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David Menkin (born May 10, 1977) is a film, television and voice actor. His best known for his voice roles as Porter and Jack in the US version of Thomas & Friends (2013–present) and as Virgil and Gordon Tracy in the 2015 reboot series Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020).
His other voice roles in animation and video games include Scoop and Travis in the US version of Bob the Builder, Dad Hooman in Floogals, Chuck in Space Chickens in Space, Munki and Rocky in Jungle Beat: The Movie, Malos in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Captain Joseph Brady in Battlefield 3 and Breach in Valorant.
In 2001, Menkin's acting career started where he was a minor character in the television movie Wit.
His film roles include A Hologram for the King, Octane, Zero Dark Thirty, Survivor, Arthur Christmas, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Florence Foster Jenkins and the documentary Project Nim.
For many years he was provided the announcer voice for the Norwegian TV channel TV3.
He was a member of Thomas & Friends's voice cast from 2013 until 2021 where he voiced Porter and Jack in the US version. He also voiced Stanley for Season 19 only, which was passed on to Rob Rackstraw and John Schwab. He was also asked to voice the title role of Thomas for the US version after Martin Sherman's departure from the series, but he passed on the offer, citing support for Sherman, so it passed on to Joseph May instead. From 2015, he voiced Virgil and Gordon Tracy in the rebooted Thunderbirds Are Go television series. In 2017, Menkin provided the voice for Chuck, who was one of Space Chickens in Space's lead characters.
On the Norwegian TV series Lykkeland, Menkin plays Jackson. The series premiered on NRK and DR1 October 2018. Lykkeland won Best Script and Best Music at Canneseries in April of the same year. Menkin stated that his role on Lykkeland was his "first proper Norwegian acting job".
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