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

Career

His major roles include Brandon Heat in ''

Gungrave is a 2002 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Red Entertainment (Sega in North America and Activision in Europe) for the PlayStation 2. ''Gungrave'' follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of rev ...

'', Hotohori in ''

Fushigi Yūgi , often translated as ''Strange'' or ''Mysterious'', is the ninth studio album by Japanese singer Akina Nakamori, released on August 11, 1986 through Warner Pioneer. Background In February and March 1986 was announced the name of the album along ...

'', Klein in ''

Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the then-near future and focuses on protagonists Kirito (Sword Art Online), Kazuto "Kirito" Kirigaya and Asuna (Sword Art On ...

'', Jin in ''

Samurai Champloo is a 2004 Japanese historical adventure anime television series. The debut television production of studio Manglobe, the 26-episode series aired from May 2004 to March 2005. It was first partially broadcast on Fuji TV, then had a complete ai ...

'', Hajime Saito in ''

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins during the 11th year of the Meiji period in Japan (1878) and follows a former assassin from the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri Battosai. After his work ...

'', Jet Link in ''

Cyborg 009 is a Japanese science fiction manga created by Shotaro Ishinomori. It was serialized in many different Japanese magazines, including '' Monthly Shōnen King'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'', ''Shōnen Big Comic'', '' COM'', '' ...

'',

Don Patch The universe of the manga and anime series ''Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo'' is a home to a wide array of fictional characters. This article will lay out all the characters contained in this universe, and categorize them into the type of character they are i ...

in ''

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'', Ensign Nogami in ''

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'' and numerous

Digimon , short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures, who inhabit a "Di ...

. Additionally, Thornton co-directed for the popular anime series ''

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'' alongside

Wendee Lee Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director. Biography Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the ''Magic Knight Rayearth'' DVDs, she started doing voices ...

and also serves as the narrator. In video games, he voices Number VII

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member

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in the ''

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'' series and

Shadow the Hedgehog is a fictional character appearing in Sega's ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise. Shadow was created by Takashi Iizuka and Shiro Maekawa, and first made his debut in ''Sonic Adventure 2'' (2001). Although this was intended to be his only appearan ...

(since 2010) and Orbot (since 2008) in the ''

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'' series. In early February 1989, he also appeared as a contestant on the game show ''

Classic Concentration ''Concentration'' is an American television game show based on the Concentration (game), children's memory game of the same name. It was created by Jack Barry (game show host), Jack Barry and Dan Enright. The show featured contestants matching pr ...

''.

Personal life

Thornton is married to Julie Nesbitt. Together they have two children.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Live-action dubbing

Video games

Other voice work

* '' iLife 08'' apps

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thornton, Kirk Living people American male video game actors American male voice actors American male television actors American casting directors American voice directors Year of birth missing (living people)