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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]].

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'').

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.

Thornton's career is difficult to track, due to the multiple names under which he has been credited.

His wife, Julie Nesbitt, and his daughter, Chloe Thornton, are also voice actors.

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!!Notable roles
!!!Anime
* ''Manga/{{Ajin}}'' - Douglas Almeida
* ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' - Saazbaum
* ''Anime/TheBigO'' - Instro (Episode 6)
* ''Manga/BlackJack'' - Black Jack (credited as Sean Thornton and Sparky Thornton)
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - Eikichiro Saido, Hinagiku (Shun Shun Rikka), Ugaki, Narrator, Zennosuke Kurumadani, Gyokaku Kumoi
* ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' - Don Patch and Hydrate
* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' - Zima/Jima
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' - Kaname Ohgi
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' - Asimov Solenson (Episode 1)
* ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' - Jimmy Kurosaki
* ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' - Jet Link/Cyborg 002 (credited as Sparky Allen)
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' - Hand Demon/Tanjuro Kamado
* ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' - Girochi
* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure''[=/=]''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''/''Anime/DigimonTheMovie''/''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri''/''Anime/DigimonAdventureLastEvolutionKizuna'' - Tsunomon/Gabumon/Garurumon/[=WereGarurumon=]/[=MetalGarurumon=], Mummymon
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' - Mr. Matsuki
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' - Tsunomon/Gabumon, Karatenmon
** ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'' - Yushima, Citramon
** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' - [=AxeKnightmon=], Tactimon, Apollomon
* ''[[Literature/TeitoMonogatari Doomed Megalopolis]]'' - Kamo
* ''Anime/DuelMasters'' - Knight
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' - Matthieu
* ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise'' - Official B
* ''Literature/TheFarawayPaladin'' - Gus
* ''Anime/FateGrandCarnival'' - James Moriarty
* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' (2006 dub) - Kiritsugu Emiya
* ''Literature/FateZero'' - Byakuya Matou and Norikata Emiya
* ''Anime/Figure17TsubasaAndHikaru'' - Hideo Shiina
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' - Head Banger (1986 movie), God's Army Razor Whip Guy and Toki / Amiba (Manga Entertainment Dub)
* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' - Emperor Hotohori
* ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' - Chotaro "Big Boss" Banba
* ''Anime/GateKeepers21'' - Nazo/Reiji Kageyama
* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' - Swat chief (Episode 17)
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex: 2nd Gig'' - Hideo Kuze
* ''Anime/GreatPretender'' - Seiji Ozaki
* ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' - Ryuji Danma, Yoshito Kikuchi, Noboru Yoshikawa, additional voices
* ''Anime/GunXSword'' - The Claw Man
* ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' - Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat
* ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' - Mark Ramsey
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' - Atsuya Kusakabe
* ''Anime/{{K}}'' - Daikaku Kokujouji, Yuujiro Benzai, Saburouta Bandou, the Prime Minister, and more.
* ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' - Hattori
* ''Manga/LoveHina'' - Seta Noriyasu
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'':
** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' - Count Cagliostro (Creator/MangaEntertainment version); Gustav (MGM version)
** ''[[Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen Jigen's Gravestone]]'' - [[spoiler:Mamo]]
* ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' - Kiyomi Kawahara, Ryo Misato, Hokaze Minato, and Professor Mephlis
* ''Manga/MashleMagicAndMuscles'' - Regro Burnedead
* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' - Damian Wolfe
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'' - Anavel Gato
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' - Todo Mirconen
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' HD Remaster - Baba
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' - Gilboa Sant
* ''Anime/MonColleKnights'' - Earth Dragon
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' - The Baby
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' - Tazuna, Kisame Hoshigaki, Shukaku, Akahoshi, Gennou, Chiriku, Fukasaku, Fu, Mifune
* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' - Hanza
* ''Manga/OutlawStar'' - Crackerjack, Ark Manaf
* ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' - Gain Bijou
* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' - Yamashiro
* ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'' - Mr. Fuji, Lance
* ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' - Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino
* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' - Kunimitsu Tezuka
* ''Manga/RaveMaster'' - Berial
* ''Anime/ReignTheConqueror'' - Demosthenes
* ''Manga/RiskySafety'' - Moe's Father (credited as Sparky Thornton)
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' - Saito Hajime, Ginji
* ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Reload''[=/=]''Manga/{{Saiyuki}} Reload Gunlock'' - Dr Ni Jianyi
* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' - Jin
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' (1994) - Kesslor
* ''Anime/SCryed'' - Narrator, Hideki, Urizane
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' - Masami Eiri
* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' - Galand and Waillo
* ''[[VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} Shingetsutan Tsukihime]]'' - Michael Roa Valdamjong (supposedly, [[CanonDiscontinuity he never did this]])
* ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' and ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' - Guile
* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' - Klein
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyoGXP'' - Seiryo Tennan, Barry, Wau Official
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'' OVA 3 - Ikeda, Nakita Kuramitsu
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' - Muramasa Kaburagi, Benoit Depardeau
* ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' - Dr. Onishi
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' - Rai Dei the Blade
* ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' - D's left hand
* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' - Bart Garsus
* ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'' - Kazuya Misawa, Shirou Masuda
* ''Anime/WolfsRain'' - Leara's Father
* ''Anime/{{Ys}} [[VideoGame/YsIAncientYsVanishedOmen I]] and [[VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter II]]'' OVA - Darm (''Ys II'' only), Luta Gemma

