David Holt (born in Birmingham, England, March 13th, 1965) is a British actor, writer, and voice actor who provided the narration for the Hero of the Rails video game and several other Thomas & Friends products.
Other credits include "Bob the Builder (2015 remake)", "Oakie Doke", "Muffin the Mule (2005 remake)", "Engie Benjy", "Percy the Park Keeper", "Busy Buses", "Watership Down", "Rupert Bear: Follow the Magic...", "Gerry Anderson's Lavender Castle", "The Magic Roundabout (2010 remake)", "Little Monsters", and many more.
Filmography
Film
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
Achilles (1995)
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models (1999)
Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Swearing (1999)
Soccer (1999)
Sex Education (1999)
Road Hog (1999)
Queen's Speech (1999)
Lovebite (1999)
Cotton Bud (1999)
Captain Thunderpants (1999)
Bored (1999)
Barf (1999)
Kidnap (2000)
Ogri (2000)
Wee Wee (2000)
Superhero (2000)
Speed (2000)
Horror (2000)
Chips (2000)
Backward Writing (2000)
Jackanory (2000)
Bone (2001)
Blood Juice (2001)
A Foxes Tale (2008)
Like Other People Do (2008)
A Town Called Panic (2009)
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island (2010)
Isle of Spagg (2011)
The Happy Wanderer (2012)
The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle (2013)
Knight Rusty (2014)
The Jungle Book: Howl at the Moon (2015)
Late Shift (2016)
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines (2017)
TV
Cracker (1994)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994)
The Legends of Treasure Island (1995)
Oakie Doke (1995-1996)
Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996)
Pond Life (1996)
Wyrd Sisters (1997)
Noah's Island (1997)
Little Monsters (1998)
Brambly Hedge (1997-1998)
Asterix and Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Percy the Park Keeper (1996-1999)
Lavender Castle (1999-2001)
Bob Martin (2001)
Oswald (2001)
Angry Kid (1999-2015)
Watership Down (1999-2001)
Hamilton Mattress (2001)
Pongwiffy (2002)
Engie Benjy (2002)
15 Storeys High (2002)
A Town Called Panic (2002)
The Day Britain Stopped (2003)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (2005)
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2005)
Muffin the Mule (2005)
Magnificent 7 (2005)
The Thieving Headmistress (2006)
Pulling (2006)
Rudi and Trudi (2006)
The Magic Roundabout (2007)
Rupert Bear (2007)
Horrid Henry (2008)
Pinky and Perky Show (2008-2009)
Alphablocks (2010)
Quiff and Boot (2011)
Tickety Toc (2012)
The Jungle Book (2010-2015)
Ruff-Ruff Tweet and Dave (2015)
Mr Selfridge (2016)
Bob the Builder (2016-2017)
Video Games
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (1996)
Sheep (2000)
Ape Escape 2 (2002)
Fable (2004)
Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King (2004)
Ape Academy (2004)
Drakengard 2 (2005)
Ape Escape 3 (2005)
Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2010)
Inazuma Eleven Strikers (2011)
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (2011)
Puppeteer (2013)
Trivia
Both he and Shōto Kashii voiced Yellow Monkey from the "Ape Escape" series in their respective languages.
Both he and Keith Wickham voiced characters in "Ape Escape 3".
He, along with John Hasler and Rob Rackstraw voiced characters in "The Legends of Treasure Island".
He voices the character Shere Khan in the 2012 "The Jungle Book" series. Teresa Gallagher and Nigel Pilkington also voice characters in the show. Yoram Yosefsberg voiced his character, Shere Khan, in the Hebrew version.
He, alongside Ben Small and Susan Roman voiced characters in "Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs".
