Tom Kane
Kane in 2008
Born	Thomas Kane Roberts (1962-04-15)April 15, 1962 Overland Park, Kansas, U.S.
Died	May 18, 2026(2026-05-18) (aged 64) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1977–2021
Spouse	Cindy Roberts ​ (m. 1982)​ [1]
Children	9
Website	tomkane.com

Thomas Kane Roberts (April 15, 1962 – May 18, 2026) was an American voice actor. He was known for his work in animation and video games, most notably the Star Wars franchise, voicing established characters Yoda, Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett, Qui-Gon Jinn, and C-3PO. Other notable roles include Professor Utonium in The Powerpuff Girls, Darwin Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys, Mr. Herriman in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, and Woodhouse in Archer, taking the role over from George Coe following his death in 2015.

Kane provided his voice as an announcer for theme park attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, and served as an announcer for several Academy Awards ceremonies, as well as for the Adult Swim series The Eric Andre Show in its second season.

Kane began his voice acting career in 1977, when he was 15 years old.^[2] Some of his best-known roles include Jedi Master Yoda and Admiral Yularen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature film and television 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 in Kim Possible, Professor Utonium and HIM in The Powerpuff Girls, Oxnard Montalvo in The Angry Beavers, and Darwin Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys.^[3]

He was 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 Industrial Light & Magic's motion capture technology. In Call of Duty: World at War, Black Ops, Black Ops II, Black Ops III and Black Ops IV, he provided the voice of Takeo Masaki, a Japanese WWII soldier and WWI warrior in the Zombies game mode. In Fortnite: Save the World, Kane voiced the robot Lok.^[4][5][6]

In the arena of non-animation voiceover work, Kane recorded commercials, film trailers and television promos. In addition, he had been the announcer for the AFI Life Achievement Award show twice, as well as the 78th, 80th, 83rd, 84th, and 90th Academy Awards, and also did the voiceover for the Disney's FastPlay bumper in 2004. He also played Odin (the father of Thor and Loki) in the video game adaptation of Thor as well as the Disneyland attraction: Thor: Treasures of Asgard, replacing Anthony Hopkins, who played the character in the film.^[6][7]

On April 13, 2012, Kane replaced Joe Hursh as the voice of the Walt Disney World Monorail System.^[8][9] In 2013, he became the announcer of The Eric Andre Show, replacing Gary Anthony Williams.

Kane made his debut in the Star Wars film saga as the voice of Admiral Ackbar in 2017's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, succeeding Erik Bauersfeld.^[10] He had experience in voicing the character on several occasions for video games in the franchise prior to the film's release. He also voiced Plague Champion in Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising and Retribution.^[11]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kane was one of several voices for health and safety announcements at Walt Disney World.^[12] He also narrated the series premiere of Star Wars: The Bad Batch in May 2021.^[13]

In November 2020, Kane suffered a stroke which left him with significant weakness on the right side of his body and damage to his speaking, writing, and reading abilities.^[14][15] In September 2021, Kane's daughter Sam confirmed that, due to his stroke, he had decided to retire from voice acting.^[16] She gave regular updates on Facebook about his condition.^[17]

Thomas Kane Roberts was born in Overland Park, Kansas on April 15, 1962.^[18] He was married to Cindy Roberts from 1982 until his death. The pair had three biological children, and adopted six others.^[19]

Kane died from complications of a stroke that he experienced in late 2020, at a hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 18, 2026, at the age of 64.^[19][20][21] His talent agency, Galactic Productions, announced the news on Facebook.^[22][23]

