Rob Rackstraw

Rob Rackstraw
Born	Robert Rackstraw (1965-10-31) 31 October 1965 Sunderland, England, U.K.
Nationality	British
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1993-present
Notable credit(s)	Bob the Builder as the voices of Scoop/Muck/Roley Travis and Spud Watership Down as Campion The Secret Show as Professor Professor The Octonauts as Kwazii Thomas and Friends as James (US) and Toby (UK)

Robert "Rob" Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965 in Sunderland) is an English voice actor well known for his various voice-over roles in the popular television series Bob the Builder, mainly the scarecrow Spud.

As of 2015 he joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends voicing the characters of Toby in the UK, James and Stanley in the US and Flynn in the UK and the US.

Career

He has an extensive voice over career over 20 years and is considered to be one of the UK's leading male voice-over actors. He also played the main villain Pew in The Legends of Treasure Island, Tod, Ghengis and Farmer Farmer in Foxbusters, Buster and George in The Koala Brothers, Professor Professor in The Secret Show, Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Tickle, Mr. Happy in the UK version of The Mr. Men Show, Dad in Dennis and Gnasher, Kwazii in The Octonauts and Captain Campion in Watership Down.

He also wrote episodes of Avenger Penguins and Fantomcat.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Friendly Monsters: A Monster Holiday	Additional voices
2001	Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember	Scoop, Muck and Spud	Main Role
2003	Bob the Builder: The Knights Of Fix a Lot	Scoop, Muck and Travis	Main Role
2004	Bob the Builder: Snowed Under	Spud and Travis	Main Role
2005	Renart the Fox	Rufus
	Zemanovaload	Finger Bob and Finger Pete
2010	Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden Hammer	Scoop, Muck, Spud and Travis	Main role
2011	Eats, Shoots & Leaves	Narrator
2011	Bob the Builder: Big Dino Dig	Scoop, Muck, Roley, Packer (UK/US), and Spud (UK/US)	Main role
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	James (US) and Toby (UK)	Supporting role

Television

• Albie
• Angelina Ballerina - Uncle Louis (2001–2004)
• Avenger Penguins - Rocky, Doc, Cecil Stink, Irv (1993–1994)
• Bob the Builder - Scoop (UK), Muck (UK), Roley (UK), Travis, Scoot, Packer (UK/US), Dodger (UK/US), RV (UK/US), Grabber (UK/US) Spud (UK/US), Mr. Beasley, Mr Bernard Bentley (1999-2012)
• Chop Socky Chooks - Chuckie Chan, Students (2008)
• Dennis and Gnasher - Dad (2001-2010
• Discworld
• Dr Otter - Dr Otter (2001)
• Engie Benjy - Mike (2002)
• Fantastic Flying Journeys (2001)
• Fantomcat - MacDuff (1995–1996)
• Foxbusters - Tod, Ghengis, Farmer Farmer (1999-2000)
• Gogs (1993-1996/1998)
• Gogwana (1997/1998)
• Gordon the Garden Gnome - Andrew (2005)
• The Koala Brothers - Buster, George (2004)
• The Lampies - Charge, Spark (2001)
• Lavender Castle - Roger, Isambard (1996–1998)
• The Legends of Treasure Island - Pew (1993–1995)
• Little Grey Rabbit (2000)
• Merlin the Magical Puppy - Narrator, Ernie, Oscar, Gull (2001)
• Metalheads
• Okto (Kellogg's Variety Pack Octopus) (2001)
• Philbert Frog - Narrator, Philbert Frog, Tiffany Tortoise, The Doctor, Monty Mole, Kevin, Oscar Owl, Melvin Mouse, Willie Worm, Bertie Bird, The Film Director, Naughty Nora the Naughty Witchbat (1993)
• Preston Pig (2000)
• Robin Hood: Quest for the King (2007)
• Roary the Racing Car - Nick (2007)
• Sheeep - Mumsie (2000)
• Sooty's Amazing Adventures - Sweep (1996)
• Sooty Heights - Butch/Ramsbottom (2000)
• The Space Place
• Timmy and the Tales From the Waterhole
• Watership Down - Captain Campion (1999)
• Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! - Toto (2003)
• Zemanovaload - Finger Bob, Finger Pete (2005)
• The Secret Show - Professor Professor (2006–2008)
• The Mr. Men Show - Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Tickle, Mr. Happy (Season 2) (2008–2009)
• Famous 5: On the Case - Oscar Kirrin (2008)
• The Octonauts - Kwazii (2010–present)
• Thomas & Friends - James (US), Toby (UK), Stanley (US) and Flynn (UK/US) (2015–present)

Video games

Year	Title	Role
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	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Additional voices
2013	Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse	Hector Laine, Shears, Adam

External links

• Rob Rackstraw at the Internet Movie Database