Kirk Thornton

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Kirk Thornton
Other namesRon Allen [1] [2]
Sparky Thornton [3]
Spanky Roberts
Donald Lee
Alma mater University of Washington [4]
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • ADR director
  • script writer
Years active1979–present
AgentCESD
SpouseJulie Nesbitt [5]
Children2 [4]
Website kirkthornton.com (archived)

Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese animated series.

Contents

Career

His major roles include Brandon Heat in Gungrave , Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi , Klein in Sword Art Online , Jin in Samurai Champloo , Anavel Gato in Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory , Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin , Jet Link in Cyborg 009 , Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo , Ensign Nogami in The Cockpit and numerous Digimon. Additionally, Thornton co-directed for the popular anime series Bleach alongside Wendee Lee and also serves as the narrator. In video games, he voices Number VII Organization XIII member Saïx in the Kingdom Hearts series and Shadow the Hedgehog and Orbot (both since 2010) in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. [6]

In early February 1989, he also appeared as a contestant on the game show Classic Concentration . [7] [8]

Personal life

Thornton is married to Julie Nesbitt. [5] Together they have two children. [4]

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleCrew roleNotesSource [2] [9]
1991 Zillion: Burning Night Big Odama
1992 Fight! Iczer-One TeacherAs Sparky Thornton
1993 Doomed Megalopolis Doctor
1993 The Cockpit Ensign Nogami
1995 Crimson Wolf Professor Shagdol
1997 Street Fighter II V Guile [10]
1997 Super Pig Milton Massen [10]
1997 Black Jack Black Jack
1998 Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory Anavel GatoAs Sparky Thornton [10]
1998 Fushigi Yūgi HotohoriAs Sparky Thornton
1999 Serial Experiments Lain Masami Eiri [10]
1999–2001 Digimon: Digital Monsters Gabumon, Mummymon, others Adventure/02/Tamers
1999 Perfect Blue YamashiroAs Sparky Thornton, grouped under Voice Cast [11]
1999 Cowboy Bebop Steve, Asimov Solensan
2000 The Castle of Cagliostro Count Lazare do CagliostroAs 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]
2001 Transformers: Robots in Disguise Dr. Onishi
2002 Love Hina Seta Noriyasu As Ronald Allen [12]
2002 Digimon Frontier Tsunomon, Gabumon, Karatenmon [13]
2002GundressADR director
2002 Cosmo Warrior Zero ADR director
2002 Ys Ruta Gemma, KaitaCredited as Ron Allen and Sparky Thornton [14]
2003 Ys II: Castle in the Heavens Darm, Ruta GemmaCredited as Ron Allen [15]
2003 s-CRY-ed ADR director
2003 Heat Guy J Ken Edmundo
2004 Duel Masters Black Knight
2004 Wolf's Rain Leara's father
2004 Gad Guard ADR director
2004 Gungrave Brandon Heat / Beyond the Grave As Ron Allen [1]
2004 Tsukihime ADR director
2004 Mobile Suit Gundam F91 Sam Ehrug
2004 Sky Blue Cade [10]
2005 Otogi Zoshi ADR director
2005–06 Samurai Champloo Jin Grouped under English Voice Cast
2005 Planetes Hachirota
2005–09 Naruto Kisame Hoshigaki, Tazuna, othersADR director (episodic)
2005 Mars Daybreak ADR director
2005 IGPX MarkTV series
2005 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG Kuze
2006 Eureka Seven Matthieu [10]
2006 Kannazuki no Miko Kazuki ŌgamiVoice Director [16]
2006–13 Bleach Narrator, othersADR director, ADR script [17]
2006 Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Don Patch
2006 Fate/stay night Kiritsugu Emiya [18]
2007 Digimon Data Squad Homer Yushima [13]
2007 Afro Samurai Various
2008 Blue Dragon MinotaurADR director (episodic)
2008 Code Geass Kaname Ohgi
2008 Strait Jacket George Thomson [19]
2009 Monster The Baby, others
2009–18 Naruto: Shippuden Kisame Hoshigaki, Fukasaku, others
2009–13 Stitch! Hämsterviel, Suzuki, others [20]
2012 Persona 4: The Animation Kinshiro Morooka [10]
2012 The Testament of Sister New Devil Jin Toujou [10]
2012–13 Blue Exorcist Shiro Fujimoto, Satan [21]
2013 B-Daman Crossfire Goichiro Tsukinowa / Grizz Sukino [10]
2013–present Sword Art Online Klein/Ryōtarō Tsuboi3 TV seasons and a movie [22]
2013–15 Digimon Fusion Tactimon, AxeKnightmon, Leviamon, Kabukimon, others [10]
2013–present The Jungle Bunch Maurice [10]
2013 K Daikaku Kokujoji, Yujiro Benzai, Saburota Bandom, Prime Minister, Yo Chitose [23]
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]
2015 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Ramba Ral [26]
2015 Durarara!!×2 ADR directorDirected the first part called Shō with Patrick Seitz [27] [28] [29]
2015 BlazBlue Alter Memory Jubei [10] [30]
2015–16 Aldnoah.Zero Saazbaum [31]
2016 One-Punch Man Snek, Sitch, Fukegao, and Frog-Man [32]
2016 March Comes In like a Lion Kai Shimada [33]
2017 Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Shiro Fujimoto, Ukemochi (ep9)
2017 Hunter x Hunter Dalzollene2011 series [34]
2017 Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Atsushi Yadomi [35]
2018–present Baki YujiroNetflix ONA [10]
2018 The Seven Deadly Sins Galand Netflix dub
2019–present Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hand Demon, Tanjuro Kamado [36] [37]
2020 Marvel Future Avengers Arnim Zola, Scragg, Councilman Reiner, Narrator [10]
2020 Drifting Dragons UraNetflix dub
2020 Dorohedoro NarratorNetflix dub
2020 Great Pretender Seiji OzakiNetflix dub [10]
2021 Kuroko's Basketball Masaaki NakataniNetflix dub [10]
2021 Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Inspector Ginzo Nakamori [10]
2021 Vinland Saga AskeladdNetflix dub [10]
2021 The Faraway Paladin GusCrunchyroll dub [38]
2022 Fate/Grand Carnival James Moriarty [39]
2022 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

