Rob Rackstraw
Acting
Robert "Rob" Rackstraw (born 31 October 1965 in Sunderland) is a British voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his various voices in the television series Bob the Builder, mainly the scarecrow Spud. He has an extensive voice over career over 15 years long and is considered to be one of the UK's leading male voice actors. He also played the main villain Pew in The Legends of Treasure Island, and Captain Campion in Watership Down. He also wrote episodes of Avenger Penguins and Fantomcat. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rob Rackstraw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
2025Tricky & The Cereal Killers
Tricky
2023The Discarded
Cat (voice)
2023The Octonauts & the Great Summer Adventure
Kwazii (voice)
2021Octonauts and the Ring of Fire
Kwazii (voice)
2020Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef
Kwazii (Voice)
2020Octonauts and the Caves of Sac Actun
Kwazii (Voice)
2020Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Crowd Voice (voice)
2020Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
James / Flynn / Big Mickey (voice)
2018Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
James / The Thin Clergyman / African Race Announcer (voice)
2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
James / Toby / Troublesome Trucks (voice)
2016Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
Donald / The Bird Watcher / Douglas' Driver (voice)
2016Octonauts - 15 Underwater Adventures
Kwazii
2016Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Various (voice)
2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Toby (voice)
2013Bob the Builder: Hammer Time
Spud / Mr. Bernard Bentley
2012Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
Spud / Mr. Bentley / Grabber
2012Bob the Builder: Build It and They Will Come
2011Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
Spud (voice)
2011Verne on Vacation
Horace / Gaston (voice)
2010Bob the Builder: The Golden Hammer
Scoop / Muck / Travis / Spud / Mr. Bentley / Packer / Splasher (voice)
2008Bob the Builder: On Site - Houses & Playgrounds
Roley
2008Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
Spud / Mr. Bentley / Grabber (voice)
2007Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue
Spud / Mr. Bentley
2007Robin Hood: Quest for the King
(Voice)