Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis
Born	Michael Philip James Adam Angelis 18 January 1952 (1952-01-18) (age 59)[citation needed] Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Spouse	Helen Worth (m. 1991–2001) «start: (1991)–end+1: (2002)»"Marriage: Helen Worth to Michael Angelis" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Angelis)[1] (divorced)

Michael Angelis (born 18 January 1952)^[2] is 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.. 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 heard only 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, but the two divorced in 2001^[1] when Angelis admitted having an affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2011 he participated in the BBC Radio 4 program 'The Reunion' talking with others cast members about his roles in the landmark 1980s drama series Boys from the Blackstuff [1]

Assorted roles

Television

Year	Title	Role
1975–78	The Liver Birds	Lucien Boswell
1978	Play for Today: "The Muscle Market"	Christopher "Chrissie" Todd
1979	Me, You and Him	Lucien Boswell
1982	Boys from the Blackstuff	Christopher "Chrissie" Todd
1980	Minder	Nick
1985	I Woke Up One Morning	Max
1991	G.B.H.	Martin Niarchos
1991–present	Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends	UK Narrator
1993–94	Luv	Harold Craven
1996	Whatever Happened to The Liver Birds?	Lucien Boswell
1998	The Jump	Donald Lewis
2002	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet	Mickey Startup
2005	The Magic Roundabout	Moose
2009	Abe and the Amazing Promise	UK Narrator[citation needed]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1999	Thomas & Friends: The Great Festival Adventure	All characters
2000	Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks	All characters
2002	Thomas & Friends: Building the New Line	All characters

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Crawford, Sue (7 March 2010). "Coronation Street's Gail in Jail: Helen Worth on soap's hottest story". Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/03/07/coronation-street-s-gail-in-jail-helen-worth-on-soap-s-hottest-story-115875-22090711/. Retrieved 16 June 2010. 
2. ^ IMDB entry

External links

• Michael Angelis at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Ringo Starr

Narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends 1991-present

Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Angelis, Michael
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Date of birth	18 January 1952
Place of birth	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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