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Martin T. Sherman (born in Evanston, Illinois, 28th November 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, voice director, writer and director who provided voices for the US dub of Thomas & Friends from 2009-2015.

He started acting around the age of 9 at a local Jewish community centre in Florida. He also provides voices for several video games. Two of his better known roles are Pac-Man in the video game Pac-Man World 3 and Ryan from DreamWeb.

Voices

US

Thomas (Hero of the Rails - eighteenth series)
Percy (Hero of the Rails - eighteenth series)
Diesel (King of the Railway - eighteenth series)
The Bird Watcher (Henry's Good Deeds)
Some Children (Time For a Story, Pop Goes Thomas and Toby and Bash)
Some Sodor United Football Players (Pingy Pongy Pick Up)

Songs

It's Great to be an Engine (performed)
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (performed)

Departure from the Series

In 2014, it was announced that Sherman would leave his roles on Thomas & Friends due to contractual disagreements with the production team. He announced his departure via The SiF Blog in July. In the post, he claimed to be feeling exploited and complained about the low wage the series was paying him. He also apologised to any fans who might be affected by his departure.

Later that month, in an interview with The Guardian, he stated that HiT Entertainment had threatened him with legal action if the blog post was not removed. Sherman said he felt bullied and silenced and was reportedly seeking legal advice regarding the blogpost. The blogpost was later removed. In the same Guardian interview, HiT Entertainment refused to comment on the contracts it has with its talent and wished Martin Sherman the best in his future professional endeavours.

As for his roles, Joseph May took over the voice of Thomas starting with The Adventure Begins, Christopher Ragland took over the role of Percy and Kerry Shale took over the role of Diesel, respectively, in the nineteenth series.

Filmography

Film

Green Street Hooligans (2005)
Spirit of the Forest (2008)
Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009)
Leap Year (2010)
Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011)
Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012)
Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
Burton and Taylor (2013)
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)

Television

Adventures on Orsum Island (2008)
Thomas & Friends (2009-2015)
Doctor Who (2015)

Games

DreamWeb
Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard, and the Wardrobe
Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad
Driv3r
Second Sight
Pac-Man World 3
Timesplitters: Future Perfect
Juiced
Sniper Elite
Kameo: Elements of Power
Perfect Dark Zero
The Witcher
Haze
So Blonde
Crysis Warhead
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Driver: San Francisco
Deponia

Trivia

In an interview with Sodor Island Fansite, he said he had auditioned for Henry, but Kerry Shale got the part instead.
Sherman is the only English voice actor for Thomas not to have narrated online content.

