Tobias R. Schmidt (born 16 July 1983), also known as Tobias Schmitz, is a German voice actor who provided voices for the German dub of Thomas & Friends.
He is best known for voicing Chōji Akimichi from "Naruto", Lavi from "D.Gray-Man", various characters from "Batman: Beyond", Dick Gumshoe from "Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney", Ooji Karasuma from "School Rumble", Flynn Rider from "Tangled: The Series", Giriko from "Soul Eater", Theodore from "ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks", Duo Maxwell from "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing", Ron Stallworth from "BlacKkKlansman", Rakan from "League of Legens" (as well as voicing some commercials for said game), Kendall Knight from "Big Time Rush", Marco Polo from 2014-2016's "Marco Polo", Oliver Lloyd from "Dance Academy", Ramsay Cole from "Jurassic World: Dominion", Sebastian from the "The Little Mermaind"-remake and T'Challa/Black Panther from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
He also voiced the lead roles in the German audiobook series "Ein Fall für dich und das Tiger-Team" and "Die Knickerbocker-Bande".
Voices
- James (audiobooks and Hero of the Rails onwards, excluding Day of the Diesels)
- Harold (Thomas on Treasure Hunt only)
Songs
- Will You Won't You (performed)
- Somebody Has to be the Favourite (performed)
- The Most Important Thing is Being Friends (performed)
- Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)
- Don't Stop (performed)
Trivia
- He was the first German voice actor to voice his character from the audiobooks in the television series.