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"Get to be a kid again, right? Who doesn't love that?"

- Michael E. Rodgers on the VHS footage of the premiere of Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Michael E. Rodgers (born 8 May 1969) is a Scottish actor and voice actor. He is known for playing the role of Mr. Conductor Jr in the 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad and voicing Gabranth in the English dub of the 2006 Japanese video game Final Fantasy XII.

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Official Roles

Year Title Character Notes
1996 The Dentist Nervous Patient Minor role
1997 NightMan Unnamed antagonist Major role

Series 1 Episode 3

1998 Gia Red Dress Photographer Minor role
1998 Uncorked Paul
1999 Legacy Unnamed character Possible minor/major role

Series 1 Episode 12

2000 Thomas and the Magic Railroad Mr. Conductor Jr First major role in a children's film
2001 Thank Heaven Horace Possible minor/major role
2002 Auto Focus Richard Dawson Major role
2004 Red Rose Robert Burns Major starring role
2005 The Triangle Bruce Geller Major starring role
2007 Sinner Stephen Major starring role
2018 Penny from M.A.R.S Bruce Television series

Major or supporting role

First major/minor role in a children's television series

First major/minor role in a children's production since Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Disney Channel Italy original series

NOTE: Not all of his projects are included in this list

Official Voice Roles

Year Title Character Notes
2005 The Matrix: Path of Neo Doberman Minor role

First official voice role

First role in a video game

2006 Final Fantasy XII Gabranth Major role

English dub

Unofficial Acting/ Voice Roles

Year Title Character Notes
1997-2001 6 Rainbow Doraemons Purple Doraemon/ Additional voices Major starring role/ additional roles

English dubs: RAI/BBC, Alliance Atlantis, and Fox Kids/Jetix Europe

1997 2112: The Birth of Doraemon Yellow Doraemon/ Dora-rinho/ El Metadora/Additional Voices Major starring role/additional roles

English dub

1997-2005 Doraemon Giant (1997)/Nobu Nobi (1999-2005) Major role

English dub: Alliance Atlantis, CBBC, Fox Kids/Jetix Europe

1997-2001 Perman: Kid Superhero! Saban the Small Kid (1997-2000)/ Additional Voices Major/Additional role

Successor: Steven Kynman

English dub: Fox Kids Europe

1997-2001 The Laughing Salesman Laughing Salesman/ Additional Voices Major starring role

English dub

1999 Buck Douglas' Alien Quest Buck Douglas Major starring role

Pilot episode/test run only

English dub

Successor: Unknown

1999 Doraemon: Legends of the Anywhere Door Narrator/Nobu Nobi/Additional Voices Major starring role

Cancelled English dub of Japanese video game

1999 The Wrong Side of Town Terrence/Narrator/Additional Voices Major starring role

Controversial role

1999/2000 Berry Blast Off Narrator/ Blue Raspberry/ Cucumber #1/ Eggplant/ Small Raspberry #3/ 30-Year-Old Man/ Yellow Apple/ Candy Apple/ Poison Apple Voice only

This film was scrapped by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, the animation studio of this film, after production ended, because it was panned by critics before it's release.

2000/2001 Berry Blast Off 2 Blue Raspberry/ Additional Voices Voice Only

This film also got scrapped from Warner Bros. Feature Animation due to a negative audience response after a test screening.

2000 The End of the World Pierre Chapeteau Main starring role

He also performed and starred in the music video for the song "The End is Near"

Acting role

2002 Doraemon: The Secret Gadget Museum Nobu Nobi Original workprints of English dub only.

After the test audience didn't like Nobu's whiny and overreacting voice, Michael was dropped from the role. Thus, Nobu's voice has been redubbed by Rob Rackstraw, who voiced Nobu from late 1997-early 1999.

Replacement: Rob Rackstraw

2018 Fireman Sam: An Incredible Discovery Hector Dermont Placeholder voice only.

Heard on trailers and TV adverts of the film

Successor: Jimmy Hibbert

Official Commercial Roles

Year Company Commercial Notes
2001 Apple IDVD First official commercial role

Hard to find on the internet

2001 VW Jetta Hard to find on the internet
2002 Michelob Light A Bad Night Hard to find on the internet

Used to be on Spike TV's official website

2004 Head and Sholders Hard to find on the internet

Unofficial Commercial Roles

Year Company Name Notes
1999 Fox Kids Europe Doraemon is Next Door Can be found on the UK boxset of Doraemon: The Complete 1st Series
1999 Fox Kids Europe Saban VS. Saban Can be found on the UK boxset of Perman: Kid Superhero!: The Complete 1st Series
1999 Fox Kids Europe Oh, No! The Laughing Salesman is Behind Me! Can be found on the UK boxset of The Laughing Salesman: The Complete 1st Series

Unofficial Performer

Year Song Name Notes
1997-2000 Doraemon: Gadget Cat from the Future Opening theme song for the 1997-2005 English dub of Doraemon Successor: Unknown
1997-2000 Doraemon: Planet of Happiness Original Japanese closing theme song of Doraemon, dubbed into English.

Successor: Unknown

1997-2001 Perman: the Kid Superhero! Opening and closing theme song for Perman: Kid Superhero!, the Fox Kids English dub of Perman.
1997-2001 Oh, No! The Laughing Salesman! Opening and closing theme song for the English dub of The Laughing Salesman.

Due to the dark tone of the song and the frightened, high-pitched tone of Michael E. Rodgers' voice, a rerecorded version with a more tamer and cleaner tone of the lyrics and a more cartoonish tone of Michael's voice was used when Jetix Europe reaired the anime.

1999 Makin' Some Chocolate (Mix it Up) A song included in the soundtrack of the Fox Kids Europe English dub of Ninja Hattori.

Featuring Tabatha St. Germain (voice of Hattori), Gideon Emery (voice of Kenny (Kenichi)), Matt Winkinston (voice of Kemuzo Kentoto (Kemuzo Kekumaki)), and Jillian Michaels (voice of Sneek (Kagechiyo))

A live action/animated music video starring Michael E. Rodgers and four of the characters of the anime can be found on the UK boxset of Ninja Hattori: The Complete 1st Series as an extra.

1999 Goodbye, Doraemon A song in the soundtrack of Doraemon: 60 Minutes into the Future
2000 The End is Near A song for the controversal Bollywood film The End of the WorldThis song was recorded in Hindi, English, French, Arabic, and Urdu

This song and the music video was banned after the first screening due to frightening references to "the end of the world" and due to the suggesstive atmosphere of the music video. Another reason for the ban is because of Michael's dramatic breakdown at the end of the video.

The CBFC has gace the music video an A rating due to "Suggestive Material and Horror", while the BBFC gave the music video a 12 rating for "Suggestive Themes".

Unofficial Presenter

Year Title Channel Notes
1996-1999 Nintendo's Impossible Game Challenge Challenge/The Children's Channel (TCC)/Fox Kids Major role.
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