David Menkin

David Menkin (born 10 May 1977 ) is a Norwegian-born American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Porter and Jack in the US dub of Thomas & Friends (2013–2021) 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, Breach in Valorant, Magnus in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, Luke Skywalker in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Barnabas Tharmr in Final Fantasy XVI and Hugh Williams in Pragmata.

Early life Menkin was born to a Norwegian mother and an American father in Moss, where he partially spent his childhood before the family moved to Benin to partake in Saga Petrolium's oil drilling in West Africa. In a 2018 radio interview, he stated that the bi-cultural upbringing made "a great impression" on him. As an adolescent, Menkin and his family moved to London. He attended New York University and graduated in 1999 from Mountview Theatre School in London, where he still lives and works as an actor.

Career In 2001, Menkin had a minor role for the television film 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".

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2003 Octane Paramedic No. 2 2010Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden Hammer Scoop and TravisVoice, US version 2011Bob the Builder: Big Dino Dig ScoopVoice 2011 Arthur Christmas Elf Voice, uncredited 2012 Zero Dark Thirty Case Officer 2013 King of the Railway Jack Voice, US version; uncredited 2014 Tale of the Brave Porter Supporting US voice 2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism Qube Dad 2015 Survivor Traffic Cop 2015 Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Jack Voice, US version 2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Jones 2015 Trade Marked Don Weissman Short film 2016 A Hologram for the King Brad 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins Carlton Smith 2016 Thomas & Friends: The Great Race Porter Voice, US version 2016 Invited for Dinner Kris Short film 2017 Flowers for No One Short film 2018 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! A racing car Supporting role 2018 Clotches & Blow Daniel Short film 2018 Moths to Flame Neil Armstrong Short film 2019 The Phoenix Method Short film 2019 Roger Aaron Short film 2019 Thomas & Friends: Digs and Discoveries Jack Voice, US version 2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 Taco BirdVoice 2020 Nocturne John Short film 2020 Jungle Beat: The Movie Munki and RockyVoice 2021 Ron's Gone Wrong Shayne the Biker, Mr. Cleaver Voice 2023Final Fantasy XVI Barnabas Tharmr The First Berserker: KhazanRangkus Squadron 42 Devin Bautista Post-production Emberville Unannounced role In production