Lewis MacLeod (actor)

MacLeod was born in Glasgow^[5] and his hometown is Bearsden.^[2] He took up an interest in dubbing and impressions from his brothers early in his life, and recorded his first amateur dub at the age of 14.^[6]

MacLeod is known for voicing various fictional characters, including Sebulba in Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace, Mr. Happy and Mr. Stubborn on The Mr. Men Show, Captain Pud in Little Big Planet 3, Postman Pat in the children's television series Postman Pat, and the Earl on Cartoon Network's Skatoony.^[2][7][8][9] Since 1996, he has regularly worked as a voice actor for video games,^[6] including Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (voicing the Martians), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (voicing Albus Dumbledore),^[9] Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (voicing Obi-Wan Kenobi), and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (voicing Sebulba);^[8] in the 2016 simulation game Planet Coaster, he voiced the entertainer King Coaster.^{[citation needed]} MacLeod has also appeared in several television shows, including Phoenix Nights, Look Around You, Endeavour, The Crown, and as Orson Welles on Toast of Tinseltown.^{[2][7][9][10]}

As an impressionist, MacLeod has appeared on 2DTV, Headcases, Newsjack, Off the Ball,^[6] Dead Ringers, Newzoids, 64 Zoo Lane, Spitting Image, and BBC Radio 2, where he became known for impersonating Jeremy Vine.^[10] He had his own show on BBC Radio Scotland, Lewis MacLeod's Wired News, in 2013–16.^[6] In early 2026, he went viral for an impression of US president Donald Trump, mocking his Ukraine peace plan, which he enacted at Private Eye's Year in Review 2025 show.^[5][11]