David Holt | |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | www.david-holt.co.uk |
David Holt is an English voice actor and writer. He has contributed his voice to a wide variety of children's cartoons.
Career
Voice acting
Holt is noted for his role as Vervain in Watership Down as well as the voices for the male animals in Percy the Park Keeper, Oakie Doke and other voices in Oakie Doke, Cowboy, Policeman, farm animals, and Robin Hood in A Town Called Panic, Dad in Angry Kid and Pinky in The Pinky and Perky Show. He has also done other voice work in animation, promos, documentaries, films, television, multi-media, computer games, children's toys, exhibition guides, announcements and audio books. He also has voiced commercials for L'Oreal Kids, Guess Who? and Burger King.[1] He had provided the voice to the UK version of Face from Nick Jr. from 1995 until September 2005, and Moose A. Moose from 2006 to 2010 for Noggin on TMF/VIVA and 2010 to 2013 for Nick Jr. He played the voice of Jack Frost in the film Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island.[2]
Writing
In his writing career, he has been writing for various radio or television productions like In the Name of the Wee Man, Cold Call, Tales From The Tower, Proof of the Pudding, Medium Rare and Beyond the Gravy.[3]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Zit: The Video | All voices | Uncredited |
| We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Additional voices | ||
| 1996 | Achilles | Additional voices | |
| 1997 | Annabelle's Wish | Narrator (UK) | |
| 1998 | Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models | Richard D'Oyly Carte | |
| 1999 | Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar | Cacofonix | English version Uncredited |
| 2008 | A Fox's Tale | Doofus – Knuckles | English version |
| 2009 | Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva | Marco Brock | |
| 2010 | Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island | Jack Frost | |
| 2011 | Isle of Spagg | Inger Doctor Beez | Short |
| 2012 | The Happy Wanderer | Maitre D | |
| 2013 | The Jungle Book: Return 2 the Jungle | Shere Khan | Direct-to-video |
| 2019 | A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | Mugg-1N5 |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Hymen Silvius | Episode: "As You Like It" |
| 1995 | Oakie Doke | Oakie Doke Male voices | All Episodes |
| 1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Captain | Episode: "Creation and the Flood" |
| The Adventures of the Garden Fairies | All voices | ||
| 1997 | Brambly Hedge | Teasel Toadflax Additional voices | Episode: "Spring Story" |
| Soul Music | Mr. Clete Additional voices | ||
| Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree | Angry Pixie Additional voices | ||
| 1998 | Wyrd Sisters | Additional voices | |
| 1999 | Little Monsters | Fathers Additional male characters | |
| Lavender Castle | Captain Thrice Sproggle Additional voices | ||
| 1999–2001 | Watership Down | Vervain Bluesky Boxwood Darkling | |
| 1999-2000 | Pablo the Little Red Fox | Pablo | |
| 1996–1999 | Percy the Park Keeper | Male animals | |
| 2000 | A Town Called Panic | Cowboy Policeman Farm animals Robin Hood Additional voices | |
| Sheeep | Hubert Gotcha Spike Captain Bleat P.C. Butt Duncan Shears | ||
| The Magic Key | Floppy | ||
| Fetch the Vet | George Moffat Violet Blush Lionel Froggatt | ||
| 2000–2003 | Maggie and the Ferocious Beast | Hamilton Hocks The Ferocious Beast Rudy (UK) | |
| 2001–2003 | Oswald | Henry (UK) Leo (UK) | |
| 2001 | The Wheels on the Bus | Beep and male characters | |
| 2002–2004 | Engie Benjy |
Farmer Fred | |
| 2003 | The Day Britain Stopped | Dominic Steel (Safety Compliance Manager, Heathrow) | Mockumentary |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are | Dad | TV movie |
| 2004–2008 | Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends | Holley Gus Stinky Other voices (UK) | |
| 2005 | Muffin the Mule | Muffin Willie Morris | All episodes |
| Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs | Steggy (UK) | ||
| 2005-2013 | Moose and Zee | Moose (UK) | |
| 2006 | Rudi and Trudi | Rudi | English version |
| Pulling | Bingo Caller | Episode #1.1 | |
| The Likeaballs | Laughaball | ||
| 2006–2007 | The Magic Roundabout | Dougal, Brian | Main role |
| 2008–2009 | The Pinky and Perky Show | Pinky Additional voices | |
| 2010 | The Jungle Book | Shere Khan | |
| 2010–2014 | Alphablocks | Additional voices | Main Role |
| 2011 | Quiff and Boot | Gene The Hundred | TV movie |
| 2011-2015 | Team Umizoomi | Bot (UK) | |
| 2015 | Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave | Hatty the Hamster | Main role |
| 2015 | Bob the Builder | Alfred (UK/US)(Season 1 Only) Tread (UK) Young Bob | 2015 reboot, (Uncredited) |
| 2016 | Tree Fu Tom | Zigzoo, Chezz, and Muru | |
| 2016-2021 | Numberblocks | Seven, Nine, Fourteen, Seventeen, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Six, Thirty-One, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Seventy, Ninety, Nine Hundred, Seven Thousand and Ninety Thousand | |
| 2019 | Yes We Can | Sam McBratney book - Narrator | |
| 2019-2020 | YooHoo to the Rescue | Lemmee (UK) | |
| 2020 | The Hundred Decker Bus | Mike Smith book - Narrator | |
| 2020 | Go! Go!/Toot-Toot Cory Carson | Pappy, Old Car (UK) | (Netflix) |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars | Additional voices |
| 2000 | Sheep | |
| 2004 | Fable | additional voices |
| Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King | ||
| 2006 | Thomas & Friends: Special Delivery | Narrator |
| 2010 | Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails | |
| 2011 | Ni no Kuni | Additional voices |
| 2013 | Puppeteer | General Snake General Sheep |
References
- ↑ "David Holt :: Voices :: London-based Voiceover Artist, Actor and Writer". Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ↑ "David Holt," Behind the Voice Actors, www.behindthevoiceactors.com/
- ↑ "David Holt :: Writing :: London-based Voiceover Artist, Actor and Writer". Retrieved 2 April 2013.