!!!Video Games
* ''Franchise/DotHack'' - Orca
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth]]'' - Antares, Negimaru
** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.2//Reminisce]]'' - Antares, Negimaru
** ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. vol.3//Redemption]]'' - Antares, Negimaru
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar'' - AWACS Thunderhead (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' - Sgt. Louis [=McKnight=] (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' - Erich Hillenbrand/Schnee One (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore: For Answer'' - Additional Voices (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoMelodyOfElemia'' - Leard Barsett (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/AtelierIrisEternalMana'' - Additional Voices (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/AtelierIris3GrandPhantasm'' - Ash F. Abenstein (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/BatenKaitos Origins'' - Shanath
* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' - Jubei, Misc. Voices (such as the Isle of Ranking in Jin's Joke Ending in ''Continuum Shift'')
* ''VideoGame/TheBouncer'' - Commander (as Sparky Thornton)
* ''VideoGame/BraveFencerMusashi'' - Ed (as Sparky Thornton)
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' - Barras Lehr
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' - Grant [=DaNasty=] (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' - Sword Familiar (uncredited, ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaTheDraculaXChronicles Dracula X Chronicles]]'' redub)
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' - Boss [[spoiler: aka Thomas Mutton]]
* ''VideoGame/CodeOfPrincess'' - Shooting Star Tsukikage
* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive5'' - Gen Fu and Victor Donovan
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Death by Degrees]]'' - Soldiers (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' - Yasuyuki Honda
* ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus: VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' - Incidental Characters
* ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' - Roland (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' - Fighter Jet Pilot (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors''[=/=]''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam 3'' - Anavel Gato
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' - Yen'fay
* ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]]'' - Nomah
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' - [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Dorcas]], Surtr
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' - [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Iago]] (replacing John Rubinstein)
* ''VideoGame/{{Galerians}}: Ash'' - Major Romero (as Ron Allen)
* ''The Granstream Saga'' - Slayzer (as Sparky Thornton) (was miscredited as the voice of Korky)
* ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'' - Rotts (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd'' - Potemkin
* ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' - Kaoru Ichinose
* ''VideoGame/KessenII'' - Cao Cao (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/KessenIII'' - Nagahide Niwa, Katsuyori Takeda (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2'', & ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' - Saïx
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' - Isa
* ''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]]
* ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' - Head Priest
* ''VideoGame/MagnaCarta2'' - Nyx
* ''VideoGame/NeoContra'' - Plant Contra (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/OmegaQuintet'' - Tomekichi
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' - [[SadistTeacher Kinshiro Morooka]] (aka [[HateSink King Moron]])
* ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'' (including ''[[Anime/Persona5TheAnimation The Animation]]'' and ''[[UpdatedReRelease Royal]]'') - SIU Director, [[spoiler:[[WalkingSpoiler the real Igor]]]]; reprises the latter in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload''
* ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' - Ringmaster Hamm (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' - Blaine, Clay
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak File #2'' - Kevin Ryman (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'' - Parker Luciani
* ''VideoGame/RogueGalaxy'' - Cancer King, Starr, Logan
* ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa'' - Darque (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' - Katsuyori Takeda, Kennyo Honganji, Morichika Chosokabe Type Generic Officer (uncredited)
** ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors: Xtreme Legends'' - Tadakatsu Honda (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/ScarletNexus'' - Joe Sumeragi (credited as Buba Chow)
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei: VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2'' - Roland (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' - Zeus
* ''VideoGame/SilentHillShatteredMemories'' - Harry Mason
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' - Shadow the Hedgehog (From 2010 onwards, replacing Creator/JasonGriffith), Orbot
* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur V]]'' - Male Custom Voice "Veteran Knight"
** ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI'' - Nightmare [[SignificantDoubleCasting &]] Siegfried Schtauffen ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/RogerCraigSmith)
* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' - Lancar, Vendeen Soldier (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/StellaGlow'' - Hrodulf
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenIV'' - Gary (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenV'' - Rahal (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'', ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria'' - Jade Curtiss (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 4'' - Terrorist Leader (Complete Mission mode only) (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: New Blood'' - Robert Cromwell (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' - Graven Ashe
* ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi 2'' - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/{{Wild ARMs 5}}'' - Fereydoon, Joseph Russellberg, Sol Niger (uncredited)
* ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode I: Der Wille zur Mach'' - Capt. Matthews (uncredited)
** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse'' - Capt. Matthews
** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra'' - Hermann / Capt. Matthews
* ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' - Dragon Fighter[[labelnote:spoiler]]Pocket Circuit Fighter[[/labelnote]]

!!!Western Animation
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' - Adam Warlock
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' - Buckey O'Neil
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Monsuno}}'' - Beyal
* ''WesternAnimation/TheQueensCorgi'' ''(US Version)'' - Donald Trump
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' - Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' - Sanjay Rash
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'' - Shadelock
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' - Poo and the Sadida King [[note]] Season 3 only [[/note]]

!!Staff
!!!Director
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' - ADR co-director (alongside Creator/WendeeLee)
* ''Manga/{{BloodLad}}'' - Voice director
* ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'' - Voice director
* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' Season 2 - ADR director

!!Tropes applying to Kirk Thornton:
* IHaveManyNames: Has worked under 19 different stage names, in addition to his real name.
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->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Whoa, what a massive description. I can't wait to take a break.]]''
-->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss There's still the Index, and you seem to be the least tired amongst us...]]''
->''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Oh, no no. I've been frail since birth... *fake cough*]]''
-->''[[VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar I hereby order you to cut the chatter!]]''