Kerry Shale

Kerry Shale (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 17th, 1958) is a Canadian actor who provides voices for the US and UK narrations of Thomas &amp; Friends.

He also voices in many other children's shows including, "Roary the Racing Car", "Dennis the Menace", "Budgie the Little Helicopter", and "Tinga Tinga Tales". Television credits include, "Not Going Out", "Love Soup", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", "Doctor Who", and "Red Dwarf". He even narrated the US and Canadian version of "The Transporters" of which all the episodes were released direct to DVD in 2007. He has also lent his voice to many video games, including: "Driver: San Francisco", "A Dog's Life", "Tomb Raider Chronicles", "Big Mutha Truckers", and "Lego City Undercover". He has also appeared in many films and radio programmes. He also narrated two stories for Frabbri's "Once Upon a Time" series of audio books.

US

 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James (Hero of the Rails - eighteenth season)
 * Bash
 * Scruff
 * 'Arry
 * Bert (fourteenth and fifteenth seasons)
 * Harold
 * Kevin
 * Sir Topham Hatt (Hero of the Rails - eighteenth season)
 * Sir Lowham Hatt
 * Mr. Percival
 * The Photographer
 * Farmer Trotter
 * The Maithwaite Stationmaster (Time For a Story and A Blooming Mess only)
 * A Railroad Inspector (Thomas in Charge)
 * The Railway Coal Inspector
 * Groaning Passengers (Calm Down Caitlin)
 * The Zoo Keeper
 * A Workman at Ulfstead Castle
 * Some Quarry Workers (Signals Crossed)
 * A Rail Worker (Marion and the Pipe)

UK

 * Diesel
 * 'Arry
 * Bert (fourteenth and fifteenth seasons)
 * The Zoo Keeper (Not Now, Charlie!)
 * Groaning Passengers (Calm Down Caitlin)

AUS/NZ

 * Mr. Percival (Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger only)

Trivia

 * He and Glenn Wrage appeared in the same "Doctor Who" episodes from Series 6. Olivia Colman, John Hurt, Michael Brandon, Tom Stourton, and Miranda Raison also had roles on the show.
 * Both he and TUGS voice actor John Baddeley voiced characters from "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher".
 * Shale has voiced characters in "The Amazing World of Gumball," alongside Teresa Gallagher and Rupert Degas
 * Both he and Tim Whitnall worked on "Roary the Racing Car".
 * He and Salty's Lighthouse voice actor Scott McNeil both voiced Umekichi from "Ultimate Teacher".
 * He, along with David Holt and Jules de Jongh voiced characters in "Puppeteer".
 * Both he and David Menkin voiced characters together on "Arthur Christmas".
 * Both he and Bruno Coronel voiced Bobert from "The Amazing World of Gumball" in their respective languages.