Rob Rackstraw
Biography
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
Roley
Bob the Builder: On Site - Houses & Playgrounds
Scoop / Muck / Travis / Spud / Mr. Bentley / Packer / Splasher (voice)
Bob the Builder: The Golden Hammer
James / Toby / Troublesome Trucks (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor - The Movie
Spud (voice)
Bob the Builder: The Big Dino Dig
Spud (US & UK), Mr. Bentley (US & UK), Scoop (UK), Muck (UK)
Bob the Builder: Bob's Big Plan
Spud / Mr. Bernard Bentley
Bob the Builder: Hammer Time
Spud / Mr. Bentley / Grabber
Bob the Builder: Teamwork Time
Donald / The Bird Watcher / Douglas' Driver (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
Kwazii (Voice)
Octonauts and the Caves of Sac Actun
Kwazii (Voice)
Octonauts and the Great Barrier Reef
Kwazii (voice)
海底小纵队：火焰之环
Spud / Mr. Bentley / Grabber (voice)
Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
Cat (voice)
The Discarded
Horace / Gaston (voice)
Verne on Vacation
Spud / Mr. Bentley / Rusty Rogers / Dollar / Brandy (voice)
Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild
Bob The Builder: Scoop's Favorite Adventures
Toby (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
James / The Thin Clergyman / African Race Announcer (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
Kwazii (voice)
The Octonauts & the Great Summer Adventure
Gogs: Gogwana
Kwazii
Octonauts - 15 Underwater Adventures
Spud / Mr. Bentley
Bob the Builder: Scrambler to the Rescue
(voice)
Friendly Monsters: A Monster Christmas
Rufus (voice)
Le roman de Renart
Crowd Voice (voice)
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Bob the Builder: Bob Saves the Day!
Bob the Builder: Build It and They Will Come
Friendly Monsters: A Monster Holiday
Friendly Monsters: A Monster Easter
Buster / George / Sammy
Outback Christmas
Scoop / Muck / Roley / Spud / Mr. Beasley / Mr. Bentley (voice)
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
Various (voice)
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
Tricky
Tricky & The Cereal Killers
(voices)
Zit: The Video
Various (voice)
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember
James / Flynn / Big Mickey (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the Rescue
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
36
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-10-31
Place of Birth
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Also Known As