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase	Professor Kaufman	Direct-to-video[24]
2002	The Powerpuff Girls Movie	Professor Utonium	[24]
	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Darwin Thornberry	[24]
2003	Rugrats Go Wild		[24]
	Dracula II: Ascension	Doctor
2007	Shrek the Third	Guard #1	[24]
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Yoda, narrator, Admiral Yularen	[24]
	Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow	Tony Stark / Iron Man, Ultron	Direct-to-video[24]
	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination	Mr. Herriman	Television film[24]
2009	Hulk Versus	The Professor
	District 9	News Reporter
	9	The Chancellor	[24]
2010	Angelo Della Morte	Azreal Collins
2011	Star Tours – The Adventures Continue	Admiral Ackbar	Theme park attraction
	Hughes the Force	TK-5703
	The Smurfs	Narrator Smurf	[24]
2012	Red Tails	Bomber Pilot	Uncredited
	Star Wars Droids: The Jawa Adventure	C-3PO	Short film
	Halloween Awakening: The Legacy of Michael Myers	Dr. Samuel Loomis
	Grand Deception	Narrator	Documentary
2013	The Smurfs 2	Narrator Smurf	[24]
	The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow		[24]
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Additional voices	[24]
2016	Rogue One		[24]
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Admiral Ackbar	[24]
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Additional voices	[24]
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker		Final film role[24]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Who's the Boss?	Announcer	Episode: "Tony, Can You Spare a Dime?"
	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Additional voices	Episode: "The Curse"
1993	Great Wonders of the World	Narrator	Documentary
1995–1996	Iron Man	H.O.M.E.R., Century, Stingray, Ghost, Sunturion	8 episodes[24]
	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat	Additional voices	Unknown episodes
1996	Phantom 2040	Mr. Hand, Vagrant, GP Biot	Episode: "The Second Time Around"[24]
	Wing Commander Academy	Additional voices	Episode: "On Both Your Houses"
1996–1997	The Incredible Hulk	Scimitar, H.O.M.E.R.	Unknown episodes
1997	Duckman	Gene Vuuck, Bill Clinton
	Spider-Man: The Animated Series	Doctor Doom	Episode: "Secret Wars, Chapter 3: Doom"[24]
1997–1998	The Angry Beavers	Oxnard Montalvo, Mayor, Jack Stagger, Male Hero, Archaeoligist, Hero	[24]
	Team Knight Rider	Dante	22 episodes[24]
1997–1999	Cow and Chicken	Announcer, Roman Soldier, Voice on TV, Super Hero #1	Unknown episodes
1997–2001	Johnny Bravo	Berry Vanderbolten, Pantene Claw, Golf Announcer, Tabby	8 episodes[24]
1998–2004	The Wild Thornberrys	Darwin Thornberry, additional voices	Unknown episodes[24]
1998–2005	The Powerpuff Girls	Professor Utonium, HIM, Talking Dog, Stanley Whitfield, additional voices	71 episodes[24]
1998	I Am Weasel	Anchor Man, Master of Ceremonies, Conductor	Episode: "I Are Music Man"
1999–2007	Xyber 9: New Dawn	Captain Montand	3 episodes
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Soldier, Tech	Episode: "Strange Invasion"[24]
	Psyko Ferret	Narrator	Television film
2001	Cartoon Cartoon Fridays	Him	Episode: "Mojo Jojo Takes Over"
	The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie	Darwin Thornberry	Television film
	Heavy Gear: The Animated Series	Greco
2002	Totally Spies!	C.H.A.D., Helmut
2002–2007	Kim Possible	Lord Monkey Fist, additional voices	11 episodes
2003	Codename: Kids Next Door	Simon
	Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time	Monkey Fist, Real Estate Agent	Television film
2003–2005	Star Wars: Clone Wars	Yoda	9 episodes
	Duck Dodgers	Walter Carbonite, President, Cooter, Nostrillian Captain	6 episodes[24]
2004	CatDog	Evil Eric
	Disney Fast Play	Announcer[25]
2004–2005	Conspiracy?	Host	11 episodes
	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Professor Utonium, Cap'n, Captain Heifer	2 episodes
2004–2009	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Mr. Herriman, additional voices	67 episodes[24]
2005	Teen Titans	Bob	Episode: "Employee of the Month"[24]
	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Additional voices	Episode: "Imprisoned"
	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Dean Cain	[24]
	UFO Files	Narrator	2 episodes
2005–2007	The X's	Lorenzo, Old Guy, Alien	8 episodes[24]
2006	Four Eyes!	Headmaster Payne	Episode: "Pilot"
	The Case for a Creator	Narrator	Documentary
	Inside Saddam's Reign of Terror		Documentary
2006–2009	9/11 Commission Report		16 episodes
2006–2011	Robot Chicken	Additional voices	5 episodes
2006	Ben 10	Ultimos, Arctiguana, Donovan Grandsmith	[24]
2007	Robot Chicken: Star Wars	C-3PO	TV special
2008	Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II	Yoda	Uncredited TV Special
	The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!	Professor Utonium, Him, Talking Dog	Television film
2008–2009	Wolverine and the X-Men	Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto, Professor Thorton	13 episodes
2008–2011	Back at the Barnyard	Announcer #2, Freddy's Dad	2 episodes[24]
2008–2014, 2020	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Narrator, Yoda, Admiral Yularen	132 episodes[24]
2009	Titan Maximum	Chip	Episode: "One Billion Dead Grandparents"
2010	The Boondocks	Dr. Doomis	Episode: "Smokin' with Cigarettes"
	Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III	Yoda, TV Announcer	TV special[24]
2011	Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace	Yoda, narrator, Senator Yaun, Admiral Ackbar	Television short[24]
2011–2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Ultron, Jasper Sitwell, Professor Thorton	6 episodes[24]
	Mad	Morgan Freeman, HIM, Announcer, Narrator	4 episodes
2011–2015	Archer	Woodhouse, Hans Hessler	16 episodes
2012	Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Narrator, Yoda	Television short
2013	The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow	Narrator Smurf	Television short
	The Legend of Korra	Judge Hotah	Episode: "Civil Wars: Part 2"[24]
	Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular	Announcer	Television special
2013–2014	Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles	Yoda, narrator, Red Guard Pilot	7 episodes
2014	The Powerpuff Girls: Dance Pantsed	Professor Utonium, additional voices	Television film
	Saber	Announcer	Episode: "Return of the Threesome"
2015	Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales	Narrator, Yoda, Ghost, Qui-Gon Jinn	5 episodes[24]
2016	The Grindhouse Radio	Himself	Episode: "GHR: Erin J. Cahill/Tom Kane"
2016–2019	The Powerpuff Girls	Professor Utonium, Him, additional voices	61 episodes[24]
2017	Star Wars Rebels	Colonel Yularen, Stormtrooper #3	Episode: "Through Imperial Eyes"
2017–2018	Star Wars Forces of Destiny	Yoda	3 episodes
2018	Fortnite: Aquavita Live Stream	Lok	Episode: "Season 4 RELEASE!"
2020	Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine	Narrator	TV special
	The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special	Qui-Gon Jinn, Yoda	Television film
2021	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Narrator	Episode: "Aftermath"
	Cake	Trobotto	Episode: "Dinner Party"

