Matt Wilkinson

**Matthew "Matt" Wilkinson** (born in London, England, UK) is a British actor, voice actor, writer, playwright and film director who provides voices for the UK and US versions of Thomas & Friends since the switch to CGI.

Other animation voice-overs include "The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and his Best Friend Corky", "Watership Down", and "64 Zoo Lane". He has also appeared on film in "Shackleton" and "V for Vendetta".

## Voices

### UK

* Spencer
* Stanley (*Day of the Diesels onwards, excluding the nineteenth and twenty third series*)
* Charlie (*thirteenth series onwards, excluding The Great Race*)
* Bash
* Scruff (*fourteenth series onwards, excluding The Great Race*)
* Victor (*Hero of the Rails - sixteenth series*)
* Rocky
* Cranky
* Butch (*sixteenth series onwards*)
* Kevin (*Hero of the Rails onwards, excluding Journey Beyond Sodor, Hasty Hannah and Gordon Gets the Giggles*)
* Stephen Hatt (*thirteenth series only*)
* Farmer McColl (*thirteenth series onwards, excluding the twenty-first series*)
* The Duke of Boxford
* Farmer Trotter
* The Maithwaite Stationmaster
* The Knapford Stationmaster (*A Blooming Mess and An Engine of Many Colours*)
* The Dock Manager (*Misty Island Rescue onwards, excluding Tale of the Brave and the nineteenth series*)
* A Railway Inspector (*Thomas in Charge*)
* Some Dock Workers (*Merry Winter Wish, Day of the Diesels, and Blue Mountain Mystery*)
* The Island Inspector
* The Blond-haired Boy (*Merry Misty Island*)
* The Sodor Search and Rescue Centre Manager
* The Blue Mountain Quarry workman
* The Photographer (*sixteenth series only*)
* Headkeeper Jack (*Steamie Stafford only*)
* The Man with the Hat

### UK/US

* Ben (*Big World! Big Adventures! onwards*)
* Diesel 10
* Winston
* Rusty
* Tony
* Merrick
* Carter
* Some Passengers (*Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger and Useful Railway*)
* Some Rail Workers (*Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger*)
* Captain Joe
* Bert's Driver (*Tit for Tat*)
* Rex's Driver (*Tit for Tat and Useful Railway*)
* The Bird Watcher (*UK; Henry's Good Deeds, UK/US; P.A. Problems*)
* A Knapford Station Worker (*P.A. Problems*)
* A Wellsworth Station Worker (*Wish You Were Here*)

## Songs

* I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (*performed*)
* Will You Won't You (*performed*)
* Where in the World is Thomas? (*performed*)

## Filmography

* The Tichborne Claimant (1998)
* The Mystery of Men (1999)
* The Jolly Boys' Last Stand (2000)
* The Finder (2001)
* Lava (2001)
* Shackleton (2002)
* Ali G Indahouse (2002)
* About a Boy (2002)
* V for Vendetta (2005)
* Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009)
* Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010)
* Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011)
* Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012)
* Acts of Godfrey (2012)
* The Unbeatables (2013)
* Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
* Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
* Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015)
* Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
* Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (2018)

Television* Soldier Soldier (1995)
* Wildside (1998)
* Watership Down (1999)
* 64 Zoo Lane (2000)
* Harbour Lights (2000)
* The Missing Chink (2004)
* The Bill (2004)
* Empire Square (2005)
* Trust Me I'm a Genie (2011)
* Thomas & Friends (2009-present)
* 101 Dalmatian Street (2019-present)