Tom Kane Biography – Tom Kane Wiki
Tom Kane born Thomas Kane Roberts is a retired American voice actor known for his work in animations and video games, most notably in the Star Wars franchise. Kane is known for his animation work. Notable roles include 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. He has voiced Oxnard Montalvo in The Angry Beavers and the chimpanzee sidekick Darwin in The Wild Thornberrys.
Tom began doing voiceover work professionally at the age of 15, in his hometown of Kansas City. By the time he got out of college he had done several hundred commercials, then he moved to Hollywood and started landing Movie Trailers, Network Promos, Games, Feature Films, and Cartoons. He started with Disney’s Prince Valiant, then Iron Man, Star Wars projects, The Wild Thornberrys, The Powerpuff Girls, Kim Possible, etc…
He is also 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 (the father of Sam Witwer’s Galen Marek) thanks to ILM’s motion capture technology. In Call of Duty: World at War, Black Ops, Black Ops II, Black Ops III, and Black Ops IIII, he provides the voice of Takeo Masaki, a Japanese WWII soldier and WWI warrior in the Zombies game mode.
In the arena of non-animation voiceover work, Kane records commercials, film trailers, and television promos. In addition, he has been the announcer for the AFI Life Achievement Award show twice, as well as the 78th, 80th, 83rd, 84th, and 90th Academy Awards. He also played Odin (the father of Thor and Loki) in the video game adaption of Thor as well as the Disneyland attraction: Thor: Treasures of Asgard, taking over the role from Anthony Hopkins from the film. Besides doing his character voices, on any given day he does “regular announcer” VO jobs for TV commercials, Movie Trailers, and Network Promos for the likes of Disney, Pixar, CBS, Dr. Pepper, Sony, Scrubbing Bubbles, FOX, Hotwire, Showtime, Dreamworks, Walmart, Universal, Netflix, Nintendo, Propel, McDonald’s, Kellogg’s, Nickelodeon, talking Christmas Tree ornaments and greeting cards for Hallmark.
On April 13, 2012, he took over for Joe Hursh as the voice of the Walt Disney World Monorail System. In 2013, he took over as the announcer of The Eric Andre Show, replacing Gary Anthony Williams.
For Games, Tom voices Leviathan and Lok in Fortnite, a dozen major characters in almost every Star Wars game ever made, as well as Takeo in Call of Duty, Commissioner Gordon, Quincy Sharp, and Amadeus Arkham in Batman, Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Professor Xavier and Magneto in the X-Men, and Ondore in Final Fantasy.
He also does voice-doubling. When celebrities are not available to do their post-production, testing, or Trailer dialogue recording, Tom fills in for A-Listers such as Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Liam Neeson, and others.
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. He had experience in voicing the character on several occasions for video games in the franchise prior to the film’s release. Kane has also voiced Plague Champion in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising and Retribution.
Tom Kane Age
He was born on April 15, 1962, in Overland Park, Kansas, United States.
Tom Kane Wife
Kane has been married to his wife Cindy for over 40 years, together they have nine children.
Tom Kane Children
With his wife Cindy, together they have nine children. One of his children is his daughter Sam Kane.
Tom Kane Health
On December 30, 2020, it was reported that Kane suffered a stroke earlier in November which had left him with right-sided weakness and damage to his speech, writing, and reading capabilities. In September 2021, he officially retired from voice acting.
Following a serious stroke at the end of 2020, Tom Kane has been “forced into early retirement” at the age of 59, according to his daughter, Sam, who posted a statement on Facebook. “The damage to his speech center is just too severe. He cannot read well nor get out the words he wants, which is sort of required for voice acting. He has what’s called Apraxia which means he has difficulty moving smoothly from one sound, syllable, or word to another. Groping movements like with his jaw, lips, or tongue to make the correct movement for speech sounds are impaired. Essentially he knows exactly what he wants to say, he knows exactly what’s going on, but the words are trapped in his head, and when they do come out, it’s usually too slurred to understand. He has a handful of words he says perfectly, but just a handful. He relies on all forms of non-verbal communication now. Thank god he’s an actor and great at charades…”
Tom Kane Height
He stands at a listed height of 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 meters) tall.
Tom Kane Instagram
His Instagram handle is @tkanevo.
