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Thomas Kane Roberts (born April 15, 1962) is a retired American voice actor. He is best known for his work in animation and video games, most notably in the ''
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'' franchise.


Career

Kane began his voice-over career in 1977, at fifteen years old. He is known for his animation work throughout his career, including Jedi Master
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and Admiral Yularen in ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars''
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and
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, The Chancellor in '' 9'',
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in '' Wolverine and the X-Men'' and '' Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'',
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in '' Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow'' and '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', Mr. Herriman in ''
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'', Lord Monkey Fist on ''
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'',
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and HIM in ''
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''. He has voiced Oxnard Montalvo in ''
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'' and the chimpanzee sidekick Darwin in ''
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''. Kane is also a prominent
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voice actor, appearing in numerous titles - from bit parts, to major roles such as
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,
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and lead characters in many ''Star Wars'' games like '' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' as Imperial Captain Ozzik Sturn, Lobot and Kento Marek (the father of Sam Witwer's Galen Marek) thanks to ILM's motion capture technology. In '' Call of Duty: World at War'', ''
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'', '' Black Ops II'', '' Black Ops III'' and '' Black Ops IIII'', he provides the voice of Takeo Masaki, a Japanese WWII soldier and WWI warrior in the Zombies game mode. In the arena of non-animation voiceover work, Kane records commercials, film trailers and television promos. In addition, he has been the announcer for the
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show twice, as well as the 78th, 80th, 83rd, 84th, and
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. He also played
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(the father of
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and
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) in the video game adaption of Thor as well as the Disneyland attraction: ''Thor: Treasures of Asgard'', taking over the role from
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from the film. On April 13, 2012, Kane took over for Joe Hursh as the voice of the
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. In 2013, he took over as the announcer of ''
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'', replacing
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. Kane made his debut in the ''Star Wars'' film saga as the voice of
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in 2017's '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', taking over the role from the late
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. He had experience in voicing the character on several occasions for video games in the franchise prior to the film's release. He also voiced Plague Champion in ''Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising and Retribution''. During the
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, Kane was one of several voices for health and safety announcements at Walt Disney World.


Retirement

In November 2020, Kane suffered a
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which left him with weakness on the right side of his body and damage to his speaking, writing, and reading abilities. In September 2021, his daughter Sam confirmed that, due to his stroke, he had decided to officially enter an early retirement from voice acting.


Personal life

Kane has been married to Cindy Roberts since 1981 and is the father of 9 children including a daughter, named Sam who began giving regular updates on his condition after his stroke on Facebook.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0437454/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0


Filmography


Voice acting


Film


Television


Video games


Live-action


Film


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kane, Tom 1962 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male video game actors Audiobook narrators Cartoon Network people Living people University of Kansas alumni People from Overland Park, Kansas Male actors from Kansas