- “Oh, my! How splendid! A hard working engine with his sheep and sheepdog straight from the fields! That's the photograph I need for the front page!”
- ― The Photographer
The Photographer is a man who takes photographs around the Island of Sodor.
Biography[]
When Oliver discovered a dinosaur skeleton at a foundation for a new school, the photographer arrived and took a picture of Oliver and the dinosaur skeleton, which was added to the front page of the Sodor Times.
When a dinosaur skeleton was discovered in the mountains, Thomas took the photographer to the Transfer Yards while Rheneas transported the skeleton down the mountain.
When Edward was later chosen to star on a North Western Railway poster, the photographer was hired again, this time to take a photo of Edward for the poster. He was later hired to photograph the engines for a billboard to be erected at Knapford.
He later took a photograph of Thomas and a giraffe at the Animal Park.
He used a draisine when he took pictures of the Sodor engines for a book entitled Sodor: The Great Railway. He was also present at the Farmer's Fair where he took a picture of James, Farmer McColl, Sir Topham Hatt, Farmer McColl's dog Katie and his sheep. The photograph was featured on the front page of the Sodor Gazette newspaper. He was also one of the very important visitors that attended Dowager Hatt's Sodor tour and after party.
He later took a photograph of the Sodor Search and Rescue Team's one thousand and first rescue while they were rescuing Percy and Diesel from a flood.
Personality[]
The Photographer seems to be calm and easy going, laughing when Thomas and Diesel were arguing whether it was done on purpose or not. He was also the only one (aside from Emily and Edward) not cross with Thomas for not telling Diesel and was simply confused.
Attire[]
The Photographer's attire consists of dark grey trousers, a red bowtie and a white shirt with a dark grey jacket over it. He wears a dark grey bowler hat.
Appearances[]
Thomas & Friends
Specials
Music Videos
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Magazine Stories[]
- 2012 - Express Coming Through! (cameo), Muddy Matters (mentioned) and Thomas and the Sound of Sodor (cameo)
- 2013 - Flash! Crash! Wallop! (speaks in speech bubble only)
- 2014 - Muddy Matters
- 2017 - Flash! Crash! Wallop! (speaks in speech bubble only)
Voice Actors[]
- Matt Wilkinson (UK; sixteenth series only)
- Kerry Shale (US; sixteenth series only)
- Keith Wickham (UK/US; nineteenth series only)
- William Hope (UK/US; Philip's Number only)
- Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Japan; sixteenth series only)
- Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Japan; nineteenth series only)
- Hinata Tadokoro (Japan; twenty-first series only)
- Daniel Montoya (Germany)
- Jon Erling Wevling (Norway; Flash Bang Wallop!)
- Christoffer Staib (Norway; Muddy Matters)
- Oh Byeong-jo (South Korea; twelfth series only)
- Baek Kyung-hoon (South Korea; sixteenth to nineteenth series only)
- Jeon Tae-yeol (South Korea; twenty-first series only)
Trivia[]
- The Photographer speaks with an Italian accent in the US narration of the twelfth series episode, Thomas and the Billboard.
- Since the CGI switch, the Photographer gained a moustache.
- In the nineteenth series, the Photographer gained a Scottish accent.
- The Photographer's attire originates from the cart horse rider who appeared in the fourth series episode, Bulls Eyes (in turn based on an illustration from The Railway Series book The Little Old Engine).
- The Photographer's small-scale figure is currently owned by Dino Athanassiou.