Tom Kane


Thomas Kane Roberts is an American voice actor, known for his work in film, animation and video games.

Career

Kane is known for his animation work. Notable roles include Jedi Master Yoda and Admiral Yularen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and, The Chancellor in 9, Magneto in Wolverine and the X-Men and ', Ultron in ' and ', Mr. Herriman in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Lord Monkey Fist on Kim Possible, Professor Utonium and HIM in The Powerpuff Girls. He has voiced Oxnard Montalvo in The Angry Beavers and the chimpanzee sidekick Darwin in The Wild Thornberrys.
Kane is also a prominent video game voice actor, appearing in numerous titles - from bit parts, to major roles such as Gandalf, Professor X and lead characters in many Star Wars games like ' as Imperial Captain Ozzik Sturn, Lobot and Kento Marek thanks to ILM's motion capture technology. In ', ', ', ' and ', he provides the voice of Takeo Masaki, a Japanese WWII soldier and WWI warrior in the Zombies game mode.
In the arena of non-animation voiceover work, Kane records commercials, film trailers and television promos. In addition, he has been the announcer for the AFI Life Achievement Award show twice, as well as the 78th, 80th, 83rd, and 84th Academy Awards. He also played Odin in the as well as the Disneyland attraction: Thor: Treasures of Asgard, taking over the role from Anthony Hopkins from the film.
On April 13, 2012, Kane took over for Joe Hursh as the voice of the Walt Disney World Monorail System. In 2013, he took over as the announcer of The Eric Andre Show, replacing Gary Anthony Williams.
Kane made his debut in the Star Wars film saga as the voice of Admiral Ackbar in 2017's ', taking over the role from the late Erik Bauersfeld. He had experience in voicing the character on several occasions for video games in the franchise prior to the film's release.
Kane has also voiced Plague Champion in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising and Retribution.

Filmography

Voice acting

Film

Television

Video games

Live-action

Film

Television

Awards and nominations