Steven Kynman


Steven "Steve" Kynman is a British actor, puppeteer, writer and voice actor best known as the voice of various characters in Fireman Sam as well as Bob the Builder and Thomas and Friends and starring in various shows for CBeebies and working as a puppeteer for The Jim Henson Company.

Early life

Kynman was born in Beverley, England.

Career

He is best known for his work in the children TV industry, most notably the Silver coloured robot called Robert the Robot in Justin's House and for being the current voice of the title character in Fireman Sam.
As a puppeteer his work includes, Construction Site, Fimbles, The Hoobs and.
In 2012, he joined the UK and USA voice cast of Thomas & Friends as Duck, Ryan, Dart, Paxton, Peter Sam in UK and USA and Porter and Jack in the UK and both Charlie and Butch in the USA dub taking over from Glenn Wrage and Ben Small.
His other work on the CBeebies channel includes appearing in the annual Christmas productions, sometimes as variations of his character in Justin's House and sometimes as other characters. He has presented productions of Shakespeare plays that have aired on the channel, in character as a fictionalised version of William Shakespeare. He has also appeared in the CBeebies Prom as both Shakespeare and Robert the Robot, made guest appearances on other CBeebies shows as Robert and made appearances as Robert in the CBeebies House. He is a relief presenter on the CBeebies show, Stargazing.
In 2015, he joined Bob the Builder in the UK, he was cast as Lofty. He took over from Neil Morrissey who played the role from 1998-2012.
In 2017, Kynman took over as the host of the BBC School Radio programme "Playtime", from the CBeebies presenter Andy Day.
In 2019 he joined the cast of CBBC sketch show Class Dismissed in which he currently plays 5 different characters.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games