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| 3 | Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956) is an American voice actor known for playing sassy characters, among others, in dubbed anime and video games. His career includes Hotohori in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' and Jin in ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. He also played numerous cameos and minor characters in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', in addition to the major character of Hajime Saito. He also does Don Patch in ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' as well as Gabumon and other voices in ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''. He is even the English voice of Jet Link in ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'', as well as Kisame Hoshigaki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and its sequel, ''Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles''. As of 2010, he's the English voice of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog]]. |
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| 5 | Thornton is also well-known for having played many different minor voice roles throughout the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise (and similar series such as ''Series/VRTroopers'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''). |
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| 7 | Thornton has also had experience with ADR direction. He also co-directed the ADR for the first 168 episodes of the popular anime series ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' alongside Creator/WendeeLee. |
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| 9 | Thornton's career is difficult to track, due to the multiple names under which he has been credited. |
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| 11 | His wife, Julie Nesbitt, and his daughter, Chloe Thornton, are also voice actors. |
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| 14 | !!Notable roles |
| 15 | !!!Anime |
| 16 | * ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'' - Douglas Almeida |
| 17 | * ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' - Saazbaum |
| 18 | * ''Anime/TheBigO'' - Instro (Episode 6) |
| 19 | * ''Manga/BlackJack'' - Black Jack (credited as Sean Thornton and Sparky Thornton) |
| 20 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - Eikichiro Saido, Hinagiku (Shun Shun Rikka), Ugaki, Narrator, Zennosuke Kurumadani, Gyokaku Kumoi |
| 21 | * ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' - Don Patch and Hydrate |
| 22 | * ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' - Zima/Jima |
| 23 | * ''Anime/CodeGeass'' - Kaname Ohgi |
| 24 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' - Asimov Solenson (Episode 1) |
| 25 | * ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' - Jimmy Kurosaki |
| 26 | * ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' - Jet Link/Cyborg 002 (credited as Sparky Allen) |
| 27 | * ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' - Hand Demon/Tanjuro Kamado |
| 28 | * ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' - Girochi |
| 29 | * ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''[=/=]''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''/''Anime/DigimonTheMovie''/''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''/''Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna'' - Tsunomon/Gabumon/Garurumon/[=WereGarurumon=]/[=MetalGarurumon=], Mummymon |
| 30 | ** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' - Mr. Matsuki |
| 31 | ** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' - Tsunomon/Gabumon, Karatenmon |
| 32 | ** ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' - Yushima, Citramon |
| 33 | ** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' - [=AxeKnightmon=], Tactimon, Apollomon |
| 34 | * ''[[Literature/TeitoMonogatari Doomed Megalopolis]]'' - Kamo |
| 35 | * ''Anime/DuelMasters'' - Knight |
| 36 | * ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' - Matthieu |
| 37 | * ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise'' - Official B |
| 38 | * ''Literature/TheFarawayPaladin'' - Gus |
| 39 | * ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'' - James Moriarty |
| 40 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (2006 dub) - Kiritsugu Emiya |
| 41 | * ''Literature/FateZero'' - Byakuya Matou and Norikata Emiya |
| 42 | * ''Anime/Figure17TsubasaAndHikaru'' - Hideo Shiina |
| 43 | * ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' - Head Banger (1986 movie), God's Army Razor Whip Guy and Toki / Amiba (Manga Entertainment Dub) |
| 44 | * ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' - Emperor Hotohori |
| 45 | * ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' - Chotaro "Big Boss" Banba |
| 46 | * ''Anime/GateKeepers21'' - Nazo/Reiji Kageyama |
| 47 | * ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' - Swat chief (Episode 17) |
| 48 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex: 2nd Gig'' - Hideo Kuze |
| 49 | * ''Anime/GreatPretender'' - Seiji Ozaki |
| 50 | * ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' - Ryuji Danma, Yoshito Kikuchi, Noboru Yoshikawa, additional voices |
| 51 | * ''Anime/GunXSword'' - The Claw Man |
| 52 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' - Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat |
| 53 | * ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' - Mark Ramsey |
| 54 | * ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' - Atsuya Kusakabe |
| 55 | * ''Anime/{{K}}'' - Daikaku Kokujouji, Yuujiro Benzai, Saburouta Bandou, the Prime Minister, and more. |
| 56 | * ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' - Hattori |
| 57 | * ''Manga/LoveHina'' - Seta Noriyasu |
| 58 | * ''Franchise/LupinIII'': |
| 59 | ** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' - Count Cagliostro (Creator/MangaEntertainment version); Gustav (MGM version) |
| 60 | ** ''[[Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen Jigen's Gravestone]]'' - [[spoiler:Mamo]] |
| 61 | * ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' - Kiyomi Kawahara, Ryo Misato, Hokaze Minato, and Professor Mephlis |
| 62 | * ''Manga/MashleMagicAndMuscles'' - Regro Burnedead |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' - Damian Wolfe |
| 64 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' - Anavel Gato |
