Edward Glen Explained

Edward Glen
Birth Place:Canada
Other Names:Eddie Glenn
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1985–present

Edward Glen, sometimes credited as Eddie Glen, is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in and provided voices in films, television shows and video games. He is best known for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the 2000 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Since 1998, he has been the voiceover of YTV.

Career

Glen began his acting career in 1985 in various theatre productions in Canada and in the United Kingdom, where he still continues to act in theatre to this day.[1]

Outside of acting in theatre, he also works extensively as a voice actor in various anime and animated television shows and films, such as , Dangaioh, Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh, Gunnm, and its sequel, Blazing Dragons, Flying Rhino Junior High, Undergrads, Angela Anaconda, Rescue Heroes, and RoboRoach.

In 2000, Glen became the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in Britt Allcroft's fantasy film Thomas and the Magic Railroad, replacing John Bellis in the final cut of the film. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure.

Glen has also made live action appearances in several television shows and television films, such as Twice in a Lifetime, Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story, , Street Time, Skatoony, and The Frim.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Akira Tsukaba (voice)English dub
1993DangaiohRol Kran (voice)
1994Hyper Combat Unit DangaiohRoll (voice)
GunnmYugo (voice)
1995Shige (voice)
Karasu tengu Kabuto: Ôgon no me no kemonoKabuto (voice)
1996data-sort-value="Prince and the Pauper, The" The Prince and the PauperAdditional voicesDirect-to-video
An Angel for Christmas
1999Sealed with a Kiss Ziggy the DoormanTelevision film
2000Thomas and the Magic RailroadThomas the Tank Engine (voice)[2] [3]
Daydream Believers: The Monkees' StoryProducerTelevision film
2003Al Pine (voice)
2013Emma's Wings: A Bella Sara TaleColm (voice)Credited as Eddie Glen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994data-sort-value="Legend of the Hawaiian Slammers, The" The Legend of the Hawaiian SlammersAdditional voicesTelevision short
1996–1998Blazing DragonsFlicker (voice)26 episodes
1998Flying Rhino Junior HighFred, Johnny (voices)26 episodes[4]
1999Twice in a LifetimeWindow WasherEpisode: "What She Did for Love"
Ictinus, Village Boy (voices)Episode: "Theseus and the Minotaur"
Power StoneRyoma, Pus (voices)22 episodes
1999–2002Rescue HeroesAl Pine (voice)40 episodes
2000Missioner #2Episode: "The Fields"
2001UndergradsAdditional voices3 episodes
2002Angela AnacondaGordy Rhinehart (voice)2 episodes[5]
2002–2003BeybladeWyatt Smithwright, Romero, Mystel (voices)32 episodes
2002–2004RoboRoachAdditional voices7 episodes
2003Street TimeDEA TechnicianEpisode: "Going Home"
2010SkatoonyMauriceUnknown episodes
2012data-sort-value="Firm, The" The FirmDuty CaptainEpisode: "Chapter Eleven"
2016–2017Cirque du Soleil: Luna PetuniaDonnie Doohickey (voice)22 episodes
2020Murdoch MysteriesMr. MadisonEpisode: "Crabtree a la Carte"
Credited as Eddie Glen
Odd SquadConductorEpisode: "Train of Thoughts"
Credited as Eddie Glen
2023Toby the Tram Engine (voice; US)Episode: "The Super Axle"
Credited as Eddie Glen

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999data-sort-value="Misadventures of Tron Bonne, The" The Misadventures of Tron BonneBirdbots[6]
2000Mega Man Legends 2Birdbots
2007Alec Dillingham
2022Saints RowSanyo lleso PedestrainsCredited as Eddie Glen

Theatre

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eddie Glen - Resume. Talent House.
  2. Web site: Eddie Glen. Voice Chasers. February 6, 2020.
  3. Book: Wills, John . Screen World 2001 . 2001 . Monush . 9780786486946 . en.
  4. Web site: Edward Glen (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  5. Book: Perlmutter, David. The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. 2018. Perlmutter. 9780786486946. en.
  6. . The Misadventures of Tron Bonne . Capcom . Ending credits, 7:08:11 in, CAST . 2000.