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1994	Might and Magic: World of Xeen	Additional voices	Credited as Tom Keane
1995	The Dark Eye	Narrator
	Shannara	Allanon, Seneschal, Brona, Davio, Bremen	[24]
1996	Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire	Leebo	PC version
	Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter	Imperial Officer #1, Rebel Pilot #4	Credited as Tom Kayne
1997	The Curse of Monkey Island	Captain Rottingham, The Flying Welshman	[24]
	Pitfall 3-D: Beyond the Jungle	Arcam, Scourge	[24]
	Interstate '76	Skeeter
1998	Star Wars: Rebellion	Additional voices	[24]
	Grim Fandango	Raoul, 2nd Mayan Mechanic, Gate Keeper, Cat Track Announcer	[24]
	Return to Krondor	Additional voices
	Star Wars: Droid Works	C-3PO, British Droid, Male Pedestrian
	Interstate '76 Nitro Pack	Skeeter, Natty Dread
	Interstate '76 Arsenal	Skeeter
1999	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	C-3PO, Barbo, Jym Lang	[24]
	Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned	Mallory, Jesus	[24]
	Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance	Commander Beckman, Golov Nakhym, Imperial Officer	[24]
	Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge Activity Center	Yoda, Announcer	[24]
2000	Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles	Yoda, Commander Droid, Gungan Guard #2	[24]
	Star Wars Episode I: Racer	Elan Mak, Slide Paramita	[24]
	Escape from Monkey Island	Bagel the LUA Bar Patron, Pegnose Pete
	Star Wars: Demolition	Boba Fett, Bib Fortuna, General Otto
	Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy	Cardinal Galen Yi, Units #13	[24]
	The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler	Darwin Thornberry	[24]
	Star Wars: Force Commander	AT-AT Driver, ATC-Airfield, ATC-Star Destroyer
	Nicktoons Racing	Darwin Thornberry	Archival recording	[24]
2001	Star Wars: Starfighter	Mercenary Pilot, Wingman
	Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing	Yoda, Chancellor Valorum, Battle Droid	[24]
	The Powerpuff Girls: Mojo's Pet Project	Professor Utonium
	Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds	Boba Fett, C-3PO, Empire Missile Destroyer Captain, Imperial Air Cruiser	Also Clone Campaigns
	Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader	Crix Madine, Imperial Pilot #2, Transport Captain #3
	The Powerpuff Girls: Chemical X-Traction	Professor Utonium, Him
2002	Star Wars: Racer Revenge	Dax Gazaway, Shrivel Braittrand
	Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter	Yoda, Captain Juno
	Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast	Reborn 2, Rodian #1, Shadow Trooper
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Yoda
	The Powerpuff Girls: Gameville	Professor Utonium, Him
	Star Wars: Bounty Hunter	M.C. Droid, Male Civilian #2, Longo Two-Guns
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Gandalf, additional voices
	The Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage	Professor Utonium, Male Citizen #3, Monkey Man #2
2003	Rugrats Go Wild	Darwin Thornberry
	RTX Red Rock	M.E.L., Panel Voice
	Star Trek: Elite Force II	Additional voices
	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Vander Tokare, Additional voices
	Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy	Boba Fett, Cultist #3, Stormtrooper #1
	Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike	C-3PO, Crix Madine, Imperial Pilot #2
	The Hobbit	Narrator, Voice talent
2004	Star Wars: Battlefront	Admiral Ackbar, Yoda
	X-Men Legends	Chuck Simms, additional voices
	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords	Vandar Tokare, Additional voices
2005	Power Rangers S.P.D.	Monster	Episode: "Resurrection"
	Dear Santa	Santa Narration	Television film
	Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction	Additional voices
	Shadow of Rome	Narratore, Extras	[26]
	Star Wars: Republic Commando	Yoda, Captain Talbot, Trandoshan Slaver #2
