John Hasler (born 21 April 1974) is an English actor who is best known for playing T-Shirt in the children's television series T-Bag from 1985 to 1992, and for voicing Thomas in the UK dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends from 2015 to 2021. Hasler was the only cast member on T-Bag to remain with the show for its entire television run, starting as a young boy and leaving as a teenager.
Career Hasler began his career in the mid-1980s. He played T-Shirt, a prominent character in the T-Bag TV series, between 1985 and 1992, being the only character to star in all nine series and in all four Christmas specials.
He has appeared in Renford Rejects and Casualty and provided voices and additional dialogue replacement (ADR) for a number of film, radio and television productions. He also appeared for an old TV advert for Persil washing powder in the 1990s.
In 2012, he joined the voice cast of Fireman Sam as Arnold McKinley and James Jones, taking over the latter role from Steven Kynman.
From August 2012 to February 2015, Hasler was cast in the United Kingdom tour of Disney's The Lion King, performing as the meerkat Timon.
In 2015, he became the replacement voice actor of Thomas in the UK and Rheneas in the UK and US narrations of Thomas & Friends, replacing Ben Small after he left the show, until the series ended in 2021, however Hasler continues to voice him in YouTube shorts. He also voices the lead character Trafalgar on Teenage Fairytale Dropouts, protagonist "Toot" in Toot the Tiny Tugboat and Foz in Go Jetters.
In 2021, Hasler provided the British English voice of Hugo the Jungle Animal in all three films.
Filmography Film Year Title Role(s) Notes 1984 Breakout Stephen 1998 Vincent and Doug: Let's Do It Vincent Voice 1999 Vincent and Doug: The Movie 2000 Vincent and Doug 2 2011 10 Arenas of Marwood Irving Clifford 2014 Fireman Sam: Heroes of the Storm Arnold McKinley, James Jones UK voice 2015 Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins Thomas Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure 2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Thomas (UK)Rheneas Voice; uncredited in the US2017 Fireman Sam: Alien Alert Arnold McKinley, James Jones UK voice Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor Thomas 2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!
Television Year Title Role Notes 1985–92 T-Bag T-Shirt 94 episodes 1991 Doctor at the Top Alec 1 episode1994 Harry's Mad Access Episode: "Mad Macaw" Against All Odds Paul Cheatle Episode: "The Horse and His Boys" 1994–2002 Vincent and Doug Vincent Voice; 22 episodes 1995 The Legends of Treasure Island Jim Hawkins Voice; 13 episodes (Series 2)2000 Casualty Lee Carter Episode: "Not Waving But Drowning" Renford Rejects Jack Episode: "Best Laid Plans" 2002–2004 Heroes Delight Vincent Voice; 10 episodes 2008 Get Squiggling All male characters Voice 2012–present Fireman Sam James Jones, Arnold McKinley Main UK voice role 2013–14 Teenage Fairytale Dropouts Trafalgar Main voice role 2014–2015 Toot the Tiny Tugboat Toot Main voice role; 51 episodes2015–2021 Thomas & Friends Thomas / Narrator (UK)Rheneas (UK/US) Main voice role, succeeding Ben Small Go Jetters Foz Main voice role 2019–present Think About Lesson Pet Supporting voice role 2019–20 YooHoo to the Rescue YooHoo UK dub2019 Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue Thomas / Narrator (UK) Main voice role Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries (All Tracks Lead to Rome / Mines of Mystery) Robozuna Zeve, Superfan, Dr Naron 1 episode 2020 Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine Thomas / Narrator (UK) Main voice role
Video games Year Title Role Notes 1998 Vincent and Doug: The Video Game Vincent Voice 1999 Vincent and Doug: The Movie Game Voice
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