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'''Kerry Shale''' is a Canadian actor and writer based in London, England. |
'''Kerry Shale''' (born 17 June 1958) is a Canadian actor and writer based in London, England. |
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Kerry Shale | |
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| Born | 17 June 1958 |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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Suzanne Shale (m. 1996) |
| Website | www |
Kerry Shale (born 17 June 1958) is a Canadian actor and writer based in London, England.
Career
Film
Shale's film appearances include Barbra Streisand's Yentl, Michael Winterbottom's films Genova, Code 46, Jude and Welcome to Sarajevo, the Emmy-winning HBO film RKO 281 as well as 102 Dalmatians, Max, Little Shop of Horrors, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, The Special Relationship, The Jacket, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Final Portrait, Show Dogs, Angel Has Fallen, Wrath of Man and Batgirl.
Television
The Sandman, Suspicion, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, Patrick Melrose, Living The Dream, The Trip To Spain, New Blood, Undercover, New Tricks, Mr. Selfridge. Other television acting work includes Red Dwarf (Series X), Life's Too Short, Doctor Who, The Trip, 10 Days To War, Holby City, Not Going Out, Gideon's Daughter and Love Soup, as well as episodes of Cracker, Joking Apart, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sharpe's Rifles, and The Tomorrow People. He played Mr. Beaver in the BBC's 1988 TV adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
Animation
Shale has voiced many UK series such as Dennis the Menace, Budgie the Little Helicopter, Captain Star and Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop. He played numerous characters in the BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning The Amazing World of Gumball for the Cartoon Network (UK and US). He has also voiced characters in the US version of Roary the Racing Car. Shale was a regular cast member of the long-running Thomas & Friends series in the UK and the US.
Theatre
Shale's extensive work for the stage includes six solo shows (five of which he wrote). Other theatre credits include On The Town at the Royal Albert Hall, His Girl Friday at the National Theatre, Aunt Dan and Lemon at the Almeida, Lion In The Streets at Hampstead Theatre, True West for Shared Experience, Henry V at the Bristol Old Vic, The Normal Heart at the Royal Court, The Exonerated at the Riverside Studios and Frost/Nixon at the Donmar Warehouse. Shale also appeared in the Royal Exchange Theatre production of C P Taylor's Good. He co-wrote and appeared in the verbatim play Listen, We're Family and adapted and performed the title role in The 2000 Year Old Man by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner.
Radio
Shale has acted in over 200 BBC Radio plays, recorded Bill Bryson's travel books on the radio and as audiobooks, has won a Sony Award as Best UK Radio Actor and a Writers' Guild Award for his radio dramatisation of Dr. Strangelove in which he also played half a dozen roles. From 2002 to 2004, he wrote and presented Kerry Shale's Listy Show, an eclectic music program on Oneword Radio. He has often been the reader for BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.
Writing
In addition to writing five one-man stage plays and a number of radio adaptations, Shale has written columns, reviews and sketches for BBC Radio, articles for The Guardian and The Word and a BAFTA-nominated video game Dog's Life. His play The Prince of West End Lane was given a staged reading at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. His Radio 4 comedy-drama The Kubrick Test was broadcast in 2020.[1] His Radio 4 adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's Yentl The Yeshiva Boy will be broadcast in 2023.
Video games
Shale has voiced hundreds of video games. According to The Guinness Book of World Records - Gamers' Edition, Shale has provided more voices for a single video game (Dog's Life) than any other actor. He also provide the voice of Carl Ingram in the Hitman trilogy.
Narration
He has narrated many television documentaries for the US and UK. Shale's many audio books include the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child as well as Life of Pi (Reader of the Year, APA Awards), Slumdog Millionaire (Audie Award Winner, Best Male Reader), and The White Tiger, winner of the Man Booker prize. In 2022, he narrated the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.
Other work
In 2005, he began appearing on the panel of BBC programmes such as Newsnight Review, The Review Show and Radio 4's Saturday Review. He was one of the organizers (and MC) of the monthly London story-telling evening, True Stories Told Live. He was a member of the comedy Improv group People People.
