Thomas Kane Roberts was born on April 15,1962 and is an American retired voice actor.
13 Facts About Tom Kane
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Tom Kane is best known for his work in animation and video games, most notably the Star Wars franchise.
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Tom Kane began his voice-over career in 1977, at fifteen years old.
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Tom Kane is known for his animation work throughout his career, including Jedi Master Yoda and Admiral Yularen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature film and TV series, The Chancellor in 9, Magneto in Wolverine and the X-Men and Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, Ultron in Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Mr Herriman in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Lord Monkey Fist on Kim Possible, Professor Utonium and HIM in The Powerpuff Girls.
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Tom Kane has voiced Oxnard Montalvo in The Angry Beavers and the chimpanzee sidekick Darwin in The Wild Thornberrys.
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Tom Kane was 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 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed as Imperial Captain Ozzik Sturn, Lobot and Kento Marek thanks to ILM's motion capture technology.
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Tom Kane played Odin in the video game adaptation of Thor as well as the Disneyland attraction: Thor: Treasures of Asgard, taking over the role from Anthony Hopkins from the film.
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Tom Kane made his debut in the Star Wars film saga as the voice of Admiral Ackbar in 2017's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, taking over the role from the late Erik Bauersfeld.
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Tom Kane had experience in voicing the character on several occasions for video games in the franchise prior to the film's release.
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Tom Kane voiced Plague Champion in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising and Retribution.
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Tom Kane narrated the series premiere of Star Wars: The Bad Batch in May 2021.
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In November 2020, Tom Kane suffered a stroke which left him with weakness on the right side of his body and damage to his speaking, writing, and reading abilities.
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Tom Kane has been married to Cindy Roberts since 1981 and is the father of 9 children including a daughter named Sam who began giving regular updates on his condition after his stroke on Facebook.