Robert Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965) is a British voice actor who has worked in various animated films, television shows and video games.

Career

Rackstraw has an extensive voiceover career over 20 years. He voiced the main villain Pew in ''

The Legends of Treasure Island ''The Legends of Treasure Island'' is a British animated television series. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes. The series was loosely based on Robert Louis Stevenson's original 1883 novel ''Treasure ...

'', Voracious, Attila and Farmer Farmer in ''

Foxbusters ''The Foxbusters'' is a British animated TV series very loosely based on the Dick King-Smith book ''The Foxbusters''. It was made by Cosgrove Hall, and consists of two series of thirteen 11-minute episodes each, made between 1999 and 2000. The ...

'', James in the UK and US versions of

Thomas and Friends ''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...

, Buster and George in ''

The Koala Brothers ''The Koala Brothers'' is a British stop-motion animated children's television show that features the adventures of 2 koala brothers named Frank and Buster, as they seek to help their friends in a sleepy town in the Australian outback. Seventy-n ...

'', Professor Professor in ''

The Secret Show ''The Secret Show'' is a British animated television series produced by Collingwood O'Hare and commissioned by BBC Worldwide in partnership with BBC Children's. The series premiered on 16 September 2006 during TMi on BBC Two. The series premie ...

'', Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy,

Mr. Tickle ''Mr. Tickle'' is the first book in the '' Mr. Men'' series by Roger Hargreaves which was published on 10 August 1971. The character of the story was originally based on a question by his son Adam Hargreaves, who asked him what a tickle would l ...

and Mr. Happy in the UK version of '' The Mr. Men Show'', Dad in ''

Dennis and Gnasher ''Dennis the Menace and Gnasher'' (originally titled ''Dennis the Menace'' and currently titled ''Dennis and Gnasher)'' is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic book, comic ''The Beano'', published by DC Thomson, of Dundee ...

'', Kwazii in '' The Octonauts'', Roger and Isambard in ''

Lavender Castle ''Lavender Castle'' (also known as ''Gerry Anderson's Lavender Castle'') is a British stop motion/ CGI science fantasy television series created by Rodney Matthews and produced by Gerry Anderson. It was produced in 1997 through a collaboration b ...

'', and Captain Campion in ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural ...

''. He wrote episodes of '' Avenger Penguins'' and ''

Fantomcat ''Fantomcat'' is a British animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films. It was first broadcast in 1995, and was animated by Alfonso Productions, a Spanish animation studio also responsible for animating and bringing Cosgrove Hall's shows '' ...

''. He made his very first voice acting role as Dave the Policeman in the 1992 stop motion animated series ''

Truckers A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster, or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driv ...

''. He provided additional voices for ''

Realms of the Haunting ''Realms of the Haunting'' is a first-person adventure shooter game developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Interplay Productions. It was released in 1997 for MS-DOS compatible operating systems. The 3D engine used in this game was bo ...

'', '' Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King'', ''Know Your Baddies: Professor Professor's Lectures'', '' Star Wars: The Old Republic'', ''Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel'', ''Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire'' and ''Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne''. He played Garibald Tarwick, Meeren Slave and Crow in the 2014 episodic graphic adventure fantasy drama video game '' Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series''. He voiced Taraba Ninja in '' Shinobido: Way of the Ninja'', Vadim Sokow in ''

Anno 2070 ''Anno 2070'' is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements. It is the 5th game of the ''Anno'' series. It was released on 17 November 2011, and was co-developed by the German studios Related Designs and Bl ...

'', Director Abbas Mokhtar in ''The Raven'', Dan in ''

Containment Containment was a geopolitical strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism after the end of World War II. The name was loosely related to the term '' cordon sanitaire'', which ...

'' and Magical Duck in ''Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure''. He voiced Adam, Hector Laine and Shears in the 2013 adventure video game ''Broken Sword 5: The Serpent Curse''. He provided various voices for ''Retribution'', ''

Venetica ''Venetica'' is a 2009 fantasy-themed action role-playing video game developed by Deck13 and published by DTP Entertainment. It was first released in Europe on 4 September 2009 for Microsoft Windows, with ports for the Xbox 360, and PlayStation ...

'' and ''Sherlock Holmes: The Devils Daughter''. He voiced as an Announcer and Death Eater in the 2010 two-part action-adventure video game ''

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' is a 2010 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film is the first of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow ...

'' and provided additional character voices in ''

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' is a 2011 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Steve Kloves. The film is the second of two cinematic parts based on the 2007 novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow ...

''. He also voiced the Snow Tubby in the 2015 reboot of classic British children’s television series ''

Teletubbies ''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on t ...

''. He played Finger Bob and Finger Pete in ''Zemanovaload'' and Rufus in ''Renart the Fox''. He provided the voice of John Steinbeck in the 2014 documentary film ''I (Heart) Berlin''. He played various characters such as Savolla, Olaf, Salamandra Bandit, Salamandra Mage, Citizens and Knights in the 2007 action role-playing hack and slash video game ''

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are be ...

'' developed by

CD Projekt Red CD Projekt S.A. () is a Polish video game developer, publisher and distributor based in Warsaw, founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński. Iwiński and Kiciński were video game retailers before they founded the company, whi ...

and published by

Atari Atari () is a brand name that has been owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by French publisher Atari SA through a subsidiary named Atari Interactive. The original Atari, Inc., founded in Sunnyvale, Ca ...

. It is based on the novel series of the same name by Polish author

Andrzej Sapkowski Andrzej Sapkowski (; born 21 June 1948) is a Polish fantasy writer, essayist, translator and a trained economist. He is best known for his six-volume series of books '' The Witcher'', which revolves around the eponymous "witcher," a monster-hun ...

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rackstraw, Rob 1965 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors British male television writers English male voice actors English television writers People from Sunderland Male actors from Tyne and Wear