	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Yoda, Cin Drallig, Neimoidian Guard
	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Yoda, Imperial Officer #3
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	C-3PO, additional voices
	Final Fantasy XII	Marquis Halim Ondore IV	English version	[24]
	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	Additional voices
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Professor Charles Xavier, Grey Gargoyle, Kurse
	Kim Possible: What's the Switch?	Monkey Fist
	Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist
	Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption	Additional voices
	Cartoon Network Racing	Professor Utonium, Him
2008	Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures	Indiana Jones
	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed	Captain Ozzik Sturn, Kento Marek, Lobot, Imperial Officer	Also Ultimate Sith Edition
	Zen Pinball	Magneto, C-3PO, Yoda
	Soulcalibur IV	Yoda	English version[24]
	Fracture	Additional voices
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels	Yoda, narrator
2009	Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall	Professor Utonium, Him, Mr. Herriman
	Wanted: Weapons of Fate	Sloan
	Wolfenstein	Leonid Alexandrov
	Call of Duty: World at War	Takeo Masaki, additional voices	Uncredited
	Batman: Arkham Asylum	James "Jim" Gordon, Quincy Sharp, Louie Green, Amadeus Arkham
	Fat Princess	Narrator
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes	Narrator, C-3PO, Yoda
	Marvel Super Hero Squad	Magneto
2010	Resonance of Fate	Antourion	English version	[24]
	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising	Plague Champion
	The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest	Gandalf, Gamling, Hama
	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II	Yoda, Rebel Pilot
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Takeo Masaki, Dr. Schuster
2011	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Magneto
	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution	Plague Champion
	Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars	Yoda, C-3PO, additional voices
	Thor: God of Thunder	Odin
	Iron Brigade	Woodruff
	Batman: Arkham City	Quincy Sharp
	Dance Central 2	Dr. Tan
	The Lord of the Rings: War in the North	Gandalf
	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	Magneto	English version
	Star Wars: The Old Republic	M1-4X, additional voices
2012	Kinect Star Wars	Yoda, C-3PO, Naturalist, Imperial Commander
	The Secret World	Sarge, Newsreader
	Guild Wars 2	Narrator
	Dance Central 3	Dr. Tan
	Lego The Lord of the Rings	Additional voices
	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	Narrator (Fat Princess), Vox Populi
	Guardians of Middle-earth	Gandalf
	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Takeo Masaki	Apocalypse DLC
2013	The Magic of Oz the Great and Powerful: Second Screen	V.O. Narrator
	Star Wars Pinball	Yoda, narrator
	Marvel Heroes	Ultron	Uncredited
	The Smurfs 2: Travel the World	Narrator Smurf
	Batman: Arkham Origins	Quincy Sharp	Uncredited
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Yoda, Admiral Ackbar
	Lego Dimensions	Gandalf, Albus Dumbledore, Professor Utonium, HIM, Harry the Hunter, Langdon Shaw
	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Takeo Masaki
	Star Wars: Battlefront	Admiral Ackbar
2016	Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Admiral Ackbar, Yoda, Mon Calamari Officer
2017	Fortnite: Save the World	Lok
	Star Wars: Battlefront II	Yoda, Admiral Ackbar
	Liquid Metal	Dr. Podd
2018	Lego DC Super-Villains	James "Jim" Gordon
2019	Dance Central (2019 video game)	Dr. Tan
	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Magneto
2020	Star Wars: Squadrons	Additional voices
	Ghost of Tsushima	Additional actors
2021	Marvel Future Revolution	Magneto
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Admiral Ackbar	Final role