| 65 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' - Todo Mirconen |
| 66 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' HD Remaster - Baba |
| 67 | * ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' - Gilboa Sant |
| 68 | * ''Anime/MonColleKnights'' - Earth Dragon |
| 69 | * ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' - The Baby |
| 70 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' - Tazuna, Kisame Hoshigaki, Shukaku, Akahoshi, Gennou, Chiriku, Fukasaku, Fu, Mifune |
| 71 | * ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' - Hanza |
| 72 | * ''Manga/OutlawStar'' - Crackerjack, Ark Manaf |
| 73 | * ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' - Gain Bijou |
| 74 | * ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' - Yamashiro |
| 75 | * ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' - Mr. Fuji, Lance |
| 76 | * ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' - Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino |
| 77 | * ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' - Kunimitsu Tezuka |
| 78 | * ''Manga/RaveMaster'' - Berial |
| 79 | * ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror'' - Demosthenes |
| 80 | * ''Manga/RiskySafety'' - Moe's Father (credited as Sparky Thornton) |
| 81 | * ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' - Saito Hajime, Ginji |
| 82 | * ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Reload''[=/=]''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Reload Gunlock'' - Dr Ni Jianyi |
| 83 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' - Jin |
| 84 | * ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' (1994) - Kesslor |
| 85 | * ''Anime/SCryed'' - Narrator, Hideki, Urizane |
| 86 | * ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' - Masami Eiri |
| 87 | * ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' - Galand and Waillo |
| 88 | * ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]'' - Michael Roa Valdamjong (supposedly, [[CanonDiscontinuity he never did this]]) |
| 89 | * ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' and ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' - Guile |
| 90 | * ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' - Klein |
| 91 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' - Seiryo Tennan, Barry, Wau Official |
| 92 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'' OVA 3 - Ikeda, Nakita Kuramitsu |
| 93 | * ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' - Muramasa Kaburagi, Benoit Depardeau |
| 94 | * ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' - Dr. Onishi |
| 95 | * ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' - Rai Dei the Blade |
| 96 | * ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' - D's left hand |
| 97 | * ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' - Bart Garsus |
| 98 | * ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'' - Kazuya Misawa, Shirou Masuda |
| 99 | * ''Anime/WolfsRain'' - Leara's Father |
| 100 | * ''Anime/{{Ys}} [[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen I]] and [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter II]]'' OVA - Darm (''Ys II'' only), Luta Gemma |
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| 102 | !!!Video Games |
| 103 | * ''Franchise/DotHack'' - Orca |
| 104 | * ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth]]'' - Antares, Negimaru |
| 105 | ** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.2//Reminisce]]'' - Antares, Negimaru |
| 106 | ** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.3//Redemption]]'' - Antares, Negimaru |
| 107 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' - AWACS Thunderhead (uncredited) |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' - Sgt. Louis [=McKnight=] (uncredited) |
| 109 | * ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' - Erich Hillenbrand/Schnee One (uncredited) |
| 110 | * ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore: For Answer'' - Additional Voices (uncredited) |
| 111 | * ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' - Leard Barsett (uncredited) |
| 112 | * ''VideoGame/AtelierIrisEternalMana'' - Additional Voices (uncredited) |
| 113 | * ''VideoGame/AtelierIris3GrandPhantasm'' - Ash F. Abenstein (uncredited) |
| 114 | * ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'' - Shanath |
| 115 | * ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' - Jubei, Misc. Voices (such as the Isle of Ranking in Jin's Joke Ending in ''Continuum Shift'') |
| 116 | * ''VideoGame/TheBouncer'' - Commander (as Sparky Thornton) |
| 117 | * ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi'' - Ed (as Sparky Thornton) |
| 118 | * ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' - Barras Lehr |
| 119 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' - Grant [=DaNasty=] (uncredited) |
| 120 | * ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' - Sword Familiar (uncredited, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles Dracula X Chronicles]]'' redub) |
| 121 | * ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' - Boss [[spoiler: aka Thomas Mutton]] |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/CodeOfPrincess'' - Shooting Star Tsukikage |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' - Gen Fu and Victor Donovan |
| 124 | * ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Death by Degrees]]'' - Soldiers (uncredited) |
| 125 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' - Yasuyuki Honda |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - Incidental Characters |
| 127 | * ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' - Roland (uncredited) |
| 128 | * ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' - Fighter Jet Pilot (uncredited) |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''[=/=]''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited) |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam 3'' - Anavel Gato |
| 131 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' - Yen'fay |
| 132 | * ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' - Nomah |
| 133 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' - [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Dorcas]], Surtr |
| 134 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' - [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Iago]] (replacing John Rubinstein) |
| 135 | * ''VideoGame/{{Galerians}}: Ash'' - Major Romero (as Ron Allen) |
