
Michael Angelis
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Angelis was an English actor and voice actor. Michael Angelis was one of the stars of the famous 1982 BBC drama serial Boys from the Black Stuff and another Alan Bleasedale drama G.B.H. (TV series). He also starred in comedies such as Luv and The Liver Birds, in which he appeared between series 5 and 9. He appeared as a villain in the revived television series Auf Wiedersehen Pet, alongside former fellow Black Stuff star Alan Igbon. Angelis is perhaps best known for narrating the British Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, which he has done since 1991, when he took over from Ringo Starr. Angelis was originally intended to provide some of the voices in the film adaptation of the series, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but he was dropped from the project when US test audiences thought he made the characters he originally voiced, James and Percy, sound too old. In 2007, he was reported to have stepped down from his role, with Pierce Brosnan taking over the role. However, Brosnan's narration was only heard in one feature special The Great Discovery, and Angelis has continued to provide the narration ever since. Angelis also narrated John Peel's autobiography, Margrave of the Marshes, on BBC Radio 4 in 2005. In 2006 he starred in the movie Fated, set in his home town of Liverpool, as well as in episodes of Midsomer Murders and The Bill in 2007. Angelis was married to the Coronation Street actress Helen Worth; however the two divorced in 2001 when Angelis admitted having an affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Angelis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

Joseph
1995

Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines!
2005

Bobby Wants to Meet Me
1981

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails
2009

No Surrender
1985

Thomas & Friends - The Best of Thomas
2010

Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas!
2011

Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery
2012

Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue
2010

Thomas & Friends: Rescue on the Rails
2011

Thomas & Friends: The Lion of Sodor
2010

The Black Stuff
1980

Giving Tongue
1996

Thomas & Friends: Rusty Saves The Day
2007

The Virgin of Liverpool
2003

Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels
2011

Under the Age
1972

Thomas & Friends: Together on the Tracks
2007

Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue
2004

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
1995

Fated
2006

Thomas and Friends - Heave Ho!
2010

George & Mildred
1980

Thomas & Friends: New Friends For Thomas
2004

Time Trouble
1985

Thomas & Friends: Merry Winter Wish
2010

Thomas & Friends: James and the Red Balloon
2003

Censored Scenes from King Kong
1973

The Last Supper
1990

First Time Loser
2012

Thomas and Friends - My First Thomas with the Fat Controller
2011

My First Thomas with Thomas
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My First Thomas with Percy
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Thomas and Friends - My First Thomas - With Diesel
2011

Thomas and Friends: My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold
2010

Thomas and the Magic Railroad
2000

Midsomer Murders
1997

G.B.H.
1991

Stickin' Around
1996

Bergerac
1981

Boys from the Blackstuff
1982

Z-Cars
1962

A Touch of Frost
1992

The Professionals
1977

Between the Lines
1992

Lovejoy
1986

Luv
1993

Wood and Walters
1982

I Woke Up One Morning
1985

Good Cop
2012

The Marksman
1987

The Jump
1998

Minder
1979

Village Hall
1974

Casualty
1986

Casualty
1986

Casualty
1986

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983

The Liver Birds
1969

Heartbeat
1992

Bread
1986

Thomas & Friends
1984

Jack and the Sodor Construction Company
2006

Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983

Playhouse
1974

Robin's Nest
1977

Melissa
1997