Steven "Steve" Kynman (born 12th November 1975, Beverley, England, UK) is a British actor, voice actor, and puppeteer.
He provided voices for the UK and US dubs of Thomas & Friends. He took over the roles of Paxton from Keith Wickham, Dart from Rupert Degas, Ryan from Eddie Redmayne in both English dubs and Charlie from Ben Small and Butch from Glenn Wrage in the US.
In Fireman Sam, he voiced the titular character, Sam Jones as well as voicing some other characters such as Elvis Cridlington, Norman Price, Derek Price and Charlie Jones in the UK version of the CGI series of "Fireman Sam". Other credits include "Moving Wallpaper", "The Mr. Men Show" as Mr. Nosey and the 2015 "Bob the Builder" series as Lofty in the UK version of the series. He has also played the character, Robert the Robot in the BBC children's television series, "Justin's House" from 2011 to 2023.
Voices
UK/US
- Duck (2013 - 2019)
- Charlie (2016)
- Ryan (2016 - 2017)
- Dart (2013 - 2019)
- Paxton (2012 - 2020)
- Peter Sam (2012 - 2020)
- The Third Slip Coach (2014)
- Willie (2020)
- A Railway Inspector (Too Many Fire Engines)
- Some Passengers (The Switch and Mike's Whistle)
- The Bird Watcher (Who's Geoffrey?)
- Knapford Station Speaker (Hugo and the Airship)
- Mike's Driver (Mike's Whistle)
- A Steelworks Worker (Journey Beyond Sodor)
- A Knapford Station Worker (Journey Beyond Sodor)
- A Rail Worker (Apology Impossible)
- A Little Boy (Gordon Gets the Giggles)
UK
- Porter (2014 - 2019, excluding Pouty James and Cranky at the End of the Line)
- Jack (2013 - 2020)
- The Dock Manager (Tale of the Brave only)
US
- Butch (2013 - 2017)
Songs
Series 18
- I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside (performed)
Series 19
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (performed)
The Great Race
- Will You Won't You (performed)
Big World! Big Adventures!
- Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
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Trivia
- He is not credited in the UK credits of Don't Bother Victor! for voicing Peter Sam. He was also uncredited for voicing Paxton in Wayward Winston.
- Between the seventeenth and nineteenth series, he was credited as Steve Kynman.
External Link
- Steven's Twitter account (archived)