Martin Burke (born February 12, 1968, in

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and

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based in

. He voiced

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The main ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' games are platformers mo ...

in the English-language release of the ''

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and Sumida in ''

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'', while he has also had acting roles in underground films like ''Lethal Force'' and ''Blood Chase''. He also voiced

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in ''

Ninja Resurrection ''Ninja Resurrection'', known in Japan as is a two-part original video animation directed by Yasunori Urata. The OVA series is based on Futaro Yamada's novel ''Makai Tensho''. Although of a similar style, ''Ninja Resurrection'' is not a sequ ...

''.

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