David Menkin


David Menkin is a Norwegian-born American actor and voice actor.

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's acting career started where he was a minor character in the television movie 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 is a member of Thomas & Friendss voice cast since 2013 where he voices of 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.
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 Spaces 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.

Filmography

Film

Television

Audiobooks

Video games