John Hasler (born 21 April 1974) is an English actor. He is best known as T-Shirt in the children's television series ''

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'' from 1985 to 1992, and for voicing

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in the UK dub of the children's television series ''

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'' 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

John began his career in the mid-1980s. He played T-Shirt, a prominent character in the

TV series, between 1985–1992, being the only character to star in all nine series and in all four Christmas specials. He has appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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'' 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 ''Fireman Sam'' ( Welsh: ') is a Welsh animated children's television series about a fireman named Sam, his fellow firefighters, and other residents in the fictional Welsh rural village of Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real towns, Pontypridd ...

as James Jones, taking over the role from Steven Kynman and Arnold McKinley. From August 2012 to February 2015, Hasler was cast in the United Kingdom tour of Disney's ''

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'', performing as the meerkat Timon. In 2015, he became the replacement voice actor of

in the UK and

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in the UK and US narrations of ''

'', after

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left the show. He also voices the lead character Trafalgar on '' Teenage Fairytale Dropouts'', protagonist "Toot" in '' Toot the Tiny Tugboat'' and Foz in '' Go Jetters''. Hasler left the ''Thomas and Friends'' cast after the show ended in 2021, however he continues to voice Thomas in

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shorts. In 2021, Hasler provided the British English voice of Hugo the Jungle Animal in all three films.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasler, John 1974 births Living people 20th-century English male actors 21st-century English male actors English male child actors English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from London People from Barking, London