Mark Stephen Moraghan (, born 27 January 1963)http://web.researcha.com/iccquery/detail/?did=3031115&c=uk Researcha is an English actor and singer. He has appeared in the British drama series Peak Practice, London's Burning and Heartbeat. He was the narrator for the children's television show Thomas & Friends from the seventeenth to twenty-first series, and played the roles of Greg Shadwick in Brookside, Ray Wyatt in Dream Team, Owen Davies in Holby City and Adrian Atkins in Coronation Street.
Life and career Moraghan was born in Toxteth, Liverpool on 27 January 1963. He started acting in 1978, when the BBC held auditions in his high school for the TV play Lies, and he was selected.Woman , Cannon, Nick, "From Lust to Dust", 23 August 1999 Accessed: 7 October 2006 On 14 May 1988, Moraghan started his professional acting career playing a ferryman in the comedy Help!, and he subsequently went on to play in many TV series and several films. His longest running role was Owen Davies, a Consultant Obstetrician, in Holby City which he played from 2001 until 2005. He also appeared in a television commercial for the fabric softener 'Bounce' in 1996 with fellow Liverpudlian Katy Carmichael. He was recently a member of the cast of the British independent film Allies (2014).
In 2006 Moraghan starred in a musical production of Willy Russell's "Our Day Out" at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre.markmoraghan.com Music section. Accessed: 4 September 2006
He performed as a backing vocalist and percussionist in the Liverpool band Personal Column in the late 1970s.PersonalColumn pictures. Accessed: 7 October 2006 In 2006, Moraghan came second in the BBC singing competition Just the Two of Us. His singing partner was Atomic Kitten singer Natasha Hamilton with whom he sang classic songs like "Islands in the Stream" and "With You I'm Born Again". He has also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.
He starred and co-directed the made-for-TV film Stepdad.markmoraghan.com News 21 November 2006 + 3 November 2006 Accessed: 29 November 2006
In 2008, Moraghan appeared in Celebrity MasterChef, reaching the final alongside Andi Peters and eventual champion Liz McClarnon.
In 2009 he toured the United Kingdom in a theatre production of Brian Clemens' play Strictly Murder, alongside Nick Barclay, Katie Funk, David Rumelle and Miriam Miller.
Moraghan's swing album, Moonlight's Back in Style (words by Nicky Campbell) was released on Linn Records on 14 September 2009.
From 2013 to 2017, Moraghan was the narrator on the children's television show Thomas & Friends, succeeding both Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon (for both the UK and the US versions, respectively). He is also narrator for the Thomas & Friends films, King of the Railway, Tale of the Brave, The Adventure Begins, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, The Great Race and Journey Beyond Sodor. Despite having John Hasler and Joseph May take over his narration duties from 2018 onwards, Mark said that he will still work on Thomas & Friends. He returned in Season 22 to voice Dexter, an abandoned passenger coach who was found by Duck and restored as a mobile classroom. He also portrayed Mr Evans, a stationmaster who reads books from The Railway Series, and other stories about Thomas and his friends to the audience in the web series "Storytime with Mr. Evans" which aired from 1 to 7 March 2019. He then went on to return to his role as narrator as part of the podcast Thomas & Friends Storytime, airing from June 2020 to December 2021.
Prior to narrating Thomas & Friends, Moraghan has appeared in other children's television shows The Lodge and Wilderness Edge which were both dramas and both made for ITV's children's programming block CITV.
In 2017, he appeared as recurring character Tim Richards in Emmerdale.
In December 2017, Mark starred in Jack and the Beanstalk Pantomime in Bournemouth where he played the devilish Fleshcreep.
In 2026, it was announced that Moraghan will return to the Thomas & Friends franchise and narrate the open world train simulator game Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995Judge DreddJudge Monroe 2008StepdadDerek Watson 2013Thomas & Friends: King of the RailwayNarratorVoice2014Thomas & Friends: Tale of the BraveAlliesColonel Slade2015Thomas & Friends: The Adventure BeginsNarratorVoiceThomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure 2016Thomas & Friends: The Great Race 2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor 2023Our KidMark Parrott
Television Year Title Role Notes 1988–2017EmmerdaleTim Richards / Barry 1989–99BrooksideColin Lambert / Greg Shadwick / Carl Trevor 1990–91Waterfront BeatDet. Sgt. 'Macker' McVay 1991BoonWayne 1993–2008HeartbeatRoy Leamus / Luke 1994–97Harry Enfield and ChumsBarry Scouser 1996–97Peak PracticePhil Young 1999–2001Dream TeamRay Wyatt2000Always and EveryoneLawrence ScottClose and TrueSteve Sheedy 2001–05Holby CityOwen Davis 2006Where the Heart IsMark2008The BillJeff BowmanCelebrity MasterchefHimself 2010, 2012DoctorsGuy Harrold / Tony Mullen 2013–18Thomas & FriendsNarrator (series 17–21) / Dexter (voice) / Mr. Evans 2015Coronation StreetAdrian Mortimer
Web videos Year Title Role Notes 2023GTA… but with talking trains!!NarratorVoice; parodying his time narrating Thomas & Friends.SPIDER-MAN 2… but with a Talking Train!!
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2025Train Sim World 5NarratorThomas & Friends add-on 2026Thomas & Friends: Wonders of Sodor
References
External links Official Mark Moraghan website