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleCrew roleNotesSource [2] [9]
2007 Edgar and Ellen Mayor
2009 Huntik: Secrets & Seekers DeFoe [40]
2009 Superman: Red Son Jimmy Olsen, Batman, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Pyotr Roslov Web seriesTweet [10]
2009 Spectrobes Commander GrantWeb series
2012 The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Adam Warlock Episode: "Michael Korvac" [10]
2012 Star Wars: The Clone Wars King Sanjay Rash, othersEps. "Front Runner"; "The Soft War"; "Tipping Point" [41] [42]
2012 – 2014 Monsuno Beyal
2013 Mad Matt Hooper, SpockEp. "Jaws the Great and Powerful/Old Spock's Off Their Spockers" [10]
2014 Clarence Buckey O'Neil [10]
2014–17 Sonic Boom Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog, Charlie, Beaver Policeman, Leroy the Turtle, Mike the Ox, Beta, Cliff, Chameleon, Walrus Male, Redd Heron, Sheep Villager, Froglodyte Drill Sergeant, Warthog Male, Professor Kingsford, T.W. Barker, Salty, Wolfie [43] [44] [6]
2019 Love, Death & Robots Old ManEp. "Fish Night"
2019-Present Pucca: Love Recipe Uncle Dumpling, Bruce
2020 The Idhun Chronicles AshranNetflix dub

Films

List of voice and English dubbing performances in feature films
YearTitleRoleCrew roleNotesSource [2] [9]
2000 Digimon: The Movie Gabumon, MetalGarurumon and Omnimon (Shared)English dub [10]
2004 What the Bleep Do We Know!? Voice Over Talent [45]
2011 Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops—Winged Angels Vice CommanderEnglish dub
2016–2018 Digimon Adventure tri. Gabumon, Garurumon, WereGarurumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon (shared), TsunomonEnglish dub [46]
2016 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV NewscasterEnglish dub [10]
2019 The Queen's Corgi Donald Trump
2020Ni no KuniTeacherEnglish dub
2020 Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Gabumon, Garurumon, WereGarurumon, Tsunomon, Omnimon (Shared), Gabumon (Bond of Friendship)English dub [47]
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Tanjuro KamadoEnglish dub [10]
List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleCrew roleNotesSource [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 HieiAs Sean Thornton; English dub [10]
1999 Black Jack: The Movie Black JackAs Sean Thornton; English dub
1999 Perfect Blue YamashiroAs Sparky Thornton
2001 Akira VariousAs Sparky Thornton, Animaze/Pioneer dub
2008 Resident Evil: Degeneration PresidentEnglish dub
2009 Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple Munk [10] [17]
2013 Tiger & Bunny: The Rising Muramasa KaburagiEnglish dub [48]
2013 The Snow Queen HousemasterEnglish dub [10]
2014 The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Jojo [10]
2015The Nutcracker SweetDrosselmeyer, Commander, Mice Peruvian film [10]
2017 The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover Antonio, Mechanic [10]
2017 The Jungle Bunch MauriceEnglish dub [10]
2017 The Son of Bigfoot Japanese Man #1 (a.k.a. Asian Investor #1) Belgian-French film
List of motion capture performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2012 Resident Evil: Damnation Ivan Judanovich / Ataman [49]

Live-action dubbing

List of English dubbing performances in live-action series
YearTitleCountryDubbed fromRoleOriginal actorSource [2]
2016 Marseille France French FaridHedi Bouchenafa [50]