Personal life
Shale is married to Suzanne Shale, a former Oxford University law don, who now works as a specialist in medical and policing ethics.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Yentl | Yeshiva Student | |
| 1985 | Runaway Train | Dubbing | Voice, Uncredited |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | Goblin | Voice |
| Little Shop of Horrors | Her Assistant | ||
| 1987 | The Living Daylights | Voice of Necros | |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | MBC Newscaster | ||
| 1989 | Asterix and the Big Fight | Additional Voices | Voice |
| 1996 | Jude | Showman | |
| 1997 | Welcome to Sarajevo | UN Convoy Official | |
| 1998 | B. Monkey | Texan | |
| The Misadventures of Margaret | Librarian | ||
| 1999 | RKO 281 | Bernard Herrmann | |
| 2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Le Pelt's assistant | |
| 2002 | Max | Dr. Levi | |
| 2003 | Code 46 | Clinic Doctor | |
| 2005 | The Jacket | Prosecutor | |
| Gideon's Daughter | Badalamenti | ||
| The Wedding Date | Clipboard Manager | Uncredited | |
| 2006 | Manga Latina: Killer on the Loose | Victor La Cruz | |
| 2008 | Genova | Stephen | |
| 2009 | Universal Soldier: Regeneration | Dr. Robert Colin | |
| Hero of the Rails | Henry, Gordon, James, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt | US voice | |
| 2010 | Misty Island Rescue | Diesel (UK) Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, Harold, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt (US) |
Voice; direct-to-DVD |
| London Boulevard | Lawyer | Uncredited | |
| 2011 | Day of the Diesels | Diesel (UK) Henry, Gordon, James, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt (US) 'Arry, Bert and Sidney |
Voice; direct-to-DVD |
| Arthur Christmas | UNFITA OPS | Voice | |
| 2012 | Blue Mountain Mystery | Diesel (UK) Henry, James, Kevin, Sir Topham Hatt, Mr. Percival and some workmen (US) |
Voice; direct-to-DVD |
| A Fantastic Fear of Everything | Harvey Humphries | ||
| Tad, the Lost Explorer | Tad Stones and Kopponen | Voice | |
| 2013 | King of the Railway | Diesel (UK) Henry, Gordon, James, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt (US) |
Voice; direct-to-DVD |
| The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared | Harry S. Truman | ||
| Hello Carter | Tara Evans | ||
| 2014 | Tale of the Brave | Henry, Gordon, James, Kevin and Sir Topham Hatt | US voice; direct-to-DVD |
| Blood Moon | Father Domonic | ||
| 2015 | Moonwalkers | Mr. White | |
| Narcopolis | Martin Fox | ||
| The Cannibal in the Jungle | Peter Kalas | ||
| Thomas (the Tank Engine) & Friends: The Adventure Begins | Henry and Gordon | US voice; direct-to-DVD | |
| Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure | Henry, Gordon and Kevin | ||
| 2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Henry, Gordon and Kevin (US) Diesel and Scruff |
Voice; direct-to-DVD |
| 2017 | Journey Beyond Sodor | Henry and Gordon (US) Kevin and the Troublesome Trucks | |
| Final Portrait | Art Dealer | ||
| The Trip to Spain | Matt | ||
| 2018 | Show Dogs | Klaus Hochauser | |
| Big World! Big Adventures! | Henry, Gordon, Harold and Mr. Percival (US) Diesel and Beau |
Voice; direct-to-DVD | |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Admiral Paul Sebring | |
| 2021 | Wrath of Man | Doctor | |
| 2022 | Batgirl | Mayor Hady |
Television
| Years | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Sorry! | Gavin | Episode: "The Godfather" |
| 1983 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Willy | Episode: "Five Go Mad on Mescalin" |
| 1984 | Freud | Otto Rank | Miniseries |
| 1988 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Mr. Beaver | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | American Reporter | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Cracker | Scene of Crime Expert | Episode: The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 1 |
| 1994 | The Adventure of the Red Circle | Leverton, a Pinkerton (detective agency) detective | Part of the Granada Television series Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series), originally broadcast on ITV on 28 March 1994 |
| 1994–96 | Budgie the Little Helicopter | Chuck | |
| 1996-98 | Dennis the Menace | Gnasher | Voice |
| 2002 | Wilf the Witch's Dog | ||
| 2007 | Holby City | Dr. Costello | Episode: Paranoid Android |
| 2007 | Not Going Out | Toby | Series 2, Episode 5: Art |
| 2007-10 | Roary the Racing Car | Big Chris, Tin Top, Big Christine (US) | |
| 2010-21 | Thomas & Friends | Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, Scruff, Max, Farmer Trotter, Mr. Percival and Sir Lowham Hatt (US) Diesel (US; 2015 onwards / UK), Kevin (UK; "Hasty Hannah" only / US), 'Arry and the Troublesome Trucks, Connor (UK/US; 2020 onwards) |
Succeeded by Rob Rackstraw as James (US), Michael Brandon and Martin Sherman as Diesel and Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt |
| 2010 | The Trip | Steve's US Agent | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Doctor Who | Doctor Renfrew | Episode: Day of the Moon |
| 2011–19 | The Amazing World of Gumball | Larry Needlemeyer, Bobert, Leslie, Various Characters | |
| 2022 | The Creature Cases | Voice | |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Nimrod | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Suspicion | Arnold Myerson | |
| 2022 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Joe Venice |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | Werner Von Croy | |
| 2002 | Largo Winch .// Commando SAR | Male Voices | |
| 2003 | Space Channel 5: Part 2 | Fuse | [2] |
| 2004 | Dog's Life | Additional voices | |
| Killzone | ISA Troops | [2] | |
| 2008 | Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds | Fernando, Shigeki Maruyama, Maru-Chan, Clark | [2] |
| 2010 | Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip | Toshi and Xavier | [2] |
| 2011 | LittleBigPlanet 2 | Lex Luthor | |
| 2012 | Deponia | Rufus, Cletus, Argus | [2] |
| LittleBigPlanet PS Vita | Lex Luthor | ||
| The Testament of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| Chaos on Deponia | Rufus, Cletus, Argus | ||
| 2013 | Lego City Undercover | Marion Dunby | |
| Puppeteer | Ying Yang and General Dragon | [2] | |
| Goodbye Deponia | Rufus, Cletus, Argus | ||
| 2014 | Transformers Universe | Derail | [2] |
| Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 2015 | Lego Dimensions | Marion Dunby | |
| 2016 | Deponia Doomsday | Rufus, Cletus, Argus | |
| Batman: Arkham VR | Thug 3 | [2] | |
| Steep | Radio DJ Larry Miller | [2] | |
| 2017 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 | Star-Lord | |
| Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Cressidus and Perceval | [2] | |
| 2018 | Lego The Incredibles | Additional voices | |
| 2019 | Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love | The Leader | |
| Terminator: Resistance | NPCs | [2] | |
| 2021 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | Radio Presenter | |
| 2021 | RuneScape | Kerapac, the bound |
References
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- Living people
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- 20th-century Canadian male actors
- 21st-century British male actors
- 21st-century Canadian male actors
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- British male film actors
- British male stage actors
- British male television actors
- British male video game actors
- British male voice actors
- Canadian emigrants to England
- Canadian male film actors
- Canadian male stage actors
- Canadian male television actors
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- Canadian male voice actors
- Male actors from London