Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions ofJapanese animated series.
Kirk Thornton | |
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| Other names | Ron Allen[1][2] Sparky Thornton[3] Spanky Roberts Donald Lee |
| Alma mater | University of Washington[4] |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse | Julie Nesbitt[5] |
| Children | 2[4] |
| Website | kirkthornton.com (archived) |
Career
editHis major roles includeBrandon Heat inGungrave, Hotohori inFushigi Yūgi, Klein inSword Art Online, Jin inSamurai Champloo,Anavel Gato inGundam 0083: Stardust Memory,Hajime Saito inRurouni Kenshin,Jet Link inCyborg 009,Don Patch inBobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Ensign Nogami inThe Cockpit and numerousDigimon. Additionally, Thornton co-directed for the anime seriesBleach alongsideWendee Lee and also serves as the narrator. In video games, he voices Organization XIII memberSaïx in theKingdom Hearts series andShadow the Hedgehog and Orbot in theSonic the Hedgehog series.[6]
In early February 1989, Thornton appeared as a contestant on the game showClassic Concentration.[7][8]
Personal life
editThornton is married to Julie Nesbitt.[5] Together they have two children.[4]
Filmography
editAnime
edit| Year | Title | Role | Crew role | Notes | Source[2][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Zillion: Burning Night | Big Odama | |||
| 1992 | Fight! Iczer-One | Teacher | As Sparky Thornton | ||
| 1993 | Doomed Megalopolis | Doctor | |||
| The Cockpit | Ensign Nogami | ||||
| 1995 | Crimson Wolf | Professor Shagdol | |||
| 1997 | Street Fighter II V | Guile | [10] | ||
| Super Pig | Milton Massen | ||||
| Black Jack | Black Jack | ||||
| 1998 | Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory | Anavel Gato | As Sparky Thornton | [10] | |
| Fushigi Yūgi | Hotohori | ||||
| 1999 | Serial Experiments Lain | Masami Eiri | [10] | ||
| Perfect Blue | Yamashiro | As Sparky Thornton, grouped under Voice Cast | [11] | ||
| Cowboy Bebop | Steve, Asimov Solensan | ||||
| 1999–2001 | Digimon: Digital Monsters | Gabumon, Mummymon, others | Adventure/02/Tamers | ||
| 2000 | The Castle of Cagliostro | Count Lazare do Cagliostro | As Sparky Thornton. In the 1992 English dub of the film, he voiced Gendarme Captain Gustav and the Archbishop. | ||
| 2001 | Rurouni Kenshin | Hajime Saito | As Sparky Thornton | [3] | |
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Dr. Onishi | ||||
| 2002 | Love Hina | Seta Noriyasu | As Ronald Allen | [12] | |
| Digimon Frontier | Tsunomon, Gabumon, Karatenmon | [13] | |||
| Gundress | ADR director | ||||
| Cosmo Warrior Zero | ADR director | ||||
| Ys | Ruta Gemma, Kaita | Credited as Ron Allen and Sparky Thornton | [14] | ||
| 2003 | Ys II: Castle in the Heavens | Darm, Ruta Gemma | Credited as Ron Allen | [15] | |
| s-CRY-ed | ADR director | ||||
| Heat Guy J | Ken Edmundo | ||||
| 2004 | Duel Masters | Black Knight | |||
| Wolf's Rain | Leara's father | ||||
| Gad Guard | ADR director | ||||
| Gungrave | Brandon Heat / Beyond the Grave | As Ron Allen | [1] | ||
| Tsukihime | ADR director | ||||
| Mobile Suit Gundam F91 | Sam Ehrug | ||||
| Sky Blue | Cade | [10] | |||
| 2005 | Otogi Zoshi | ADR director | |||
| Planetes | Hachirota | ||||
| Mars Daybreak | ADR director | ||||
| IGPX | Mark | TV series | |||
| Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG | Kuze | ||||
| 2005–06 | Samurai Champloo | Jin | Grouped under English Voice Cast | ||
| 2005–09 | Naruto | Kisame Hoshigaki, Tazuna, others | ADR director (episodic) | ||
| 2006 | Eureka Seven | Matthieu | [10] | ||
| Kannazuki no Miko | Girochi | Voice Director | [16] | ||
| Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo | Don Patch | ||||
| Fate/stay night | Kiritsugu Emiya | [17] | |||
| 2006–13 | Bleach | Narrator, others | ADR director, ADR script | [18] | |
| 2007 | Digimon Data Squad | Homer Yushima | [13] | ||
| Afro Samurai | Various | ||||
| 2008 | Blue Dragon | Minotaur | ADR director (episodic) | ||
| Code Geass | Kaname Ohgi | ||||
| Strait Jacket | George Thomson | [19] | |||
| 2009 | Monster | The Baby, others | |||
| 2009–13 | Stitch! | Hämsterviel, Suzuki, others | [20] | ||
| 2009–18 | Naruto: Shippuden | Kisame Hoshigaki, Fukasaku, others | |||
| 2012–2014 | Monsuno | Beyal | |||
| 2012 | Persona 4: The Animation | Kinshiro Morooka | [10] | ||
| The Testament of Sister New Devil | Jin Toujou | ||||
| 2012–13 | Blue Exorcist | Shiro Fujimoto,Satan | [21] | ||
| 2013 | B-Daman Crossfire | Goichiro Tsukinowa / Grizz Sukino | [10] | ||
