Brian Donovan is an American voice actor. Donovan is best known for his role of

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from the critically acclaimed ''

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'' series. He has reprised his role of Rock Lee in '' Naruto: Shippuden'' and in 2010, he was cast as the voice of Salty in ''

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'' and its sequel. Donovan is also known as the lead role of

Davis Motomiya ''Digimon Adventure'', '' Digimon Adventure 02'', '' Digimon Adventure tri.'' and '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna'' anime series and films produced by Toei Animation for the '' Digimon'' franchise, are centered on the , a group of chil ...

from ''

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''.

Biography

Donovan was set to reprise his role as

in '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna''. Due to the events of the

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and a fault in his home studio, however, the role was instead recast to Griffin Burns.Anime Chronicles, Interview With Brian Donovan (Digimon Davis/Naruto Rock Lee Voice Actor): Brian Donovan: "Originally I was supposed to, in fact I was supposed to speak at the premiere - the Japanese version - right before the pandemic hit, and so that got cancelled. And then I had a really hard time with the studio, and my home studio faltered, and because they were under such a gun to record, someone else did it."
Youtube, 24 May 2020.

Filmography

Animation/anime roles

* '' A.T.O.M.'' – Ollie Sharker, Rayza * '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' -

* ''

'' –

* ''

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'' – Narrator/Kai Urazoe * ''

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'' – Terou, Mushroomon * '' Flint the Time Detective'' – Tony Goodman, Monk * ''

'' –

* '' Naruto: Shippuden'' –

* ''

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'' – Yutaro Tsukayama * ''

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'' – Boy in Swamp (ep. 10) * ''

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'' – Rudy

Movie roles

* ''

'' – Salty * '' Digimon: The Movie'' –

* '' Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon'' –

* '' Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom'' –

* '' Naruto: Shippūden the Movie'' –

* '' Naruto Shippuden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire'' –

* '' The Last: Naruto the Movie'' –

* '' Boruto: Naruto the Movie'' –

Other roles

* ''

Digimon Rumble Arena ''Digimon Rumble Arena'' is a 2001 fighting video game developed and published by Bandai. It is part of a video game series connected to the '' Digimon'' franchise and showcases the titular creatures within the context of a fighting video gam ...

'' - Davis Motomiya * ''

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'' – Promo/Commercial Announcer * ''Mighty Me - Training Camp'' – Creator/Show's Host

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donovan, Brian Living people American male voice actors Year of birth missing (living people)