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games
YearTitleRoleCrew roleNotesSource [2] [9]
1998 Brave Fencer Musashi Ed [10]
1999 Rugrats: Studio Tour Tour Guide, Security Guard, Pirate Director, Racetrack Announcer [10]
2000 Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From the Ashes Leung Lee-Faias Sparky Thorton [51]
2000 Silent Bomber John Lossas Sparky Thornton [52]
2001 The Bouncer Commanderas Sparky Thornton [10]
2001 Kessen II Cao Cao [2]
2002 Digimon Rumble Arena Gabumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon [10]
2003 .hack//Infection Orca [10]
2003 Dynasty Warriors series Xiahou Dun, Meng Huo From 4 to 8 [2]
2003 Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma Simon Algo, George Spelvin
2003 Front Mission 4 Billy Renges [2]
2004 .hack//Quarantine Orca [10]
2004 Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 Kevin Ryman [2]
200714 Naruto games Kisame Hoshigaki, Mifune, Foo, othersStarting with Ultimate Impact
2004 Scaler Bootcamp
2004 World of Warcraft Various
2005 Xenosaga Episode II Capt. Matthews [10]
2005 Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard Various voices
2005 JumpStart Reading Trash Can, Trash Can't
2006 Kingdom Hearts II Saïx Also Final Mix [10] [53]
2006 Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked JinVoice director
2006 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Various [54]
2006 Enchanted Arms Voice director
2006 Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra Capt. Matthews [10]
2006 Company of Heroes Various
2006 Baten Kaitos Origins ShanathEnglish dub [10]
2006–07 .hack//G.U. seriesNegimaru, Antares, Azure Orca [10]
2006 Tales of the Abyss Jade Curtiss [10]
2007 Rogue Galaxy Cancer King, VariousVoice director
2007 Ghost Rider Mephisto
2007 Spectrobes Commander Grant
2007 Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Various [17]
2007–11 WWE SmackDown vs. Raw/WWE Voice director2008–12 versions [20]
2007 Digimon World Data Squad Lucemon, Creepymon, Commander Homer Yushima [10]
2007 Time Crisis 4 Voice director
2008 Race Driver: Grid Pit Chief
2008 Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader Voice director for Jeff Foxworthy
2008 Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Various
2008 Call of Duty: World at War Marine
2008 Endwar Various
2008 Biohazard: Degeneration President
2008 The Tale of Despereaux Guest Director
2009 The Lord of the Rings: Conquest Grim Wormtongue [10]
2009 Hotel for Dogs Voice director
2009 Monsters vs. Aliens Various [17]
2009 Red Faction: Guerrilla MacReadyAdditional Voice Over DirectionVoice roles grouped as "Also with" [17] [55]
2009 Dirt 2 Voice director
2009 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 Electro, others [17]
2009 Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Saïx (No. VII) [10]
2009 Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising SaberAdditional Voice Direction, Casting Director [56]
2009 Magna Carta 2 Nix [10]
2009 Dragon Age: Origins Various [17]
2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Col. Marshall [17]
2009 Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Harry Mason [17]
2010 Final Fantasy XIII Cocoon InhabitantsEnglish dub [57]
2010 Resonance of Fate JurisEnglish dub [10]
2010 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Isa [10]
2010–present Sonic the Hedgehog games Shadow the Hedgehog, Orbot, othersMain roleGrouped under English character voices [44] [58] [59] [60]
2010Hot Wheels Racing CircuitAce Turner [17]
2011 DC Universe Online Superman, Calculator [17]
2011 Catherine Boss [10]
2012 Binary Domain Yoji Amada, Mifune [10]
2012 Battleship Captain Willie Perozzi [10]
2012 Guild Wars 2 Various [17]
2013 Fire Emblem Awakening Yen'fayEnglish dub [10]
2013 Gears of War: Judgment COG News Reporter, COG Announcer, Survivor Six [61]
2013 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix Saïx (No. VII) [10]
2014 Earth Defense Force 2025 Midnight Pilot, Ranger 3 [62]
2014 Digimon All-Star Rumble Gabumon, MetalGarurumon/Omnimon [10]
2014 Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix Saïx "No. VII" [10]
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles X Maurice Chausson [10]
2016 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II BleublancUncredited [10]
2017 Friday the 13th: The Game Mitch FloydUncredited 
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Hishavan
2017 Octopath Traveler Additional voices [63]
2019 Kingdom Hearts III SaïxMain roleEnglish dub/ADR Director [10]
2019 Judgment Kaoru IchinoseEnglish dub [64]
2020 One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows "Snakebite" Snek [10]
2020 Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise The Mirror [10]
2020 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II BleublancCredited as Ron Allen [10]
2020 Yakuza: Like a Dragon Additional voicesEnglish dub [65]
2021 Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Sebastian, additional voicesEnglish dub [66]
2021 Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster Additional voices [67]
2021 Call of Duty: Vanguard Additional Voices
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Tanjuro Kamado, Hand Demon, Akaza [68]
2021 Shin Megami Tensei V Zeus [10]
2022 Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Additional voices [69]
2023 Trinity Trigger Ionia Simmons, DolkEnglish dub [10]
2023 Starfield Benjamin BayouEnglish dub
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voicesEnglish dub [70]
2024 Persona 3 Reload IgorEnglish dub [10]

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