| K | Daikaku Kokujoji, Yujiro Benzai, Saburota Bandom, Prime Minister, Yo Chitose | [22] | |||
| 2013–15 | Digimon Fusion | Tactimon, AxeKnightmon, Leviamon, Kabukimon, others | |||
| 2013–present | Sword Art Online | Klein/Ryōtarō Tsuboi | 3 TV seasons and amovie | [23] | |
| The Jungle Bunch | Maurice | [10] | |||
| 2014 | Blood Lad | ADR director | [24] | ||
| 2014-2019 | Sailor Moon | Sakiko's Father (ep. 20), Takao(ep. 95), Katsutoshi Yamada(ep. 98), Dr. Gia/Sailor Doctor (ep. 185), Jotaro Kiriyama/Sailor Antique (ep. 186) | Viz Media dub | ||
| 2015 | Coppelion | Mitsuo Kawabata | [25] | ||
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin | Ramba Ral | [26] | |||
| Durarara!!×2 | ADR director | Directed the first part calledShō withPatrick Seitz | [27][28][29] | ||
| BlazBlue Alter Memory | Jubei | [10][30] | |||
| 2015–16 | Aldnoah.Zero | Saazbaum | [31] | ||
| 2016 | One-Punch Man | Snek, Sitch, Fukegao, and Frog-Man | [32] | ||
| March Comes In like a Lion | Kai Shimada | [33] | |||
| 2017 | Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga | Shiro Fujimoto, Ukemochi (ep9) | |||
| Hunter x Hunter | Dalzollene | 2011 series | [34] | ||
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day | Atsushi Yadomi | [35] | |||
| 2018 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Galand | Netflix dub | ||
| 2018–2020 | Baki | Yujiro | NetflixONA | [10] | |
| 2019–present | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Hand Demon, Tanjuro Kamado | [36][37] | ||
| 2020 | Marvel Future Avengers | Arnim Zola,Scragg, Councilman Reiner, Narrator | [10] | ||
| Drifting Dragons | Ura | Netflix dub | |||
| Dorohedoro | Narrator | ||||
| Great Pretender | Seiji Ozaki | [10] | |||
| 2021 | Kuroko's Basketball | Masaaki Nakatani | |||
| Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire | Inspector Ginzo Nakamori | ||||
| Vinland Saga | Askeladd | Netflix dub | |||
| The Faraway Paladin | Gus | Crunchyroll dub | [38] | ||
| 2022 | Fate/Grand Carnival | James Moriarty | [39] | ||
| Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | Rojuro Ohtoribashi, Hiyosu | ||||
| 2023 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War | Bleublanc(ep. 7) | |||
| Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre | Tagaisu("Four x Four Walls"; ep. 4a), Rogi("Mold"; ep. 6a), Additional Voices | ||||
| 2025 | Sakamoto Days | Pizza Nakajima | [40] |
Animation
edit| Year | Title | Role | Crew role | Notes | Source[2][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Edgar and Ellen | Mayor | |||
| 2009 | Huntik: Secrets & Seekers | DeFoe | |||
| Superman: Red Son | Jimmy Olsen, Batman,Hal Jordan/Green Lantern,Pyotr Roslov | Web series | Tweet[10] | ||
| Spectrobes | Commander Grant | ||||
| 2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Adam Warlock | Episode: "Michael Korvac" | [10] | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | King Sanjay Rash, others | 3 episodes | |||
| 2013 | Mad | Matt Hooper,Spock | Episode "Old Spock's Off Their Spockers" | [10] | |
| 2014 | Clarence | Buckey O'Neil | |||
| 2014–17 | Sonic Boom | Orbot,Shadow the Hedgehog, various voices | [41][6] | ||
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Old Man | Ep. "Fish Night" | ||
| 2019-Present | Pucca: Love Recipe | Uncle Dumpling, Bruce | |||
| 2020 | The Idhun Chronicles | Ashran | Netflix dub | ||
| 2023 | Pluto | Schelling | [42] |
Films
edit| Year | Title | Role | Crew role | Notes | Source[2][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Digimon: The Movie | Gabumon, MetalGarurumon and Omnimon (Shared) | English dub | [10] | |
| 2004 | What the Bleep Do We Know!? | Voice Over Talent | [43] | ||
| 2016–2018 | Digimon Adventure tri. | Gabumon, Garurumon, WereGarurumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon (shared), Tsunomon | English dub | [44] | |
| 2016 | Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Newscaster | [10] | ||
| 2019 | The Queen's Corgi | Donald Trump | US dub | ||
| 2020 | Ni no Kuni | Teacher | English dub | ||
| Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna | Gabumon, Garurumon, WereGarurumon, Tsunomon, Omnimon (Shared), Gabumon (Bond of Friendship) | [45] | |||
| 2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | Tanjuro Kamado | [10] |
| Year | Title | Role | Crew role | Notes | Source[2][9] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Dirty Pair: Project Eden | Boss | |||
| 1995 | Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Guile | As Donald Lee; English dub | [10] | |
