Martin T. Sherman Biography

Fast Facts

• Started an audiobook company called Gnu Audiobooks Ltd․ in order to produce his readings of unabridged classic children's stories
• Started acting at a local Jewish community center when he was 9 years old
• Quote: "You see, as an actor you are often limited by your body to what people will cast you as but with animation or radio plays or talking books you can be free to be whatever you can make your voice do․"
• Quote: "[on "Thomas & Friends] "I like to think that Thomas is me at the age of fifteen at my most innocent and Percy is the little brother I never had․""
• In addition to his extensive video game voice work, he wrote for the video game "Juiced" and directed the game "So Blonde․"
• Known for voicing Thomas, Percy and Diesel in the U․S․ version of "Thomas & Friends․"
• Voiced Killian in the video game "Perfect Dark Zero" and Pac-Man and Blinky in "Pac-Man World 3․"
• After filming his last "Captain America: The First Avenger" scene with Michael Brandon, a fellow "Thomas & Friends" voice actor, the two went out for frozen yogurt
• Born in the United States, he became a naturalized British citizen many years after moving to London
• Patented a renewable energy power plant design called the Tidal Irrigation and Electrical System