| 136 | * ''The Granstream Saga'' - Slayzer (as Sparky Thornton) (was miscredited as the voice of Korky) |
| 137 | * ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'' - Rotts (uncredited) |
| 138 | * ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd'' - Potemkin |
| 139 | * ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' - Kaoru Ichinose |
| 140 | * ''VideoGame/KessenII'' - Cao Cao (uncredited) |
| 141 | * ''VideoGame/KessenIII'' - Nagahide Niwa, Katsuyori Takeda (uncredited) |
| 142 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', & ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' - Saïx |
| 143 | * ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' - Isa |
| 144 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''[[note]]For consistency's sake, his voice clips were later patched into ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky Trails in the Sky SC]]'' as well, replacing Creator/TroyBaker as the character[[/note]] - [[PhantomThief Bleublanc]] |
| 145 | * ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' - Head Priest |
| 146 | * ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta2'' - Nyx |
| 147 | * ''VideoGame/NeoContra'' - Plant Contra (uncredited) |
| 148 | * ''VideoGame/OmegaQuintet'' - Tomekichi |
| 149 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' - [[SadistTeacher Kinshiro Morooka]] (aka [[HateSink King Moron]]) |
| 150 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' (including ''[[Anime/Persona5TheAnimation The Animation]]'' and ''[[UpdatedReRelease Royal]]'') - SIU Director, [[spoiler:[[WalkingSpoiler the real Igor]]]]; reprises the latter in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'' |
| 151 | * ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' - Ringmaster Hamm (uncredited) |
| 152 | * ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' - Blaine, Clay |
| 153 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak File #2'' - Kevin Ryman (uncredited) |
| 154 | * ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' - Parker Luciani |
| 155 | * ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy'' - Cancer King, Starr, Logan |
| 156 | * ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' - Darque (uncredited) |
| 157 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' - Katsuyori Takeda, Kennyo Honganji, Morichika Chosokabe Type Generic Officer (uncredited) |
| 158 | ** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors: Xtreme Legends'' - Tadakatsu Honda (uncredited) |
| 159 | * ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' - Joe Sumeragi (credited as Buba Chow) |
| 160 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2'' - Roland (uncredited) |
| 161 | * ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' - Zeus |
| 162 | * ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' - Harry Mason |
| 163 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' - Shadow the Hedgehog (From 2010 onwards, replacing Creator/JasonGriffith), Orbot |
| 164 | * ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]'' - Male Custom Voice "Veteran Knight" |
| 165 | ** ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' - Nightmare [[SignificantDoubleCasting &]] Siegfried Schtauffen ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/RogerCraigSmith) |
| 166 | * ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' - Lancar, Vendeen Soldier (uncredited) |
| 167 | * ''VideoGame/StellaGlow'' - Hrodulf |
| 168 | * ''VideoGame/SuikodenIV'' - Gary (uncredited) |
| 169 | * ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' - Rahal (uncredited) |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' - Jade Curtiss (uncredited) |
| 171 | * ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 4'' - Terrorist Leader (Complete Mission mode only) (uncredited) |
| 172 | * ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: New Blood'' - Robert Cromwell (uncredited) |
| 173 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' - Graven Ashe |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi 2'' - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited) |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}'' - Fereydoon, Joseph Russellberg, Sol Niger (uncredited) |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode I: Der Wille zur Mach'' - Capt. Matthews (uncredited) |
| 177 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse'' - Capt. Matthews |
| 178 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra'' - Hermann / Capt. Matthews |
| 179 | * ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' - Dragon Fighter[[labelnote:spoiler]]Pocket Circuit Fighter[[/labelnote]] |
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| 181 | !!!Western Animation |
| 182 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' - Adam Warlock |
| 183 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' - Buckey O'Neil |
| 184 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Monsuno}}'' - Beyal |
| 185 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheQueensCorgi'' ''(US Version)'' - Donald Trump |
| 186 | * ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' - Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog |
| 187 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' - Sanjay Rash |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' - Shadelock |
| 189 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' - Poo and the Sadida King [[note]] Season 3 only [[/note]] |
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| 191 | !!Staff |
| 192 | !!!Director |
| 193 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - ADR co-director (alongside Creator/WendeeLee) |
| 194 | * ''Manga/{{BloodLad}}'' - Voice director |
| 195 | * ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' - Voice director |
| 196 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' Season 2 - ADR director |
| 197 | |
| 198 | !!Tropes applying to Kirk Thornton: |
| 199 | * IHaveManyNames: Has worked under 19 different stage names, in addition to his real name. |
| 200 | ----- |
| 201 | ->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Whoa, what a massive description. I can't wait to take a break.]]'' |
| 202 | -->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss There's still the Index, and you seem to be the least tired amongst us...]]'' |
| 203 | ->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Oh, no no. I've been frail since birth... *fake cough*]]'' |
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