John Hasler

John Hasler (born in Barking, London, England, UK on 24 April 1974) is an English actor and voice actor who joined the cast of Thomas and Friends in 2015. He took over the roles of Thomas and Rheneas from Ben Small.

Hasler is best known for his appearance as T-Shirt in the children's TV series T-Bag. Other credits include "Gnomeo and Juliet" (animated by Arc Productions), "Toot the Tiny Tugboat", "The Legends of Treasure Island", and two of HiT Entertainment's other shows; "Mike the Knight" and "Fireman Sam".

Voices

UK

Thomas (The Adventure Begins onwards)

UK/US

Rheneas (twentieth season onwards)

Songs

Never Overlook A Little Engine (performed)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (performed)
Will You Won't You (performed)
Streamlining (performed)
You Can Only Be You (performed)
Be Who You Are, and Go Far (performed)

Filmography

Films

Breakout (1984)
Brazil (1985)
T-Bag's Christmas Carol (1989)
T-Bag's Christmas Ding Dong (1990)
T-Bag's Christmas Turkey (1991)
10 Arenas of Marwood (2011)
Storage 24 (2012)
Brave (2012)
Fireman Sam: Heroes of the Storm (2014)
Fireman Sam: Alient Alert (2017)

Television

Wonders in Letterland (1985)
T-Bag Strikes Again (1986)
T-Bag Bounces Back (1987)
Turn on to T-Bag (1988)
T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set (1989)
T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom (1990)
T-Bag and the Rings of Olympus (1991)
Doctor at the Top (1991)
T-Bag and the Sunstones of Montezuma (1992)
Take Off with T-Bag (1992)
Against All Odds (1994)
Harry's Mad (1994)
The Legends of Treasure Island (1995)
Casualty (2000)
Renford Rejects (2000)
Fireman Sam (2012-present)
Teenage Fairytale Dropouts (2013-2014)
Toot the Tiny Tugboat (2014)
Thomas & Friends (2015-present)
Go Jetters (2015-present)

Trivia

He played T Shirt in "T-Bag" which was written by Lee Pressman, being the only cast member to remain in the show throughout its nine-year run. Kerry Shale also featured in a few episodes of this show.
He works alongside Steven Kynman on "Fireman Sam". He first came into the show to take over the role of one of Steven's characters. Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson, Lee Pressman, Miranda Larson, Christopher Keenan, Karen Davidsen, Karen Barnes, Karen Davies, Marion Edwards, Christopher Skala, Lenora Hume, Sam Barlow, Andrew Brenner, Dave Ingham, Simon Nicholson, Jan Page, Jocelyn Stevenson and Ian McCue all worked on the series as well.
Both he and Keith Wickham voiced characters in "Toot the Tiny Tugboat".
He appeared in the 1980s films "Breakout" and "Brazil" alongside TUGS voice actor Simon Nash.
He, along with David Holt and Rob Rackstraw, voiced characters in "The Legends of Treasure Island".
He, Chiara Gioncardi, Rob Silvestri, Jukka Voutilaninen, Adam Beck, Albert Cohen, Edson Matus, Alan Kennedy, David Stoten, Hadar Shachaf Ma'ayan and Jarosław Boberek all worked on "Gnomeo and Juliet".
He, along with Nigel Pilkington, voiced characters in "Teenage Fairytale Dropouts".
Both characters he voiced he started voicing them in a special.

John Hasler

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