Scott Brooker is a British voice actor and puppeteer. He is most famous for playing Rattus Rattus in Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to engage children in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms...

. The character was usually played by John Eccleston

John Eccleston

John Eccleston is a puppeteer, writer and presenter known for his work as lead puppeteer of Rygel in Farscape, Groove in The Hoobs and his many roles on British children's television alongside Don Austen...

 but he was unavailable for the filming of Gory Games

Horrible Histories: Gory Games

Horrible Histories: Gory Games is a television game show co-produced by Citrus Television & Lion Television for the BBC. It is a spin-off of the main Horrible Histories show. The first series began on 30 May 2011, the same day on which the first episode of Horrible Histories series three first aired...

and some of the filming of the third season Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated history books published in the United Kingdom by Scholastic. They are designed to engage children in history by concentrating on the unusual, gory, or unpleasant. The series has proved exceptionally successful in commercial terms...

, so Brooker replaced him. Brooker had previously played the character in CBBC

CBBC

CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

 computer games and CBBC

CBBC

CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...

 commercials. With the exception of the opening titles Brooker played Rattus in all the episodes of Gory Games. He also played him in two episodes of Horrible Histories. Brooker had also played other CBBC puppets alongside Warrick Brownlow-Pike

Warrick Brownlow-Pike

Warrick Brownlow-Pike is a British puppeteer.* Space Pirates, CBeebies* Carrie and David's Popshop, CBeebies, Scotland* Oucho T.Cactus, Puppeteer for CBBC with presenter Ed Petrie...

but is most known for his contributions to Horrible Histories.