Robert Rackstraw is a British voice actor who has work in movies, TV shows and video games.
Career
Rackstraw has an extensive voice over career over 20 years. He played the main villain Pew in The Legends of Treasure Island, Tod, Ghengis and Farmer Farmer in Foxbusters, Buster and George in The Koala Brothers, Professor Professor in The Secret Show, Mr. Messy, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Tickle and Mr. Happy in the UK version of The Mr. Men Show, Dad in Dennis and Gnasher, Kwazii in The Octonauts, Roger and Isambard in Lavender Castle, and Captain Campion in Watership Down. He wrote episodes of Avenger Penguins and Fantomcat. He made his very first voice acting role as Dave the Policeman in the 1992 stop motion animated series Truckers. He provided additional voices for Realms of the Haunting, ', Know Your Baddies: Professor Professor's Lectures, ', Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel, Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Fallen Empire and Star Wars: The Old Republic - Knights of the Eternal Throne. He played Garibald Tarwick, Meeren Slave and Crow in the 2014 episodic graphic adventure fantasy drama video game '. He voiced Taraba Ninja in ', Vadim Sokow in Anno 2070, Director Abbas Mokhtar in The Raven, Dan in Containment and Magical Duck in Sophia Grace & Rosie's Royal Adventure. He voiced Adam, Hector Laine and Shears in the 2013 adventure video gameBroken Sword 5: The Serpent Curse. He provided various voices for Retribution, Venetica and Sherlock Holmes: The Devils Daughter. He voiced several characters in the UK dub of the American animated television seriesThe Powerpuff Girls such as The Mayor of Townsville and many tough guy, villain and not very nice characters including the Pokey Oaks Kindergarten bully Mitch Mitchelson, Snake, Slim and two of the Rowdyruff Boys Brick and Boomer. The dub aired on Channel 5 in 2000 with a number of episodes being redubbed until production was stopped due to complaints from fans and later continuing to the air series with just the original US voice overs until 2002. He voiced as an Announcer and Death Eater in the 2010 two-part action-adventure video gameHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 and Provided Additional Character Voices in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2. He also voiced the Snow Tubby in the 2015 reboot of classic British children’s television series Teletubbies. He played Finger Bob and Finger Pete in Zemanovaload and Rufus in Renart the Fox. He provided the voice of John Steinbeck in the 2014 documentary filmI Berlin. He played various characters such as Savolla, Olaf, Salamandra Bandit, Salamandra Mage, Citizens and Knights in the 2007 action role-playing hack and slash video gameThe Witcher developed by CD Projekt Red and published by Atari. It is based on the novel series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
