Yellow - Niji 6, Scanner AI, Engineer (voices) | 6 episodes |
| 2025 | Wolf King | Mikkel (voice) | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin | Kai | |
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Additional voices | |
| 2016 | Steep | Pointe Percee | |
| 2017 | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Tora | English version |
| 2017 | Dragon Quest XI | The Luminary, Calasmos, additional voices | |
| 2019 | Dragon Quest XI S | The Luminary, Calasmos, additional voices | |
| 2023 | Disney Illusion Island | Toku | |
| 2023 | Lies of P | Gemini | |