| 1998 | Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie | Hiei | As Sean Thornton; English dub | ||
| 1999 | Black Jack: The Movie | Black Jack | |||
| Perfect Blue | Yamashiro | As Sparky Thornton | |||
| 2001 | Akira | Various | As Sparky Thornton, Animaze/Pioneer dub | ||
| 2008 | Resident Evil: Degeneration | President | English dub | ||
| 2009 | Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple | Munk | [10][18] | ||
| 2013 | Tiger & Bunny: The Rising | Muramasa Kaburagi | English dub | [46] | |
| The Snow Queen | Housemaster | [10] | |||
| 2014 | The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale | Jojo | |||
| 2015 | The Nutcracker Sweet | Drosselmeyer, Commander, Mice | Peruvian film | ||
| 2017 | The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover | Antonio, Mechanic | |||
| The Jungle Bunch | Maurice | English dub | |||
| The Son of Bigfoot | Japanese Man #1 (a.k.a. Asian Investor #1) | Belgian-French film | |||
| 2024 | Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! | Gabumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon | English dub | [47] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Resident Evil: Damnation | Ivan Judanovich / Ataman | [48] |
Live-action dubbing
edit| Year | Title | Country | Dubbed from | Role | Original actor | Source[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Marseille | France | French | Farid | Hedi Bouchenafa | [49] |
Video games
editOther voice work
editReferences
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- ^"Secret Love Shell".Destiny of the Shrine Maiden. Episode 3. Event occurs at Closing credits, English adaptation, English Voice Cast.
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- ^"Viz Media Announces Blood Lad's English Dub Cast".Anime News Network. RetrievedAugust 5, 2015.
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- ^"Shout! Factory Releases Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Anime Film on BD/DVD in October".Anime News Network. July 20, 2020. RetrievedJuly 20, 2020.
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- ^"キャスト｜バイオハザード ダムネーション".Biohazardcg2.com (in Japanese). Archived fromthe original on May 4, 2013. RetrievedAugust 14, 2017.
- ^Marseille (Netflix). 2016.
- ^"Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes (2000 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedJuly 24, 2022.
- ^CyberConnect.Silent Bomber.Bandai. Scene: Ending credits, 18:51 in, English Voices.
- ^Square Enix.Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix.Square Enix. Scene: Closing credits, 7:40 in, Voice Recording, Cast.
- ^"Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedJune 12, 2023.
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- ^Codemasters.Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Codemasters. Scene: Closing credits, Speech & Dialogue.
- ^"Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedJanuary 2, 2024.
- ^"Gears of War: Judgment Credits".Microsoft Game Studios. RetrievedNovember 19, 2014.
- ^Sandlot (February 18, 2014).Earth Defense Force 2025.D3 Publisher. Scene: Closing credits, 2:45 in, Voice Cast.
- ^Square Enix Business Division 11;Acquire.Octopath Traveler. Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 3:47 in, Additional Voices.
- ^"Judgment (2019 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedMay 15, 2022.
- ^Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.Yakuza: Like a Dragon.Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:44.
- ^Toylogic Inc.Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139...Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 23:28.
- ^"Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster (2021 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). RetrievedMay 28, 2021.
- ^"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). RetrievedNovember 28, 2021.
- ^"Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (2022 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedJuly 19, 2022.
- ^"The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie (2023 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedSeptember 28, 2024.
- ^"Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). RetrievedMarch 15, 2024.
- ^"Unicorn Overlord (2024 Video Game)".Behind The Voice Actors. RetrievedApril 20, 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Kirk Thornton atIMDb
- Kirk Thornton atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
- Kirk Thornton convention appearances on AnimeCons.com