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David Menkin
Menkin in 2021
Born	(1977-05-10) 10 May 1977 (age 47) Moss, Norway
Citizenship	Norway United States
Education	New York University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present

David Menkin (born 10 May 1977) is a Norwegian-born American actor. His best known for his voice roles as Porter and Jack in the US dub of Thomas & Friends (2013–2021) and as Virgil and Gordon Tracy in the 2015 reboot series Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020).

His other voice roles in animation and video games include Scoop and Travis in the US version of Bob the Builder, Dad Hooman in Floogals, Chuck in Space Chickens in Space, Munki and Rocky in Jungle Beat: The Movie, Malos in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Captain Joseph Brady in Battlefield 3, Breach in Valorant, Magnus in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, Luke Skywalker in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and Barnabas Tharmr in Final Fantasy XVI.

Early life

Menkin was born to a Norwegian mother and an American father in Moss, where he partially spent his childhood before the family moved to Benin to partake in Saga Petrolium's oil drilling in West Africa. In a 2018 radio interview, he stated that the bi-cultural upbringing made "a great impression" on him. As an adolescent, their family moved to London. He attended New York University and graduated in 1999 from Mountview Theatre School in London, where he still lives and works as an actor.

Career

In 2001, Menkin had a minor role for the television film Wit.

His film roles include A Hologram for the King, Octane, Zero Dark Thirty, Survivor, Arthur Christmas, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Florence Foster Jenkins and the documentary Project Nim.

For many years he was provided the announcer voice for the Norwegian TV channel TV3.

He was a member of Thomas & Friends's voice cast from 2013 until 2021 where he voiced Porter and Jack in the US version. He also voiced Stanley for Season 19 only, which was passed on to Rob Rackstraw and John Schwab. He was also asked to voice the title role of Thomas for the US version after Martin Sherman's departure from the series, but he passed on the offer, citing support for Sherman, so it passed on to Joseph May instead. From 2015, he voiced Virgil and Gordon Tracy in the rebooted Thunderbirds Are Go television series. In 2017, Menkin provided the voice for Chuck, who was one of Space Chickens in Space's lead characters.

On the Norwegian TV series Lykkeland, Menkin plays Jackson. The series premiered on NRK and DR1 October 2018. Lykkeland won Best Script and Best Music at Canneseries in April of the same year. Menkin stated that his role on Lykkeland was his "first proper Norwegian acting job".

Personal life

He speaks English and Norwegian. Menkin is gay.

Filmography

Film

Television

Audiobooks

Video games

References

1. "e-TALENTA". e-talenta.eu. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
2. "David Menkin (47)". Spielfilm. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
3. "Mossingen David Menkin is the star in the 'Reduced Shakespeare Company'. Now he is touring the UK with "Completely Hollywood"". Afternposten. Aftenposten. November 19, 2005. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
4. "Mossing with theater success Eight years ago, David Menkin stood at Money Square on Time Square in New York. Today he is on stage in London". Moss dagblad.Norway (via Wayback Machine). Moss dagblad Norway. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
5. "Norwegian actor in Oscar nominated film David Menkin has a role in Kathryn Bigelows 'Zero Dark Thirty'". Dagbladet. January 21, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
6. "Norges ukjente stjerneskudd". Filmweb.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved November 9, 2018.
7. ^ "Distriktsprogram – Østfold – 26-10-2018 – NRK Radio". NRK Radio (in Norwegian). Retrieved November 26, 2018.
8. "David (37) fra Moss spiller mot Tom Hanks i ny film". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). April 7, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
9. ^ Shop, Voice. "Male Voice Over Artist David Menkin – Norwegian". voice-shop.co.uk. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
10. "Norske David spiller CIA-agent i Hollywood-film" (in Norwegian). Retrieved November 26, 2018.
11. "Norsk skuespiller i Oscar-nominert film". Dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). January 21, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
12. "Norwegian David plays with Hugh Grant and Meryl Streep". VG Norway. June 2, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
13. "Shit! En norsk skuespiller kan ha vært førstemann som banner i et Nintendo-spill". Filter Film og TV (in Norwegian Bokmål). January 19, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
14. Space Chickens in Space, retrieved November 9, 2018
15. "Lykkeland – ny stor norsk serie på DR1 – Se det på DR1 DR TV". DIGITALT.TV (in Danish). Retrieved November 26, 2018.
16. Evensen, Mari Rollag. "To Cannes-priser til "Lykkeland"" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
17. Amlie, Helene. "Dramaserien "Lykkeland" er tatt ut til seriefestivalen i Cannes" (in Norwegian Bokmål). NRK. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
18. Gray, Robin (February 10, 2023). "David Menkin on becoming an actor, coming out and voicing Luke Skywalker". Gayming Magazine. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
19. Sarto, Dan (June 10, 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: The Vision Behind 'Jungle Beat: The Movie' Featurette". awn.com. Animation World Network. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
20. "Thunderbirds Are Go! voice cast interviews". Den of Geek. March 29, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
21. "David Menkin | Creative Artists Management". cam.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.

External links

• David Menkin at IMDb

• 1977 births
• 21st-century American male actors
• 21st-century Norwegian male actors
• American expatriate male actors
• American expatriates in England
• American LGBTQ male actors
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American male voice actors
• American people of Norwegian descent
• Living people
• Male actors from London
• Norwegian expatriates in England
• Norwegian LGBTQ actors
• Norwegian male film actors
• Norwegian male television actors
• Norwegian male video game actors
• Norwegian male voice actors
• Norwegian people of American descent
• People from Moss, Norway