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Wish Me Luck	Slag
	A Nation Adrift	Narrator	Documentary
1998	Halloween H20: 20 Years Later	Dr. Samuel Loomis	Voice[24]
1999	Infinity's Child	Phleig Narrator	Short film
2000	The Prophecy 3: The Ascent	Angel	Voice
	Dracula 2000	Anchorman
2005	Dracula III: Legacy
2009	The Way It Went Down	Gerard
2011	This Is Not a Movie	Voice
2013	I Know That Voice	Himself	Documentary
2015	Just Another Tuesday	Narrator	Short film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	78th Academy Awards	Announcer
2008	80th Academy Awards
	Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories	Narrator	Documentary
2009	The Old Man and the Seymour		Short film
	The Star Wars Comic Con '09 Spectacular	Himself	Television special
	Important Things with Demetri Martin	Revenger Announcer	Episode: "Power"
2011	83rd Academy Awards	Announcer
2012	84th Academy Awards
2013	The Eric Andre Show

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Year	Title	Accolade	Results
2012	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series	Nominated
		Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role	Nominated
	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Ensemble in a Video Game	Nominated
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best New Vocal Interpretation of an Established Character	Nominated
2013		Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Performance in a Narrating Role	Nominated
		Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Action/Drama	Nominated
2015		Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role - Action/Drama	Nominated
		Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series - Action/Drama	Nominated
2016	Lego Dimensions	Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game	Won

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