Sonny Strait
Strait in 2025
Born	(1965-06-28)June 28, 1965 (age 60)
Other names	Don "Sonny" Strait
Alma mater	University of North Texas
Occupations	Voice actor writer ADR director comic creator
Years active	1998–present
Spouses	Davina Lynn Copsy ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1992)​ Alicia Lang Leath ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 1995)​ Gayla Jackson ​ ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	2
Website	sonnystrait.com

Sonny Strait is an American voice actor, ADR director, and writer, known for his work on a number of English versions of Japaneseanime series and as an illustrator for the independently published comic book seriesElfquest. Strait has provided the voices forthe titular character fromLupin the Third as well asKrillin andBardock in theFunimation English adaptations ofDragon Ball,Dragon Ball Z,Dragon Ball GT,Dragon Ball Super, and otherDragon Ball media since 1999. He also voice acts asUsopp in the English adaptation ofOne Piece.

Before becoming a comic book artist, Strait enrolled at theUniversity of North Texas before dropping out two years later. He then began a career drawing comic books and did theater work. Strait began his voice acting career by voicing Krillin in the English dub version ofDragon Ball for Funimation in 1999. He has since consistently voiced the kid, teen and adult incarnations of Krillin in every anime series produced to date (Dragon Ball,Z,GT,Kai, andSuper) and numerous of animated movies andvideo game adaptations, as well as other characters such asBardock.

Besides voicing Krillin inDragon Ball, Strait has worked on many popular animated characters includingUsopp inOne Piece,Maes Hughes inFullmetal Alchemist, Augustus Kira Clover XIII inBlack Clover, andCartoon Network’s laid back, robot hostToonami TOM, until the T.I.E.,The Intruder, when he was replaced bySteve Blum. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series includingDragon Ball Z,Case Closed, andLupin the Third.

As a comic book artist, Strait has 17 published works to date. Strait's self-published debut work,Mr. Average, was featured inThe Comics Journal and Elfquest.

In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, calledWe Shadows, was published byTokyopop and was nominated for theAmerican Library Association's award for Best Graphic Novel in 2008.^[1] The book received glowing reviews in many trade magazines includingPublishers Weekly,Newtype,Play, andAnime Insider.^[1]

In 2009, Strait voiced the titular character in theXbox game'Splosion Man.

Strait has been married three times. He married Davina Lynn Copsy on June 26, 1986. They divorced on April 7, 1992.^[2] On June 20, 1992, Strait married Alicia Lang Leath. Strait's second marriage ended in divorce on November 15, 1995.^[3] In 2002, Strait married his third wife, Gayla Jackson.^[4] Strait is the stepfather of Gayla's children: Savannah and James.^[5][6][7]

• The Atomic Punk
• B-Side Beat
• Car Bombs (Web Comic)
• Darwin's
• ElfQuest: In All But Blood
• ElfQuest: Wolfshadow
• Goth Metal Gods
• Jack
• Mr. Average
• Muff Dyver and the Sex Gophers from Hell
• We Shadows
• ElfQuest: The Final Quest (color artist)
• ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt (comic artist)

• Official website
• Sonny Strait atIMDb
• Sonny Strait atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
• Sonny Strait convention appearances on AnimeCons.com

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• American comics writers
• American male video game actors
• American male voice actors
• American voice directors
• Male actors from Texas
• Mesquite High School (Texas) alumni

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