Matt Wilkinson is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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, writer

Writer

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 and film director

Film director

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.

Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

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, he has appeared in theatre

Theatre

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, film

Film

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 and television

Television

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, including Alan Bennet's The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England...

(Old Vic), Shackleton (Channel 4

Channel 4

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) and V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious masked revolutionary who calls himself "V" works to destroy the totalitarian government,...

(Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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).

Works

Wilkinson is also a voice artist known for his versatility. Numerous radio commercial

Radio commercial

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s and TV animation

Animation

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s include Empire Square

Empire Square

Empire Square is an animated TV series written by Matt Morgan made with pixel graphics. It originated in the UK where it is broadcast on Channel 4 late at night on Fridays...

(Channel 4), The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky

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(Channel 5), Watership Down

Watership Down (TV series)

Watership Down is an animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and Decode Entertainment of Canada, and produced by Martin Rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film...

(CITV) and 64 Zoo Lane

64 Zoo Lane

-Synopsis:It features a 7 year-old girl named Lucy who lives at 64 Zoo Lane, next door to a Zoo. Each night she is told a story by the animals present there. Characters include Georgina the Giraffe, Nelson the Elephant, Tickles and Giggles the Monkeys, Boris the Bear, and Molly the Hippopotamus....

(CBBC

CBBC

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). He has narrated various TV documentaries and was the voice of Scott in Blizzard; Race to the Pole (BBC). For gamers, he is the voice of Murmur in EA's Hellgate: London

Hellgate: London

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.

He also wrote and directed his first play Sun is Shining

Sun is Shining

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for Mu-lan Theatre Company. It played in London at the Kings Head (2002), BAC Time Out Critics Choice season (2003) and transferred to the 59E59 Theaters in New York City

New York City

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 in 2004. Published by Samuel French (US). He co-wrote and performed in the UK adaptation of Hideki Noda's play Red Demon (Young Vic 2003), published by Oberon.

Wilkinson has written and directed several short films selected for festivals in Berlin

Berlin

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, Paris

Paris

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, Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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, Havana

Havana

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 and London

London

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Thomas & Friends

As of 2011, Wilkinson is currently also the voices of Thomas TV charatcers Donald, Cranky, Spencer, Stanley, Rocky, "Stephen Hatt", Victor, Kevin, Charlie, Paxton, Scruff and Diesel 10 in the new Thomas & Friends "CGI version" series and the 3D animated feature film specials Hero of the Rails

Hero of the Rails

Hero of the Rails is a 2009 animated film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad and a sequel to Calling All Engines! and The Great Discovery...

, Misty Island Rescue

Misty Island Rescue

Misty Island Rescue is a 2010 animated film and feature spin-off of the TV series, Thomas and Friends. The film is a follow up, not a direct sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad and a sequel to Calling All Engines, The Great Discovery and Hero of the Rails...

and Day of the Diesels. There's likely to be some more characters of the show for Wilkinson to possibly voice in the future.

Radio

He currently fills in for Rich and Kat on the Big Top 40 Show

The Big Top 40 Show

The Vodafone Big Top 40 is a chart show broadcast on 140 radio stations in the UK. The chart is based on music download figures provided by iTunes.-Format:...

, also he presents the weekend breakfast show on The Heart Network

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