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+'''Martin T. Sherman''' (born in Evanston, Illinois, 28th November 1966) is an American actor, voice actor, voice director, writer and director who provided voices for the US dub of [[Thomas & Friends]] from 2009-2015.
-He started acting around the age of 9 at a local Jewish community centre in Florida. He also provides voices for several video games. One of his more known roles is voicing Pac-Man in the video game "Pac-Man World 3" and Ryan from "DreamWeb".
+He started acting around the age of 9 at a local Jewish community centre in Florida. He also provides voices for several video games. Two of his better known roles are Pac-Man in the video game ''Pac-Man World 3'' and Ryan from ''DreamWeb''.
 ==Voices==
 ===US===
-* [[Thomas]] (''[[Hero of the Rails]] - [[Season 18|eighteenth season]]'')
+* [[Thomas]] {{Note|[[Hero of the Rails]] - [[Season 18|eighteenth series]]}}
-* [[Percy]] (''Hero of the Rails - eighteenth season'')
+* [[Percy]] {{Note|Hero of the Rails - eighteenth series}}
-* [[Diesel]] (''[[King of the Railway]] - eighteenth season'')
+* [[Diesel]] {{Note|[[King of the Railway]] - eighteenth series}}
-* [[Minor Human Characters in the Television Series#The Bird Watcher|The Bird Watcher]] (''[[Henry's Good Deeds]]'')
+* [[Minor Human Characters in the Television Series#The Bird Watcher|The Bird Watcher]] {{Note|[[Henry's Good Deeds]]}}
-* [[Minor Human Characters in the Television Series|Some Children]] (''[[Time for a Story]], [[Pop Goes Thomas]] and [[Toby and Bash]]'')
+* [[Minor Human Characters in the Television Series|Some Children]] {{Note|[[Time For a Story]], [[Pop Goes Thomas]] and [[Toby and Bash]]}}
-* [[Minor Human Characters in the Television Series#Sodor United Football Team|Some Sodor United Football Players]] (''[[Pingy Pongy Pick Up]]'')
+* [[Minor Human Characters in the Television Series#Sodor United Football Team|Some Sodor United Football Players]] {{Note|[[Pingy Pongy Pick Up]]}}
 ==Songs==
-* [[It's Great to be an Engine]] (''performed'')
+* [[It's Great to be an Engine]] {{Note|performed}}
-* [[I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside]] (''performed'')
+* [[I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside]] {{Note|performed}}
 ==Departure from the Series==
-In 2014, it was announced that he would leave his role on Thomas and Friends due to contractual disagreements with the Thomas and Friends production team. He announced his departure via [http://thesifblog.blogspot.co.uk/ The SiF Blog] in July. In the post he claimed to be feeling exploited and complained about the low wage the series was paying him. He also apologised to any fans who might be affected by his departure.
+In 2014, it was announced that Sherman would leave his roles on ''Thomas & Friends'' due to contractual disagreements with the production team. He announced his departure via [http://thesifblog.blogspot.co.uk/ The SiF Blog] in July. In the post, he claimed to be feeling exploited and complained about the low wage the series was paying him. He also apologised to any fans who might be affected by his departure.
 Later that month, in an interview with [http://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2014/jul/22/voice-of-thomas-tank-engine-quits-show-contract-dispute The Guardian], he stated that [[HiT Entertainment]] had threatened him with legal action if the blog post was not removed. Sherman said he felt bullied and silenced and was reportedly seeking legal advice regarding the blogpost. The blogpost was later removed. In the same Guardian interview, HiT Entertainment refused to comment on the contracts it has with its talent and wished Martin Sherman the best in his future professional endeavours.
-[[Joseph May]] took over the voice of Thomas starting with [[The Adventure Begins]], [[Christopher Ragland]] took over the role of Percy and [[Kerry Shale]] took over the role of Diesel, respectively, in the [[Season 19|nineteenth season]].
+As for his roles, [[Joseph May]] took over the voice of Thomas starting with [[The Adventure Begins]], [[Christopher Ragland]] took over the role of Percy and [[Kerry Shale]] took over the role of Diesel, respectively, in the [[Season 19|nineteenth series]].
 ==Filmography==
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 * Green Street Hooligans (2005)
 * Spirit of the Forest (2008)
+* Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009)
 * Leap Year (2010)
+* Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
+* Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011)
+* Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012)
+* Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
 * Burton and Taylor (2013)
-* Thomas and Friends: Hero of the Rails (2009)
+* Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
-* Thomas and Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010)
-* Thomas and Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011)
-* Thomas and Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012)
-* Thomas and Friends: King of the Railway (2013)
-* Thomas and Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
 ===Television===
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 * DreamWeb
 * Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard, and the Wardrobe
-* Conflict: Desert Storm ll - Back to Baghdad
+* Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad
 * Driv3r
 * Second Sight
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 * Timesplitters: Future Perfect
 * Juiced
-* Sniper Ellte
+* Sniper Elite
 * Kameo: Elements of Power
 * Perfect Dark Zero
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 * So Blonde
 * Crysis Warhead
-* IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Pery
+* IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
 * Driver: San Francisco
 * Deponia
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 ==Trivia==
+* In an interview with Sodor Island Fansite, he said he had auditioned for [[Henry]], but Kerry Shale got the part instead.
-* He voiced Kodi in [[David Mitton]]'s unfinished "Orsum Island".
+* Sherman is the only English voice actor for Thomas not to have narrated online content.
-* He appeared in the 2011 Marvel Studios film "Captain America: The First Avenger" alongside [[Michael Brandon]], [[William Hope]] and [[Sophie Colquhoun]].
-* He and [[Togo Igawa]] voiced characters together from the game "Perfect Dark Zero".
-* [http://www.sodor-island.net/martintshermaninterview.html In an interview with Sodor Island Fansite], he said he had auditioned for [[Henry]], but he did not get the part.
-* Both he and [[Glenn Wrage]] voiced characters from "Spirit of the Forest".
-* He, [[Miranda Raison]], Michael Brandon, Glenn Wrage, [[John Hurt]], [[Olivia Colman]], [[Nigel Plaskitt]], [[Tom Stourton]], [[Simon Fisher-Becker]], [[Kerry Shale]], [[John Schwab]], [[John Ogwen]] and [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] also all had roles on Doctor Who. Togo Igawa also had a role in one of it's spin-offs "Torchwood". [[Maggie Ollerenshaw]] and [[Jonathan Forbes]] also worked on an audio drama based on "Doctor Who". [[Diego Brizzi]], [[Tesshō Genda]] and [[Dariusz Odija]] also did dubbings for the show.
-* He, [[Jules de Jongh]], [[Rupert Degas]], [[Christopher Ragland]] and William Hope all provided voices in "Driver: San Francisco".
-* He, Christopher Ragland, Glenn Wrage and John Schwab all provided voices in "Homefront: The Revolution".
-* He, Rupert Degas, Christopher Ragland and [[Kerry Shale]] all provided voices in "Deponia Doomsday".
 ==Gallery==
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 File:MartinShermaninCaptainAmerica.jpg|Martin Sherman as Brandt's aide in "Captain America: The First Avenger"
 File:MartinShermaninDoctorWho.png|Martin Sherman in Doctor Who
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